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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, SSATDTtBAY, 'AUGUST 4, 1900.
LOWELL: BY HARRIET
CopjTtrht, 1000. by
THE OREGONIAN'S HOME STUDY CIRCLE:
LITERARY TALKS
AND REMINISCENCES
When I first met Mr. Lowell I thought
of the ethereal, evanishing quality or
Shelley, mingled Tdth the shrewd com
mon sense of Poor Richard, and Air.
Underwood has recorded the same im
pression. Yet, In spite of the shrewd
ness and of the laughing sparkle of smile
and eye. whenever the countenance vrjs
In repose- Vcrc was something in the
earnest look or in the sense it gave oT
the presence of genius that made It arch
angellc In suggestion. The face had a
rather extraordinary beauty a brlgut
color, eyes that had a blue blaze to
them, the forehead low and white, witn
xlch chestnut hair parted like a woman',
the mouth hidden In a beard or brighter
shade. His dres- was in perfect taste,
his manner was charming, and his wit
bubbled through the whole conversation.
I had previously seen the portrait of
Page, and thoucht It all one would have
It: bat that dav It seemed to me cnyrcly
Inadcquate.
If you will pardon the pergonal reminis
cence. I had gone to a dinner given Sy
the publishers of the Atlantic to certain
of the contributors (I was young), .an-i
Mrs. Stowe and I had waited in the
drawing-room three-quarters of an hour,
neither knowing each other, she as .shy
as I. She hal ased me at last If 1
knew what time t was, and I had said
I did not. The silence had grown Impen
etrable, and I was in a chill dismay,
when Mr. Iowell, as one of our hosts,
came in. and It was like a burst of sun
shine, melting the ice instantly with his
debonair geniality and sweetness. Dr.
Holmes and Mr. "Whittier, Mr. Long
fellow, Professor Stowe, Mr. Whipple,
Edmund Qulncy, Frank "Underwood were,
with others, among the guests. Or all
the brilliant company present 1 tmn
Colonel Higglnson and I are the oni.
survivors.
In those days Mr. Lowell was the rd-ltor-ln-ohief
of the Atlantic Month'y, and
those of his contributors who found favor
with him had a delightful friend. He
fostered and developed such powir as
they had, an! his suggestions were in
valuable. His letters were precious pos
sessions: many of them too personal tor
publication. Perhaps I ought not to print
the subjoined, written, I th'nk, in rep'y
to one in which 1 had withdrawn a poem
he did not altogether like:
"'I vnnder that a woman should be so
unskilled in the iuntlcss varieties of no
that mean yes as to call my note a
'refusal. I dare saj I am a gcoe lor
taking any kh.d of interest in ray con
tributors Derail the -alue of their nam.'s
on the cover. . . . But is it w:Ui
what women write as with themselves
that ne must like altogether or t not at
all? Did I not tell you that what I
was thinking of avss ycu and not the
Atlantic? I have ;i i etion that young au
thors should never Irj experiments en
tho public tha.1 they should always Iook
to making their impression a cumulative
one and, abovs ..'A should beware o.
watering their reputation. For the nrw
thing a writer must accomplish is sue
cess. After that the world is only too
kind, and if one be really worth any
thing, success is a bond given for some
thing better namely, excellence.
"Well, what am I driving at, then''
Why, I have sent your poem to the
printer. The opinions of and
arc quite as likely to jump with that or
tho public as mine. But do not, 1 beg.
misunderstand me. When I write to jou
about anything of yours I do not write
officially, but simply because I feel an
interest in what you do with yourself.
As editor, I write no letters unless under
downright compulsion. I have too much
to do. and, moreover, letters don't say
Just what wo tell them to say. nor Just
as we should lie- to have them say It.
"But when vx.iv poem is printed, may
I demand a categorical exposition of cer
tain passages that puzzled even me, and
I was 42 last month? As far as printing
is concerned, if j ou like the poem that is
enough."
(Was there ever such editor before or
Eince?)
I had submitted luy first story under a
pseudonym. But I sent him, at another
time, with the fatuity of the young
writer, a story with a new pseudonym
after he knew my own name. (1 some
times wondered if he were kinder to me
because In total ignorance that it was
his mother's name I had chosen the
name of Spence for one of my disguises.)
