The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-08-17
THE PASSING THRONG.


On Monday evening Sir George Dibbs, the
premier of New South Wales, and Lord Villiers
dined at the Northern hotel and went on to Ia
coma None of the newspaper men here found
them, but when they were In New York a re-
porter OF the New York Sun saw them,
and has this to say about them: He
tSir George Dibbs] was six feet three
inches TALL He was sQuare-shouldered. He was
square jawed He had blue eyes and fair face.
He wore his iron-gray hair combed straight
back. 1t was plain he was q stranger He was
accompanied by younger man, who was fanci-
fully dressed. That the pair were personages of
Importance was plain the moment they stepped
from the Umbria last Saturday morning. They
made remarks about America and everything
American. He'd "be damned" if he'd be inter-
viewed, and then he said: ''You talk
about your civilization Why, you might
copy something from little England
about handling luggage. Here I've been here
an hour getting my luggage and haven't got it
yet VOC get it some time there. never heard
OF such arrangements I've been here an hour
now, and don't know when will get the rest
OF my luggage" Sir George announced when
he reached the hotel that he wanted to go right
away. He had seen America and one sight had
been enough. He was for making tracks for
Canada on the first train out from the 'basted
country" He "didn't care a damn for the
country and was sorry he came here When
the Worlds falr was mentioned he damned that
and Chicago, and said he would be damed il he
would go there He didn't want to go
to Washington. or to see any more OF
this damned country. The damned Chicago
people, he said, had caused his province
to squander $4,000 for the damned
fair. aud If MIR. Campbell had not visited Aus
traiia and made promises he was unauthorized
to do they wouldn't have put up damned
pound. Sir George is thoroughly disguised with
all he has seen and heard in America and he is
even more pronounced in his ideas of Ameri-
cans and OF America than was Rudyard Kipling.
In response to the question, Have you any
thing to say regarding American politics?" Sir
George replied: "Nothing at all, or has any
man with the sightest sense of honor. Why,
there are no politics in America: all is bribery
and corruption. They say the Americans are a
smart people. I fail to see it / suppose New
York is a representative American city, and all
can say is that the people here are slower than
they are in Sydney. They talk slower, and their
very movements are slower. And I notice
great difference between the policemen here and
the policemen in Sydney. Here they don't APP
pear to create the slightest respect, while in my
country a member of the constabulary has only
TO hold up his hand and he can quell big row.
And another thing which has brought America
into disgrace is the too frequent use of the pis-
toi. Why, walk the streets at the greatest in.
convenience to myself, imagining at every cor.
ner / turn that / might be shot down.
Why, IL you should chance to go over
your hip pocket for book the chances are
1t might be thought you are looking for a
pistol, and you are shot down at once This
country win never be proper country, a decent
country, until the president of the United
States has as much power as al English mon
arch or an Australian premier, ana until laws
are passed prohibiting people from carrying pis-
tolls and shooting people" The last thing Sir
George said as the train pulled out of the depot
was: Dang the blawsted country, anyway"
The Detroit party-Mrs II. B. Ledyard, Mrs
Tracy, A. c. Ledyard, Hugh Ledyard and Henry
Ledyard-which arrived at the Rainier hotel on
Monday, will remain III the city for day or two
yet They spent yesterday, as they will spend
to-day, in looking about the city ana visiting
various points of interest in the neighborhood
Mrs. Ledyard is the wife of Ii. B.
Ledyard, president of the Michigan
Central railroad. she and her friend Mrs Tracy,
who women OF perfect simplicity and grace
OF manner, have travelled much and have oh.
served closely. 81 sometimes used to FEEL" said
Mrs. Ledyard last evening. ''thst Detroit was a
Western city, but this trip. though not my frat
one to the Pacific coast, has emphasized In nv
mind the fact that We really belong
to the East. We came out over the
Northern Pacific and We shall return by the
Canadian. OF course the most interesting thing
IN our outward journey was the Yellowstone
Park. We are very enthusiastic over it, SO en-.
thusiastic that we feel il should have better
Spokesman than We are Many people have an
idea that visit to the Yellowstone involves
more or less OF hardship-roughing ii, with
poor food and poor accommodations of ali
kinds. But We found excellent hotels.
far better than We had expected. So, whatever
hardshlps may have attended a trip to the Ma
tional park years ago. certainly il is possible to-
day TO see some of the most wonderful sights in
America without enduring any dscomforts
worth speaking about The excellence OF all
the hotels have yet visited has astonished
me-and, OF course, with Seattle and
all that j have seen here / am de-
lighted. You are much ahead of Detroit
in several ways You have your fine electric
and cable cars. while We still crawl along In the
old lash oned horse cars. My sons are greatly
taken with the West, and especially with the
Puget sound basin, just now they have gone
on fishing excursion. 1t might not be hard I
fancy. to induce them to stay. Several young
men have come here from Detroit That any of
them should come back 1 regarded ~ a great
pity; for young mans opportunities in such a
place IS this must be almost houndess On a
previous trip TO the Coast saw country as UNI
Ike this as could well be-Southern California
and Mexico. There the slow Old Spanish eiylIi-
xation ye. eiings, especially in the smaller
places: and the cities seem a century behind
yours in progresA The Northwest is full of
energy aud life"
DR.. E. W. Young. post colonel of the Washing.
ton division OF the Sons of Veterans, returned
yesterday from Helena, where the eleventh ps-
tiocal encsnpment OF the commandery in.
chief Of the order has been held. In speaking
OF the event TO Posr-iSTgLLIGEScEa reporter
DR.. Young said: There were delegates present
from every state in the Union snd they were
entertained royalty. A large amount of routine
work was transacted and several measures Of