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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-14
A BLUrF.

Thoughtful st. Louisans who read the
exceedingly interesting remarks made
by Mr.. Chauncey 1. Filley to the Good
Government Republican League Club
last Thursday will understand more
clearly Just why the Globe-D Democrat re-
Trains from presenting convicting truths
In support Of its howls about fraud in
the April elections.
Mr.. Flley, himself a Republican, ex-
plains why these howls are so vague as
to facts. Dare the Bad jack Williams
City Republican Committee contest?" he
asks. No; 1t fears retaliation and ex-
posure from the repeaters whom It has
employed and aided in Republican pri-
maries. Contest2 No; 1t dare mott"
And again: Can they kick at election
fraudsf" he queries, abiding to the man.
ayers Of the Republican city ~organiza-
ton, who must now explain to the ma
donal organization why their party was
defeated in st. Louis. NO; they dare
not Have they. the City Hall gang, not
hired repeaters to carry u wards?
Were not the Waterworks gam six
miles away, sent into my ward, and the
street scrapers from Carondelet, six
miles to the south, to defeat our delega-
tons time and time again?"
In other words, just as The Republic
has time and again set forth, the Globe
knows that the minute it be-
gins to honestly investigate the work of !
Indians" in the recent election 1t makes
certain the exposure and probable pun
ishment of its own Republican Indians.
1t is as much afraid Of genuine pub
licity as any Democratic Indian could
possibly be, but It tries to make political
capital by means of vague charges and
outcries. Its game is a bluff,
and simple.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-14
RUSSIAN

THE Anglo-Russian gives an amusing A
count OF a literary censor named Krass.
ovsky. who fiourished in the reign Of Mich
olas I. He not only BACKED out what h,
considered detrimental to the Russian In
stitution," but he often favored unfortu.
nate authors with his reasons for 50 DOING.
The poet Olline was once treated in tn
following manner:
What bliss to live with thee. to call thee mine
My love! thou pearl Of all ~creationi
To catch upon thy lips a smile divine.
Or gaze at thee In rapturous alteration.
Censor-Rather strongly put. Woman n
not worthy for her smile to be called divine.
Surrounded by a crowd OF foes and spies.
When so-called friends would make US psft.
Thou didst not listen to their slanderous liea.
But thou didst understand the ~longings Of nv
heart.
act nature of these l%ongings. It Is no mat.
ter to be trified with, Sir. you are talking
Of your soul.
Let envy hurl her poisoned shafts At ma.
Let hatred prosecute and curse,
sweet Girl. one loving look from thee
Is worth the suffrage Of the universe.
Censor-Indeed! You forgot that the uni
verse contains Gears. Kings, and other le-
gal authorities whose goodwill Is wen
worth cultivatingI should think!
Come. let US fly to desert distant parts.
Far from the maddins crowd to rest at last,
True happiness to and when our two) hearts
Together beat ~forgetful Of the past.
Censor-The thoughts here expressed ara
dangerous in the extreme. and ought not to
be disseminated. for they evidently mean
that the poet declines to conHAue his sery-
Ice to the Car, so as to be able to spend
all his time with his beloved
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-14
A ON TAXATION

Approval from q high source for the
franchise and income forms of taxation
are the words of President NJ. E. Ingalls,
delivered at the last meeting of the
knife and Fork Club in Kansas City.
hat the approval is unexpected renders
his words no less welcome. Spoken so
near the borderland of Kansas. where
railroads have been weighted with pop
ular animosity, the surprise which they
will excite may shock even that change
able State.
I'VE are just learning" Mr.. Ingalls, is
reported to have said, that q franchise
tax is the easiest collected of any. and
probably enc of the fairest ways of rails
ing revenue. l have always believed in
the income tax. This country is so rich
that with a fair system Of taxation and
economy in expenditure the tax rate will
be SO low that it will not be oppressive,
and thus you will encourage and protect
small property holders"
coming so soon after the passage Of
the franchise bill by the Missouri Cen
eral Assembly, additional pleasure is de-
rived from the words Of the railroad Off
ciai. AT the beginning Of the fight for
franchise taxation in this State the small
property holder vas the chief agitator.
was much clamor of a nature that
did not retlcc the wisdom Of sound bust
ness sense In some OF the unreasonable
demands that We're made,
1t was not until both the big and the
little business interests came together on
one footing that the present sane fran
chise tax law, now a part Of the Mis-
sour statutes. was perfected. Under a
wise enforcement there is reason to be-
ieve that the benefits from the law will
be felt by all taxpayers. President In
gals has done himself and the country
4 service by his frank approval Of the
principles involved in franchise taxation. |
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-14
THE TYPICAL "BAD NAM

