The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-11-30
EIGHT-PAGE EDITION.

| crsr,,-,a o,,,,~s -, pfessded. Th~ -
anu was followed by reaain~ !. aa ~ cnceeo
Isss Hy kev. Sarauel Gr.era - ses
| tsol. u A. HauerhacA ~ vx-,..a OeatelA
,sss' read poem written for ~ .sAn -.
I.eE. l.. n. Hallock. u. n ~ oecesto1.
=. III, ueltsefed the address az tha 49,
Is,'s. !, ty,..''ea. -, Marcsss whismsr go -
1T Aiaiiock said in part. Asa
| ladies ami Gen,ys,,s.
FRIENDS; Friends ara ws ~ Fatx1otn
| u 'one touch Of rarure 49, 81 sonight foS
We ~ofi1 MI. ore shroh Of unssa,r sne w3lpao.
/ os ses ssE I hsrole dead. one thrill ~ sorro4
hsf~isI h.tt iowa ,..n Of granite a. ~.
I ,,,s..s ti'.I makes us brothers IN soh0ee
/ tneaS of this hour. as We has'l 'l achieyo@s
txr.3 Ts5eaS ~ cur Inheritance from s ,hs nseA
/ .,.:ase nase = our privilege tonsyn, So
/ aitiStlde OF fifty years 10 rss.sse from thl6
pet4rt, oe@nn IN blood bQt hlassa.ttaf1 srs ttaf1os
/ sas ss IKE tne century plant. In monr.nk ~
| statue Within .bs sss. Essst graye:' In hrcsss
IN tnet' Sl1lAs ioF memory at fhs ~ Love
itat aud III Boston, and. hatts- .sles cap
and ~ institution m bearing Kis M ~ s.. .
Tue mountains shall stand w,.~rss a. .asse
sStSsStii Ectt8i OF the valley ~ ~
Sos a,it Is,I. = century ago tonight ufe,esx -
-eS 'AA AnburIed at the close az q .ss.. - -,
For and irreparahip disaster. t.sss 'as ot tets
ING as the seed. the spirits ~ sspt,se4.A
come again. looming into tha sk, - - .ns41ls
,,,sts,s i"1H'st =, ~ themselves. siut ciueS.
ulahltk IN cur cOuatFy's hissnrx SsSTAs ss 8
uailstoffnStion from mound ~ ..r.A stss
marble daauSolaum IS no war; W Narn W -
.saan tho rescue from criminal nhlsysar -. =
.nSse Twin souls whom Ged has iausSes3
10 honor. Fifty years awo ths i,as ass&n nte4s
man lantern IN the Walia ysaila m.~sn IL
was violently eNtInguishetl, t.sss1v ~ ssn
star rapidly growing 10 The first raass
1T IS greatness only which -rou. ~~...
@ siis anu space small things ana ssar II
srea,neas sIsa S.as r@apiliy @ 'e lower levels When
! Grant. Whitman Hopkins.-how shrss 49,
eF. while men who overshatlnw,.i ,h~ss's
Gree are long lost IN the dim level of NJ.
torlc meGtcCrity. Reecber once saias IVA
caunot tell what any man WI dr--,s,tss ~ I
Is dead, True. and ven cannot ts,t rhes
any man has done or been urssl snsSz1ss
s.orss oi Years have placed aim asncng thxs
stars or dlmmsd the iuster of Ms eny4~
tafne by the furnishing OF its uwn snoSs
- SOME lights are big mar by, bar earfv
disappear, stars shiae far atieid ana fos.
ever Stars, fWln stars. are our thansp ~.
night, AMI 10 study them We t,iaat f,ft aSs1
eyes unto the heavens Tor they ara ssa,e
ior. and Mrs. Whitman, MARTYRS of u
heroes of "a KILLED N q, cte,snea tn ~.
INTO hirn primarily, and 10 his Sssosia.s,
likewise. whether their hiood MAS snlllsSS
or spared that day, we pay our trlhtsfc m
Teverent love, and unto every man Who
do them honor. unto him alao shalt he n
little glory given far paying farthlnx a
least upon our debt long overiue.
