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Show When Senator Hoar Joked. As a wit, Senator Hoar had few so- TO perlors, though ho bellovcd tho floor of tho sonato not the place to display dis-play it. Ono of the occasions when ho violated this rule was during tv speech by William V. Allen ot Nebraska, Ne-braska, who made a record of talking for ten solid hours. Toward the end ot a long speech Tillman ot Soutfc Carolina Interrupted Senator AMoiv with a correction. He said that Atleo pronounced ad Infinitum as if It wera "ad infinny-tum." Allen contended that that was tho propor way and appealed ap-pealed to Mr. Hoar as an authority. The latter, of course, supported nUV man. "But," he Bald, "I suppose tha senator from Nebraska gave the short ga sound to the '1' in order to sava the time of tho senate." ' |