A sCOTCHMAN in the Far West. prev4,
ously disappointed in not finding the typs.
cal bad man." whom he supposed to be
the common product Of the country. says
w. d. Lyman in the Atlantic, suddenly en-
countered his man on a steamboat. Theirs
ne was. sure enough-ferocious mustaches.
cowboy hat. fringed Snaps" buckskin
gun" in belt. ~vitriolic breath and
al strictly according to Bret Harte. Our
scotchman gazed upon this Western typep
some time. and at last ventured to inter.
rosate him. The bad man." as soon az he
heard the Caledonian tones. leaned over
.conhdentially and exclaimed. "Hoot. mon.
I'm Jast DOT from Inverness!' II w,s an
otner Scotchman on a Western
VINO, seeing a man at the table distin-
gushing himself by his horrible vo-acity
ana greed. was remarking to his American
neignbor, There! Just look at that speai.
men OF the West. We never see a thinM
that in Scotland" when tho "sneci-
men suddenly shouted. "Hi. waiter, haze 70
ony mar fash?' The writer was once told
q delightful man Of Hartford about 90
Ing Into a hotel in a California town. when
q gigantic Western rufaan'' Stunned I'm Ia
tne register, and or discovering HIS name.
l.unoeieo out, Where Is that man from
Ionnecticut: our friend, though expecting
nay ne would at least have to treat the
Slo"d ana probably get a shot through his
hat. at last timidIy Acknowledge HE sdsr.
tity. when the giant bore down an him Win
Droad grin and extended hand. excIaimine.
sslfr. y
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-14

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
New York. April 1~3.-Sunday will be the
thirty-siXth anniversary Of the assassina-
ton Of President Lincoln by John Wilkes
Booth. Recently l met on Broadway the
man whose voice was the last that Lincoln
heard on earth, and whose form was the
last he ever looked on with intelligent eyes.
You Will find hin in private life, a small
sized, squarely built man Of GO, whose
smooth-shaven face in repose looks grave
and serious, though when on the stage he
is one of the most mirth-producing come
dians. Character is written in every Inca
ment of his countenance. 1 cannot call him
a homely man; certainly he will never be
mistaken for n handsome one. But his
LONELINESS is engaging. If faces can be
read, his bespeaks Xxi and good ma
ture.
His name is Harry Hawk. and he has been
an actor for over forty years, though he Is
now in partial retirement at his elegant
country home at Ardmore, one of the hand
some suburban towns on the line of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, just outside of Phil
adelphia. "a
Hawk was "call boy for John e. Owens
ut the old Varieties Theater in New Orleans
before the war. and in that capacity was a
of tho first theatrical "combina-
ton that Travelled from city to city. 1t
was Owens's custom to play in New Or
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Last Words Heard by Lincoln.

woman. You darned old sockdolaging man
trap
''Those were the last words that ever fell
O n Abraham Lincoln's ears. Just as they
were uttered a shot was fired. AT first l
thought it was the accidental discharge OF
a gun in the property-room. but the next
instant 1 saw a struggle in the Presidents
box. Then a man placed his hand on the
railing in front Of it. and vaulted out over
the fagstaffs, as If turning a handspring.
He cleared the STATS. but one of his spurs
caught in the folds Of the flag. and I heard
the bunting tear. AS he struck the stage
he seemed to go almost to his knees. I
saw that it was John Wilkes Booth, and
that he held a dagger. AS he rose up he
shook it tragically. and uttered the mem
cradle words. Sic semper %tyrannis!
II thought, perhaps. he meant to kill me
and fed to my dr~essing-room. which was up
a pair of stairs in the wings. The reason
I thought he was after me was because he
was infatuated with a woman named
Ella Turner. whom q wealthy friend
of mine. named Wilson. had met n be-
come enamored of. Finding that she was
making a dupe of him. I told him Of her
relationship with Booth, and 30 incurred her
displeasure.. I feared that she had told
Booth some story about me and that he
had taken some cranky notion to ayengs
her publicly.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-14