The exercises OF the morrow which ira.s
clufe the dedication Of the mauteira,n asiA
the uuveiiing of the monument will WORTH
hN iuHu&uratS the second hsif-J.s injury affs.
sr s the fatal trasedy Il viii hs trnay.
or appreciation, OF pilgrimage. OF multi.
piled memorial tributes OF recognition n
the national capital OF ever -klnaling nai-s
rlottc gratitude. OF the rising IN suhS{ams
tial brick and mortar of the halls Of Win.
man college.
with this IN prospect, the first half.
century should not be allowed 70 pass Int
history without A review and revival 0k
many memories. For that purpose we are
here: TO scan tho past, that we may dr.
cover the significance of the uresenf and
1he rhse promise rom q the s,a, future l. rica
seems wanting; no height OF color ~
depth q shadow. no weird wondermcnt e
the wilderness. no note of domestic or ~
ieious devotion. no ibre Of oak. no sen(5~
ment OF love, no isolation. no official impdGA
tance. no impassable obstacles. no uudGs
served rehuke. no unseifshEesA of altHns
Ism. no sin of trsachery, no utterly MI
taken thrust of fatal tomahawk, no xio1y
of midday leadership or crimson CT xtIuoqk
slaughter seems missnE In the tale WhlQ0
illuminated. November e1th, fifty yenrn 49,
tonight. All the cofors. all the cUiuhi1os
tlons are there: who may 50 weave H1es
Gobelin tapestry that the figures and fn61DS
shall stand out I'm living porfrslturc ~
OF gratitude. patrissism and faith il 0olIy
Such is the task intfusted TO this hour q k
DIR. Hailock here skotched accurately
the events leading up TO WhIfsnan's to9Me
nsy as a missionary 10 the West, ana -
ride across the continent 10 innucnoos
American statesmen at the hour they wef4
about TO surrender Oregon. Dr. HaIioe3
continued:
immediately after the Interview Win
whitman the attitude OF Webster changes
and he wrote: England must not expee&
anything south OF the tsth degree
~ wonderful revolution OF pubic s4nylk|
ment set in. and instead OF an almost fAtH
apathy was formed a political party 60
hlazon.ng upon It's banners the iekenG
'Firty-four-forty or fight and the
lumbla as boundary was thing 0f ~
past. In April. 1886 Was enecfed c0n.sS
promise on the parallel OF ~ desyefSs ~
Oregon I'm its larger sense was decptAte@s
at last with stars ard stripes. rs
20. IL he sad sequel need NOT hAss peeM{
a tragedy Of martyrdom' Yet the pioQ
OF these martyrs WAS the seed uf an eS1e
pire. the birth OF a coiiege' II mads todA1
possible.
I'm 'ls Whitman was in washington:
I'm IS oregon was ceded to the Inite4
States.
IN "a British settlers knew they hal
lost.
''roois for vengeance or rtdsmruo@
were near. The redmen were suscepi5plGS
the Jesuit capable. In is@ ueorKe y asnS Z
iugton wrote There does NOT remain -
NoBni-fN3i all tflt UtiHfHitttS wv .ffst vt1esz
ter with the indians. their hoettltiea u
murders Of helpless women ana enl0s
along our frontiers result from fne akeHsS
OF Great Britain IN this country.
There are anmiatakable signs conurnE
ing this theory connected with the freac 80
cry If the fayuses and the maSsaf1e ~ e
Wallatpa. bat 1 spare you the rer5t4G
Enough 70 recall the psihe,,s, n.,.,,,is ts's ,st
white prescribing for sick inuan, 49,
other Indian who had been his fsiihs4
friend hitherto crept Fieaitnfy w n.nsm3
him rs he sat, and drawing has1n@%
from hste-g,tb his bIafket struck Df. NM
man on the back OF the head Win 49,
precision. and he feii with nIs s.ts.
wound Twelve others also xsre s
ard tomorrow we pay the nfSt iHrsnsiusFns Z
az a debt of honor long Overcome 70
heroic a patriot as ever loVfa tnf ua. ~ ~ e
planted upon this bread anu ffufii"s -
where rolls the oregon.
"Father Felis. his seif-denying assorlate
I'm the north country. standing al the xrens
grave. with uncovered head. detesmsnrs.1
10 found q school 10 Tire memory ,,E 9.
murdered colleague. Nnitmsn eu.ssrx
the result what Eeila bfxHn VIII "
life-e,,e,,d az loving sacrifice Dr. Pear4oW
Is carrying forward with ~ Ee ssss.. sse.s.s
and yos will coon comrle .. no monG
ment u granite can for esle moment co'
..,y,g,.. "a me ~ whitman ~ an Inspiration.
Uis fmtriot heart. faiSslgnaff .anI .a
ard ;he vision 81 seef- re ls.sNs ls..sss srsss
three stars IN the lag ss NJ .as.. ss.ssS@
storms ard SHOWS IN mountain paszrr
carrying oregon 10 81 p2cks. III shs' "s
e.rafsle winter Of 1872 and isss,
@Toatfstlass< ne buildea better tnah ~
L,@os. Bnt whitman knew better than my
oshrr statesman Of his day-fhsn psn.ss .n's.
Ivehster ar President Tyler ana tnry
- - h,ns Had he waited unut
spr.as.. iii north Of the coiunshia would
-, grittSs today. aid the chances ase
We should never have owDsd 1921 ~. = 'ana ss.
on ibe Pacific coast II VIC y -. -. .lsssvsss