The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-06-06
HIS RELATIONS
WITH GREAT MEN
How Lincoln 0nee Looked Upon Him
ASA Possible Rival,
ny JOINS RUSSELL TouNd,


lussrl Young about his experience with
upncnl umnt and with nomo ~ tho other
famous men whom hc hna known. Mr.
Young ia the most eminent newspaper cor
respondent Of tho day, llc Ia onr pf onr best
wrilon of pure English and hr haS for years
been onr of uuf ohiof modrrs oi puhllc
opinion, tur iiu past generation hla rrla'
tlons win the leading men of the Tin" haV"
been yor, CLOSE, A. hoy be know President
Lincon seward nnd stanton. While he was
correspondent of the lielald IN London, he
saw much NJ Gladstone, salisbury and lea
consfrid ana alsn came into contact with
Prince nismnrrk. UambulIn ana other nam
ous men uf that time. Aa our minister To
China hr made strong frlrnd NJ IT. Hung
Chang, aud when the great ylcrrny madr a
visit tn this country last year he came tn
Philadelphia nnd spout day with Mr.,
Younss family It was during hls trip
around ,hc world with General dmnt that
John i,usscli Young nnt met ~ Hung
chang. aud to-day there Ia no man living out
aldo ~ Dcnrmi ursnts own Iamlly who has
su 90 ,lusr relations iu our srraicAi military
hero Nj fnuus ia pow nuy,slA ycAp fago.
but hls blue r,cs arc 90 bright as they were
When be- began his nowsraprr career aA a
COPY roldcr at the ago u nncen IN the once
tho Philadelphia Tfrss, aud his brain ls a'
active he ~ was when ho rode uui iu the
battlefield to 'crufi occurrences nf tho lat"
clvii war. Mr YuupF lsh delightful iaikrr
ilis wotdp nov ns smoothly IN his .onnvor'a.
tion na iu bls writing ana nis tail is null OF
GIrking comparisons
joins NAY ~ TnE WHITE HOUSE
our conyer,n,lon opened win word about
John Hay, who has Just gone to England To
take naynfi's place a. Ambassador {" Great
britain. Mr Young snld
have known Colonel Hay since he came
20 Washington. pow about n ycars ago |
had brrn srn, here by the Philadelphia Press,
John " rurucy was then The editor. Ito was
also secretary u the sonair. and was here
a. hi, assistant Ia write for the paper aud 10
whatever hr nsk rd INC 10 de-, one ofmy duties
was to carry tho papon nom ,hc senate I" tho
white House. John Hay had hcon brought
To Washington by President Lincoln au 40
roun, of his friruiship lur Hays mthar Mr.
Lincoln vantcd tp give John tha educational
advantage ~ rho position, ana hc made him
ono ~ IN, private scvrc,atlcs I remember
W elihov colonel Hay looked Ia the early six
ilr.. liz had cheeks as fusy ~ hos" of an
irish mtkualh and hc Was rather Hifli'h'
booking fcltov lusii,n, Lincoln, who was
auirl tn discover what ,hrrr was IN mon, SAW
that liza, hnd considerable literary ability,
and ho gave him the answering Of such let
tcrs nnd notes hs needed especially good
wording Ilc would tell Hay what 10 a'l,
aud would generally sign the lc,,cn without
changing ,hrm Eyvu In those days John
Hay was iond or writing poetry. lie often
showed nae verses hc had written, and then
be- would read them over to me"
A MlpNiunr CHAT WITH LINCOLN.
'IIuw did President Lincoln impress you,
MIR Young1 asked.
"lIc did not seem ns great man to me then
~ hc docs now Tho cnnonlmlion of Lincoln
aid not begin until some time amer his death.
Ito had some litlr ldiosyncpcics of rronun'
citation aud action which hid ton certain rN'
tent his rcn, greatness His wonderful mod
osty and simplicity were partially the cause
u his nonRpprccintlon lie was perfectly
simple In all of his ways / can give you an
incident which illustrates what mean. col
oncl Forncy owned In addition to the rhlla'
dclphin Press the Washington Chronicle aud
wns sometimes left Ia charge. one night
when this was the case We received u Rich
mond pNpcr. which IN some way had been
smuggled through the lines, which contained
u dispatch stating that Charleston had hccn
tnkcn, IL was very dlnicult To get such pa
pcrs, aud thcy omen gave us important ad'
vance news This paper came In about
o'clock IA thr morning Az | read II II
seemed IS 'nc that the president ought Il
know OF the capture of Charleston, wa
only u hoy, but | decided to gu to the white
House and tell him So | took the foreman
Of the oflco aud together VIZ walkcAto the
white House. wcrang the he'll andShncr d
time u messenger opened the door. lie told
us In response lo my request to SEE Mr. Lin
DIN, that he had long since gunc to bed and
was now asleep
ant news for him ! haycrccelvcd lnrormn
/ ion which he ought TO have, aud am SUR
Ii ought 10 be walked up To hear It. After I
while tho messenger said he would go to th
presidents bedroom and awaken him, 4
fow minutes later the President came dowi
clad In nothing but his night shirt Honske'
US TO stop into the east room. remember n
he walked In mont Of us that his long shlr
nappod against his legs and as he sat on IN
soIi and listened hc threw one bare leg owe
the knee Of the other and scratched NJ th
hairy calf. / told him that had IA Ricl
mond newspaper stating that Charleston wa
taken, whcreupon he asked me for the date
the paper. when replied he saId that h
had advlces two days later than that, whic
stated that the "bumbardment" was still -
ing "zeelously" on. noticed that he pr'
pounccd bombardment Ms though II wa
spelled bumbardment, and zealously d
thoug its first vowel was long "e" Wei
the result was that we found our news to
OF no account. The presidents spies In
given him information In advance OF min
- ,,as of course much mortified 10 fin