-, gray jackets did assail. and the men who
commanded the Confederate legions ride
proudly at the head of the Federal lines.
Joe Wheeler and F~itxhugh Lee.
Joe Wheeler and Fitzhugh Lee are the
honored representatives Of the United
: States Government. Now. God be praised
for all this! God be praised that. when
the beautiful image of Southern independ-
ence was hidden. nay. did disappear for
ever behind the storm-cloud of battle. in
Its stead arose upon our fearful sight the
vision. not of gibhet and prison-house and
vassalage. but of old-tIme liberty and
brotherhood and equality-the vision Of Co
lumbia with mother heart and Outstretched
arms calling her sons OF the Southland back
to their places of honor and Of serv-
ice by the family f1reside. And tonight.
as we look upon all these wonders and
marvel and give thanks. 1 can hear the
voice of OUT great Captain as he gives
answer to the young Virginian who asked
II he should take the oath Of allegiance
to the United States Government. Eyes. take
it. and thank God that you have the privt-
lege of taking It,"
And so l come as your fellow-cltiZen. in
this proud and mighty nation to speak of
him In whose memory l am hidden to
speak. l speak Of Robert Edward Lee.
the patriot. the soldier. who. by the tes-
timony Of Scott. was his very right arm
in the conquest of Mexico: OF Robert Ed
ward Lee. equally the patriot. and soldier
greater than before. who maintained for
four long years the unequal struggle.
with overwhelming odds. for the principle
that he had been taught. that his SUI
preme allegiance was due to Virginia. his
mother State. 1 speak OF Robert Edward
Lee. the peerless citizen in defeat. from
whose liDs no word OF murmur ever came: ;
whose pen wrote never one line of self-de-
tense: who. when he had offered his sword
to the conQueror too noble to accept it.
went his way to the poverty and obscurity
of the coming years. content II he might
be useful in the training OF Virginian boys |
into a noble manhood. I speak of Robert
Edward Lee. whose body rests among the
hills of the Virginia he loved so well: whose
splendid image looks down from towering
height upon the city he labored so hard to
defend: whose grave IS in the heart Of his
countrymen, and whose fame is sounded
louder and louder every year from the
trumpet of the wise and good throughout
the wido world.
Tribute to General Lee.
Sprung from the loins Of the Rupert Of
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our American armies. the son Of that Light
Horse Harry of the first Revolution. he IN
herfted as well from his mother the noble
traits of the long-descended families of Vir-
Sihian aristocracy; and yet. perhaps. in the
good providence Of God. his best prepara-
ton for hS future career came from the
tact that he was Il widows son. upon whose
shoulders speedily came the burden of re-
sponsibility. Of tender care for those de-
pendent upon his youthful headship. With
this preparation he entered the academy at
West Point, whence he came forth first in
his class. l cannot believe that the degen-
Grafton of boyhood's frolic. teasing of its
companions, into the cOwardly brutality to
which a congressional committee has borne
witness had been possible when Lee was
Captain of Cadets. or when. long years aft
er, Colonel Lee was superintendent OF the
academy. The boy was too brave to be
cruel. and the officer had too large a con-
ception Of the degradation consequent upon
such behavior, and of his responsibility for
Its continuance, for him to have been in ig-
norance or patient CT it's existence.
The years pass by and bring the alliance
with the maiden he had loved always. and
with 1t the connection and association with
the family of the chieftain whose character
he had made the very model BY which to
fashion his cwn. Mexico comes with that
marvellous night ride alone, to gain the in
"AAh,AA SAiah Jaw NAStoAy " "a
tainty. And then the dull routine Of army
service in one place and another till the
clouds OF coming storm begin to darken the
sky of our peaceful. happy America.
The mad fanati comes to put torches
and knives into the hands of ignorance and
barbarisn1, that they may destroy their
masters and best friends. and, as incident
thereto, makes crazy attempt to take pos
session of an arsenal Of the United States;
and Lee, by strange accident. is the COM
mander of the little band of marines sent
to storm and possess the now historic en-
gine-house at Harper's Ferry. The Storm !
cloud has burst, the beginning Of the end IS /;
at hand The impossibility that this coun-
try should be one-half slave and the other !
half free. as Lincoln said. has seized the
minds Of the people.
Parting of the Ways.
The propounder Of this sentiment Is cho-
sen President of the United States. and
his election is deemed by the Southern
States to be frausht with calamity to them.
They believe that it means the destruction
Of their peculiar civilization. the taking |
of the property they rave secured
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-14
Harry Hawk, the Actor, Who Heard Them, Relates
Incidents ofthe Tragedy Enacted Sc Years Ago to-day.