My sister copied the story for me, and
lest our script should have any resem
blance, I had her make a difference In
the shape of certain letters. I received
an early reply, addressed not to the
pseudonym, bat to me, saying that al
though the "ds" were all "ds," the 1-dees
were tho same,
ilr. Lowell made the Atlantic of those
early days a wondenul thing. It seemed
In some way a mirror of his own lndnlJ
uallty, as he himself w as to a degree the
mirror of the genlut of the age. But he
was an editor who managed things in nis
own unique vay, reading a manuscript
wherever the spirit found him or he
found the time, and clapping It into some
unlikely plae of the moment; so that
long after he left the editorial chair
people were sending to his successor man.
uscripts that they found unaccountably
on their table, or In their desks.
But the work was irksome, and he re
signed It to Mr. Fields after about flvo
years. But in those five years he had
done more to stimulate thought and
style and to create a high standard of
literary art among us than any other
single force. Some time later he became
an associate editor of the North Amer
ican Review for a few years.
His mother had a memory stored with
the ballads of many lands, in many
tongues, and she made poetry the
atmosphere of his being. It is not im
possible that she brought into the fam
ily that wild strain which feeds genius,
a certain tang added to the drink of
the gods. She belongea on his own moth
er's side to the Trails or Trolls of the
Orkneys, a tradition of the house giving
her descent from Sir Patrick Spens, who
lies
"Forty miles off Aberdeen,
Tls fifty fathoms deep."
On the other side the Lowells descend
ed from Perdval Lowell, who settled In
"Kewbury. Mass., In 1637 were people of
power for generations. John Lowell was
the author of the section in the bill of
rights through which slavery In Massa
chusetts ceased to exist. John Lowell,
Jr., founded a course of free lectures In
Boston with a fund of SJjO.OrtJ. writing
his will on the top of the pyramids
perhaps from fancy, perhaps because he
thought he might not get down alive.
Francis Cabot Lowell was the first to
see the possibilities of cotton J manufac
ture, and the town of Lowell was named
for him. The quality of the race is illus
trated by the panel on one of the Elm
wood -walls, found in Xewburyport in the
house of one of his old forbears, where
on is painted a group of clergy. In wigs j
and gowns and bands, sitting around a i
table and smoking their long pipes, while ;
over a recess the legend runs in Latin: i
"In essentials, unity; in nonessentials.
liberty; in all things, charity." His
father was a Unitarian minister, idolized
in his parish, preaching in the old West
Church of Boston, not far beyond the
bridge, but living at Elmwood. a leafy
place of trees and lawns and birds in
Cambridge, where Mr. Lowell, his young
est child, was born and passed the great
r port of his life.
Mr. Xowell was S3 when he married
Maria White, a beautiful creature, who
faded away after nine years, but whoso
heavenly influence -was lifelong. Their
children died in infancy, with the ex
PRESCOTT SPOFFORD
feeyrnour Eaton.)
DIRECTED BY PROF. SFYMOUP EATON
ception of Mabel, who survived until
recently. The poems written by Maria
Lowell were very lovely, high-minded,
musical, and were privately printed in a
small volume subsequent to her death,
which occurred a year after their return
from Europe In 1S53.
In the heat of the anti-slavery contest
came the first series of the "Biglow Pa
pers," like which for absolute original
ity, rollicking fun, splendid -wit and fiery
denunciation there was never anything
before, nor can be again. While their
humor was tricksy, their satire was
stinging, and they were a terrific weap
on In the cause they championed, all the
more terrific that it seemed only a play-
hf."- iV-t .. rr n r 11, &.!. trLflrt ArTW A&nA
It. TirrrAr ThA aaitrtnH T-I YlT-nVrfH Tin
less effective in the days of the Civil
War. Tne use of the dialect and archa
isms, that have nearly disappeared from
Xew England, tracing which and their
affiliations in language was a peculiar
pleasure of Lowell's, make tho pages of
tho "Biglow Papers" a study in the
Doric, as one might say: the character
ization there is complete, with the most
delicate painting: now and then pas
sages of pastoral beauty appear, and
everywhere wit sparkles like a shower
in the sun, or rather In the lightnings of
storm. ADoundlng as hey do also In
sweet humor and tender patriot, with
the rendering of life ond manners. It
Is to he doubted if lon;r after much great
contemporaneous veire has been forgot
ten this martcrplcce will not remain, Im
perishable as an epic.
it was In the early years of h's mar
riage that our poet wxote the faultlcs5
"tr Launfal," and among otners tr.e
ringing and stirring - rcsrnt Crisis."
certain lines of which have passed Into
all men's memories, such as "Truth for
ever on the scaffold; wrong forc er on
tho thror.e," and
"Humanltr swf-rs onward, -where tcdny the
martyr stands;
On the morroT crouches Judas with the ?Uer
in his hands."
