The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-05-20
JORDAN WRITES A poox
To Work on tho Political spas,s,
amcnabie to Htseoeenetic rs-.s

After DIR. ]. Eugene Jordan. .r-,.A..
defeat at the late municipal esecfi,-, -
wehs INTO seciusion. ard was NOT bead -
AGAIN until Mayor Blacks r~ssr,.,I,-
when he sent that gentleman Nor ~ hss.
togenetic pills and . tender Of his SYM
PATTY. The doctor no more attends pC,-
Etcai gatherings or minxles with hss fel-
ioHs with that extreme suavitv tina. has
made him some friends and a few euvsous
enemies. He Is rarely seen now exrept
by those whose professional duties keep
them down towa very late They some
times meet with him in the wee sna,
hours. sauntering on First avenue. his
tai silk hat tossed triie hack from his
tseming brow, and swinging a cana that
IN Itself is an evidence OF the force and
mssculinity OF fighter that once was.
DR.. Jordan Il stsl = fighter. but this
time his fight 10 to be with the pen.
Thsrei the secret IS out why tho Doctor
burns the midnight oil. Not 10 ponder
over the u1usty tonnes OF Esculapiux and
his followers. psrchance TO Hnd a hisse.r-
oaical Pill 10 cure all the political Ills that
Uncle Sam b heir to. bat TO give the same
medicine In . different kind Of dose. II
Is 10 be literature. with a large L. The
dose u to be kneasied with basis OF his
tory AMI . sugar coating Of fiction
And the name on tho title Rage Of the
great work viii be The New Republic"
Thsre is some one IN the doctors secret.
There must have been or al this infor1na-
ton abou: the Doctors nightly yigiis
would never have been gathered IL il
said that Ia his coy Office In the Safe
Deposit building he has many Walls Of
wrath These In the lonely Midnight
hours he stea,ihiiy uncorks and sctenano-
ally blends them In his work
I; opens with the Revolution and passes
RAPIDLY On 20 the Rebellion This hiseor-
teal retrospect Is told IN the converration
OF the characters. and in the early history
Of thu country DIR. Jordan permits him
self TO Be particularly singing In arirnac-
versions upcn Hamilton. who Gid not b.
uave the people were capable Of seis-gcv-
eminent. and OF glorification of JefYernon,
who would have nothing but govern
m-rt OF the people George Washington
he taunts ~ an autocra. and . tscfatoe
and lots OF other thtnxs that are al bai.
This first part Of the book Is not to be
altogether cecrief OF derided. as In one
way u - interesting. II only a. showing
how history can be tangled Up and dis
torted by the dfaor1ered mini Il the stu
dent But from the Rebellion on 20 the
present the book deals With many promo
nent p>rsonages now before the public,
and none OF these 30 far a. SPACE vii
permit, seem 70 Be spared The sasfre
or what passes for such. = satanic In fsS
sub;iety and ver,om: and ousraeeosn per-
scnal abuee seems 10 b scattered about
the latter half a the book a. with q sta
bic fork This. Of COURSE d what the con-
adants Of the Doctor SAY Of IL In xhouiish
giee-
These conAdants Of tho doctor ars PER
fzps afdors and abet.ors In his srans tt~a
20 cverthrov she present rrcahIic- They
perhaps think thai II nesties have the pre-
negative 70 sting. therefore all other ve~1s
,ss sI 5rs-.ra.nes over ali vsr..ssiss. l Ans
while they In. ha. over ths doctors We.
as they esteem r. they should remember
that Y n with wits a. with raxor1 which
are never 20 apt 20 cut those they are
employed on Is when thev have ios4 their
edge Also thar those whose teeth are too
rotten 70 bsfs are-accoritar 10 Dr. sxts..
not Dr.. Jordan. Of ali others ssst onaft-
ssd % revenge tnas oese--s BY th-sr breath
Nixe3 WITH tire snsnfv-vsiied puppets Of
ks story. mon u hourg azt worth wsoxs
personal characters are ru- hisssly as
szzee. are crude IDEAS CO state OF So
cssey thaf the author must havs picket
up In hts travels aeou. frkursk Box
hsrz- Aarv an6 such uncfwfisx~-f csr%s %
Europe. Tor the whole sesscv Of x ~ an
zrehss.sc- Curious thing TO. "a re ars %
women n the book But there 10 cutie .
lot about frrs cotrage. rovernr,snt ywn<r-