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Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1896-04-29

Idbmen. Dsnn Die @e9ner Der reguldrsn
9smotrqtie paBten f@arf auf.
Qls man in elmer Der ldnbli9en 8egenoen
tpdbrenb bes W%ablfampfes Die dlten Wtittel
anfpenben polte, INN Die &egiftrirung farbi7
ger Stimmge6tr gu oerbinbern, fd6 ft4 Der
empfrati19e8oubsrneur unb re9uldr@oemoz
fratii6e @ouberneurscdnoibat Softer our9
ben gntriitungsY9rei feiner peiBen @egner
~ge3tpungen, bic b~ortigen Neger our4 Maf@
fengenalt gu 16iiBen. limb 10 fam oteslnal
bas gaegeritimmre9t f3on i'm 8oraus CUR
Setting.
4ber in beiben politii9en 2agern ging
man NOD ipeiter! Man parb benz Harlem
pplitif9en gegner ~gegenii6er formli9 INN
bas geegeritimmre9t als Die ben Nusl9lag
gebenbe Ma9t. unb Tim bic f~arbtgen
Gtimmgeber gu g%etpinnen, lieBen insbeion@
bere in Der Gtabt Stem Orleans ni9t nur
Die Gefprmer, IDnOern AUDI sic reguldren
9emptraten nur iolhe Stimm5ettel oruden,
auf tpel6en benz 8erfafun9s5uiabe nit Der
8ilbunesbebingune bas Morthcn "No"
beigefigt mar.
go fam es, baB in Mem Orleans cine
ungebeure @timmenmebrbeit gesen ienen
8erfaffungs3uIab abgegeben tpurbe; tie
fonrte bon ldnoli9en SazStimmen nt9t
iberpdltigt tpsrbsn. tnb Der gauge @erz
~fahungs3uiob gfng auf bieie Dirt gum
Seufel, gu feiner Nieoerlage trugen bur9
ibre Stimmen fogar nidt penige oerienigen
5ablrei9sn reeuldren Demotraten Bel, pelhe
es nod bor Sturgeon laut Dertiinoet batten,
bab cine 8iloungsbeOtngung CUR Sernbalz
tung elmer Riggerberrridaft in 2ouifiana
un6ebingt nDtbig fei.
Ser Bigger" 1T iebt, gum She'll bur9
bic 9timmen bisberiger 8erfolger, iiegrei4
in 2ouifiunu in 10 fern, als inn bag @timm=
redt, audi penn ibm bas q 3 s gang fern
liegt, ni9t e~nt3ogen tperben fann.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1896-04-29