In tremendous contrast to such work
as this Is the "Fable for Critics," with
its inimitable drollery, published anony
mously In ISIS. If this was suggested by
"English Bards and Scotch Reviewers,"
It bore no likeness, being utterly novel
and original. If the writer was unspar
ing In relation to fraud and imbecility,
he was equally unsparing of his own
pretensions, and the praise he awarded
was positive and generous. Nothing
lovelier In its way was ever written than
what he says of Hawthorne and John
Dwlght and Irving. But Lowell loved to
praise; there was no foothold or cranny
for praise to plant itself that ho did not
seize.
Having remained a widower four years,
Mr. Lowell married Miss Frances Dun
lap, of Portland, in 1857, taking her, after
a brief residence elsewhere, to Elm
wood, where he was born, the years
passing delightfully with study, work
and the friends of a charmed circle. He
went to Europe again in 1573, and not
long after that period he was appointed
Minister to Spain, subsequently becom
ing our Minister to England, welcomed
there by English Journals as tho am
bassador from the republic of American
literature to the court of Shakespeare,
and beginning public life at an eminence
Where others leave off. His culture, his
high breeding, his wit and charm, to
gether with his fine political tact, gave
him an Immense popularity In Great
Britain. Not without his critics concern
ing the Irish question, he was, neverthe
less, a large factor In the production of
tho cordial feeling that has been going
on between England and America, and
growing since his day. But he never for
an Instant forgot that he was an Amer
ican, the patriotism that was rather
flamboyant in his essay upon "A Certain
Condescension in Foreigners" never de
creasing in ardor the same love of coun
try that madeihlm do his best with the
grace of song and the sting of epigram
to remove her wrong and shame. He re
turned to America when a new Admin
istration came in, having lost his wife
and having begun to grow old. It is not
able that as the years advanced the more
conservative he grew, clinging to old
Ideals and refusing to accept the new,
and possibly his absence from home and
consequent unacqualntance made some of
his personal judgments of leas value
than once. He had always had certain
fixed faiths in things spiritual, of which
one was a strong assurance of tho im
mortality of the soul. Once he wroto of
himself in an illness: "I lost all con
sciousness of my flesh. I, was dispersed
through space In some Inconceivable
fashion and mixed with the milky way.
Yet the very fact that 1 had a confused
consciousness of the milky way as some
thing to bo mingled with proved that 1
was then as much of an inclvldual as
ever." Later his Ideals of the spiritual
life became more concrete. while his
soul was full of hope and trust, and his
religious experience deepened.
But age could not wither nor custom
stale Lowell's Infinite variety. His great,
bright intelligence never paled. High
tnoughts and fine Imaginings were about
him to the last, as when in dying he
thought he entertained a King. And did
he not? Surely the heavenly domlna
tions. Princes, powers, might have gath-
ered about a kindred being when entering '
the room where the soul of Lowell left
its hindering clay.
?
Newburyport. Mass.
Tleld to Ansiver.
The preliminary examination of William
Griffin, charged with larceny from a ves
sel, took place yesterday in Justice Vrce
land's court. Ho vas bound over to ap-
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pear before the grand jury., As he was
unable to -furnish the necessary security
for his bonds, which were $2C, he was
sent to the county jail to await trial.
Griffin's home is hear a fishing station or
Warren's cannery on the Columbia, 'xfie
complaint alleges that Griffin was caugljt,
In the act of stealing a fishing-wheel
scow and two chinook salmon from a ves
sel, the property of F. M. Warren, a
canneryman. The salmon are said to have
weighed 25 pounds each, and were valued
at $3 CO. Constable A. J. Goodman made
the arrest. Griffin is accused of having
committed the theft through malicious
ness, as he and Warren were not on the
best of terms.
