Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-10-08


eponsible for the development Of his
genius and his education was in no
sense neglected, if one may Judge from
his subsequent career. Some time be-
fore he went to the Constitution he
failed utterly miserably with little
sheet that bore the name Atlanta Her
aid
1t was but natural that a man Of
his mind should in time force himself
to the position Of managing editor CT
the paper, and that he should also ac-
quire share in its capital stock.
Boldly fearlessy. he wrote on the
questions of the day, and if his fellow
southerners at times resented his tone
as hitting them or their customs and
manners too hard, they reflected that it
was Grady who gave 1t to the world,
and the clouded brow gave way to the
smile. They would take more from
Grady, perhaps, than from any other
living man without holding 1t up
against him.
Atlanta is to-day the stronghold of
the temperance movement-so far as
the government Of the traffic OF liquor
is concerned, though it can we'll hold
Its own with all other cities in the
matter of whisky consumption-and it
Is probable Grady who more than any
one else made 1t so. He was a pers!s-
tent fighter of the rum traffic, and his
private life was consistent with his
public utterances. There was another
man OF influence in the councils OF
the Constitution-Capt. Evan p. How
ELL who had gained his title at the
mead OF a confederate battery during
the war. He was as stout an advocate
OF liquor as Grady was an opponent,
is related that during a redhot local
pohtlcal campaign in which the issue
was simply rum or no rum. Grady oc-
cupied one page of the paper champion
ing the cause Of the reformers while
on another page of the same issue each
uay' Howell stood up for the cause Of
Tue Hquor dealer. To the outsider it
ulade the paper appear freakish, but
'ae hsnt was local only. and as How
eli was equally well-known with
urady in the city. their personalities
,or the time went forth ahead OF the
individuality of the paper. History
day.
1rady's reputation as a writer was
W this time we'll established, but 1t
''Naihed for destiny that he himself
.onceiVed and shaped to make of him
one OF the foremost orators in the
.ountry. This destiny was simply the
.o'owing out of his hobby, the healing
W 'ne wounds that had been left by
sne war To do this he began to ap-
pear on the platform with his mind
s'',, with fact. his Imagination ripe
s .,'n the creative power, his heart
Nheo with enthusiasm for his subject
sua MS tongue ready to give utterance
~ the words that were to show the
. aOr'n not only that he was a finished
.peaAef' but hat he came as a repre-.
,eu'a'iVe OF large element that had
e"eh not forgotten, and asked
."e'r brethren Of the north to do the
same. His first speech attracted uni.
'eisai attention. the news bureaus car
ra II into the homes Of the east
.u and west. One speech followed
,h some in the south, but most Of
en' IN the north. until the invitation
.;" 10 address the New England so
IN Boston, the heart Of the old
I'm aooiitionism. the head-center o.
:" 'he bitterness that marked the cam
t a,s against slavery and the slave
7, before and during the war
was an annual banquet, and ther,