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TRUE GENTLEMAN
The Masterly Address of
Judge Wallace McCamant
to the Salem Rotary Club
a mistake ot the "make-up"
icme iouowing article wu
partly printed In The States
man of Sunday; the run-ore r part
to another page being by an over
sight omitted. Ed.)
(Judge Wallace McCamant of
Fartland, former Justice of the u-
Vreme court of Oregon, leading
r or t land attorney, patriotic citi
zen, student of history, and silrer
tongued orator, delivered to the
Salem Rotary club at its noon
luncheon on Wednesday, birthday
of the father of his country, a not
able address on "George Washing
ton. Gentleman." and at the close
there was a rising rote for thej
publication of the address in pam
phlet form. In order that all of
our people may hare this address
for reading and filing, the full text
cf it Is printed below:)
Washington was well born. His
ancestry has been traced back for
six centuries prior to his birth and
the evidence is abundant that he
was descended from a long line of
high-spirited, self-respecting men
and women. One of the forma
tive Influences in his life was the
warm attachment subsisting be
tween his brother Lawrence and
liimself. Lawrence Washington
was George's senior by fourteen
f ars; the chronicler, speak of his
culture, refinement and gentle
breeding. Lawrence Washington
was the original owner of Mount
state on the death of his favorite
brother. Another formative in
fluence was the close association
of the families of Washington and
Fairfax. Mrs. Lawrence Washing
ton was a Fairfax; her brothers.
George. William and Bryan, were
near the age of George Washing
ton, and they were his friends and
companions. Their father, Wil
liam Fairfax, and their cousin
Thomas, Lord Fairfax, were gen
tlemen of wealth, standing and
wide information.
The world contained no better
field for the evolution of a gentle-
n than tide-water Virginia in
thn generation preceding the Am-
tican Revolution. William M.
Thackeray was a competent critic
cf manners in the eighteenth cen
tury. In "The Virginians" ,he
?ives us a picture of the environ
n nt In which Washington grew
in'. Thackeray's heroes return to
Virginia after wide experience in
4'Mrt circles and the best society
in Great Britain, and they are con
strained to say that nowhere had
hey seen a finer type of cultured
womanhood than their own moth
er. Madam Esmond Warrington,
a tj-pical blueblood Virginia ma
tron.
Washington had the affiliations
of a gentleman. He was drawn to
men of culture and they became
his friends and intimates. When
he left the Continental Congress
to take command of the army at
Cambridge, he rode as far as New
l ork with Fhllip Scnnyler; ever
afterwards they were fast friends,
"Mention should be made in this
connection of Washington's friend
ship for Lafayette, Anthony
Wayne, Henry Lee and Alexander
Hamilton. When France sent an
army to co-operate with the Amer-
f lean troops, the high-bred French
officers were drawn to Washing
ton and many of them became his
friends.
Washington Bad the delicacy of
feeling which is the' unfailing
mark of a gentleman. The Revolu
tionary War was full of dlscour
agements. The American arms
met with many defeats. But
Washington never indulged. In
criticism of the commanders whose
efforts were unsuccessful. He ac
cepted with composure the critl
f tlsni he received, unjust and
j acrimonious though it was. He
lost no opportunity to congratulate
'and to commend, and he was
ready with a message of sympathy
when valorous effort was. unavail
ing to win victory. On, tie failure
of the Joint French and American
campaign in Rhode Island, a storm
f criticism raged about the head
of the French admiral. D'Estaing.
Washington wrote him a letter
1 congratulating him on the wisdom
or his plan and expressing regret
hat a plan so well conceived had
been Ineffectual through causes
l yond the admiral's control. -Alter
the battle of Guilford Court
House, Washington wrote Nathans
1H Greene in this wise:
"Although the honors of the
field do not fall to your lot, I
am convinced you deserve them.
The rhanrM nf wa v- mrm vftrlnUS
trnd the best concerted measures
and most
flattering prospects
may and often do deceive us.
