The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-07-24
THE PASSING THRONG.

rne4d Of directors o. the SortESxn PACING
erarpad. vii! reach the Pacific coast on
: epus Of tnspection u, q few days ar
4<nns Is accompanied by party o. -seT
~ eentlenen. who are his guests. md
- GENERAL Manager Kend-sek and Gen
4 - aupsyfn .en6ent r.. f. NcHenry-
M Adams party ~ scheduled 70 SAIL
=. - steam Queen for Alaska Auga4ss
4 % that :hcy viii have az opportunity
81 epending several days or the Sound
se6ne leaving for the north. Mr. Adams
- 70 the Coast is tire first orc Sc has
..<le since the trip iass August. wheE,
srccnpeBied b. President Winter. Gen
=, Counsel Francis Lynde Stesson. z.
= Caster ami others prominent In the re-
s..nnisssron Of the Northern Pacific. he
e~rpd the West, stopping az the points
efees the sales under the foreclosure
sroceealnss OF the Northern Pacific raii-
"a we're held.
~ presence In the West OF the chair
- Of the Northern Pacific board OF d.
rr1ors viii revive the gossip concerning
- a6airs OF the company and the talk
1sOnsesldas!on with the Great Northarn.
Iwhich very little has been said Of tate.
- fact that Mr. Adam. continues TO
Fl down the very important and srs.
nfiAi position he occupies. ard tiiat
M1dens Winters resignation stu lies
Y he table In New York. where 1t WIS
aened by the board of directors at
- request OF the chairman. II conalg-
nn6 the best possible evidence that corr
1dation, or even sympathetic man
nssaen,' OF the two properties. IL az re
ITS now as ever.
The Adams party fs travelling SLOWLY
- By daylight most OF the time OPP
p9funIsy Is afforded fer them to obtain
comprehensive view OF the character
- 81.
~ the Northern Pacific, such as was r.,s
pessible during Mr. Adams last trip West.
Chairman A1ams bears the reputation
n being one OF the most skiiiful and re-
aeurcNful fnancisrs OF America. He 10
e1neervative to n degree and extremely
hcifurn. This latter quality he fss Re-
seloped to such an extent that people rgho
have had occasion to call on him In his
kew York Office have called him .ic-y..'
He win rot BE- q SNAP for the inter-
viewer.
With persons from the North there ss
cna subject OF unfaiIng interest. Like
the echoes Of some far-cf battle anything
that may be written OF the race question,
q. applied TO the Southern states. viii
always find an eager ccter!e o. readers
north Of that mysterious zoae--Masoa's
and Dsxen's line. In the South, however.
II is an cid. old story. There the inherent
amounts to something far SURPRISING tho
languid. passive interest manifested IN
the North. In the language of the cross-
roads politician. II Ia a condition. not a
theory that confronts them" Indeed. Il
II but a repetition Of the sentiment with
regard TO the Indian that pervaded the
East I'D established a cult a few years
ago. Lately more interest has been taken
m the question than ever before. primar-
lily because the Iynchings are growing
more frequent and since that eminent
neuroiogist. DR.. Thomas j. Mays, Of
Philadelphia. declared that, with the
changed social conditions since the war,
the negro Is degenerating and that par
iial insanity IL normal condition for the
younger generation. II has been thought
worthy of deeper study.
Seated In the rotunda of the Butler yes.
terdsy was a man who ia thoroughly az
qtiaintod with these conditions. He II a
tall. distinguished old gentleman. one
whom '.e Shoshones. so fond OF nick
names, would call "a white Pine" for his
head Is siivered with the frost of many
winters. ON the register he In identified
~ George l.. Eastman. Of ST. Augustine.
Mr.. Eastman IL a native or Springfield
o. Many years ago. Ia 1852 he emigrated
to the Sacramento valley. in California,
where he acquired n e.ooo-acre ranch.
This some years ago he sold 10 r. n. As
hurst and removed to Florida. where he
nov owns. In addition to his princeiy
mansion IN st. Augustine. a plantation IL
over 5000 acres. He was perfectly will
Ing TO discuss the question. He said in
The beginning that all men I'm the South
are more or less perturbed about 1t, and
sErowfnliy he nodded his white head
when be murmured:
txaa h.A k,,t
% rot understand. I used TO be some
sha! swayed by that sentiment myself
~ uossing the plains cured me of F'eni-
~ cooper's noble red man. and the
- black man Is no better.
Heser. we have hope Late medical
e1Htics have proved that the death rate
nag them Is increasing. and that the
uunker generation Is dying faster than
~ old can produce. All this may he at
tnoated 10 the changed conditions since
ne war. Before they were given their
usedom each negro represented a certain
assured value, from $500 TO 5000. and
shef masters saw tina; they were fed wen
ana well clothed. In much the same man
net We nowadays look after our valuable
nu'ss aud horses. Should We turn even
.hese wall domeSticated animals loose,
however, they would soon revert to their
efissaal condition. This. believe, IL &C.
safnng with the negro. The incidental
saxsasy has brought on a continual state
sNousness, and the result is that the
nesso q! the South Is rapidly degenerai-
oI. ne u not actually rever.ing 10 his
original trpeA To US down there who rec
osh'ze hts Il problem far more serl-
.as saxn any you CT the North have 10
SNa Win. ard one which Ii constantly
.sa""ihg ftAe0. SO much Is this common
.ssaas tsawiA. thu white men together
wax taat social class cncs known as the
~. whites has entirely disappeared
60 the question now IL race against race.
me ex-siaves are better workers They
80 more polite and never | .lpuacat. In
seea she few examples that the negroes
I'VE TO noin, 10 as shining lights of Their
,see ws.e more than fsf white. and Trei
aousss, their proudest boast was the
~ W u one Of the brightest jurists that
az land is proud TO is,ror. And this
s'efanee IS no injustice 20 the negro.
.has Is the trouble with him. lie gets TOO
seea Justice and in every city OF the
Gut tSe whlts people tex themselves,
11ufni"aslf sometimes. 20 provide e.u,a-
net Tor the hlacxs. We do this - a
eeas'ire OF protection for We desire that
me Pace become civilized ard the crisis
pcseinle.
h late years Tie South has been fliinx
w With Northern men like myself, and
~. .e are no; used to sue. things. Amen;
VI poorest waites vs. come in contact
ss'h IN cur native states We do not en-
counter such l8xiness and ShirgIeSsncss as
ss see IN the Southern negro, The south
ssA man or Woman viii overlook Il be
@ase sher are used to Il. bu; We will not
ana 90 nas.
As for rot getting tusslcc. the white
~ Is often siscrsmsrated against IN
s.'es or The black. We have grown 50
1aea 81 being called towards. or having
w w manhood srupagued. that we willingly
sIonb 70 All SOFIA OF indignsties unfit.