Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-08-06

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Ing deEelQpmenls II TIE Crkwford
diForce case have l1id Ehnf Statesman
upon his political bief-Bin sefFe .
remind those familiar with bis car
eer Of how Little the promise Ct this
mans carrier years has beea fnlnl led.
Fifteen years ago Sir chaTies Dixie
wAs tire IDOL Of the few kngliah Re-.
pnbilcans who rallied under bis lead
Though then bnf twenty. yezFs
old, be wns cordially accepted b. the
Radicals q their leader. and Il was
freely said Of him that II royalty
ever was abolished and republic e.
fabIished Dixie would be the first
President. Il Is amusing 20 back
COW aad read the exFraEagant enlng
iums showered upon The ssyoanE Had
scaI. Is BE was termed b. Professor
Fsxcegt, Justin Mccarthy aud other
advanced thinkers Of the time. Sir
Charles DID make something Of :
Parliamentary record. and did Fezch
= seat IL & GladstaI e Cabinet. 5us The
Presidency Of the Eaglish Republic
has not yer maieriaiized. TIE NAB
lies ruined morally, socially and p0-
liiically, and bis name passes forever
from the public arena The idol Of
the Republicans Of fifteen years ego
proves TO be 9 leper, whom % speak
Of Is to despise.
Charles Wentworth Dixie was born
At Chelsea, Sept 4, 1888 BE Is de-
seconded from ancient Puritan stecks
bis direct ancestor, Sir Peter Went
worth, having sal IN the Long Parlla
ment and served as . member Of the
court which tried Charles ]. His
other direct ancestor, Fisher Dixie.
was . fanaticai Puritan in the army
of Cromwell. Sir Charles grand
father, Charles Wentworth Dixie.
vas noted critic and man Of letters,
and his son, Sir Charles father, fol-
lowed ia his steps. They were the
founders OF the AthenRum, Notes
and Queries, and other London mag
szines, and the last attained such dis
tinction in furthering the various
benevolent schemes Of Prince Albert
that the Queen in 1858 created him 3
baronet, The title which has sines de
scended to the present disgFaced
statesman. Dixie was educated at
Trinity Hall, Cambridge. and gradu-
aied IN the law department IN 1865
he was early seized with 4 passion
for travel, and soon after completing
bis ftndIes he set out for the United
States In company with Hepworth
Dixon, who was then editor of bis
fathers magazine, the AtheBRum.
The two spent some time Ia Amef9ca,
visiting every important point They
journeyed across the plains to Salt
Lake, and there Dixon and Dixie
parted, the former returning to Eng
land and the latter continuing to San
Francisco, Australia, India, and re-
turning 70 England BY way Of Egypt
and the Mediterranean. As the re-
suit Of this encircling Of the globe,
Sir Charles. though only twenty-four
years old. wrote rather remarkable
book entitled 'sThe Greater Britain;
. Record Of Travels in English Speak
ing Countries in 1857"
This work, which was especially
eulogistic of America and American
institutions, had q wonderful sale on
both sides Of the Atlantic. Il passed
through four editions Ia q single year
in England. and even 8 greater num-
Der ID this country. The work was
30 stroBg 10 praise OF Republicanism
as the author had observed its work
ings 10 America that It brought Sir
Charles into striking prominence
everywhere. and made him the most
cordially detesled man in England.
The Tories sneered at his youth; the
ne Espapers called him q callow
aedgeling and abused him In leader
after leader, but the book sold like
wildiire, and ahe fame il brought
Dixie made him political quantity
az once. In 1868. while interest In
the book was Al It's hight, Sir Charles
stood for Parliament 10 the new dis
trist of Chelsea, running against the
famous Bull Run Russell, who
was the incarnation Of Toryisln.
Dixie beat him two to one az the
polls. and was ct that time the young.
est man ever elected to Parliament
from London district. Soon after
this his father died and Dixie sue
ceeded to bis baronetcy and 70 the
proprietorship of the Athenaum,
said 10 be worth 50 900 q year. he
81 once turned out HepwoFth Dixon,
and assumed the editorship himself.
In 1871, being assailed for holding
Republican principles. he made q
series Of speeches avowing himself q
Republican and declaring opposition
10 ROYALTY and even q constitutional
monarchy. For this his reelection
to Parliament was violently opposed
In 1874, but he triumphed. All the
while be kept up his literary labors.
la that same year he wrote q poliii-
cal satire, The FAN Of Prince Flor
estan OF Monaco" and published Ii
anonymously. Invent through three
editions, AID was translated into the
French. Ia 1875 Dixie N ade another
tour Of the world, and wrote much
interesting matter from China and
Japan, which enriched the maya
zines OF the day. Prior 70 that be
made journey through siberia, and
was also 9 close observer of events
from The French and German battle
fields during the FrAnco-PTussian
war. a
Except when criticising the habi.s
Of royalty and inveighing against the
extFaVaganee Of the Queen and her
family, Dilke's Parliamentary career
WAS not marked with incident. He
succeeded; however, IN securing q
few important measures; such IS the
creation Of school boards elected By
the people, the conferring Of the
municipal franchise on women, and
the extension Of the hours Of polling
81 Parliamentary elections By q meas
urc known a. Dukes act He Is best
known, however, BY bis persistent
opposition 10 each fresh expenditure
foT the benefit Of the royal family.
he has strenously opposed every
fresh allowance TO the children and
grandchildren OF the Queen, and
some OF his speeches on the cost Of