Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-07-21
American Glaciers,

Senator Edmunds In the Portland Oregonian.
| l absolutely never believed there was any.
| thing in America comparable in grandeur to the
| scenery have seen on my necessarily brief vsi,
| to Mount Tacoma. The access, thanks to the
well-cut trails made by the engineer ofthe North.
ern Pacific railroad is easy. and as learn from
| Mr.. Cakes, will be made as easy as a carriage
| road, or nearly. within a month from now To
express half Of my admiration for the transcen-
dent grandeur of every part of the scenery. and
especially of the glacier, would be ilnpos-
sible. more perfect glacier, in all the features
| found in such phenomena, it would be impos-
sible to find. Certainly no Alpine glacier excels
| 1t III perfection; and yet, as l was given to I'M
derstand, it is the least In point of size of all
| that have been discovered on this mountain.
| cannot help saying that am thoroughly con-
vinced that no resort in the United States will
be so much sought after as this, when once
people come to know that what men cross the
Atlantic to see can be seen in equal spIendOr if
not surpassed, at home.
hear doubts expressed as to whether Mt Ia
coma can be assembled; but steady head a
sure foot, a reliable alpenstock, and little de-
termination could probably accomplish what is
of course very daring feat. New Tacoma has
fortune in the fact that it is the best point
from Which to start to this, the grandest of all
American mountains; and I learn from Mr.
Cakes that guides and all c0nveniences will be
afforded to tourists DESTROYS of visiting this mag
nfficent scene If Switzerland is rightly called
the play -ground of Europe, l am satisfied that
around the base of Mt. Tacoma will become a
prominent place of resort. not for Americans
only, but for the world besides.
need not deal with the particulars of our
Journey, as you can get them infinitely logged
by my young friend, Lieutenant Arthur Let
me only add this much in this regard, that
nothing could be, to me at least, more enjoyable
than the gradual approach to the inner circle of
the court where the monarch of our northern
mountains reigns supreme. The emotions STIR
red In ones breast-at least they were in mine
completely defy all the powers of language
TO express. When we reached the foot of the
glaciers, fOot-sore and weary as we were I
could not help pausing in breathless silence as
we reviewed this majestic mass of ice imbed-
oed lnthe bosom Ofthis gigantic monarch among
Alps II 1t was not the grandest of the group,
as we were informed by Mr.. Willis who was
one of our party, it was enough magnihcence
Tor us. The stupendous sides of the canyon In
when the glacier lay formed q setting perfect
IN It's harmony Of contrast, If the term be ad-
mlsslDie, TO the pagodas and pinnacles of the Sc
cluded mass of ice.
l have been through the Swiss mountains,
ana am compelled to own that. incredible as
tne assertion may appear, there is absolutely no
exhiblted there and what is seen in approaching
TINS grand, isolate mountain. / would be willing
10 20 oOo miles again to see that scene. This
continent Is yet in ignorance of the existence of
what Will DC one of the grandest show places.
as we'll as sanitarfum
rms morning, in spite Of the fact that we
came from the glacier to Tacoma in one day, and
Ieit used up last night. we felt every one of us
TINS morning as lively as possible: and, with the.
exception Of little Stiffness just as capable Of
the same exertiOn as We were before we
started.