"BLOW AT PORTLAND."
Grain Denier Writes of Railroad
Discrimination.
JULIAETTA. Id.. Aug. 3. (To the Edi
torsReferring to nn article in ycur issue
i ing been shipping grain and flax from
1 this section for over a year, kindly allow
j me to give you a f e-v facts as to tho
Northern Pacific's policy, and as to the
Idaho grain merchants' handicap in c:n
sequenee thereof. ,
Last j ear, the writer, for the Inland
Grain Company, sold some 30,000 bushcl3
oT wheat to Portland mills for Alblna
delivery, and having two shipping points
on the Clearwater as well ds the tram
way at this point, as It was easier to
i get-cars for points beyond JuHaetta,
commenced to fill the ar.le from the form
er pain's, 'len car wefe received and
receipted fc- by North' rn rarlf.e agents
tith destina Ijii T.rlt'eii ''A'.blna, (Die
ton, Ma Waliula," as bills of lading on
file will show, but all the 10 cars - e e
haulod by Northern Tad lc to To-fand
and uur crm.any hs.d them transferred
to Alblna by dray at a cost of alK-ut w.
any portion of which the Northern I'a
clfic declined to par. stating ihat no
grain would be carried via Wallula be
jond Jullactta, which was the limit of
their agreement with the Oregon Rallr'ad
& Na!att.m Company, but the Northern
Pacific hud so failed to give notice even
to Its agents, this Is only cr.e case In
many. If grain was switched fp-m Port
land to Alblna the cost therefor was
taxed up to the shipper. It was cer
tainly never known to have been borne
by the Northern Pacific. In our case we
snipped tho balance of contrac to Taco
ma, where It Just so happened the buyers
could use It at same price, but ss a rule
the Tacema maikct Is from 1 cent to 2
cents lower than Alblna or Portland.
Cars, as stated, wsrc, furnished freely for
Clearwater points, but exasperatlngly
sparingly for this point and Kcndrlck.
The truth is, the Nez Perces reservation
comprises about 700,000 acres of wonder
fully productive soil, and until this sea
son was never over one-fourth broken,
although plowing was all that was neces
sary, and Idaho has never known a bet
ter crop. This, with the territory from
Moscow to Lewlston. is all tributary to
Portland, and should go there and I am
satisfied every warehouseman on the line
would gladly sign an agreement to ship
every pound by the Oregon Railroad &
Navigation Company if they will but ex
tend Into this soctlon. The Oregon Rail
road & Navigation Company treats Its
customers like they were men. and the
Northern Pacific treats them like victims
of circumstance, in consequence of which
at all competitive points the former take
from CO to 90 per cent of the business.
This last move of the Northern Pacific
Is only a late thing so far as old shipping
points are concerned, but as a matter of
course such a move will this year turn
many times 2S.000 tons from Portland, as
the Genesee branch of the Northern Pa
cific from Pullman, which taps one of
the richest grain sections in Idaho, will
be affected. Portland should secure trans
portation for this country's grain by the
harvest of 1901. A. L. MACLEOD.
SAN FRANCISCO PROSPERING
War "With China Means & Great Deal
to Bar City.
M. Brown, a retired merchant of San
Francisco, is spending a few days at the
Portland. He has not visited this city
since 1897, and thinks Portland has kept
pace with the rest of the Coast in im
provements in the meantime. He saya
San Francisco is prospering under the
stimulus of war, and now that a long
war with China Is probable, that city
has an Indefinite period of prosperity
.ahead of iC
"The war in China," he said yesterday,
"will increase business on the entire
Coast, as tho Russians, French, Germans,
English and Japanese will be obliged to
deal in the nearest market, and so every
city on the Coast will profit by tho sale
of goods to the besieging armies.
"The war is very sure to be a long one.
as the Chinese, are as thick as flies, and
the task of killing them off will be a big
one. I believe the old empire will have
to be finally partitioned among the civ
ilized powers, as the Chinese have shown
that they cannot be trusted with the
lives of missionaries and Consuls, while
they are likely to let this hatred of for
eigners get the better of them and repeat
the massacres at any time."
Municipal Court.
Joseph Saunders, arrested Thursday for
stealing a coat from Nathan Hccht, was
sentenced to SO days In the City Jail.
