The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-03-18
HIS OPINION OF HARRISON
Gen. Lew Wallace Says Very Many,
Good Things for tho
President
Has Decided More Important
Questions Than Any President
Since Lincoln,
Tbs Policy OF the Administrator Tn
doubtsdly His-Warin Words of
Strong Partisan.

strong Partisan.
CRAwFoRDsv1L1E. Ind, March 17.--There
are few people who visit this pleasant OLD
town who do not nsk almost immediately
to b shown tbs homs of General Lew Wal
slaoe. II il q modest and u~nprstantious
dwelling for go distinguished a man. or
when compared to tbs palaces along MicAi-
gan avenue or Drexel boulevard. But it il
noas the less interesting to sightsosrs. 1t
II on East Wabask avenue, 4 two-gtory
frame house, fronting ths south, painted
brown, and there il a broad rolling lawn
between it and the street, In the rear Of
the house il a group of magnificent bee chas.
suoh specimens Of this most beautiful OF
all trees ar may be found only in this part
of Indiana. The caller of a summer sven-
ing il quits apt to be received under their
dropping bosghs, rugs being spread upon
the groaRd and comfortable chails set
about for the convenience of the visitor.
Here also during warm weather a tent ia
pitched, which serves the distinguished
author a. = luxurious kind Of out door
study.
Tbs interior Of this house is extremely in
tsrsstinR. The wallis OF the dressing-roem
are drapsa with rare Turkish rugs, which
form : hns background for the pictures
and statunty collected during Gen. Wal
iaos's long residence abroad. There arc Ill
maAns Of Turkish curios with other SOU
venirs of foreign travel. Upon the walls
of tbs library are the silk flag presented his
regiment when it left Indianapolis for the
front. ths lasl letters, literally that vsre
broken from the wrist Of : fugitive slave
. girl that sought his camp in Baltimore.
In lis fine library he has innumorabls
copies Of Ben Hur''-one exuulsitely
bound in ivory, the gift Of Taachnitz, the
great publisher; several %sneoial German
editions sent him from Berlin. one that an
sdmirer illustrated with photographs OF all
the places mentioned in the book, and tho
huge folios in raised letters for the blind.
General Wallace's study, where hs does
the greater part OF all of his writing, is the
southsast room. Upstairs, an airy, delight
fnl chamber. into which the sun pours all
aspeck OF dust anywhere. The table stands
in the csntsr Of the room, and whom last
inspected by the writer held, besides pens
and inkstand. . big empty she'll, a relic of
some battle fold, and = beautiful vase Of
priceless maiolica. The floor is stained
not crowded with 4 supsrfuity Of furni-
ture.
General Wallace and Mrs. Wallace have
spent ths greater part of the winter in In
dianapolis, but he has come over to do his
writing il the seelusion Of his study here,
He dislikes exceedingly to be interviewed,
bat consented to break over his rule for tho
benefit Of the readers Of the Chicago Inter
Ocean.
y He was seen at the residence OF his sister
tn-law, Mrs. Lane. the widow Of the late
II ~ ~- ~ .AN - -
in the United ptatea senate, and Was this
close PERSONAL friend Of Abraham Lincoln
and Charles Summer.
Gen. Wallace shows little signs Of grow
ing I'D. Ho is as erect as q field marshal,
and his step il Al quick and soldisrly al ii
race, and it il of a type, apparently,
which time can not mako d%ecrepit.
He came into the drawing room and
his interviewer with a cordial well
come. and talked Interestingly and at
touching upon many. questions not
withheld. He Is pre-. eminently a
soldlsr, and y fighting soldier at that. He
il an ardent republican, but, in the common
of the terra, is not a politician.
He wal asked if he had any opinions to ex-
press concerning Gen. Hxrrison's adminis-
Many" he replied, promptly and en-
phatieally. ut is a great big subject-one
might fill an entire page Of the Inter
Ocean and then not be exhausted. 1t should
be Endorsed in the strongest terms. The
straightforwardness Of the man has been
remarkable. He has had nc ore
questions Of importance to decide than
nave come up in any administrator since f.
hat Of MIR. Lincoln. And he has had y all :
questions a decided opinion. Tbs next most 1
thing has been his frAnkuess in
airing them. There has been no conceal :
mont Of his views-none. Probably the
oest illustration il his position uponthe r
new before congress of free coin /
.Ec. His distinct announcement of his Q
,pinion and the course he will pursue hava !,
,een of incalculabla benefit to the country /.
The democratic idea OF free coinage, were
ts advocates left unrestricted to carry it
Rto force, would paralyze business in all
t. departments; but the absolute faith re-
,osed in President Harrison by the people u
inspire them to look ON. critical or amused, 0
moving vol that there is a power behind 8
t all, alert and in readiness to prevent any
otual danger. (.
.,Ihsn, Gen. Harrison has had mora to =
10 with the furtherancs of reciprocity than 4
ny other man-not even excepting Mr.. =
slaine; this from necessity, 70. MIR. Blains =
las been very sick and it has been i'm = +
for this reason for him TO give per. ?
onal attention to the working out of the e
dea. When tie full history of the admin q
a~tration ia written out il will be shown I'M L
sstionably that the policy pursued bv =
he government has been shaped by Con. y
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