The motives which induced you
to risk an action with Lord
.Xwallis are supported upon
vtest military principle, and
the consequences, if. you can
prevent the dissipation of jour
tr a krri
I wish to enter in the Fanchon JiSZZi"
Contest given in cooperation with The Oregon Statesman and
the El.lr Theater. Igree to accept "J
tlons of the contract for the Fanchon
I will appear if chosen winner ef this contest In this- city. .1
understand that the contract calls for rolntasnn X IS wee"
booking over the West Const circuit at a Jahunsn of JJ50
week salary, plus transportation. I an enclosing xnjr photo-
troops, win no doubt be for
t unite' .
Washington possessed a dignity
wnicn never left him. Witness
this letter to Gates after the sur
render at Saratoga, of which Gates
had not advised him:
'"By this opportunity I do my
self the pleasure to congratulate
you on the signal success of the
army under your command in
compelling General Burgoyne
and his whole force to surren
der themselves prisoners of war.
At the same time I cannot but
regret that a matter ot such
magnitude and so Interesting to
our general operations, should
have reached me by report only;
or through the channel of let
ters not bearing the authentic
ity which it would have received
by a line under your signature
stating. the simple fact."
Washington foiled the intrigues
of the Conway cabal by this letter
to Conway:
"Sir: A letter which I re
ceived last night contained the
following paragraph: 'In a let
ter from General Conway to
General Gates he says: "Heaven
has determined to save your
country or a weak general and
bad counselors would have
ruined it." '
"I am sir.
"Your humble servant.
George Washington."
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asnington naa the presence
gentleman. Witness this de
scrlption of him from the pen of
Mrs. John Adams, a most discrim
inating observer:
"Diglnty, ease and complac
ency, the gentleman and the
soldier, look agreeably blended
In him. ModeBty marks every
line and feature of his face."
Modesty was, Indeed, one of
Washington most marked char
acteristics. When he took his seat
In the Virginia House of Burgesses
at the close of the French and In
dian War, Speaker Robinson
thanked him publicly for his em
inent military services. Washing
ton found himself unable to reply.
The Speaker thereupon said: "Sit
down, Mr. Washington; your mod
esty equals your valor and that
surpasses the power of any lan
guage I possess."
When Washington accepted his
commission from the Continental
Congress he said:
"I beg it may be remembered
by every gentlemen In the room
that I this day declare with the
utmost sincerity I do not think
myself equal to the command I
am honored with."
A similar expression is found in
one of his letters to his wife writ
ten at the same time and which
he could not have expected the
public to see.
He was equally diffident about
accepting the presidency. He
writes to Hamilton:
"If I should be prevailed up
on to accept it, the acceptance
would be attended with more
diffidence and reluctance than
ever I experienced before in my
life." '
After his election to the presi
dency his journey from Mount
Vernon to New York was a tri
umphal march. The communities
through which he passed, vied
with each other to do him honor.
This ovation culminated in his in
auguration. Seldom has any man
received so signal a manifestation
of public favor. When it was all
over he wrote to a friend :
"I greatly fear that my coun
trymen will expect too much
from me. I fear, if the issue of
public measures shall not cor
respond with their sanguine ex
pectations, they will turn the
extravagant praises which they
are heaping upon me at this mo
ment into equally extravagant
censures."
Miss Curtis, Mrs. Washington's
granddaughter, lived at Mount
Vernon from the close of the rev
olution until shortly prior to
Washington's death. She states
that she never heard him relate an
act of his during the war.
Elkanah Watson, a visitor to
Mount Vernon, tried in vain to in
duce Washington to talk about the
great events in which he played so
important a part, and Bishop
White assures us that a stranger
would never have known from
Washington's conversation that be
was conscious of having distin
guished himself m the eye of the
world.
