New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-03-24
A STIR IN LITERARY CIfCLES.
NO LoRDsHIP BUSINESS or FOREIGN NON
SENSE.
rnnona rielh in The ChicagO Vows.

EnneVc fltll III IN
The announcement that Lord Tennyson mas ocen
asked to Contribute an original ode TO the deGicSt or
en- a. local itterary circles. \ number OF the Leading
West Side poets assembled IL Bfinks sNaun9 ann auphnrs
anthoresses. poets and poetcsacs OF the srea' nottn,
west. This call was for Il ho 11',cocn hnaitorinnl
Dc ~ mi, eoucnt Friday afternoon. Accordingly 'c
Auditorium was flirly filed Yesterday W. aS me ~ meet.
Wn'Lr,e anno,rpd mon the sta 20 and caHcd lWe ihctt
tn" ~ order. IL was estimated that fully OoVC rrpIe,
sentative authors and poets male ana le tn nor centt
~ ,hat number. When the Indiana delegation mi.IIdcH
into the hail, bearing 4 sPiehdmJ a. pam u nfncs "I "r foreign
ninscuse I'm our the cheering was dcaicnlne, anu ~
enthusiasm reached even a higher pitcn WIZ Viz in " sing.
moments later, the Wisconsin delegation came Ill SINE
"eN Whytc read the call FOR the meeting ana then
,etcd What the pleasure OF those present mlsh. Dc.
I've need a president. a secretary and abon' a do]eh
wee ST pststSgiwS, II. shakespeare Hodges. of Mudbank, IND,
read a list Of Nominations which Vernon W; cG smy1ne'
Of IcrrG iiagtc q, s SSGtE Tripev HTu wis.,. said that the
iist Of nominations submitted by PrOfcSso. IiouEcS
was composed, Of Indiana lttera'e%rS 9HlE MR. "S sns al
Majoribanks, the Sappho OF Ilue !siahu' snseevrE rero %s
the temporary chairman, Mr.; Mmy'e' Snn glnnrSGO 4
majority favorinG this pfoposition, Mr.. VIZ; tri nnte
expressing gratitude for this wholly nneTpeCsef poCEett
of confidence, produced a paper from his vest po'Ae'
w For q president. Doollttle savage. of Pointof-Rocks'
IS Secretary wddlfgang Goethe Browne. of Genoa June
'o Vice presidents: Schiller Newman, Of CORDUROY: Ind;
W. Henry F. alley. of Red Bud, Iowa Mrs. NoseS 80
Of Grass Lake Mich; ms, ., M nesr Lake AXE" MINI Robert
Browning skinner, Of RSoodhonse, Ill. Harry SneGG: OF
Aurora H. Mrs; sc mira II,n Ieo" Ina .: Mi'. GloTiana
Niumps. OF Cairo, H.: George W. BaSSett, OF Long 'aoh'
S. D., ard L~ongfellow simpson, OF Graz aiT Sf S"t n o. until
several delegates expressed sgapTisc and I regret 10 'i ia.
the distinguished name of K !, r. Go %h tn : s lnsSing Calf.1
had not been Included in the list Of vice pIe pres q pe ,idon,
" We have a serious duty TO perform. sau r. ,ue
ro,a,o upou mounting the pia'lOrU. W. h"'N
reached a crisis In American literature anu !. Is ~ shaTc
og me shackles of British bossism. Who IS this man
Tennyson? 8 British lord, 10 be sure. anu u ~ :" a
prominence in his own eoi amr ycrc 5' AND progressive
West. where genius is as thick and as rlcn as ,n ionnl;
soil Of these prairies; ana wneTC ,l p4g5S y an CrIrmen,
dous applause0 Mr.. Tennyson WouId h2t oe IL, ~ OF az
us. I see before me at Least 3 rUOW F is [mu,PIinGcd to
write much better poetry than Mr: lenmNs nh ~
The WORLDS Fair management has had the preSnmpll2n
10 write over to England. asking TINS man lcH! ~ s1,cy
contribute a poem to Inc opening e sSau q conspicuous sTi g
honor be ladled out to foreign mSaiocdity W lens,t nomt X
talent valleys slGsToy in Rd tRs s0 OF Kcof 1nppiI@ iowa. a%a the
hone that. having assembled eor rcformatory pnrpoS%s'
the poets Of Of The the 5 mlg6ty WG pdli TGT par mnIl' Sy the East
ern magazines. (ApplauseD " ! recently lorNaIucl ~
sThc Century a beautiful poem Of ninteen n stanfa aG
Birds Nest in q Maple Tree They sem II paVM, -
and a Mr.. Howclls returned it with a letter. SaylnS Ihat
they did not print humorous pGetry; Next The ! 'T yortb II
Gn Review and five other magazines; but they
all sent it back. and l finally had to pay - 70 geI Il
r. tSiU kind Of discrimination The macazines print
poetry every month that isn't nearly as g0oo a. lin
The fauit seems to be that the magazines af Coni EXIT i
10 crush Western talent. and | for one beileVe thit II
is high time for Us Western producers TO KICK TAP
Remarks remark indorsinc Miss Bovd's views We're made ~
Whittier Cutler. Of Cicero TOWNSHIP io, Ss4I nnets from m
1n lGsn Ri The discussion was rudely Interrupted by
President savage. who suggested that the meeting ma
S eisTin cal the iI It Vests diisapproval of Lord Ten
nyson; v,rto addressing the conronrsc. said that
no had read very little of Lord Tennyso1S WORTH
fact. to lie more explicit. he had reao F = Wo " , ~ 3" sh hoy
20 read all the poetry going, so he determined 10 fTh1
that poetry only which vas made west SIN Of '1 he was was
ohlo 70 pass an Intelligent opinion % IrnnvsonS
merits. for on various social occasions ne M haI Rr nCSra !