I had hardly time to catch my breath In
my dressing-room when a gentleman (whom
I afterwards heard was Colonel Strony)
came in. and. grasping me by the shoulder,
said: Where is the man who shot the
PRESIDENT Shot the President? I ex-
claimed. Why. it's John BOOTH" :.
with several others I was arrested az
kept in durance for several days. when mo
authorities released me on bail to appear
as a witness.
Miss Keene gained access to the boz,
and the dress she wore as Florence Tren-
chard was badly soiled by the blood Of
Major Rathbone. who had been stabbed In
the arm by Booth after he had shot the
President. She also took Mr.. Linco!n's head
on her lap and got a little stain of his
blood on her dress. The dress she after.
wards hung in the lobby Of Woods Thea
ter, In Cincinnati. as q souvenir of the
assassination. but public sentiment did not
approve Of the exhibition. and 1t was not
continued any length Of time.
Booth had made the most elaborato
plans for killing the President and oscar.
ing undiscovered. He had an ~accomplies In
the theater. who was to turn out all tho
gas lights the instant tho pistol was fred,
but. for some reason, never explained, this
man did not perform his work. Had he
done SO. Il II probable that Booth would
have Asc9ped undiscovered"
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MISS WILKINs'S DILEMMA.

Miss Mary Z. Wilkins, the favorite
New England writer of novels and short
stories, is amusingly displaying the typ
ical literary temperament in her uncer-
tainty as to whether she shall marry
Doctor Freeman of New Jersey right
away or wait until she has finished an
other book.
The mate or the manuscript-that's
the question, and Miss Wilkins can't de-
eide between them. She loves her Doc
tor, Of course, but she also loves the
book upon which she is now engaged,
and she is ut the most interesting part
of her story-weaving task. VIII she be
able to evict the story from her mind
and take in a new tenant in the shape
Of a husband?
The reading world Is now awaiting
Miss Wilkins's decision on this point. On
the dead quiet, it would like to see her
decide in favor Of the flesh-and- blood
man as against the creatures of her fic-
tional genius. Because. after all, that's
what makes the stories themselves inter-
esting-the fact that when 1t comes right
down to a choice a woman cleaves to a
and a man to a woman before all
else in the universe beside.
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t. Louis is sorry for Chicago.


Autumn via bring an opportunity to
make friends for the Worlds Fair when
the Pan-American Congress meets in the
City Of Mexico. A large number Of the
delegates will attend from Washington,
members of the Diplomatic Corps COM
posing a portion Of the delegations from
South and Central America. A day in
st. Louis on their way from Washing
ton to Mexico could be most profitably
spent in learning all about the Fair
plans.
Y Now that the financial end Of the en-
.terprise has been practically settled, the
next important matter is the advertise
ment Of the Fair to the four quarters of
the earth. 1t is desired that every coun-
try shall have an exhibit. Especially is
1t important to have the countries lying
south OF the United States well repre-
scented.
No better way TO inform the Govern
ments Of those countries can be devised
than by entertaining and %instructing
their representatives In this country. A
friendly feeling in~auguratedi now is
worth much. 1t is to be hoped that moth
ing will prevent their being the guests
Of the city next fall.
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quire the, best possible location for n
beautiful library building.
When Missouri Park was sacrificed to
the Exposition the public value Of the
latter alone reconciled the people to the
sacrifice. The Exposition has now ceased
to be an enterprise of public benefit. 1t
Is an amusement venture conducted for
private profit.
If the new Public Library building &C.
cupies The present Exposition site, the
grounds surrounding the structure will
be made into a handsome little park.
This will make as attractive q spot Of
public resort US Is within the city linn
Its. 1t will also mean that for all time
to come the property will be devoted to
purposes of public good.
The people alone have the privilege Of
authoritatively deciding what shall be
done In this matter. The Exposition
grounds revert Of right to them. The
Public Library and park will be for
their use and benefit. Do they elect to
gain these blessings, OF do they prefer
to leave the Exposition us 1t is-a place
theatrical, operate and athletic en-
tertatnments in the interests of private
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-14
CHICAGO'S