Thi raso nf Pnrllns Tontlft nn Tnl!nr
arrested yesterday by Patrolman Nelson.
l-on the complaint of J. Crintone, for In
juring personal property, went over until
today. Crintone alleges In his complaint
that Tontie broke into a trunk left in
his care hy F. Bogerl. now in San Fran
cisco. Tontle,. In defense, asserts that
Bogeri owed him money and left the
trunk as security.
Peter Parent, who runs a street canary
bird show, arrested by License Officer
Rogaway for telling fortunes without a
license, was ordered released upon tak
ing out a $15 license
mm FLEET FOR AUGUSf
HAlUiECH CASTLE COMPLETED HEI1
CARGO YESTERDAY.
Bowman D. Law Arrives at Astoria
Another Sqnare-Itigrgcr- Outside
Marine Kotes.
The British ship Harlech Castle finished
loading at the Elevator Dock yesterday
afternoon, and the August grain fleet has
at last made a start. The second vessel
of the fleet, the Nithsdale, Is loading rap
Idly, and will probably finish early next
week, with the Rlgel in about the same
position. The docks are working with
full crews now, quite a number of men
having come in from the Sound, where
lower wages are paid, and there will be
but small likelihood of another pause In
operations for nearly a year. The early
floet Is commencing to shdw up, and will
clean up the docks ready fof the ro
cclpt of new wheat, which is already roll
ing down to tidewater. The big ship Ce-
datbank. -whtrh nrrtvivrt in Thitr.sfJn.v.
f was followed yesterday by 'the Bowman
B. Law, which comes In ballast from
Yokohama to load flour for Europe.
Another square-rigger was reported
outside last evening. There are so many
vessels due at the present tlmo that there
Is quite an opportunity for guessing at
tho Identity of the stranger. The Dec
can has been so long on the way that
she Is slightly overdue, being out 175
days from Hamburg. The Rlversdale,
from the same port. Is also slightly over
duo, with 153 days against her. The Ore
alla is out H days from Shanghai, and as
the Ceflorbank made the run from Hong
Kong In 42 days, the Orealla should have
been here sooner. The Robert Rlckmers
Is out 37 days from Hlogo, and the
Genesta has been 30 days on the way
from Shanghai. The Cedarbank left up
last evening In tow of the Ocklahama,
and the Law will follow today.
IX A LEAKY SHIP.
Cnrondelet Leaves Honolnln "With
Men at the Pumps.
, The crew of the American bark Caron
dclet will apparently be obliged to earn
their wages on the trip wh'ch the vessel
Is now making from Honolulu. The Re
publican of the loth says:
"The captain of the Carondelet con
cluded to sail at very short notice Inst
night, and hacks were fent scurrying
aiound for Clipping Commissioner Por
ter Toyd. after he had closed his office,
for the rh'p's article. Captain' Stetson
succeeded, with the aid of the United
States Sailors' ITome, in getting a crew
yesteiday, and decided that, as the
Tourth was about here, an'l sailor men
usually celebrate on the Natior-'s birth-'
day, he had better ret to sea before the
festivities beran. The ship was leaklrg
a ffcd deal, too, srd that was another
reason why the skipper wanted to go to
sea before the m"n found out the large
r mount of work to be don-i at the pumps.
The Carondelet is bound for the Sound in
ballast."
IMfr German Transport.
The steamship Bosnia, of tho Hamburg-AmTic.-.n
line, lately impressed by t'..e
German Government to carry supnllr- to
China for' t' e Kn-er's troops, left Phii
ndMph'a last week for San Francisco.
She has In her hold over 000 tons ot
co'.I, a1 reco;d-brraklng cargo In itself,
nn't whon she reaches the Pacific Coast
It Is said she will rh'.p at lean l."" horses
for trie use of the German Cavairy In
China.
Mnrlne Tittten.
The steamer R. R. Thomp-oh Is on
the Astoria run for a few days, in place
.of the Hassnld, which is off for cl ght re
pairs. " ' t
The California Shipping Company has
offered a prize of ?S0O to tho captain who
mHkes the fastest run botween Honolulu
and New York with a susar cargo.
