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Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1894-07-07
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Al M stage 81 the game has the Aha
luerlue CirIIsS been anything bas'
value IN u.s. but Il was moro fully sppss
ciAtcd this week than herrtosors. II ~
bsen our only daily sxchs, e for the -
three da's. owing 10 tho railway ,roasl
and without II We certainly would haze
bsen head and ears In the Soup" -
wan, Of live news to Gull from n
general public In this section will ssss
our sentiments san Marcial Bee.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1894-07-07

George Blunt who has no, visited v
old home al Boston. Mass for the -
ten or twelve years, will leave for "
''ci'y II culture" on the asvt train sciss|
east His position q, the white ElspAss
was accepted yesterday by ". 7. PbsI
pot.
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1894-07-07

The Sch"ol lnari II III. city hehi
regular meeting laet night at X. ". .
Bryan's office
Pres"ni-M &. Nrttle,on. prrrid-u,
Trustees Chamherl,n, Kuhns. Fishes
Bartlett aud NJ unarl aud Clerk Gruu.
e. a.
Ahs"n, Trustees Arm,jo aud Snyder
The minutes II III. previous me.tiu,
wrrr real ami approved.
The following hills were read aud ana
being r-frrrei To the proI~r committees
the clerk WAS instructed Ia draw war
rnnts fnr tn. f,,a,,.r,iy.. .,,nnn,..
Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1894-07-07

You cam give un'hing "r as little M ) ~
can 10 rrtnrn MAKE money even " you
hn'" " grind NJ. l,rcs - the Jnur H.
utk, "A
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feet. "Ihe secretary" exclaimed Scipio,
was busy and could not be seen"
Away went the two gentlemen Colonel IT,
gersoll feeling somewhat annoyed at his fail
ure t. reach the "pMmed knight" A con-
suItation WAS held and the next day Colonel
mgersoIl went to the department, and failing
to obtain an audience through the same tx
cuse, sent Il card ON which was penciled the
following:
"Will the secretary of state please indicate
a time when he can see Nh lngersollf'
Colonel Bob was red in the face when he
handed this card To- the messenger, but he
turned liyid when, after an absence Of several
minutes, the man returned and banded him
card on which was Iegibly written: Mr.
Blaine cannot See Colonel IngeTsoum 70
Hell " exclaimed Colonel Bob
But you say there is no hell" interiacted
his friend, who felt badly because he had
been the innocent cause Of this contretemps
"Ain't there - retortcd the agnostic Rob
ert. This is he'll and no mistakew cad the
smell Of sulphur could have been strongly
detected in that atmosphere, sure enough.
1t is well known that Henry Ward Beecher
to whom Colonel Ingersoll bears 4 strikingre
sembancc, was u great admirer Of the ia.
nous agnostic To ono Of his parishoners
who was denouucing Ingersoll, Mr.. Becchel
said
Brother, the foundations of your faith
must be Gnock-kneed and you ought to be ob,
liged to Ingersoll orany man who would SWEEP
them away. True faith and true love cannot
be disturbed by logician, ,infdel or nconoclast
That which is not true ought to 90, and /
there Is anything do enjoy it is to see {
brave and able man pitch into the supersti
tions Of the age. He cant whack EN- too
hard to suit me-
At another time gentleman was relating
store Of InGersols egotism. An admirer Q
this gentleman desired him to visit hi
mother, en- old lady Of seventy, who was Al
ardent Presbyterian. Mr.. Ingersol declined
on the plea OF not wishing to unsettle the be
lief Of so venerable matron.
THE arrogance Of supposing himself abl
to show an oldChristian like that the error 0
her ways, said the critic with u sneer.
II don't believe he ever said it, said Mr.
Beecher with some irritation. 1T is not il
harmony with his character If the lies tina
are told about public men could be material
lied they would wall in ard root over tn
whole earth"
There are some who believe that ColonC
Ingersoll's sole purpose in lecturing is t
make money, and thai he, lawyer like, wou
be quite as ready to talk on the other side,
he found it profitable.