come INTO the Garden; Mainland gFGcio o10o1 nGTT
. .onrcd tsSy IN %f tSc 1WSS e:t Il That orr pr1iriSSs fairly tTl;tle
with poctrv. our woods are fun of them: ana our Ianvr
ocym "n N Of rs inst as naturally as sap trickleS ont ~
q sugar maple. Why. then. should we amy onortitv
and Of better quality right here al home " ! for one,
Continued tho professor. resent the ln'liIt PA ulUn W >
y million poets j demand the adoption of the prcaflole
and resolutions I shall now read ,.,-, ,ord has bccu
" WHEREAS, one TennysOG. n British Ioru. "a. III,
,unortnned BY certain persons TO contribute 70 lh'
dedicatoTv exercises of the Colnmoah hAp"''" "
~" whereas. Said Tennyson has never heretofore
dome aught toward the development. Ocllen'' ucIyn'o
, or DEDICATION Of American institutions anu p'op''''
an" whereas. There are already in this county, w. and
Z .lo m ever pyesmmcd to be: therefore i {
~ sResdlvcd. That said Tennvson should no. M, Gc, II
f f9pTd F, T" \ e and furthermore. it is declared and
Wv" .RcsoIvcd. That the said solicitation Of sad Iennv,
son IT. Ccn Which. if It'll # be ei not a crafty device to Obtain
autograph Of said lord; is a stqdie s1r, in'G a1d 70 "'i'''"
" .Rcsoived. That II there he any poems maze Ip
the %COlnmSian 80 EE SpIS aOG s ,cgy eg be maintai R[ is SG mo-,
liable under our tariff laws to competition on the part
..Eesoivcd. That copies Of this instrument be duly
laid bcEre our National Congress and the several.
boards Of MANAGE, prGfc,sing 70 o nave . ,MG IN hand. - -
An eIoouent speech in support Of those resolutions
was made Nv, the venerable Enphrate, R sl 0i h iI,o
sixty ycare." said he. and | have penncd thousands o,
poems. When ! heard Of thi; TcnnySon Snair mT I hoyo
ne n,ets done. that We should ne set aside for III,
c~gotisiCal sprig Of British nobility? I. Ihe agea oaad
against Tennyson. because MANY. years ago he nag sen.
TennysO Sn.a 3T n% Z 1Sy1Ip Of f9 tTs & 81 MI V %orlG- o. and dI had
requested one of Tcn"vSOn's books in cXchanee; On,
Tennyson never sent ne book; n3r, IN fa 81: XIII wici6 Sn9
Mis- Gloriana Mnmps announced that she contem-
Mated founding a magazine at Cairo, III. It would he
entitled Prairie Bloom: . Periodical Patr0ni?ing ana
P5SmSGti,1Sg nat rr 3ss R RGsiTy az" was toT Mcnld 1P rSll t"r to Sa' 1Gs
support Of this home enterprise. She also hoped mat
tpe meets and authors would favor her with their con
t~rihutons. For q time she would not be abe to pay
cash for poems. hut she would give each poet who scnt
her n poem a complimentary notice In the magazine
and would print his or her name IN black letters In the
prospectus. Ctpplauscl
TCoriolanuS Stchhins. the wcll-known minncSlnrer OF
Goose Creek. announced that he had wrtt"n "a noeml
since entering tho hall. lie. was addicted TO spell Of
tbis kind: when the poet spirit came To hin ne could
NOT resist it-he had to write. So permission was &C
corded Mr.. Stohbins and amid constant cheering he
read a long poem which began in this wise:
AS | SIT here in this corner,
Nv checks arc all afame
At the stigma OF dishOnOr
Which j. cast upon our name.
What's happened to our Gander,
And amt there any one
To resent this cruel SANDER
OF that British son OF a gun,
T%cnnysOp -
The president reminded the vast aSsemblage That
"A aLnaEIin- I'M Lncn maAn Of the r.sn,ut-nn. Suh-