Gin Ndrr md6t 3ebn! Ods 5etgt 1t9 1ebt
tpieber duf Der &unbreife bes 8unbesienaz
tors SiQmun, Der nit ietnen populiittf9en
6irngefpinniten iiberau Die 2eute anitedt,
NIT benen er in 8erii6rung fommt.
Ser uOenber 6erolb" 1T Elm re6t gut
rebigirtes beutf9es 8latt; fem iebiger Hez
bofteur lit 6err SEQ. Maener, Der Big Dor
Surgeon am Miltpaufeer nGeebote" fir 9ut@
gelO unb cine ebrli9e Sinan3politif eingez
treten lit.
Stun aber bats linn bic NtmoIpbdre in
Oenper bereits angetban; faum eirige Wfoz
nate bort, BADEN bic BON ben Silberbergsn
ausfrDmenben X<6trdblen fetnen Sinn
p0nig umgetpanbelt; er, Der friiber Elm grpBer
8etpunberer glebelanb's getpefen, f9reibt
iebt
uGiGmau fdrnpft aus %tteffer 1eber5euz
suns fir bes 8olfes @obl; bas bnr6 Bic
3 ri 9te Siuou3poIittf Der 8un<
beSre9ierun9 o 6mer 9e19d a.
bi9t murbe. Gr i9eut it6 ui6t, BITE
Nabrbett gu iaseu, OBJ ie aud i6mer5en
mag, no mai ii6 ibr peri6lteBt."
unb an elmer anberen Stele:
,5iQrnon perfinbist ben @ieg."
yOte bemotrati1de Notionol= @onpention
wirb, wie er iiberseust 1T, nit ltattli6er
Mebrbeit bic SreiprGsuuss=8 laufe IN ibrer
Hlatform oufuebmer. Oie republifanil1en
Silberfreunbe urb bic 9opultiten Derben nit
ben Oentofraten pereint ben nd9iten YrGli=
beltten wdble1; Glib unb @et iteben ge=
l9loiien, unb i'm Often uub Norbweiten
ma6t bic Silberz8 epe9uns 9erpalti9e Sort
l6ritte. Oas 8olf fontmt INNER mebr CUR
.Grfennt1iB, baB es ni6t 10 meter sebeu fam
unb iou, baB bic Ser. 9taateu and obne
Mitbulfe europdil@er 2anber I'M Gtaube
ltno, benz bur6 Die lmtriebe BET @olbzMo=
ltopolifen eI1twertbeteu petBen WeetaQ ,pieber
81 Ieiuem 9fe6te 81 perbelfeu."
Qu9 bebduptet Der r9erolb", baB rbas
8olf BON Colorado bic 8erfebrt6eit Der ieBiz
gen Sinan5politif %erfennt, unb i'm sSntereKe
beg Bottles Der gan3en Ser. Staaten fir
ben 1mitur5 berIelben in Die @9ronfen
tritt".
Wenn man Der Sadie ndber in's @ei6t
I9aut, bann merit man, baB es abermals Elm
Ieftioneller Sampf tit, Elm 8anpf Der b r.
9uIbeten Weitz unb Siibftaaten gegen
bic tdpitalfrdftigen Dftli9en unb berbGltniBz
mdBig penig beri6ulbeten Mtittelf taaten.
Wisconfin 3. 9. nit feiner fleiBigen, Ipar@
iamen unb grOBtentbeils beutf@en 8e=
pDlterung unb einem %geIunben Ma9stbum
aQer 3peige beg Grtperblebens, Der 2anb~
Der Snbuitrie unb bes Berg
bous, bat ft9 ni6t bur6 Die @reenbadieu6e
anfteden la1ien, nod fdat es ieBt Der @ilber=
narret9ei gum 9pfer. Sn Miscoafin buben
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1896-04-29

bas alte gerbdltniB Dor 1873 bsriteGen poG=
len, BON ben Golbleuten t~rennen, pet6e bas
8olb als MaBtab Der Wabrung einfabren
uno unfer Nfiin3peien nit benz Der anbern
&llturDOlfer in @inflang feben po[sn.
0ieIe 96eibung fam nur cine 6eil1am
iein. Greu3la6me 0uafelf0pfe ME Morri=
ion f0nnen biesmal feline Si9rer Teint. @s
6eiBt s 3 e ~betennen; nit tpeiBen unb nit
gelben 6aAnen po1en mir btesmal in ben
Wa6lfampf 5ieben.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1896-04-29
&c. 9. 6. =SieScrtage atttS Neecrfeo.