A' high sense ot honor is the
mark of a gentleman. Prior to
the Revolution it was proposed
that the Colonists should make
their protests to Great Britain ef
fective by refusing to pay debts
owing to British creditors. The
proposition evoked a protest from
Washington:
"While we are accusing
others of injustice, we should
be Just ourselves; and how this
can be whilst we owe a con
siderable debt and refuse pay
ment of it to Great Britain is
to me inconceivable."
In 1781, while Washington was
with the army on the banks of
the Hudson, a small British vessel
came up the Potomac ana ae
Ltated'the homes of many of the
patriot proprietors on Its banks
Lund Washington then In charge
ot. Mount Vernon, met the boat
from the ship and purchased im
munity for Mount Vernon by sup
plying the vessel with provisions.
Washington waa stung to the
quick by thla compromising epn-
tni I CM IT
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duct. In a letter to Lund Wash
In gt on he bitterly complained that
his agent should carry refresh
ments to an enemy vessel and
"commune with a parcel ot plan
dering scoundrels." Washington
added: "It would have been a
less- painful circumstance to me
to have heard that in consequence
to your non-compliance with their
request, they had burnt mjr house
and laid my plantation In ruins.'
The commentators lay emphasis
on the tact and courtesy which
marked Washington's intercourse
with his fellow-men. He , was un
failing in his hospitality and his
guests ave left many memorials
of his faculty for putting them at
their ease. He was so gracious
in his demeanor that men forgot
they were in the presence of one
of the greatest of mankind. His
correspondence is rich in compli
ments gracefully paid.
Washington was chivalrie in his
regard for women and in his
treatment of them.
When Washington drscovered
the treason of Benedict Arnold he
exerted himself to the utmost to
capture the traitor. As soon as
he was certain that his efforts to
this end had failed he serl word
to Mrs. Arnold assuring her of the
safety of her husband on a British
man-ofwar.
The French Revolution swept
away the patrimony of Lafayette.
While her husband was im
prisoned in an Austrian dungeon
at Olmutz Madame Lafayette was
in strained circumstances. Wash
ington deposited a considerable
sum to her credit in Holland.
Mindful of her reluctance to ac
cept pecuniary assistane, he as
sured her that this money was the
payment of an old debt he owed
her husband.
Washington was a man of ten
der sympathies. When he saw
the He8sianr bayoneting his men
on the fall of Fort Washington,
he wept like a child. He made
war like a Christian gentleman,
rigorously punishing any infrac
tion of the laws of war and of hu
manity. He had the generosity of a gen
tleman. His kindness to his ne
groes was much remarked in the
neighborhood of Mount Vernon, as
was his care of them when sick,
infirm and aged. When he and
Mrs. Washington were at Cam
bridge at the beginning of the
Revolution, he writes this letter
home tp his agent1:
"Let the hospitality of the
house with respect to the poor
be kept up. Let no one go hun
gry away. If any of this kind
of people should be in want of
corn, supply their necessities
provided it does not encourage
them to idleness."
He then directs the distribution
of not less than , forty pounds
sterling in charity.
Washington had the comrad-i
eshps of a gentleman. He was
fond of his friends and remained
loyal to them through good report
and ill. When the storm of the
revolution was brewing, he dif
fered radically from Lord Dun
more, the royal governor of Vir
ginia, and both gentlemen felt
strongly on the great public ques
tion of their day. Yet these dif
ferences did not interrupt their
friendship. Throughout the revol
ution the Fairfaxes remained
loyal to the crown. This did not
break or strain Washington's af
fection for them. Bryan Fairfax
visited Washington at Valley
Forge and secured from Washing
ton a pass entitling him to pro
ceed to the British lines at New
York. He was unwilling to take
the oaths exacted of him by the
British commander and returned
to Virginia, via Valley Forge. He
was treated with unfailing kind
ness by Washington and on his
return to Virginia he wrote this
letter:
"There are times when favbrs
conferred make a greater Im
pression than at others. That
at a time when your popularity
was at the highest and mine at
the lowest, and when it is so
common for men's resentments
to run high against those who
dlfferfrom them in opinion,
you should act with your wont
ed kindness towards me, has
affected me more than any
favor I have received."