If, said a gentleman to me Colonel In
gersoll were not an infdel, there is no posi-
tion in the gift OF the American people t
which he could not aspire with good chance
" success" The Colonel once had such am
bitions He says:
When was yong man had ambition:
have found that the cares which come to
man in place like that Of President of tn
United States are enormous. After CARTEL
was nominated | said to him one day. Gal
field, you are going to be elected President
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There was struggle over this and the
traffic hiding from the light Of day skunk
away in cellars and back alleys. So high bad
feeling run, that in June, 1855, what was
known as the Rum Riot, took place in Port
land. The Maine law provides for agencies
one In each city and town, to sell for medici-
nal and mechanical purposes. General Dow
says:
II was mayor and chairman Of a committee
of the board Of managers and aldermen, to
purchase necessary liquors for the City
Agency. This the committee did, and tho
liquors were deposited in the cellar Of the
City Hall, under the apartment on the ground
floor, which he'd been assigned for the Agency.
The rummies swore If they couldn't sell
nobody should, and 50 they made complaint
that the liquors 50 purchased, and deposited,
were the Mayor intended for sale on his
accountant swore to II.
THE mob encouraged by the political bosses
Of that time, made an assault on that place.
% destroy the liquors The police force was
small, and unequal TO cope with the ruscals.
and the Mayor called out u military company,
und after long suffering from the moDs throw
ing stones, / ordered the men 10 be taken into
the apartment, and ~ defend il al any cost
IL doing this one Uf the mob, the leader was
Killed, several were wounded and the mob
! dispersed
The bosses organized second inquest. and
tried " have me indicted for murder. but
/ failed.
1T was year before that, when my house
was assaulted, and two years before when
was hung in efigy, and five or six years before
when was assaulted in the streets By hired
bully"
Al the outbreak Of the war General Dow.
at the request Of Governor Washburn, began
to recruit regiment. He was commissioned
colonel Of the Fifteenth Maine Volunteers.
and sailed in Buffers expedition for New Or
leans but was wrecked on the way. The
storm rose so high that II seemed very eyi-
dent that the ships must % 10 the bottom
A lot Was drawn from headless matches. and
the captains u the regiments were required
y draw u see VINO should - from the over
loaded ship ~ the Mt Vernon. Five Maine
companies We're drawn 10 20 over % the
larger and safer ship. Butler said Colonel
Dow, you had better 90 with these men, on
board the Mt. Vernon. They will be safe
there And leave you here, General"
( 'Oh. yes, | must stay here" "Uuless you
order it, l shall do no such thing. Shall
stay with the majority Of my regiment, and
stand by you and Butler adds, he did.
He was afterwards with Butlor when be
ran the forts, and later helped Butler to ell
force the stringent laws that made New Or.
leans healthy and orderly city. He Wa.
commissioned g General by Abraham Lin.
colu and at the siege Of Vicksburg in 1869
was taken prisoner by General Joseph T.
Johnston. Captain l. T. Mitchell Of Rome
Ga, was pu. in charge @! the prisoner. and
ordered 10 take him 10 Richmond. Captain
Mitchell adds. dow had been in command
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somewhat angry, and told me that he too
had family to support and that he had a
license to sell liquor to whomeyer he pleased
so you have license, have you? and YOU
support your family 10y destroying that mans
Wen see about this, Gwent home thoroughly
determined to devote my life to suppressing
the liquor traffic in the best way possible
The Maine Law originated in that rum-shop,'
In 1876, the Legislature OF the State enacted
a law, but it did not carry with it its means
ot enforcement Still undiscOumged. Neal
Dow reused the forces Of Temperance, and
together in 1850 they went before the people,
with their proposition total prohibition. The
election showed the defeat of nearly every
member of the Legislature, who had voted
against Prohibition, The new Legislature
wore enlightened by the discussion that took
place, and which was led by Neal Dow 1t
was a crucial moment. But IL was passed
through all its stages in one day-the last day
OF the session-to be enacted and upon its
prompt approval by Governor Hubbard took
effect from that moment. The Maine law re-
ycrsed the policy Of license, and substituted
for Il the policy of absolute prohibition of the
manufacture and sale Of alcoholic liquors, ev.
cept for medicinal and mechanical purposes
aud the arts.
Thus came to pass one Of the most remark
able laws ever put upon the statute book, and
one that has affected the legislation Of the
world
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The door opens again and in comes plainly
dressed man of thirty, who has evidently
heard Of the Colonel's habits Tor his manner
is as self-confdent as his predecessors was
obseguious. Colonel Ingecsoll, - he begins,
I've been out of work for some time, " "sorry
to near it, 80 interrupts the Colonel, "and YOU
don't know mo, continues the man, "but I've
lust got Il iobas conductor ON street car line
Glad to hear IT," from the Colonel and"
the man goes on, "tho company want thirty
five dollars 20 be put up as security before
they'll give me the place. Now my friends
have clubbed together and raised twenty-five
dollars but I'm short thirteen, and was told
that you might help me, and II You do, III
pay you back first chance, with interest
Cant de- ii, my friend, I'm not IN the money
loaning business Good day The man
hesitates, scratches his head as ii searching
lor a more potent argument than he had yet
used, he gives il NJ as bad iob muttcr5
An right boss, and strides ou, disappointed
and defiant.