Set Der MISUNDERSTANDING Der Sbma6t
Der bentofrdtii6en Partei in 2oui a n a
bate ii9 Der Neger baielbIt in Der politit
gdn3lih gu buden. 3par 1T Die NegerI9aft
baietbit ben MeiBen an 8abl niht nur gleib
ionbern fogar elm nenig ii6erlegen. NaG
benz lebten Genfus famsn auf bas 0unbert
b~ortiger Gintpobner 1899 Sarbige unb
1892 MeiBe. Mber Die gleger itnb nun
TAPER, penn lie BON einem tapferen DetBen
gefibrt peroen, tpie 3. 9. i'm 8iirgertrieg
Neger om Miiiiifppi bon Sen. 9ermann
9ieb, SSn 2ouiiianu Lieben fie ibb felt Sab
rem ibr freies @timmreat our@ @epalt
unb 8etrug nebmen.
I'm nun benz 5timmre9te bieler Neger
auf anitGnbigere Weife Ginbalt gu tbun,
bei9loB bic GeBte bemofratii9e Staats=
~gefebge6ung bon Qoui1iana, benz Nolte einen
@erfuf1ungsauiab bor5ulegen, monaco bic
Musibung bes @timmre9tes fiinftig nun
Dem, Der lefen unb i9rei6sn fann, geitattet
iein i'm.
Sin ioI6er 9erfaRungs5uiab tpdre in
2ouiiianu an fi6 ni4t geraoe uneben; benn
er tpitrbe AUDI ni9t nenige bortige WeiBe
treffen, immerbin aber melt mebr Sarbige
als MeiBe, Do9 nit benz 8ori9lag mar
cine Seufelei pe~rfniipft, Der 8erfahungs=
5uiaB, ipie er benz 8olfe unterbreitet ipuroe,
bate nGmli9 Elm MnbGngiel, pona9 i'm
i'm Safe IeinerNnnabme Die f~iinftige Staats=
geIebgebung mad ibrem 8elieben dnoern
f0nnte. Ote Muder gingen bon Der 8or=
ausIebung aus, baB bur9 Die bereits am
gebeuteten Mittel auh Die nd4ite Stadts=
geieBgebung cine bemofratti9e tperoer
pirhe, unb ibr ioate bann geraoe5u oas
Ge9t iibertragen tperben, an einem 8erfaiz
Iungstbeile nit lmgehung Der urabfimz
mung oes Bottles Qenberungen bor3unebmen
9iele faBten bie1es ungebeuerli6e Re4t
babin auf, baB bic @taatsgefebgebung ben
bic MISUNDERSTANDING entbultenben Ser
~fafungs3ulab nod gu nngunften Der Neger,
unb nur Der Neger, peri6drfen tpirbe,
G4on I'm btefer borber ME Der5u9ten
geufelei piGen berbfente Der 8erfafungsz
auIaB bel Der 8olfsabftimmung cine gez
Ial3ene Nieberlase. un5 bic 1T linn nun
am Wa6ltage audi pirtli4 in rei9item
MuBe bef9eert tpOrben, tpenn au9 gum Sbeil
aug anberen nrfaben.
On bieiem Wabltage in poriger Wo9e
bteB es ni9t: 9ie Demotraten, Pie Republt=
faner j; 1onbern BET Der Stabttpabl in Netp
Orleans tanben chamber regulGre Demo-
fraten unb cine aus ben peri9ieoenten Bar=
teiri9tungen 5ufummengeiebte R%eformpartei
gegeniiber; unb in 8etreff Der Staats=
tpabl, BEL Der es fi6 I'm bic @taatsdmter
unb bic Staatsgefebgebuns banoelte, batten
fi9 bic Hepu6lifaner, bic 8olfsparteiler unb
bic un3ufrieoenen Der Demotrdten gu elmer
einbeitlt6en Srganifation gegen Die resu=
ldre Democratic 5ufammengetban.
Mngei9ts bieier politi19en @a9lage ging
es ni9t an, 6as 5timmre6t Der 5arbigen
nit ben alien bempfratii4en Mitteln gu
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1896-04-29