The. tug Maggie, which was so routhly
handled at Sluslaw a few months aro. Is
lyins at the foot of Couch street await
ing repairs to her machinery, which got
out of line when she was In trouble
The steamer Columbia made a fast
run down the coast, reaching San Fran
cisco Thurrday evening, thus putting In
only one night at sa. The State arrived
late yesterday, having met the same
breeze which was pushing the Columbia
down the coast.
Domestic nnd Foreiprn Ports.
ASTORIA, Aug. 3. Arrivcr at 10:40and
loft up at 2 P. M. Steamer State of Cali
fornia. Arrived British bark Bowman B.
Law, from Yokohama; steamer W. H.
Harrison, from Tillamook. Left up at &
P. M. British bark Cedarbank. Condi
tion of tho bar at 5 P. M.. moderate:
wind northwest; weather hazy. Square
rigger outside.
San Francisco, Aug. 3. Sailed Schoon
ers Daisy Rowe and James A. Garfield,
"for Coos Bay. Arrived Aug. 2 Steamers
Columbia, from Portland; Areata, from
Coos Bay: Grace Dollar, from Gray's
Harbor; United States, steamship Iowa,
from Esqulmalt ; steamer Bristol, from
Oyster Harbor. Sailed Steamer Victoria,
for Chemalnus; barkentlne J. M. Griffith,
for Port Hadlock.
Port Townsend, Aug. 3. Passed
Steamer Newsboy, from Cape Nome for
Seattle.
Seattle Arrived Aug. 2 Steamer Dlrl
go, from Skagway. Sailed Aug. 3
Steamer Al-Kl, for Skagway; steamer
EUhu Thomson, for Cape Nome. Arrived
Steamer Farallon, from Skagway.
Hong Kong Sailed Aug. 2 Ship Gov
ernor Roble, for Port Townsend.
Port Townsend, Autsr. 3. Arrlved-rShlp
Abner Coburn, from Hong Kong; ship
Howard D. Troop, from Shanghai; bark
Stillwater, from Manila.
Port Ludlow Sailed Aug. 2 Bark Star
of Bengal, for Melbourne.
Port Townsend, Aug. 3. Arrived Bark
entlne Quickstep, from Honolulu.
Seattle, Aug. 3. Arrived Bark Sussex,
from Honolulu.
New York. Aug. 3. Arrived Graf Wal
dcrsee, from Hamburg.
Liverpool, Aug. 3. Arrived Pennlond,
from Philadelphia.
Havre, Aug. 3. Arrived La Cham
pagne, from New York.
Browhead, Aug. 3. Passed Steamer
Lucanla, from New York for Queens
town and Liverpool.
Lizard, Aug. 3. Passed Steamer South
wark. from New York for Antwerp.
Naples, Aug. 3. Arrived Steamer Ems,
from New York via Gibraltar for Genoa,
and proceeded.
Glasgow, Aug. S. Sailed Carthegenlan,
for Philadelphia; Laurentlan, for New
York.
London, Aug. 3. Sailed Mesaba, for
New York.
Movllle, Aug. 3. Balled Astoria, from
Glasgow for New York.
Queenstown, Aug. 3. Sailed New Eng
land, from Liverpool for Boston.
Southampton, Aug. 3. Sailed Augusta
Victoria, from Hamburg for New York
via Cherbourg.
New York, Aug. 3. Arrlved-jRoland,
from Bremen; Columbia, from Hamburg,
etc
Boston, Auff. 8. Arrived Ultonla, from
Liverpool.
Queenstown, Aug. 3. Arrived Lucanla.
from New York, for Liverpool, and pro
ceeded. Salem's Popular Loans.
Capital Journal.
The popular 4-per-cent school loan bids
fair, to make a record comparable to that
of the city's popular loan. The latter
was subscribed three times over, and
the former would undoubtedly reach that
figure if the books were open for the
same length of time. With but two
weeks to go on. and no previous notice,
the subscriptions will probably run to
double the amount of the loan.
The Salem way of borrowing money la
attracting attention all over Oregon, and
favorable comments are appearing in the
press of all parts of the state. It Is one
of the best advertisements that this com
munity has ever had, for it shows the
confidence of the people in the solvency
of their own local government, and It
shows good business management on the
part of our officials and a disposition
to use their positions for the benefit of
the community, and not to boost some
private graft.
A few years of such management all
along the line would result in a material
reduction in taxation.