At length am taken into the Colonels
private room. More piles olbooks and crowds
of desks, tho largest Is Il perfect litter Of
papers There is only one framed picture
IN the room, II Is that ol the Colonels dead
brother Eben, and below 1t the little tin sign
ou which arc the names ot the bro,ners
rs they appeared when they were law part
uers Besides this picture there is large un-
framed photograph of Judge Calvin +. Pratt
OF the New York supreme Court who is a
very dear friend OF the ColoGcl.
Now sit down here and let me have your
questions, says the Colonel. He lights an
other cigar, sees that have plenty Of legal
cap paper and with my questions IN his hand
he takes turn about the room. have Il
sheal Of sharpened pencils before me and am
prepared to take down the Colonel address
Nov, all right The Colonel draws in u
lu-s breath, lllps the ashes from his cigar
and can SEQ the first word forming on his
neNible and bcasdless lips, tor he Is as smooth
shayen as monk, when u rap is heard Gt the
door. "Soue one TO see you, Colonel calls
out u voice from the other side, aud without
word q: explanation, he yanishes.
rive ANil F''f Nll'Al A'NN' ''eN ~ ,
no:e book III which there are u number of
anecdotes o. Colonel lug1rsoll wnich / want
to hLye verified. Here was one OF Senator
Quay, ot Pennsylvania:
/! WAS stated that the Keystone Boss" had
called ON President Harrison to obtain fat
job" for one OF his followers. The President
was no: In generous mood and Mr., Quay
put tho screws on hin" in the usual way,
saying that His Excollency enjoyed the oc-
cupaucy of the White House by the will Of
Quay
1T is about time tina; you and many others
shcald cease to worry me with such re-
quests, said the President. And you might
as well understand now that am President
of the United States by the will Of God"
Matt Quay was not prepared for such 4
shock and he staggered ont into open air
On the portico Of the Executive Mansion he
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me. CoI. Robert q. lngersol

me. Col Robert q. lngersoll
Hello Mat, what are you looking 50 blue
abDut2 One would think you had Just come
out Of an indigo factory instead Of this white
washed mansion"
The Senator mournfully related his griey
ance, not emitting the Presidents ingratitude
in attrbuting his success to the Almighty.
What exclaimed Col. Ingersoll The
President says the Lord elected him to Office
Well! have said some pretty rough things,
but never charged the Lord with doing such
an act as that"
Among my papers | had a copy OF Colonel
lngcrsOlrs powerful and eloquent speech
when ha nominated Blaine in 1876, and ap-
piled 10 him the name "Pumed Knight
which stuck and subsequently became the
rallylng cry of the Republican purity, and II
fertile theme for cartoons and caricature.
subsequently, as they say over in Jersey,
Blaine "sOured on" his champion and he
gave the first intmatlon Of It in the following
way. The story Is in the main correct.
It SO happened that shortly after Blaine's
installation as secretary Of state Colonel
Ingersoll was induced by warm personal
friend to accompany him to the state depart
ment and ntercede with the premier TO iacili-
tate pending matter Of public business
Arm in arm they entered the edfce, and full
Of confidence Colonel Bob proceeded with
seven league boots to enter Mr. Blaine's
official sanctum A sable-hued messenger
halted the gallant Colonel and with bows
and scrapos, Informed him that the rules
required that he should first send in his
card
"All right, heartily replied Colonel Inger-
soil. "You must do your duty rs you are
ordered, Here's my card, and tell the secre-
tary that am somewhat in hurry.
Scipio Africanus took the pastebourd aud
disappeared, while meantime Colonel In
gorsoll paced impatiently up, and down the
marble floors Of the corridor Minutes long
as hours passed when finally the messenger
emerged and communicated the fact that
"the secretary begged to bo excused as he
was engaged .'
Very we'll" said Colonel Ingersoll, 81 will
call again, and he suggested to his friend
that possibly Mr.. Blaine was busy with some
Of the foreign ministers, whose privacy could
not be intruded upon. "But," he continued
I'VE will come back at O'Clock, when the
secretary is about signing his mail, and then
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bound with red tape.
