The sun., 1891-03-27
WESTERN POETS INDIGNANT
Reporter Eugene FIELDS Account OF the
Great Meeting TO Protest Against Im-
porting IA Worlds Fair bard and Odtst.
FROM TIE C1ic,cJ Eetrf


Tho announcement that Lord Tonnyson has
been asked to contribute an original ode to the
dedicatory exercises Of tho Worlds Fair has
created portentous stir in local literary cir
COS, number OF the leaf Ting wost side noets
assembled In Bilnk's skatiag rink last Monday
and prepared q call addressed to all authors
nuthoressss, poets. and pc etesses Of the Rrent
Northwest. This call was for a monster mass
meeting OF these authors md things in the
Chicago auditorium the subselusnt Friday
afternoon. hccordln lngly tho Auditorium was
fairly iillei yesterday when Percy u. Whyto
appeared upon the stage and called tho meet
Ing to order 1twas estimated TINT fully six
Thousand representative authors and poets
tnale and fenael were present Cook county
alone Sontiihuting Az per GENT. q that mum,
into Into tie han i rearing a splendid banner err upon
which ap cared tho words, No lordship buai-
ness or foreign nonsense In ours" the cheering
even y higher ptch when, iew moments
lia,eG. lho Wisconsin delegation came In sing
:, Mr. WEylo cad tho call for the. meeting and
sfn hSef what he peasIe 81 those sores eres
say " sSs doen Sce hs
Prof. w. Shakespeare hodges Of Mu.!bank.
Ind, renl n list of nominalions which Vernon
much 9 'niusion Rosetti BaXtor of North Tripe-
l,;,; Vile Wis,; ga FAD that the list Of nominations
lnIiana litteratenrs only; was no other part Of
ina, hanks tho sannho q llns Island sYegss'sd
Appause.I A majority favorlng, this. Mr:
wholly unexpected tribute OF confidence, pro-
oqGed zee naGer from hs vest no, ket a snd o read
Rocks. Mich. Fdreat f nsnauss fA' VI .n''''
Secretary; WelfHans Goethe Browne OF Genoa
Vice. Presidents: Schiller Newman OF Cordu.
roy. Ind. W. llenry Trney OF lied Bud. Iowa;
MTs. Moses G!orkerr q ,irass Lake Mich: Miss
Totts OF Bear, Lake, MINI. ioberl Blowning
Skinner ,9t Iioodhouse. M; Harry sneed OF
Ayrpra III broWns Of Ping
Miss GIornna Mumps OF Cairo. III. George W.
l'assett OF Lone Jack, :. D.. and Longfellow
These nominations welo ratified duly. but not
Until several de aelrgates sXnsessed surprise pr and
%s aer h oI Inc etsr S q the %
insigded in the list Of Iics. Presidents.
have ISs reasSed usSn ers IL rio % ssra
shall now aad forever shake OF tho shsoEies o1
British bossHni. Who Is this. man Tennyson2
nc Is sS aa Sat WSss % 81
sTsssye SIS, y, Msft vhsrNs "a Soni Is sh,s5 snS =
stud the empyrean vau!t7 lTremendops sp.
ssors at sas eed
iiHed 70 write much better poetry than Mr.
oeus oa sSo %ora Fa @an
agemsnt has had the presnmpion n, 10 write
to contribute poem to the opening exercises
Of tho Fair Shall we submit to This insult2
ss s1Sa homS tasns wsows
Mis- Cicely Boyd OF keokuk, Iowa expressed
hn fhnf h.,Cf NJ lNnIf fNrF AfnVf1
Would manifest Their err sapproyaI roy q tie das. @
ns PSSK nuusf G scsn sh' g
the ee.tg PnamhfIl poem OF ninstesn ct stan,
a' io'Hs n vas ana M hse ss
PFn hsn tBseFS ans sofs ho trd
n bach vs and Sn9F nny Iad
going to submit to this kind Of discriminatlon5
as as ns
to be That tho MAGAZINES are conspirng to
US &essfn 1s S9s
WSer Gor 81 9eero 'eWs UWnsp
several dialect poets from Indiana, but the dis.
Savage. who suggested that Tho meeting had
been called for the express and single purpose
9t DECLARING the mighty Vests dlsapproyal OF
Prof WEytS. addressing the. concourse. said
that he had read very little OF Lord Iennyson's
noae OF it at ali. lie made ur Ills mind years
ago thai life was too short 10 read all the poe
try only, viii b wGs maze west Of the Ale-
Sheny& & &MoIntains iGreat HEpiaIse Stil ne
T.nnyDons FEN @ - merit. Tor 10 on varions vi soeis oc
casions he had heard Tennysons poemA sung
x tha Maui p2scous pnos sta snS
they were. too, said he. 1t is pretty generally
conceded IN tho Nest that our praries fairly
them. and our lakes teen with them. We are
a country Of poets: poetry oozes out OF us Just
man WIZ Ii then Should we app9 oe y to Grsas
Britain for an nrtiele which we have In great.
sr quantity and OF better quality right here at
TaIIr management. ana II the name q ops
preamble aud resolution l shall now read:
n.,,s. on. Isnnyscn British ho.a has been
Of The Rspostoa
ss.sSs ,p%asa ~ %sssiSg%:nS S:n:aS s:issss :;
q already e n. ps;
H,s.,uss: Tist ,aid fennyson should not b. .ps,
lnlnnAn Exposition, and furthermore It Is declared
R.,o',,a: Tha, tn. said solicitation o. said Tennyson
tn contribute sad poem was place Of calm erontery
which, II II he not crafty device to obtain tho
graph or said Lord II stulied insult to millions OF na-
tive poets. ma and female alike; And
R,.Dr red, That " there be any poems made for the
Columbian Exposition they be made by home talent
which hold and shall ever maintain. Is liable
under our tariff laws to competition on the part of for
eiRners
e-rors orr Nations onsrss. aud ihe ssSsia q
Managers protesting 70 have The nierests OF tho Co
lninban Expositop at heart and IN hAni"
eloquent sEeoSch II surpor. o. these rsso
u Hnyinnw | huv hsa
q poet for more than sixty years. )" said he,
md haye penned thousands Of poems.
Wien h,afq Of this Tenny;;SSpp affair my blood
sell. have us poots done that we should be set
rsside ior ior this esoiisticai spriY Of british no:
he felt rnrticulnrlv embitterrd against Tenny.
son tecnuse many years ago he had sent Ten
nIyson an autosraph, eGyy OF his volume Of
M"rld." and had requested ono OF Tsnnysons
DO ks In exchange: bat Tcnnyson never Ssnt
tho I ook. nor IN fact pail any attention what
ever 10 the graceful act Of his Michigan con
temporary
Miss GIoriana Mumrs announced that she
cnntenila'ea ioun!ing q magazine Mt Cniro.
~. 1t world be entitled "Tinrie;; Bloom;
leIio Ical Patrpni2lng nud Promoting Pro 40.
Poetry. md Pork The fair editor hopsd that