Da5tpif9entreten BON 8unoestruppen bardn
berbinbert.
Na9 Nep Orleans ~Suriidgefebrt, trat er
bort als Re9tslebrlin9 Bel benz aus Bremen
ft%ammenben, oamals bp9berii6mten Nbpoz
futen Gbriitian 2ofelius Elm unb berbiente
ft9 Soft unb 9oeis burc6 abenoli9e Mufz
pdrterbienite Bel Dem f9on ertpdbnten
S9antpirtb, Wtit Der 53eit purOe er Ie1bft
Jtep Srlea1ler NoDofat unb brd9te Is bato
gu elmer bliibenben ae6tspraris. Oa iein
Batter 10 tur5 na9 Der Nntunft in Nmerifa,
alio obne bas 8iirgerredt erlangt 81 BADEN,
geitorben tpar, lteB itn Sud tpoblpeisli9
i6on ldngft ndturali{iren. SIN S. 1880
nurDe er gum Stabtanmult geipdblt unb
na6 3pei Sabren no6mals; ou9 Partcom=
mi1dr unb Witglieb bes S9ulratbs tpurbe
er. l1nb 6si Der lebten Wabl fiir's National=
abgeprbnetenbals tDdbGte i'm Der aus Sbeiz
len Der 6tabt Sem Orleans unb einigen
ldnbli9en partfbes BEL tebenbe 5peite @on=
greBbe5irf 2ouifiana's als 0emotraten in
ben gongreB, nobel er boppelt % oiele @timz
men erbielt, dls 1ein Geener,
ST betbeiligt ii6 namentli9 audi eifrig an
beutl9en 8eitrebungen in Stem Orleans unb
lit felt Sabren prdiibent bes osutiden pro-
te5tantif9en Waifenbereins.
Bud piirbe bas Mqborsamt iebenfaQs
gut bertpaltet BADEN. llnb er bate Die Goz
mination erit angenommen, na6oem Die
Neguldren au9 fir anbere itGbttf9e Nemter
meiit CUTE @rnennungen getroffen batten.
Do9 bic bon Der uGiti5ens' 2eague" etn<
g~eleitete undbhdnsige itdotiIde 8etpegung
5etgte fi6 md4tiger als lelbIt Die 8oIfstbiim@
li6feit 8ud's. l1nb nit benz regular be-
mofratiiben" Wabl3ettel trug AUDI er cine
16mere Nieberlage bdbon.
8ud's 8efeger, Der finftige 8irgermei=
tier Sloper, 1T iibrigens, nab benz 3eugniB
Der unabbdngigen, aber gegen Sud febr
freunoli6en Nep Srleanfer 9euti9en 3eiz
tung, gleidfalls Elm febr tii6ttger Monn;
lie 1agte fur5 bor Der Wabl BON i6m !: ,Nu9
9err Slotper erfreut ffb zines bpben Rufes
unter Der Sem SrleanIer 8iirgeri9aft; uno
tper INNER BON ben betben Maporsfanbibaten
eripdblt iperben mag - Die 8ebDIferung
barf ii9er Iein, einen fd6tgen unb e6rltben
Mann an bic SptBe Der Ttd0tti4en @ertpalz
tung 3u befommen."
Bud gebDrt als M}itglieb bes gegentpdrtiz
gen gongreies au6 na9 ietner Nieoerlage
nod Der Seffentlt9feit an. unb es f9eint
feinem 3peifel 5u unterliegen, bob er BEL Der
gongreBpabl i'm Nobember bie1es Sabres
tpieber getpdblt tperben farn, tpenn er min.
Qls mir beim 3u1ammentritt oes iebtgen
gongreiies Die beuti6en Mitglieber beielben
5uIammenftelten, erpdbnten mir babel Bud
nt9t; tpegen ieines Ndmens bielten mir ibn
bamals fir einen @ngli59sNmerifaner, unb
bipgrapbi19e gioti3en iiber i'm lagen bamals
nod ni9t bor. Nu6 um Elm 8erfdumnib
betreffs bieies beutiden gongreBmitgliebeS
na93ubplen, baben mir in borlie9enOem Or
titel ausfibrli9 iiber feline @ergangenbeit
ge1pro9en.
Wenn Die 9erren, tpeIde Bel Der Gtabtz
pabl in Nen Orleans itegten, ebrGi9 i6re
Observation-Disclosures 9dIten, bann lift Die
Nieberloge bes oeutf6en Maporsfanbi0aten,
obglei9 bieier feline G4ul0 an ben MiHe=
tbaten ieinsr partet trdgt, ~teinespegs gu be-
bauern.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1896-04-29

