The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-08-24
BACK FROM CONCORD.
Rev. d. C. Garrett Returns From
His Vacation in the East
FOUND SEATTLE WELL KNOWN


"A exceptional Interest ss taksr "A m
kz8N Il Seattle. ard even scose who no~s
f1iiy re4z1xs liza nzxnsfss3s o. the pres
snt state Of depression are nsoH nop~f1i
o. IS ultimate prosperity AM greatness
such IN ghe ixnpresslcn formed ~ Rev. d.
e Garrett. rector Of 81 Marks EgksceSsl
cnurcn. who. with his Etfe and three chit
dren. has been oc = yisss 20 tie LAS; sz1cs
June z Mr.. Garrett was seen yesterday
and sait. NY family AID bad G very
pleasant tine wkila away. bat are pleased
20 Dc ~ home again. " hlze Fast ] sop
ped for some little time ~ Lake Fc-ez<.
which n great center fer fae PresoTxs-
RAGS Of raat sec:lon Of TIE country
fFzASe ny headquarters AZ historic Conccre.
where ire rrst shot Tor frszS4om wss AIRED
ana which was fhe home o. Emerson.
Inoreaus Hawthorne A1asokt. Sanoern
ard other Eoted American aEshors- was
so Bear that ssat % culture. BosSoa. tnat
mace fNSQaerst pslgr.Knaxes tnssher. and
also attended the commencement exercises
a. Harvard. watch Ia as you know. 81
Cambridge
II met nanv OF the acted men Of Bos-
tor assd OK the university. ard was most
pseaAaassy enssrsained- I also took short
trips 20 points on fhs sea coast OF Mas
sacansetts. such Is Gloucester. 80 you
can see that my cup % pssasare Was f1li
10 the brim while I was away. and ny
family and ensoysd ourselves very much
nencs IN various walks % life. ard was
surprised al me exceptional interest," taken
In Seattle and the Pacific Northwest
some showe1 q most intimate acouatiIf-
ancs with the affairs OF both Seattle and
the safe They al seemed TO think that
while Seattle. II common with nsaTIy es-
cry city IN the United states. Is nos pass
ing through q period OF depression. yet
the city has q bright and promising fu-
tuEe before IL. Rev. DIR. poIaalG. Of Irln-
ify church. Boston. said; Down in Stale
street. Boston. or In Wall street New
York. Seattle - as well known as Eastern
cstleS- / was Invited 10 take luncheon
with the rivnt-hand man OF one OF Bos-
tons greatest capitalists. and hs kept me
busy ~ tae time taking about Seattle
aid It's fU1ure. He showed en- almost IN
Innate knos ledge OF the tcpogaPny OF
Seattle.
Il called on Edward Evsrstt Hale ard
among other things he asked me Il was
from Seattle and said that twenty years
ago he used to put Seattle Ia his stories
as an oat-of-the-way place. / suggested
that the Seattle OF today might furnlsa
ham some useful material for his stories
DR.. Hale Is young looking man and has
CHEEKY. hearty manner that Is most cap
tis2ting.
'sOne OF the incidents that was most
pieasurzble was a reception rendered Mrs
Garrett and me by Mrs Carroll Hatchinss-
II was a most elegant affair and gave US
an opportunity OF meeting in BODY the
representative people Of the town, as Sell
as the members OF our church there. In
deed. I found she people Of Concord both
cordial and hcspitaole.
.'In regard 10 the political situation
found that Ia Massachusetts, the people
there. as Is usual on the eve OF presi-
dental election all over the CaItee States,
taiked a great deal about poiitlcs. and
could not, OF course. help nst@ning 70 the
talk / was surprised 10 nns! tnat tnsse
was some considerable free silver senc-
lnent and that certain pubic men, IKE
George Fred Williams. are stamping the
state and appealing 10 the sane grsenoack
element that the late Benjamin +. Butler
catered TO. While the free silver element
has a certain amount OF strength IL - IN
ire minority and the impression Is that
Massachusetts win give big majority
for Mckinley ard the gold standard
THE impression. too, is that there Ia
more probability OF Mckinisys carrying
washington than there Is OF bis capturing
any other Of the Northwest states.
zone hears the talk OF hard urnes every
where. In Massachusetts, many or the fao-
tories ara closed. In Boston business Is
dun rentals are low and prices cut so
that there is little or no profit. In Chicago
they saw the times are harder than they
h.ve aver been before. and there are loud
cor.nlstnts OF high taxes and low rentals
,rhera IN great uneaSiness sverywnere
about the future Of thu country and no
one cares 10 invest IN anything until the
election Is decided. majority or those
wtth whom / talked. both Democrats ana
Repuhlicans. said that the election OF Nc
trfnfew would restore confidence, open up
business ard bring back prosperity 10 me
cn,,nfrv They feel thst the time for the
sxsreisa OF conservative tudsment and
ner~onsi patriotism has core ard that
xoses should be east for principles and the
good az he country rather than for mere
v.p.tsa-sh{nsf