He is hardly an orator in the sense that Bryan is, yet he is not without simple oratorical tricks--as for example a tremolo, as of emotion, which I have heard him use in uttering such a phrase as "the grea-_a-a-at_ Daniel _Web_-ster!" Also, he wears a low turnover collar and a black string tie--a fact which would not be worth noting did these not form a part of what amounts almost to a uniform worn by politicians of more or less the Bryan type.

Almost invariably there seems to be something of the minister and something of the actor in such men.
Once I asked one of the famous Washington correspondents what manner of man Mr.Daniels was.
"He's a man," he said, "that you'd like to go with on a hunting trip in his native North Carolina.

He would be a good companion and would have a lot of funny stories.

He is full of kind intentions.

Had you known him before the War, and had he liked you, and had you wished to take a ride upon a battleship, he would be disposed to order up a battleship and send you for a ride, even if, by doing so, he muddled up the fleet a little.