The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-03-26

II. Charles PysscAss Roea1lees1soe -
shs Hs2sas Orssor.
The rsceatA death q the Distinguished
Hungarian patrior. Louis Kossnth. r.
wives the recollection of several things
thst hsd their beginning GA his arrival ii
Ssv York city. The writer vas among
tbs thousands Who a1sembied 70 greet and
welcome shs patrses Magyar. and Wit
messed . portion of the demonstrations in
his honor TO which tas symrashixsns pop
rlace Of the metropolis eave vent Nciiks
event n shs annals Of oar country ever
evoked more univsysal and heartfeis
sympathy than was manifested then in
behaif OF kossuth and his oppressed coun-
trymen. And the same feeling prevailed
al Through their herois and desperate
struggle
One Of the events that signalized the
landing Of xosush Vas the fsrst appear
sncs Of the New York Daily Iiss<s Some
weeks PRIOR thereto . number OF wealthy
whigs. friends and admirers Of Henry ].
Raymond. dubbed together and sub
scrsbsd tio0, 600 TO enable him to publish, If
possible. . better daily Newspaper than
any then existing in that city or state.
No journal had ever been started there
With capital sxcssding ons-tsnth Of that
amount and the syndicate vas sanguine
Of success With Raymond - editor and
manager. He purchased the best plant
then obtainabis, engaged the abiest
reporters and assistant editors en-
ployed on other journals. and had
everything in readiness for the issue
OF the FIRST number OF his paper . week
before the arrival OF kossuth. (The ma
teriais and men required At that period
for hrss-csass daily paper in New York
city we're greatly inferior TO those now
employed on the Posr-IsrEIIrGKScKa, ~
regards the cost Of the first and the num-
Der Of the iast.) Raymond held hack his
paper, In order 20 have thu initial number
appear with an elaborate report Of tho re-
ception, procession, speeches, banquet
ETC., which Was the leading feature OF the
rrst issue OF the Tnes. He calculated on
acquiring weight and influence for his
paper from the outset. BY display Of en-
serprise and excellence not previously At
tempted. which would place him in adj
vance OF his contemporaries. His reporters
accompanied Kossuth to all the principal
cities. faithfully chronicling ell that was
said and done en- route. The prestige thus
acquired did not equal his expectations.
In six months the 500, 900 was exhausted.
Fletcher Harper, of Harper Bros, then
came TO the rescue of the Times with 81, COO
cash and the advertising patronage Of that
rich publishing house. This saved the
paper from an early collapse.
To Louis Kossuth Is due the credit of
introducing the plural word peoples"
a. distinguished from ''nations," which
compartments both rulers and people
Though the word existed berore his time
(it Il found in the tsnsh chapter of Revsia-
tIonsl it, use BY him was surprise to
many. ~ few knew Of its existence. II
gave rise to discussion in the press, in
which Greeley and other leading editors
participated Only since that period has
the word peoples" been in general use.
kossuth used it in more or less in all of his
public speeches. which were largely de-
voted to the expressions suffered not only
by the people OF his own country, but by
those of other countries in Europe.
The first soft felt hat seen in New York
was one worn by Kcssuth in the process
sion in which he was the conspicuous
figure. It became him 80 well that many
admired it. 4 very natural sequence was
an instant demand for hats of the same
style. What is known as the stovepips
hat. Of silk plush, beaver and stiff felt.
was worn exclusively by men prior to that
time. The low-crowned soft felt became
the popular hat and for several years was
known as the "Kossuth hat"
It 10 thus seen that the great Hungarian,
or Magyar. ~ he styled himself. in more
ways than one impressed his individual
ity upon our people. C.P.