TLrr, arc desks aui chairs .,r a Gozeu Jaw
yers tut Mr. Griffin, handsome young man
II hirty, associated with the Colonel, and
the secretary are the only persons in the Of
fees who appear 10 be busy. The freedom
that prevails at the CoIoueIs house extends
20 his Office There is no sending in Of
cards or waiting for an audience, the latch
string Is always hanging cut and it pulls
easy.
had heard the Colonel On the platform
tut had not mot him personally for many
years 80 that he at first regarded me as a
stranger. There were three men smoking
and chatting in that front Office one Of them
was tho secretary and all the others wore
hats One Uf these men sat with his feet on
d chair in front, his nat pushed back from u
massive forehead his neck-tie askew aud his
hands buried in his trousers pockets. The
b.ueish gray eyes told Of kindness, but the
nose Is combatiye and the chin denotes
force. Want to Interview me, eh' Well,
sit down and | II see about Il" The colonel
is In the midst Of a story he ls telling the
Hon. Dwight Townsend who represented the
FIRST New York district in congress during
the war. Mr. Townsend, by the way, is quite
as full Of anecdote and Renaissance as the
Colonel himself The secretary lights his
pipe and joins In, as he would be sure to do
II the president Of the United States were IL
caller for there is no hero worship permitted
in the Colonel's Office.
The Colonel is discussing orators, and he Is
giving his opinion Of Grattan when the door
opens and a shabbily-dressed old man comes
in with the Apologize mannerand obsequious
bearing Of man about to ask u favor
"Well, what Is it2' asks the Colonel, brusque-
y The man begins the stereo'yped story Of
hard times, no work and rent unpaid, but
the Colonel stops him, at the same time
withdrawing one hand from his pocket
"Yes, yes, my friend" he says, "the
times are hard and | am sorry for
1t. He reaches out his hand to the old
man, who gances down at the crumpled note
In his palm and Is about to pour out u torrent
of thanks, when the Colonel bids him good
day, and relighting his cigar goes on with his
story ending it withaq quotation from Grattan
that would have thrilled the heart Of thogreat
Irish orator, II he could have heard the feeling
and the rich musical voice in which the ex-
tract was given.
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Dow, the house in which he was born.
Here, in this pleasant home. the old TEN
peraucs hero is rpcning for the distant home,
where all is made right that 50 puzzles us
here A legnne iure. crowned with pro-
fusion o. snowy white hair. AN alert look. u
warm grasp Of the hand, and You are wei
come to his house that is, il You leave your
cigar behind you. Short Of stature and com
pactly built, he is stin spr.ngy Of step. and
illustrates the philosophy that has carried
him through life, and made him the central
figure Of remarkable reform. Follow him
10 his den, as he calls his library. and YOU
shall See him at his best On the platform
General Dow comes Of good old stock being
q descendant on his fathers side IN the
seventh generation from Henry Dow. who
came 10 this country from Norfolk. England
in 1857; and on his mothers side from Chris
topher Hall who came from England in lG45
His extensive reading and talking with men
everywhere, has refined and polished his
style, and given him Il command Of English
quite unusual either upon or of the platform
His pronunciation is clear and distinct.
He was a successful business man, dealing
in real estate, was tanner before the war
and has been connected with many business
enterprises. At the age Of seyenty-fye, he
met with misfortune that would have crushed
most men. Rev D. b. Peck got himself elect
ed Treasurer Of the State, and then began to
| play with the cash and finally deiaulted to the
extent Of 100000 General Dow, who was on
Peck's bond, had to make up the amount.
Next Cashier Gould a fayorite followed in
pecks footsteps with S2OOJO which the Gen
oraI had to make up. Hehonorably stood up
under these losses
A Wing, while that party lasted he helped
to organize the Republican party and elected
Mayor Of Portland has twice represented the
city in the State Legislature. Much discus
sion has ensued as to the origin of the Maine
Law. General James Appleton, as far hack as
1892, urged the restriction Of the traffic in in
toXicating drinks, and in 1896 he made re-
port covering the whole subject But the
fact remains, that until Neal Dow framed the
Maine law, there was no similar enactment
va viz SN'NNNNN bNNh Vi any udAlplA VI SNdtt,
Sitting in his library to-day he described the
origin Of this remarkable law as follows.