Nothing could be more beauti
ful than Washington's devotion to
his companions in arms, the men
who had wintered at Valley Forge
and who had done yeoman ser
vice on the bloody fields where
the liberties of our country were
won. Washington's separation
from the officers of the Continen
tal Army at Fraunces Tavern was
perhaps the most affecting scene
of his life. This was his farewell
toast:
"With a heart full of love and
gratitude I now take leave of
you, most devoutly wishing that
your latter days may be as pros
perous and happy as your for--'
mer ones have been glorious and
honorable."
Too much overcome to say
more, he grasped them ' by the
Rr All Coughs
and All Ages
Safe and.
Reliable
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hand one by one, and hurried to
the boat in which he left New
York. To the end ot his life he
remained the loyal friend of them
all.
it . is sometimes said that no
man is a hero to his valet. On
this subject hear. what Tobias
Lear, Washington's secretary, has
to say of him:
"General Washington Is, I be
lieve, the only man of exalted
character who does not lose
some part of his respectability
by an intimate acquaintance. I
have never found a single thing
that, could lessen my respect for
him. A complete knowledge of
his honesty, uprightness and
candor in all of his private
transactions, has sometimes led
me to think him more than a
man."
Washington died like a gentle
man. When he felt his end ap
proaching, he asked Mr. Lear
whether Lear recollected anything
which it was essential for him to
do. as he had but a short time to
live. Observing that his negro
servant had remained standing a
long time In his sick chamber,
Washington told him to sit down.
When Mr. Lear moved him in bed.
Washington said: "I am afraid I
fatigue you too much." On be
ing assured to the contrary,
Washington said: "It is a debt we
must pay to each other and I
hope when you want aid of this
kind you will find it."
Almost his last words were
these:
"I feel I am going; I thank
you for your attentions, - but I
pray you will take no more
trouble about me; let me go off
quietly; I cannot last long."
So lived and so died George
Washington. When he passed
away the world lost its first gen
tleman.
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HERE LARGE SCALE
Industry Described By P. J,
Lamoreaux At Chamber
of Commerce Meet
Paper enough to cover a road
20 feet wide from Salem to Eu
gene la turned out daily by each
of the four machines at the Ore
gon Pulp A power company, it
was stated Monday at the Salem
Chamber of Commerce luncheon
by P. J. Lamoreaux, general su
perintendent of the miH.
In showing the extent ef the pa
per production at this mill. Sa
lem's biggest Industry, Mr. Lam
oreaux said that 9950 horsepower
is utilised in the 491 motors which
vary from one-sixteenth of a
horsepower to SSO horsepower.
The mill uses 2,800,000 kilowatt
hours of electricity each month,
or 110.0S0 dally.
The pumps are equipped to
handle IB, 000 gallons of water
each day.
Mr. Lamoreaux gave a com
plete outline of the process of pa
per making from the wood pulp
to the finished paper. He told
of the process which removes the
dirt from the pulp, the washing,
chipping, diluting, thickening and
the acid process.
Ninety tons of water are used
to each ton of pulp, but 93 per
cent of this water is used over
again, the speaker said. He told
ot the bleaching and of the sizing
for waterproofing the paper.
cur (un
H. L. MARTIN OF SALEM VARIETY STORE
EVERYTHING MARKED TO
The making of good paper de
pends on the nee of water, Mr
Lamoreaux explained., adding that
when the paper reaches the dry
ing roll it la about tO .per cent
dry. . , ."sS?. v
Be told of one machine at the
mill that made SO tons ot bond
paper a day, but said that B0 tons
is a fair average. The total ca
pacity of the mlU is about 100
tons a day. The sixes of paper
turned out vary from 8x8 to 48x10
Inches.
' In closing Mr. Lamoreaux eaid
that Salem residents would be
given all preference in employ
ment. There are now 8(8 men
and 88 women employed in the
mill, and 29 office workers mak
ing the total payroll 425.
