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I HE DIARY , OF JAMES K.
POLK," edited andj annotated
by MUolllton Quaire, assist
ant professor In the Lewis In-
Introduction by Andrev Cunningham
McLaughlin. This is. perhaps, one of the
mostno table -and .historically Important
books that has, or will he published
this yer. It is the personal diary of
President Polk embracing the .four
ytars of his presidency from 1845 to
1849.; It is printed from the original
manuscript, now in the collection of
the Chicago Historical society, for the
' first time. It is presented in four
volumes of about pages each. :
. - The opening entry Is, made Tuesday,
August 2 S, 1845, and the closing date
is Saturday, June 2, 1S49. Compared
vlth the momentous years ; that . f ol
loweda decade later, the ; administre
t!onft)f Polk, might 'not be considered
one ": of stirring events, or filled . wjth
great . Issues, but it was four years
of ground preparation and careful, cul
tivation for the fearful seed , time
and harvest of later events. r
Polk was not a great man, or a par
ticularly strong one, - but he had con
tentions within his cabinet and with
out, and much of the personal history
Of his conduct which has been misun
derstood will be made .clear, through
this diary.
In explaining how ho , came to keep
this diary Pol says in his entry of
August 38, 1848: "Twelve months ago
today. a very Important conversation
took place In the cabinet between my
self and 'Mr Buchanan on the Oregon
question. This conversation was of so
important a character, that I deemed
proper the same evening - to reduce the
substance of it to writing for the
purpose of retaining it more distinctly
in my memory. This I did on separ
ate sheets. It was this circumstance
that first suggested to roe the idea, if
not the necessity, of keeping a Journal
or .diary of events and transactions
which might occur during vny presi
dency.' I resolved to, do so and ac
cordingly procured a blank , book for
that purpose on the next : day, in
which I have every day since noted
whatever occurred that I deemed of
interest- Sometimes I have found my
self so much engaged wft$ public duties j
as to be able to make only, 'a very
condensed and Imperfect statement' of
events and , incidents which t, occurred,
and to be forced to omit others alto
gether which -I would have v been
pleasedto have noted.' .f :': '.'r t 1
This written diary, comprised . 21
tlosely-" written:".' volumes , of . uniform
style and siie, containing each, , from
100 to- 150 pages. Together with a
mass of ; ..miscellaneous papers pre
served by 1 the presidentv . the diary re
mained In, thje" possession' ot the . Polk
family until 1901, when It was pur
chased by ; the Chicago Historical so-'
olety. In a preface the editor says:
,' "It had been Mrs. Polk's desire that
some friendly contemporary of I: her
. husband should make use of the papers
left by him to write-an account Of
his life and administration, but this.
wish was never -TeaJlze4'tMr.'R.W.. H,
GlUett of New York, register of the
treasury, under Polk and author of the
"Life and Times of Stjas Wright." de
clined the task on the ground of the
Inadequacy of his knowledge of Ten
nessee politics and George Bancroft,
who, late in life, took up the project,
went no farther than to : have trams
crlpts made of the diary and of a con
siderable number of 'the letters and
miscellaneous papers placed at his dis
posal by Mrs;. Polk. ; These transcripts
passed at 'his death to. the. Lennox li
brary of New York, , But very little
use has been made of the diary itself
thus far, although some scholars have
consulted the Bancroft transcript Aft-
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James Kpox Polk,' from! the original painting made lo l84o by;G. P.A.
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er the diary came Into the possession
of the Chicago Historical society var
ious obstacles arose to delay its publi
cation until in the year 1908 the matter
was taken In hand by the late Pro
fessor Charles V,' Mann, of the ' Lewis
Institute of Technology. He devised
a plan whereby provision, jwas. made
for meeting yie vost of the enterprise,
and undertook , the work of editing the
diary. To . his effort Us publication at
this time is primarily due. To his
work him time and strength, were given
unstintingly, and he was stricken down
with his last illness .while In the So
oioty library engaged upon it At the
time of his death he had outlined the
task of editing the diary and had pre
pared tentative notes for approximately
one-third of it. The present editor had
adhered to the general plan of the
work which he adopted and has made
as much use as possible of the notes
and other material collected by 'Pro
fessor Mann., . . . - , . ,
The editor then, la a lucid manner,
explains: the principles of editing, giv
ing the reader a most understandable
knowledge of the text as he goes along.
In his Introduction, Professor Mc
Laughlin, 'who 1. head. of the depart
ment of history of the University of
Chicago, gives a very true and con
cise etatement of the value of his
toric information received through
the source of a private diary, and
points out the definite line
between a diary which Is kept "with a
view to publication and one, like Polk's
which is kept for pecsonal reference.
He eaye on this point:, "Diaries In-
tended for the edification of succeeding
generations are, I imagine, peculiarly
ouoject to the Infirmity of prejudice:
to make the worst appear the better
reason, to give, with assurance the items
which one cannot really "know, and to
ascribe wrong motives to others these
are temptations "Which human"nature
finds it . difficult to avoid. But any
diary especially one written .faith'fully
for one's own eye, without future read
ers continually in mind, artificial though
it, be,"ls necessarily tf great value In
letting us see the man that writes and
giving- us a view; of passing events as
he sees them. '
President Polk's diary does not appear
to have been written with the expecta
tion that It would be conned by future
historians. It lacks, therefore, affected
Etlf-consciousness at least ' Probably
he intended it to be .a reminder of what
actually happened, and he expected to
yse it himself as a basis for some for
mal narrative of his administration.
