The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-06-11
THE PASSING THRONG.

OF alcohol and spirits. Tho difference between
TINS stun and the whisky turned out by the
high class distillers, is the difference between
Goa rse cotton cloth and fine silk. The distill-
cries OF the three states have named are not In
q combine, but each stands on its own
bottom The old concerns that have the
reputation OF turning out hne whistles
manufacture each year as much as they think
they can sell and put it in the market at their
own price. This whisky does not go on sale IN
I'll II Is three or four years old. while the cheap
grades turned out by the trust are made today
and sold tomorrow. Fine whiskies are made in
kentucSy because the water and Climate are
favorable to their production-the lime water
and the soft climate. We could not move our
distiiiery across the river from Louis
vile and get the same whisky, even
though we have exactly the same plant
and the same workmen. Louisville, Frank.
fort and Lexington produce different
whistles, and to save your lie you could NOT
make Frankfort whisky at Lexington. Tho
grain does not make SO much difference, for we
all get it from the same places. much OF 1t
from Chicago. What have said OF whisky 10
true of other liquors. You cannot make New
England rum except within radius OF fifteen
milcs OF Boston. They can use the same KIND
OF molasses in New York, but the rum comes
out differently. English ale cannot be brewed
in America, though the experiment has often
been tried: and Irish whisky must be made IN
Logan C. Murray, vice president Of the Trades.
mems National bank, OF New York, il at the
Northern hotel. Mr.. Murray. who was formerly
the president OF the American Bankers' Associa-
ton, Is one of the strong opponents OF tho Tree
coinage OF silver He said last night: "Were
we to get America, England, Germany ana
France, the four strongest commercial nations
OF the world, to Join in passing q law that in
their coinage fifteen and one-half grains OF sill
yer should be considered equal in value
to one grain of gold, the credit OF
these four countries could undoubtedly
maintain silver at that value. But
it would be very hard to get England into
such an agreement We're We to begin the free
coinage OF silver We should plunge into the
worst sort OF folly, and put ourselves COM
pletely out OF commercial adjustment with the
rest OF the world. II We yielded to the free
silver men we should be coming 20 cents
worth OF silver bullion into what We should
call dollar. This silver dollar would not be q
greenback. a government note or agreement to
pay gold. but would be worth merely the silver
in 1t. In all the rest of the world
that dollar would be worth 20 cents
and no more. In our commerce
We should be in the position OF a man drawing
checks on a bank which would pay only 20 per
cent of the face value OF all checks drawn on
1t. The man whose checks were worth only 70
per cent of their face value would either have
to pay more for his goods or else the tradesmen
would stop doing business with him. When q
country begins doing this you can see the
process Is simply that of imitation. know the
strength of the sentiment in the silver produc-
ing regions, and for paper here to oppose free
coinage requires high intellectual courage"
Raymond Whitcomb excursion party ar
rived at the Rainier hotel yesterday and will go
on to Victoria in the morning. The excursion
has visited the principal cities of California and
will return East over the Northern Pacific, WIS.,
iting the Yellowstone park on their way
home The members OF the party were:
Mrs. George D. Phelps, Miss NJ. A. Msllick
and Miss NJ. Robbins, OF New York city: Miss
r. B. Robbins, John L. stief, Mr.. and Mrs.
Daniel Donneily, Miss Agnes Donnelly and Miss
Genevieve Donnelly, of Baltimore: Mr.. and
Mrs. Griswold Dennison, and Mrs. Susan P. Du
Bots, of Brooklyn; Miss Belle Whitman and
William Whitman, of sunbury, Pa; Miss Mary
s. Thomas, OF Bellefonte, Pa; Miss A. Day, Of
Mechanicsburg, Pa; Mrs E. J. Sherman, of
Lawrence, Mass; Mrs. s. E. Draper, of Green.
wood, Mass; Mr.. and Mrs w. E. Miles, OF
Rochester, N. Y: Mr.. and Mrs. William Coop
per, Of East Cambridge, Mass; Mrs. G. Cooper
and Miss Nellie F. Cooper, of Cambridge,
Mass; Mr.. and Mrs Edwin Wheeler, of Con.
cord: Mr. and Mrs. John s. Hayes, of Glens
Falls, n. Y: Mr.. and Mrs. Jackson Flanders,
Miss Mary E. Flanders and Miss Alice Rowland,
of Newton Center. Mass: Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
N. Baker, of Arlington, Mass; Miss E. P. Kirby,
of Detroit; /. E. Mowry. of Providencs; Ed
ward d. Anterior, H. C. Sym and H. @. Hutch
ins, of Boston; Archibald Finlayson and Rob-
ert NJ. Roberts, of tombstone, Scotland; Samuel
P. Sanborn, of Newton. Mass; Mr.. and Mrs.
John NJ Blair, of New Haven: Miss Edith NJ.
Hadley and Miss Annie NJ. Kendall, of Goffs-
town. n. H.. and Mrs. E. A. Harrington. Of
Worcester, Mass.
W. E. Miles, OF Rochester. n. Y. who 10 at the
Rainier hotel with the Raymond Whitcomb ex-
seurion party, is an old resident of Puget sound.
In the year lSi9 when he was q lad of 10, he
started out to California After few years in
the land of gold he came to Washington and set.
tied at Olympia There he received from Gov
ernor Stevens the contract for building the first
state house. plain wooden structure covering a
space of about fifty by eighty feet The cost
was some s6,ooo-a fairly large sum OF money for
those days Mr.. Miles had brother Joseph.
who was killed near puyallup during the In
dian war. In 1862 Mr.. Miles went to the mines
OF Idaho: and three years later he returned to
his Eastern home, where he has since been Ell.
| gagged in the manufacture OF sashes and blinds
"one object of my visit said he yesterday,
sand. indeed the main object, was to visit the
| places on the Sound once knew so well, and
| see what changes had occurred since ! went
| away
Admiral IlOlnds StOWeu 1nelps, OK W aSnlng-
| ton City, who, with his wife, has been at the
| Rainier hotel for some days, spent yesterday in
| trying TO trace out the old seattle which he
| knew in the days of the Indian war. LAST night
| he said: "We anchored with the Decatur in
| water which must have covered spot near the
| inner end of Yesles's wharf" Admiral Phelps
| was one of those who urged that Lake Washing
| ton be chosen the site for the Puget sound
| navy yard. Il don't know . moro beautiful
| sheet of water in the world" he declared, sand
| with canal cut through from the Sound, it
| would be an ideal place for a navy yard. The
fresh water Is what is needed for the bottoms of
our steel vessels, and it would be impossible for
en- enemy to destroy any war vessels anchored
| there"
On Tuesday John n. Morgan, OF this city, re-
| ceived the degree of bachelor OF laws from the
Columbian University Law school, at Washing
| ton City. The class which numbered los, con-
tanned representatives, Of nearly every state and
| territory in the Union.
l. A Chase. Mrs. c. A. Kohlsr. Mrs E. NJ
| Chase aud Mrs. Hattie Dornin. of San Francisco,
| and A. B. Cummings. Mrs. 8. c. Rand, Miss
| Lizzie Rand and c. II. Harper, OF Portisnd, were
| at the Rainier hotel yesterday.
| THE SUNDAY POsT-INTELLIGENC
| Special features OF the SUNDAY Posr-ISrRLLI-
| GEScER, out tomorrow, will be:
| THs POSTAL SERVICE. By ex-Postmaster-