The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-06
cen him got a wrong idea OF what he

seen him got wrong idea OF what ne
looked like.
~ have long intended to visit the Pa
cifc coast Mr.. Cleveland said, but during
my present term of Office one thing after
another has tied me here. Again. l can't
travel while in Office, without so much
fuss and trouble
Mr.. Cleveland inquired about the po-
ltical situation in the Pacific Northwest,
and seemed pleased when told that Ore
gon babe fair to choose Mckinley elect
ors j spoke of the stout fight the Ore
gonian had made for years for sound
money. The president said he knew what
great good the Oregonian had done. and
considered 1t "A very able paper We both
emphasized the fact that the region be-
tween the Sierra Nevada and Cascade
mountains and the Pacific ocean took a
very different view of the money question
from that held by the district between
these mountains and the Rockies.
=" BY the way. Mr.. President I said 4
know your friend, Mr. Pennoyer very
Well Here the president chuckled again,
and said:
:" oh. do you? Let me see he is now
mayor of Portland. isn't hep TIE presi-
dent seemed greatly amused while brief
ly recounted the mayors trials and trib-
ulations In the effort to carry the city
for Bryan.
" How long does Mr. Pennoyer's term
extends? asked the president giving us
the impression that he wanted to know
when IL would be safe for him TO visit
Portland on his projected tour of the Pa
cific coast. I assured him that Mayor
Pennoyers present term. ending in July,
1898 would be the last. He made no COM
ment on this. but changed the subject by
asking IL ex-senator Dolph was prospecting
and In good health.
THE president seemed TO be In a mood
for conversation, but we knew the duke
was waiting. so we. ourselves. terminated
the interview by thanking Mr. Cleveland
for his kindness. We shook hands again
warmly. and he said again that he was
glad We had called.
The president had returned only a few
days before from Buzzard's Rav. He was
rudy faced. In fine spirits and appeared
TO be n man In the prime of life.
Another celebrity we met while in the
Fast" continued Mr.. Piper was Homer
Davenport. cartoonist of the New York
Journal II is certainly not too much to
say that Mr. Davenport. who was horn
and raised on farm. IN the Waldo hills
near Salem, is one OF the most talked
about men In the Esat. He performed his
first work I'm newspaper illustrating on
the cregonian. some half dozen years ago
Later he was with the San Francisco Fly
aminer and when Mr. Hearst boueht his
New York paper about eighteen months
ago. Mr.. Davenport joined him there Mr.
Davenport's cartoons. during the present
campaign have attracted widespread at
tenticn and he Is now at the top rank
receiving a larger salary than any news
paper artist in America. Mr. Pulitzer of
the World. recently made Mr. Dayenp mort
an offer OF $1,000 year. Mr. Hearst saw
tho raise and made Mr. pavenport n
present OF 81 90 In addition. This Is rath-
er a comfortable salary for an Oregon
farmers boy. but Homer Is the same nm
pretentious fellow as of yore. When Hom-
e. took the S3.eo check to the hank TO
cash IL. / was with him. The cashier in
formed him that he would have 70 be
identified.
=" However Mr.. Davenport. he said II
YOU Will write the word ..Daverror,.' as
it appears on the cartoons in the journal.
] think YOU don't need further identifi-
cation.
AS he said this. the cashier p,cksd IN
ore OF navenport's cartoons lying on the
counter 10 compare the signature. and al
so called several officials OF the bank to
witness the test Homer with the ex-
preston, That's dead easy. wrote his
name. The hank officials seemed greatly
amused. and told him the signature seem
81 all right
- Now. Mr.. Davenport continued the
cashier IL you viii draw a picture OF
Mark Hanna on the back OF the check
the money is yours"
Homer drew the Hanna ca -toou, dol
lar-maTks and all. in jifIy. and when the
bank officials saw the familiar outlines
the cashier counted out the money