1T was a good many years ago. and was
sitting in this same house quite late one
evening. In answering knock at the door
I found a lady whom knew very well as the
wife of government official in this city. He
was q periodical drunksrd, aud on this very
night was down town ON a spree. His wife
wished me to get him home quietly, because
j, he was drunk next day, he might lose his
position l started out and found him in
the back room of one Of the down town
saloons l said to the keeper in a quiet way
1 wish you would sell no more liquor 10 Nj
Blank why, Mr. Dow he said. this is
my business; must supply my customers y
That all may be, replied but here is this
gentleman, with large family depending on
him for support II he goes to hts office to.
morrow, drunk, he Will lose his place, Iwish
You would sell him no more. He became
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than to find the truth. If it were in my
power to stay him tomorrow should not do
50, for | know Of no man who has had his
faith shaken by hearing or reading Colonel
lngersoll. Those already scepticll. and this
Is sceptical age, are glad to got ready made
Arguments ior their disbelief and THESE arc
furnished them without the necessity for
thoughts.
1T is not to me- said Judge Freeman,
when questioned on this subject, ~ question
rs to whlthcr Colonel InSersoll is right or
wrong, or partly tight ana partly wrong.
claim that he has done good. The preachers
and the people who follow them if uut!s-
lurbed, drop into the sHEctiied and sell-s
is.oj n4bt, of accepting their roligion with
uut question. They will reason about every
thing elise hut ,hyir faith in the supernatural,
that Is accepted without question religion
is as much Il matter "a progress and cyulu-
ton rs the sciences, and the man who makes
the people aware Of this, and who shakes
them out uf their stAguuut and messy
conservatism does good 10 religion Uad
| t. truth 1t has been the custom
for people t. regard their ulorgymeu with II
species ot idOlatry, who 10y virtue OF their
calling arJ more learned, wiser and better
/ than the average unsunctlted mortal, but
when man like lngersoll comes L. laugh
/ their pretenslous into ridicule aud 10 qucs-
tion the truth OF their dogmas, it may cause
religious Indignation for the time, but the
result must bo t. elevate the pulpit and
broaden the congregation.
| Colonel lugersoIl himself appears to be- en-
tirely Indifferent to the opinions ot the put
/ pit or the public as to his own life and
motives He believes in tho utmost liberty
for every man, woman and child and ne
would have this freedom extend to their
thoughts as well as to their acts, and he
holds that this should influence their
opinion Of himself He lives ON Fifth Ave
nut. uear Thirty sixth street, aud his dOmes-
| tic life is In every way beautiful His house
hold consists of his wife and two lovely
daughters, one of the latter is married and
| her two children who with the husband are
Of the Rmiiy, am aunt - slstar-in-.aw aud
two cousins are the permanent members OF
the family but at all times there is q crowd
OF visitors, and open hospitality without any
striking tormulity Is the rule.
The Colonel is very fond Of his home and
though counted public man he never visits
clubs. and It is next to impussibl, to get him
70 a dinner where speech-makins follows the
dessert. Not General Neal Dow himself is
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hope, but by the time you have been Presi-
dent Il month you'll wish you were running
an ice-house in Eades' Well saw him after
he had been President u little while, aud said
Well, Garfield, how does got And he an
swered, 4 don't know but I'd prefer the icc-
house business tell you the hardest thing a
young man has to endure I'M thisworld is sue
cess. Success to young man, coming to him
when he syoung,is one of the hardest things
he can hayeto standNnd Eeephis poise. Fame?
Why, think how few how very few of the
names OF the great, grand men Of Rome have
been waited along down to us across the cen
turies And the men themselves, whore is
their fame? Who knows them? Who thinks
Of them2 The men of this world, how fast
they go, how little they leave behind them.
And l tell you, when man grows to be a
great man, then does he begin 10 feel how lit
tie he is. The greater he is, the less he
knows
The colonel returned to me after two hours
and then, without word Of apology, said
"I've got q client who wants this room
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in that he has done good. His denunciation
Of Calvin is mastery, and he has called atten-
ton to the life and teachings Of that bitter
enthusiast as no other man has done. But
he has tried to link the teachings Of Calvin
with those of such names as Luther, Melanch-
ton and Michael Servitus. He shows the
cramping and cruel trend Of Calylnism, and
then unjustly draws the inference that the
same holds good as to all Christian sects and
teachers. After all, what we want is the truth.
1t has struck me that Colonel Ingersoll de-
lights more in his power to puzzle and dazzle