Though one needs to remember that
the writer is a man of strong feeling
and even possessed of a certain inflex
ible prejudice, one needs not fear that
ho is nosing or that his Is intentionally
'distorting the truth." ,
The most' burning question during
Folk's entire administration was the
Oregon discussion, for it was during
Polk's term as every one knows, that
one of the greatest political and dip
lomatic games ever playd in America
was going on with Oregon the chief
pawn. It was a game so fine, so intri
cate, that the keenest . Intellects of the
world almost were engaged upon it
Oregon for Itself nt that time wouM
nor. have been, thought 'worth the cam!!
Lut Into the sottkmcnt of tna Oregon
Ciiiestion was injected slavery, the ac
oulsltlon of new territory and above all
the northwestern boundary line. It was
in Tollfs administration that "54-40 or
Fight," became almost a declaration of
var between the United States and Eng
lor.d. To know the confidential thoughts
end opinions of men t-nd events at this
time, of the man at the helm of national
affairs must be of profound interest to
every American, but will be of far
deeper Interest to the people of Oregon,
especially to those who are interested
in its history; The book Is of too great
proportions, and of such signal "import
ance that it cannot tie reviewed as a
v-hole, and at later times, each volume
will be considered separately.
That the A. C McClurg Co. of Chi
cago has In hand the publication of this
work is. sufficient guarantee that. It 4s
well gotten up, and presented In a mosl
creditable manner. . The four volumes
are sold at $2t V. :':;'
' "Poet Lore." The summer issue "of
this highly literary publication -comes
very near earning the title of "Spanish
number,"" for two of the four articles
deal with Spanish subject. . '
The first in. a -five act drama, "The
Grandfather," by .Pere Galdos, " and
translated from the Spanish by Elisa
beth Wallace.; The ; action takes place
in a city by the sea; In northern Spain,
called for convenience "Jerusa.' i The
principal scenes of the tlay take place
In La Pardina. the lordly domain which
Once belonged to the Count of Albert
The time. .is the 19th entury. i, The play
was first given in the Teatro 'Espanol,
February 4,, 1904. vlt has but 11 . char
acters, but, is " full of life and action,
and modern philosophy. It is a drama
oh, might expect to see enjoy a mod
erate amount of popularity, for it is of
hight literary merit but devoid of the
eh ments that catch, the popular fancy,
or feed the appetite tor sensationalism.
The second number of the magazine
is a most Interesting , and' analytical
article, by Katherlne A, Graham, on the
Spanish dramatist, 1; Echegaray. The
writer floes not take him s a whole,
but writes on "Some Aspects of Eche-I
garay," concluding with the laudatory j
summing up: "Certainly in. this easy
going day when the publio likes to set
tle back comfortably into its chair at
the play, when many dramatists Justify
Mr. Scott's complaint and exhortus to
laugh at "honor and mock at virtue," it
it; an event to meet a playwright who
stimulates, who induces moral ref lec
tion, as does Senor Echegaray," We do
not attempt lnthe present brief article
to give academic Judgment concerning
him as an artist but only to assert tnai
his plays have what Mr. Edward Everett
Hale calls, that something whicn.iaets
for awhUe after one leaves' tl)e thea
tre.'" ' '' r'.'
"Poetic Language." by Ivan Calvtn
Waterbury,. is as Interesting as any, and
perhaps the most instructive article In
the book. It is scholarly, as wen,, ana
the student of English, cannot afford to
miss reading It The ornament of the
book is a delightful, one-page poem
"In Delos In the Drifting Isle," by
Mildred MeNeal Sweeney. "Poet Lore''
in published quarterly at 194 Boylston
street, Boston.- At mld-w-inter and mid
summer extra numbers are published.
It Is 1.25 per number or J 6 per year.
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Dr. B. J. Kendall. This is a little book
of pamphlet Proportions, but contains
volumes (Of Information regarding the
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Dr. Kendall believes he has found In
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namely, "Strippings, ' all cream, not
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This Is supposed to contain all the
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the milk maid always carried a little
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This little book, however, .does not
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In short, whether one believes as trior
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dressing Dr. B. J. Kendall, Geneva, III.
Although It has long been known that
the numerals ordinarily employed in
business, and commonly attributed .'to
the Arabs, are not of Arabic orlgjn,
and although, numerous monographs
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The book, which is now on the press
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PROF. HORNER WOULD
EEPOUTOF POLITICS
' 'SeecUJ Dispatch to The JeurnaM
' Waldport Or... Sept. J. tt is believed
In Waldport that, Professor J. B, Hor-.
nef, who has been ' mentioned by the
state! press for, th offide of. superin
tendent, of public instruction, will hot
consent ,to run for the office. His
daughter,. Miss Pearl Horner,, who - is
also his stenographer stated to' friends
today thai her father had never : par
ticipated' in politics, knows nothing: of
the business,-hence will be Inclined to
keep out of it She said that the fam
ily contemplated spending their next
vacation in Europe'ahd that the "Ore
gon Literature' and A Vacation on the
Mediterranean'',! are Both, ut , of print
for the reason her father hag, not had
time to revise the copy for new editions.
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had time to complete Is in Ms study.
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Oregon Agricultural college . she ei
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him with manslaughter in connectloa
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sen, was held in Justice Goodman's
court last evening and upon motion of
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not sufficient evidence to warrant hold
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r Garrison denies the , accusation of
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