The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-07

Yes said. but ain't equipped prop
eriy for the trade. / can whitewash
barn., / told him, with any boy that ever
came out OF oregon. but I can't get the
hang Of oiling an elephant. I'm dlscour-
aged and Tn going 10 leave "
Homer Calvin Davenport's political car
toons and caricatures are known wherever
a newspaper printed in the English
language circulates. He Is but 20
years old. and his salary paid him
by Mr.. Hearst for his services
on the New York Journal is the largest
received by any newspaper artist in
America. He is entitled TO IL. for although
there may be more skIlful artists in the
world than Davenport there is. none who
can so clearly perceive and portray the err
rors. weaknesses and even the virtues OF
political human nature. Davenport is thor
oughly genuine himself honest and gener-
Gus as the day. and Is by nature disposed
TO think well OF mankind. He has. what Is
not always possessed by the broad minded
and liberal spirited. the talent for imme-
diately detecting the counterfeit. This
quality OF Davenport's has been the source
Of much grief for politicians and the cause
OF much circulation for the Journal.
Take the case OF Hanna. The presiden-
tial manager IS by no means the person
one meeting him casually might imagine
or that Mr.. Hanna would like to be
thought Davenport got below the glad.
joyous handshaking Hanna, and the result
was the real doilar-marked short-term
senator with whom every one is familiar.
II is a fair proposition that Alfred Fl.
Lewis and Davenport working as they did
In conjunction through the campaign, the
one as writer. the other as illustrator, did
more harm 10 the Hanna Mckinley inter
est than any other combination. Their
work gave the Journal a vogue and made
viOusiy known in the newspaper history OF
the country Although the paper had con-
Quoted a sort OK fugitive tentative exist
ence for some years before Mr. Hearst
bought il, its real being was a matter OF
less than a year. al the time the campaign
opened. "A I have sail Mr.. Davenport.
with Mr.. Lewis. contributed much to pro-
auce this result.
I was asked 10 write a biographical
sketch 81 Davenport. This Is a difficult
task 70 perform and adhere TO the lines and
limits prescribed for biography. Daven-
port differs from others. His story is fun
Of contradictions. Seven or eight years ago
be left locomotive firing 70 others, and be-
gan work as a newspaper artist. with
weekly salary Of s.. Figuring the actual
time given to his work now, he earns more
money in an hour than he formerly
did IN a week. ! asked him the other day
y
OF his life.
i've got II right here" he replied and
bestowed unos me some a. foItos Of tyne
written manuscript. y hope my father f.
willing 10 stand for al there IS IN that
literary production" he continued y
rod e. and discovered what had hitherto
sz~apea NY notice Ny father is a novel;
fst. That romance you have purports 70 be
a sketch Of nv bounding career: press
association running short OF half-hour
chats with the nieces Of notable women
desired series 81 personal recoilections
from the urouenttors or caTto0uixfs. This
Is nv fathers response. II reads Ike A
dream. I'm glad ny father thinks 50 well
az ne bat have feft Obliged 70 suppress
l+s publication. There Is q novelette, that
viii never know the press. but you can
.elv On tie statistics you'n find When he
left The fgures he simply let his ideals
wreck his Judgment. II I were to let that
20 20 print ia die IN year trying 20 live
W 20 TT
Davenport gs- a product of the remote
West He vas horn on an oregon farm
and while his talents and Instincts n the
way % art are his hy inheritance-take nv
vrcrd for IBIS. for SPACE conscientious pre-
vent A. elaborate genealogical study-be
had ia the general sense Of the term no arr
training Re attended no academy 81 de-
sign ard no art league has couveutionallzed
his ideas or weakened his vigorous meth
oGs Yet lie has studied az ais hts One
of "a Distinguishing traits IS love for
animals lie had 8 personal acquaintance
with every domsstacated creature On the
farm before be VASE years old, and by the
time Ae was bis only playth.ngs we're lead