COMMENDS REV. B. P. HILL
Prohibitionist Writes Him a Letter
on Local and National Affairs.
F. McKercher has furnished The Orego
nlan with a copy of a letter he has writ
ten to Rev. Edgar P. Hill, as follows:
"Portland, July 30. Rev. Edgar P. Hill.
D. D., Hlllarden. Wash. Dear Sir and
Brother: I desire to commend your vig
orous protest against the action of our
city officials, for It Is just what every
man who voted for them ought to do, but
at the same time I can but deprecate
tne confiding nature that permits you
and the public to be regularly imposed
upon and sold out year after year by
just such sets of political tricksters as
these lngrates, two of whom you are
'glad to call personal friends.'
"The implicit trust that the voting
church places In ante-election promises
would be childish If It were not some
thing more nearly sinful.
"Do you not know that the National
life of a party which these officers serve
depends upon Its ability to placate the
whisky vote, and that It Is "Under the
absolute domination of a brilliant coterie
of demagogues that dictates nominations
and permits no one in office, from Presi
dent down (except here and there one
Just to take the curse off and to fool the
Christian vote) who cannot be depended
upon, in advance, to do precisely what
these city officials aTe doing?
"As a matter of political consistency
whj- should these men be decent, or why
should you, or any one, expect anything
better from them than that which they
are doing bartering the public virtue for
the same old 'thirty pieces of silver,'
while their three counterparts In the ex
ecutive branch of our National govern
ment have set them an exalted example
of the same sort of political perfidy, es
pecially as their perfidious acts have
been commended and their characters vin
dicated hy the renomlnation of McKln
ley, and no doubt will be further sanc
tioned by the voting church In Novem
ber, ' regardless of whether he be re
elected or not. that depending upon tho
particular swing of the whisky pendulum,
which, again, in turn depends upon which
partv gives promise of the greater de
gree of villainy in the sacrifice of all
things sacred In it-, subserviency to the
behests of the rum power.
"I assume that you are conversant with
(and with me are cont'nually deploring)
the record of the present Chr'stlan admin
istration; how McTvlnlev falsified the
truth to the members of the Volunteers
and others wl en petitioned to suppress
the canteen: how he has continuously vio
lated his oath of office in his persistent
nullification of the anti-canteen law.whlch
is as plainly prohibitory as 'thou shalt
not .-teal"; and how he has1 turned the
Philippines. Cuba and Porto Rico over
to the rapacity and greed of the whisky
rlnr. and Invited unon the Nation, as
well as urn his own herd, the blood of all
whom whisky Is slaylnsr and rtinnlns:
In tho-e lindo for, to be Ignorant of
these thinfrs. Is to be unworthy of Amer
ican citizenship!
"And. .-fain, whv should you and 'a
lnrrre clas of people' be so 'terribly In
earnest upon this question since you are
accv.toncd to being 'trifled with' in pre
cisely this manner, the exception. If you
can point to one in Portland elections,
but proving the rule.
'Whv protest against the licensing of
gambling when the church vote openly
snd publicly (even if tacitly) consents
to the l'cens'ng of the saloon, the mdst
monstrous abomination with which the
world has ever been cursed, and justi
fies the acilon by the Idf-ntical reasoning
vou decline to accept from these officers.
You rightly Insist that 'they have
no more riiht to license gambling than
murder and robbery ' but you seemingly
overlook the fact that they boloni? to
a license party, that their party licenses
the saloon, and in so doing licenses mur
der in its most atrocious form, and rob
berv In Its most woeful sense.
"These men are politically consistent
entirely so. The President chooses
which law he shall enforce so do they,
by the same sign expediency; under the
same warrant party sanction for the
same purpose power.
"I rejoice to hear your voice in con
demnntlon of this great evil In our midst,
but I must insist that your political af
filiations are woefully Inconsistent with
your logical reasoning and Christian at
titude toward this shameful thing, and
that for you and 05 per cent of the Chris
tian voters of the land to confirm these
sinners and their party In their bertayal
of sacred trusts, by voting with them
and for them, thus assuring the nation,
so far as your power goes, of the perpet
uation of this diabolism in places high
and low, gives no hopeful sign of any
change for the better.
"The powers of evil and of darkness
do not fear such protests: Had you
clinched your arguments by appending
the statement, 'I have cast my last vot
for a party that licenses any cort of
sin,' they would tremb'e. Verv sin
cerely yours, F. M'KERCHER."