9sbpttneimcutszYretfe:
&doIi6e Toroen 3 Iusaabe in Der Staot Nur@ Dfs
9rdesr ms 6aas o~eIefert.
Ger g1o6e . SOL
$6eIide @useabs uno Ser Wefen' per M5sGe &. eco
Ser BefeuS per Sabr . $50
sB6dentIibe Gusoabe per Sabr . $50
Gusmdrtigs Gbpuucnten per non In ben Ser. 6taaten
iotpie Gambia uuo MericO:
9doTids Guseabe per Sabr i'm 8Oraus . a. $500
Scr g9etenH Der Sabr . 900
NodeatIi9s Gusqabe per Sabr 200
SINS NusInnD:
fGonaba unb Dteries Gusgenoutinen):
EdoItne Nusga6e per Sabr . $500
WobenbIott ober SO oben=@ efteu 800
9onntags=28efcn nit p9tber5 nnb Gruf" $50
Saoeblatt una Ser Weften' 1850
Illinois stats So Xeftung Co.,
Chicago. 81.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1896-04-29

Office: Ode 0f=qsai5iuotou,etr. unD stftD uOsnas.
Illinois Staats-zeitung., 1896-04-29
&d9li9e ul1b wO9eutli6e
,,SQtatoiS Stats

1Ser vs. { It ~" II
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-09

suggestive city. One must see them to
believe the bits Of almost rural Ioveliness.
wonderful reminders of orchard and
meadow, almost within stones throw Of
the city's business center. 1t is worth a
stout climb up any one of the high hills
out toward North Beach and Barbary
Coast to come upon the unexpected and
delightful surprises sure to greet one.
Such a hill l climbed one day, not so
long ago. 1t was crisp, clear day. Over
head the heckless sky was radlantly blue,
and the February sun mellowed, without
heating, the sea-scenJed air. From Alca-
traz came family, above the hum of the
city and the nearer shrilling of children's
voices at their play, the sound of a gun.
The skirling cry of the gulls as they fol-
lowed Pacific liner bound out through
the gate reached me musically.
Looking across the city [ could see nest
ling against the ultimate purple hill line
the shaded green's and browns that mark
the park and its surroundings. Between
it and the silver gleam of the bay the city
lay before me. l could count score of
cable lines, their changing cars running,
with the apparent purposelessness of so
many ants, over the hills, now climbing
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-09

Administration of President Monroe" In
the beginning he stated that his paper was
composed largely of extracts from private
letters written by Thomas III. Hubbard.
In the years 1917 to 1924 he was Repre-
sentative at Washington from the Con-
gressional district embracing Madison and
Herkimer counties of this State during
the administration of President Monroe.
Mr.. Hubbard had been presented to
President James Monroe, who occupied
the "palace." as the President house was
called, in 1877, and spoke of him as a
plain, unassuming man, who acted as any
other well-bred man would do. The Pres
ident received callers on the 1st of Janu-
ary, 1918. At 2 o'clock the doors were
opened and the crowd poured in. A corps
of marines was drawn up in front of the
house, bright in all the trappings of mill
tary dress. The President received with
Mrs. Monroe. One followed in the current
which bore him to his distinguished hosts.
who bowed gracefully to each guest-much
more dignifed, certainly, than the more
democratic custom of handshaking which
prevails in our own time.
Simple refreshments were passed by the
servants, consisting of sweetmeats ice
cream, hot punch and lemonade. The
President was dressed on this occasion in a
blue coat and buff waistcoat and small
clothes and white silk stockings. Mrs.
Monroe had on silk or satin gown of
light color, almost white, close around the
neck and large bunch of artificial flowers
at the bosom. Her hat or bonnet was of
the same material, surmounted with three
nodding pIumes. She was about so years
of age, rather handsome and very gracious
and polite in her manners. This good
couple stood on their feet nodding, bow
ing, smiling and talking with about 1000
persons.
On February 81, 1918, Mr.. Hubbard dined
with the President, in company with
Messrs. Cushman, Palmer and Drake.
They went at 80. The Presidents brother
and private secretary received them in
most awkward manner and ushered them
in Indian file into the drawing-room.
where there were some twenty gentlemen,
sitting in row in a solemn state, mute as
fishes, they having undergone the grand
state ceremony. "Mrs. Monroe" he
writes, twas seated at the further end of
the room with other ladies. On our ap-
proach she arose and received us hand
somely. After being myself presented, 1
introduced the other gentlemen. l now ex-
pected to be led to the President, but
my pilot, the private secretary, had
vanished.
''We beat retreat, each to his respective
chair. Observing the President sitting
very demurely by the chimney-corner l
rose and advanced to him. He got up
and shook me by the hand, as he did the
other gentlemen. This second ceremony
over. all again was silence, and each once
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-09