The paper mill has not been
advertised enough, Mr. Lamore
aux said, mentioning that he had
seen only .one or two advertise
ments mentioning the paper in
dustry here since he had been in
Salem.
Although a resident of this city
only four months. Mr. Lemoreaux
Is greatly pleased with the city
an'd declares that he has become
an atclve booster.
Several heads ot. departments
at the paper mill were guests at
the luncheon. The speaker was
Introduced by E. T. Barnes.
LOWER PINE RATE
PORTLAND, Feb. 27. (AP)
An order reducing telephone rates
In Oregon will be requested of the
public service commission by the
state legislative committee ap
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THREE GROUPS
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pointed to investigate the tele
phone situation in Oregon. The
legislative committee met here to
day. A resolution was adopted
urging the Oregon congressional
delegation to support the congres
sional resolutions calling for a na
tional Investigation of the opera
tions of telephone companies. The
message will b esent tq Senators
McNary and Stelwsr, and to Rep
resentatives Hawley, Sinnott and
KorelL A request will be made to
the state public service commis
sion asking that a similar mes
sage be sent by that body to the
congressional delegation.
It was declared at today's meet
ing thst since 1918 telephone
rates In Oregon have increased
from 80 to 150 per cent. Other
utilities, such as power and gas,
have shown a decrease during a
similar period, it was said.
The telephone companies have
given as justification for increased
rates the Increased cost of wages.
labor and material.
The legislative committee con
sists of Colonel A. E. Clarke,
chairman; Speaker John H. Car
kin and Representative E. O. Pot
ter of Lane county; Theodore P.
Cramer, Jr., Josephine county;
James H. Haslett, Hood River,
and Attorney General I. H. Van
Winkle. All were present today
and all were In accord with the
action taken.
It was declared at the meeting
that the state legislative commit
tee la not in a position to make as
comprehensive an Investigation in
Oregon as is necessary, due to the
Inter-corporate relations of the
American Telephone and Tele
graph company, "parent com
pany" to 38 operating companies
ot which the Pacific States Tele
phone and. Telegraph company
was aald to be one; the Western
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AMENDMENT PROPOSED ' - '
WASHINGTON, Feb. V 17.-
(API. A compact between the.
states interested in the irrigation
project in the Columbia river ba
sin. If the gravity plan of water
distribution Is adopttd was sought.
In an amendment to the Jones
Dill bill introduced today by Sen
ator Borah, republican, Idaho. .
PERSIANS DROWN,
BAKU, Transcaucasia, Feb. 27.
(AP). M. Llponoff. head of
the Persian fisheries department,
and 11 subordinates perished to
day when a storm swept the Cas
pian sea sinking a boat on which
they were making an inspection
trip.
PILOT, RANCHER DIES
MARSHFIELD, Ore., Feb. I7
(AP). Herbert Rogers I7t
Coos rivsr pilot and rancher, son
of S. C. Rogers, Coos pioneer, died
Saturday night of a heart attack.
That Baby YouVe
Longed For
Mrs. Barton Advisee Wc
Motherhood and , CJompaadc-aahlp
"Tot NTM-tl tmn I wm aU4 tte
blMln( of ntiirkHl," writes lira.
Mftrmr. Bartea ef KimsM City. "I wm
terribly aerfM mmA majeet t rite
f terrible suffer! a b4 BMleahn.
ffew I e the prxA mother et betk
ful tittle -eeatkter and tree eeip'-"
tee end iBaplretloa to mj fcubeaa. I
belioTO erode of other weaje viM
like to know the eeerot of my happlaaoa.
and I will fledlr reveel H to say marries
woman who will write me." lit JDr
Um off ere her eSriee entirely-without
eaerge. sne nee noiainj- ie eeu.
hoeld be eddreeeed to MM. Marfirat
Burton, 80S hiaiaaohaeette. Keeee City,
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