The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-05-04
AFTER ALASKAN PLUM
Duncan Harrison Is Badly Treated
 By the Portland Telegram
Portland Telegram.

Duncan R. Harrison, whose candldd- cy IS announced m a dispatch Tor the position of Collector oi Customs at Sitka. Alaska. Co succeed J. w. Ney' is we'll known m Portland. says the Telegram. The Treasury Department at Washington announced Harrison candidacy yesterday. and no action has been taken on his application as yet Harrison halls from Illinois and iS cn- dorsed by United States Senator Mason and other members ot the llli' noiS delegation m congress.
 It ;s not as a politician, but as a bad actor man. that Harrison Is remem' bered in Portland. While here he didnoi dabblc m politics to any. c<tent Tn fact none at all. but he made thlS city sort of headquarters Harrison was far from being a rival to Sir Henry lryinig m matters theatrical, and he never dallied with Shakespeare and Sheridan. Melodrama or the give me blud and r-r-revenge' style was more m his line. and. m a Lincoln J. Cartei play he would shine reSplendently.
 HarriSon's first appearance m Port land was made when J. P. Howe was managing the New Park. now Cor draws Theatre. A 'tank play was the production. it being at the tune when real water was considered a novelty on the stage. In this piece Harrison played the part of hero. and it was necessary for him m the course oi the evening to leap into the water and save the heroine from a watery grave. liar rison has. or had then a game leg. which while it was not particularly noticeable. still disqualified him mak ing the jump as it should be made. In order Co Surmount this obstacle arri- son was m the habit after the heroine was thrown into the tank by the vil' lian. of rushing into the wings, pre- ,umably m order Co make a good TUT before his leap for the rescue. but in
 stead of rushing across the stage. and plunging into the tank, he had hired substitute. made up as much like him self as possible. who always took the bath. AS th eSubStitutc was a prohi bitionist he took to water naturally more SO. possible. then Duncan would have Of course the gallery always went wild when it saw the bogus hero, struggling in the tank, seize the heroine by the hair and drag her to the edge of the tank just as the curtain would decend The audience seldom discovered the substitute of heroes and when the curtain call was demanded las it always was, Duncan B. Harrison. present day applicant for a iat federal ioh would walk on the stage rapped up in a bathrobe and take the call juSt as ii he deserved it.
 Some years after the tank episode Harrison visited Portland again. but this time he came as a co-star with John L Sullivan. The play was Hon est Hearts and Willing Hands" John L.. was never suspected of being an actor more than Corbett. FitzSim- mons, et aL. but like them he always drew big houses Harrison. however. used Co remark. cohdentially. when his Slugging partner was not within hearing. that it was he-Harrison-who was the magnet of the show Al HOwe'S house there was not a single seat unoccupied Waen Honest Hears and Willing Hands was put on. and the same good business was repeated everywhere John L.. and incidentall, Harrison, went, On returning East Sullivan and Harrison had a row when dissolved partnership The cause was jealousy. Harrison being forced to ad- init. against his belief. that Sullivan was a bigger man then himself. pr something like this.
 Thirst for revenge ranked in the bosom of Harrison. and he never [ C.. gave the prize6ghter When johL l.. met his first and total defeat d iA' hands of Jim Corbett in Louisiana. Harrison was happy. tickled almost 10 death. From San Francisco. half way across the continent Harrison sent :his cheering message to his former CO., star: ITO John T. Sullivan. New Or leans, Ia.
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 Tn the dispatch from Washington Harrison is said to have served in the SpaniSh+American war as a major in the volunteer army. and since the con iict is is sad be has resumed his the atrical pursuits in the role of manager lvey. the present Collector of Gus toms. will leave office within a few months as his term has almost expired. Aside from Duncan B. Harrison. actor. there are a number of prominent peo- pie who are out with long poles trying