DESERVES CORDIAL SUPPORT
Portland Driving Parle Company's
Efforts to Elevate Racing'.
All good citizens of Poitland who desire
that the beautiful metropolis of Oregon
should take first rank in all things as
she deserves, are called upon, through
civic pride, to put a shoulder to the
wheel and assist Messrs. Roberts and
Williams in placing this good city at the
head In all 6ports. Harness racing In
Portland has declined in public favor be
cause in the past it has not been clean
and high class.
The Portland Driving Park Company
has secured the services of Charles A.
Willis, of New York City, one of the
most competent, experienced and success
ful managers of harness meetings In this
or any country.
Mr. Willis comes vouched for by lead
ing citizens of the Eastern States- and
by newspapers of the East and West.
Portlanders should see to it that he is
supported In his endeavors to put racing
on a high plane, and this they can do
by their counsel and cheerful help to
wards the end sought. Even though the
best horses and the best possible con
tests are assured, it will not avail to es
tablish and popularize clean sport, unless
the best class of the citizens of Portland
will lend their countenance and aid. Har
ness racing In Portland must be built up
from the foundation, as the old structure
is concededly too rotten to patch up or
build upon.
HOLLADAY ESTATE SETTLED
Administrator James Steel Flies Hli
' Final Report.
James Steel has filed his final report
as administrator of the estate of Ben
Holladay, deceased. It shows that the
Inventoried value of the property was
51.0SS.SS9, and S19-.755 was realized, not in
cluded In the inventory, making a total
of 51,105,644. There was received and dis
bursed J55S,'85S, and there Is a balanct
on hand of 573S, which goes to the ad
ministrator. The shrinkage was large,
$548,677, due to numerous explained causes.
The administrator had charge of the
estate for a number of years, and per
formed a great deal of work. His statu
tory compensation was 522,092, but as
there is not enough money on hand to
pay the balance due, he deducted 51SS3,
making his compensation $20,403, most ot
which was received long ago. Soma pre
ferred claims were paid in full, and tho
general creditors received a dividend of
about 50 per cent. A small sum due cer
tain creditors remains on hand uncalled
for.
Joseph Holladay was the first adminis
trator of the estate, and the report goes
back to the time his claim of 5339,000 and
Interest, as the result of a suit between
him and Ben Holladay, was liquidated by
the transfer of property. Ben Holladay
sued Joseph Holladay to recover all of
the property, which he contended the lat
ter held as trustee, and Judge Stevens de
creed that 5339,000 was due to Joseph from
Ben.
Many of the clalmB disposed of were
large. Esther Holladay, who was the
wife of Ben Holladay. filed a claim for
about 5100,000. a considerable portion of
which was paid.
Popnllsts Copy Democratic Call.
Spokane Chronicle.
Chairman John Coffeen calls attention to
and Interesting feature of the call for the
People's Party State Convention as sent
out by their state executive committee.
It Is identical with that sent out tby the
Democratic central committee, except for
the change in the name of the party.
"It is a verbatim copy of the Demo
cratic call," he says, "even to the qualifi
cation for voters, at the primaries that
they will support Bryan and Stevenson
this Fall. Now there was no need In the
world of the state committee bringing
out a bone ot contention In their call by
adding the name of Stevenson, when the
Populists had named Towne for Vice
President, for Bryan Presidential electors
must vote for Stevenson."
Grain Fire on Tygh Ridge.
The Dalles Chronicle.
Monday last out on Tygh ridge on the
Raster ranch, where the Glavey boya
were heading, a box of the header got
overheated and It became necessary to
melt some babbit for Its repair. A fire
was built in the stubble and a man placed
over It with a bucket of water to keep It
from spreading. It spite of all his caro,
the fire got beyond his control and In a
little while had destroyed 30 acres of
grain. Every header crew within sight
of the fire for miles around was on the
ground in a few minutes, fighting the
fire till It was got under control.
How the Germans Will Vote.
Woodburn Independent.
Fred Dose Is back from the South. He
reports good times everywhere, and says
McKlnley's re-election Is certain. He
talked with many Germans and found
they were all for McKlnley.
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JOHNSON. W. C. ...3ir-31S-31T
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