dwell among them, when we should lind
them help and blessing. Only from
the hills can we note the real majesty and
beauty which this city has, hateful though
most of its buildings are to the eye, and
this beauty can by no means be rightly
seen, and appreciated when seen, even
from the dummy of hurrying cable
car. It is a matter of belief with
me that, could the majority of our busi-
ness men and women walk downtown In
the morning, noting from the various ele-
vations the city to which they were de-
scending, thinking upon it seriously, of
its beauty, its possibilities, its wonderful
power, spread out thus before the be-
holder; or, walking back, at night, could
turn and gaze upon the deserted markets,
the closed stores, the quiet streets wherein
is stilled for time the clamor of the day,
there would grow up in their hearts
deeper more real love for their city, that
would manifest itself N better citizenship,
a more earnest endeavor to make it worthy
of its noble surroundings.
1t would probably not be possible for
many people to start out, at once, to walk
up and down our hills without great ia
tigue to unused muscles and lungs, but
beginning by slow degrees training could
be thus acquired that would be of lasting
benefit to the whole system. There is
something absolutely pathetic in the sight
ofSan Franciscans repairing to the quarters
of the various athletic clubs. for exercise,
when natures own gymnasium is open to
them day and night, free as the sunlight
and the stars.
And then, the Joy of the special visits
one may make to the hills! One need not
go to Lone Mountain or the Twin Peaks
to find green and joyous spots or maenifi-
cent outlooks. know a view from low
walled approach to home on Broadway,
that is like vision in Italy for beauty and
color, and that quaint, foreign suggestion
that one SO often comes upon in this queer,
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-09

slippery earth, above a precipitous gulch'
makes passage possible!
When Francis Lord rounded off his
little season of deception with a gay time
in San Francisco, at the time of his sup
posed trip to Mare Island, there was moth
ing left but to come home and face the
music. The honor of the old English
father was grievously wounded. For three
weeks the boy was shut up in the barn on
the grounds of the pleasant residence of
the family on Arlington Heights and fed
on prison diet and he was only released to
be sent into this curious exile. But the
old fathers judgment was a wise one.
The shamed and guilty boy who climbed
the mountain heights last June is a man
now, with mans honest purpose to re-
trieve his error. He hopes soon to find a
berth, no matter how humble, on an
ocean-going steamer, where he will have
an opportunity to earn advancement and
prove that he has the making of sailor in
him, even if he never wears the uniform of
the United States navy. The lesson has
been bitter one to him, but out of the
reckless boys mistake may come the mans
growth and salvation.
And America has gained loyal citizen
in the person of Captain Lord
FLORA II. LoUGHEAp.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-09

lot of paper money was now in circulation
than formerly. The banks, he said, now
send their soiled notes to the United States
Treasury to be destroyed as soon as suffi-
clent quantity accumulates to justify it,
and new notes are issued in their place.
This has been rendered not only possible,
but advisable, owing to the increased fa-
ciIities for printing bank notes. One never
sees soiled bank note in London. They
are all crisp and white and new, simply
because the Bank of England never lets a
note go out a second time. Although the
average life of Bank of England note is
said to be five days. the notes which find
their way to the colonies are kept in circu-
lation for years, and these are found to be
in an even worse condition than our own
reenbacks.-Philadelph Record.
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-09
REMEMBRANCEs OF LoNGFBLLoW,
Mary Anderson de Navarro Writes OF
the Beloved Bard.

