The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-04-17

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xxx foxx, April sin Tie e@stl
pxrt ct lsx began my acquaintance
WITH Mn7xt HaIstead= but ] fsrss saw
him in june, fsas Il Ia5sss To
Cincinnati lsmm<xcSsf bexun to b
noted - pecaiixriy independent. Arf
Nr. Haist<ad az = promoter 81 ssyoJnt
blood ia 3ournniissa. Is Was told e
tie sran;f50us youths Of western In
diana that the srier<xf kyro uouid b
encouraged By Mr. HzIsfezd II b
could sGrsa news or anything worth
reading 20 there was > great breaking
out 81 fresh effnxfens from caisos
youths. 4. ausong the number. Tier
being On invalid and making ready
for ths oyeFi2ad trip 70 California
wrote. 3 proposal 70 the Gsmm<yrsnl
and yecefved permission 10 rry nns
hard. Thirteen months later. having
written letters from every point og
she way. And aaauy from Utah flor
got no farther. came home and vas
tied Cincinnati for the arst time
can iast make Oil 20 iaHzh now
~ my first experience with my
chief. bat Il was painful enough 81
the time. / had rees;yed SUCH en-.
eourazinR praise for my Utah cuntu-
buficns that / supposed be would BE-
delighted 10 see me. II Was one oil
those awful Jnae days IN Cincinnati
which destroy All faith In Universal
fxas. The cosnes OF Foussh and Racs
streets seemed 20 Qniiyxr III the stag
nas ar y f1si'ssl Ms,1as,s,ss ~ = 3
fne sahetHm. -. 49, =. sRss $3.50.
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aE eye - ssss ~ -. 49, :.
HTS ts.at 'ogtca iks $3.50 W.. =.
INC eta1ss slae 2 80 49, -. III
whose singular 49, aIaee $3.50 -.
f2ss'iIiatsu mc. sl 80 h,saI - - s't''s
ana stfsignls rs neAa IaaFnfu y, paeh =
y ihsokIIg s.s sIlslss anu NJ ~.
were com Isese's n fs. ~ uos1''ss
cohse1 Eiasssss ms eas .'ios's''is''s9 .
ssaIas' ,..,-As - u
- nsse seIe nurat sla.ss - s. 49, -
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shl AesIsl lssIs VII 80. - ..1;..
never entiiesy svs ~ = .ase p 'ss.'.a =
hrst stn pfessloh = laNass s. .s's :.
ne tnas ne va haeas - my hsssi .hs
70 pfeak s.sis VIII az '1lsvcassoa, - sa :
unseen. as,a IN iael. ne ann,l ssl, !.
sss snat nc va ~, 80 49, 80.
eoiofi zs1. Ina. .hs $3.50 80 49,,
Use. paI nAss 'sess Ks. .,aa..'u wv ~,
tney mean ~ nj uH t''is os 4, -
Wa respeeiiniiy was'1 eaa''ss =
consult MS cnlrss pat !, hacN,ns ILL., IN
Ing q cry 0'1les, asis' u.s. "a =.
stead ~ once Win statement y my
name ana c,lslneas
u-h.n.il-h
inis y - ncar a. fettefs e1H pIes1n'
ms reply. ms pen never paas,ng M ~,
slant. ! ieii back 20 Toe aouI. ZOOS
breath ana r@thrned W tue tnnfxe'
h-u.ii-n-h- Han Hun
ms time the pen was iHteu LOT Pei
maps ~ seconds; 70 | took courage asu
began again. lie waven MS hanu ~
way 20 indicate tnat III oaeuoors wa
available, and said something. o'
which I only heard the Woru later,
and ! retired indignant Late tha'
afternoon returned and found him
IN most agreeable mood. ! miro
duced myself anew and nelther OF y,
referred 70 the torenooa meennE-
DOUBT very mach y ne hau any reeoi-
lection oI It.
This was the beginning OF "a &C
quainsance and business relauof
which continued through seven years
ana was - every way pieafant ana
prouSao1e 70 me. In Harness % state
ment aud honorable business deaiine
Mr.. Haistcad has no superior; and tn'
inflIlde niloNed 20 correspondent
Was really remafkapse. IN man,
hundred communications 10 tne Tom
HssfftaI, from every part Oh the RAJ
west, from the conth ana 1rom inan,
places IN Ohio aud INDIANA dnring W,
cxciung WHISKY crusade oi issat
was never once restricted IN the e.
pressioa OF opinions. but during ~
The years from the close oil TIE war vi
1850 Mr.. Haistesd was involved u
heated CONTROVERSIES over the muniSi
pai auairs 81 tincihnau. anu SOME
umas over state aIia natlohai aHAils
wnien ied 70 personal arrangements
threats OF violence. astaek Ia one III
stance and in another a scandal *
ycnomons and ut the same time so 10
genious that u could not be resented
without doing ureparable INJURY Y
the ehiei victim.
1t was my misfortune 10 nfst NEE
nm III the darkest hour OF one o
these personal troubles. Al othe
times he was among the most genia
oil men but when engTosSed in hi
writing IL was never good policy 20 in
ferrupt him. TO women be was al
WAYS polite. always deferential. will
tue bearing oi y cnuftier. And sine
the old auarrels were fought to con
clusion he has wonderfully softened .
Al ianrt. III IL not uncommon, say
Holmes. for men who have fought
hard light IN life To mellow delight
fully when Toe struggle has ended Il
victory, and Mr.. HaiStead often say
= = his most earnest desire now -
live Ia peace with al men. = Even i
his greatest anger there was q trace G
hnmer. and speaking OF one whom h
had most cause 10 hate. be said
There was a time when | woul
have Killed him. but ! did not wis
TO establish the precedent OF KILN
edit ofs.
MT. Halstead was born in isea, i
Batler county. O., and lived on hi
fathers farm there I'll manhood. a,
quirsng q robust physique. which ha
renainsd sound through many yeal
81 conflict and harsl work. and eve
now shows no sign of failure. His in
uiense physical potency il no sna
element oil his snecess. his work /.
times being very exhaustive. On u
tasa'sssfesat his writing was necessaril
irregular, and In more than one Il
stance he wrote In a day an entire paE
OF editorial. A column an hour