Mary Anderson de Navarro Writes OF
the Beloved Bard.
In writing of her early days on the stage,
and telling the incidents of her first tour of
the Eastern cities, in February Ladies'
Home Journal, Mary Anderson de Ma
yarro dwells at some length and affection
ately upon her "reminiscences of Longfel-
low, the poet, for whom she had the great
est admiration. The actress was invited
to meet Longfellow at his Cambridge
home, James L. Fields bearing the grace
full letter of invitation. OF the sweet singer
she writes: Surrounded by the calm of
his peaceful home it seemed as though
the hand of evil could not reach
him. Eve ry conversation with him left
some good result. His first advice to me,
which l have followed for wears, was:
See some good picture-in nature if pos
sible--or on canvas; hear a page of the
best music, or read great poem daily.
You will always lind free half hour for
one or the other, and at the end of the
year your mind Will shine with such an
accumulation of jewels as to astonish even
yourself
"He loved to surround himself with
beautiful things. / have seen him kneel
before picture which had just been pre-
sented him and study every detail and
beauty of his new toy as he called it,
with minutenes IS and appreciation which
few would understa nd. However infested
with care or work a day might be, visit
from him was sure to beautify it.
"a few months before his death, being
unable, through illness, to leave the house,
he sent for US again. The usual warm
welcome awaited US. Luncheon over he
showed me new toy and tried to be
amusing, but there was veil of sadness
over him, and [ noticed how feeble he had
grown Until the spring, them he said,
as we parted, If 1 am still here. Iwonder
if we shall ever meet again! l am old and
not very wellP He apoIogized for not see
ing us to the carriage, as was his wont,
but stood at the window watching us leave.
Its sash was covered with snow. His face
looked like picture set IN a white, glisten-
ing frame, for the sun was shining and his
hair and beard was nearly as white as the
snow itself. L can see him still standing
there, waving his last farewell. Soon
after the English-speaking world was sad
dened by the loss of one of it's sweetest
bards."
The San Francisco call., 1896-02-09

was caused last May by the announcement
that Francis Lord of Santa Barbara, the
son of a retired officer of the British Roval
Engineers Corps, who was still an English
citizen and drawing pension from her
Malesty's Government, had received the.
appointment of cadet to Annapolis Naval
Academy, although some of the candi-
dates who had presented themselves to
the Congressman of young Lords district
to take the competitive examination in
sisted that another lad had been appointed
and that Lord had ranked decidedly below
other Santa Barbara boys in his record at
that time. Congressman McLachlan was
requested to explain his reasons for ap-
pointing young Lord in defiance of the
rules governing such appointments and
Indignantly disclaimed having done so,
naming the young man whom he had Sc
lected for the position. Yet there was
Lords official appointment, made out in
due official form and bearing the sigma
ture of the Secretary of the Navy, along
with other collateral documentary evil
dence. 1t was then decided that the ap-
pointment must have been one of the
thirteen in the privilege of the President
of the United States. BY this time the mat
ter had been very thoroughly dis
cussed, and strong opposi ton arose re-
specting the appoin tment OF an English
mans son to position which it is the
dearest ambition of loyal American boys,
the sons OF patriotic fathers, to secure.
The newspapers took up the question, and
it was discussed not only by all the promi-
nent journals on the Pacific Coast, but by
the Eastern press as well. Prominent men
on this coast and patriotic organizations
sent protests to Washington. 1t should
be understood that this opposition was
based purely on broad principles of public
policy, and was in no sense due to any per-
sonal feeling. For the entire Lord family,
personally, the highest esteem was felt in
this community. The fact was even
brought forward that Captain Lord, the
father, had made his preliminary deciara-
ton of intention to become an American
citizen some seven years before, but that
although for two years past he had been
competent to complete his naturalization,
he had not chosen to do so. To remove
this objection Captain Lord, in the height
of the discussion, took out his final papers
as an American citizen, and in SO doing
sacrificed the pension he was receiving
from her Majesty.
Meantime the hero of this National COM
motion was riding on the top wave of loca,
popularity in Santa Barbara's most fash
ionable circles. Local society boasts quite
contingent OF retired naval and military