ST. Louis will watch the Chicago canal
more closely than ever since the issu.
ance of the order by Secretary of War
Root reducing the flow in the canal to
100000 gallons a minute. st. Louis bears
no malice, but there are certain consid-
erations Of health that make imperative
constant attention to our water supply.
No surprise should be felt over the or
DER. Chicago built the monster sewer
in spite OF conflicting engineering opin-
ions regarding the dow and pollution.
Towns along the Illinois River have been
forced to change their source Of water
supply. The injunction proceedings In
stifuted by Missouri are simply a pre-
caution against DEATH
Now trouble has risen. from another
quarter. The shipping interests of the.
lakes have protested against the swift
current, and their protest has been sus-
TIMED by the Federal authorities. The
sanitary authorities Of Chicago are fear
ful Of the result because of the likeli-
hood that its own water supply will be
contaminated.
ST, Louis Is sorry for Chicago
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leans until warm weather made indoor en-
tertainments Improbable in the Crescent
City, when he would take his company
North, usually playing in st. Louis. Louis
vile and Cincinnati before disbanding for
the season. Hawk was the comedian Of
Laura Keene's travelling ompany when she
made a tour through the North and West
with "Our American Cousin" He was the
Asa Trenchard Of the play at Ford's Thea
ter in Washington on that fatal Good Fri
day night, April IL. 1865. when Lincoln was
shot. But a short time ago Hawk told me
the story of the tragedy.
" were told in the course Of the aft
ernoon.'' said he. that the President and
General Grant were to be present at the
performance. and. in consequence. We were
all on our mettle to do our best. Besides
the President and his wife. there were sew
eral in the box. among them a Miss Harris
and n Major Rathbone. General Grant was
called away from the city and did not at
tend.
The play had progressed to the second
scene Of the third act. Mrs. Montchessing-
ton had just bounced off. exclaiming. It's
plain that you are not accustomed to the
manners of good society. Good morning
I looked after her. and then. mimicking her
style. retorted. Not accustomed to the
manner Of good society! Well. I guess l
know enough to turn you inside out, old
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-14
CUlTURE-VALUE OF
OUR OWN LITERATURE.

The easier and better way of retaining.
restoring and greatly broadening the cul-
ture studies Of q college course Is to recoS-
nlze the culture value Of our own language
and literature. A broader and saner and
more ''humane'' and thorough and loving
study of the literature Of our VT race Is
the obvious way out of the dilemma. And
1t is more than an escape from a dilemma
1t is a better means Of broadening and deep
ening our culture than we have ever uti-
lized or tried. We are approaching 1t grad
ually. We had one generation or more OF
rhetoricians and dilettani as teachers OK
D~ngllsh-the slip-shod easy old tomfoolery
of general English literature" courses. We
now have a generation of accurate and mar
row English philologians and text-tinkers.
Presently we shall have. let US hope. a gen.
Grafton Of broad and mellow scholars who
know their subject technically, OF course.
but who likewise know 1t "humanely."
There is a new culture and an adequate one
in this direction. Surely we have been slow
in coming into our INTERCHANGEABLE Worlds
Work. H.." .r 'r
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Was Father Ryan the Real
Author OF "The Conquered Banner?'

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY
Was Father Ryan really the author OF
that famous Southern wal poem. 1.-THE Con
quered Banner which has for so many
years been accredited to him2
If he was. how does it happen that q
poem, different In title. but In all other re-
spects substantially similar. was. in q book
issued in 1867, by William Gilmore Simms.
LII. d. accredited to Anna Peyre Dinntes
"of louisiana"
That such a poem was published in such a
book at such a time is proven by a copy OF
the book itself. now on the shelves Of Camp
Sterling Price Library. in Dallas. Tex. The
book bears the title WAR Poetry OF the
South: the name Of William Gilmore
s!mms, LII. D., appears as that Of the au-
thor; and the imprint shows that the book
was published b. Richardson & Co., 6O
Broadway. 1857"
The volume is dedicated to the Women OF
the South, and in the preface. which Is
dated September 8. 1866, the editor stated
that his object was to collect for perma-
nent preservation the best war poems OF the
South.
1t would seem tina by 1867 all poems Of
accepted, value and of widespread popularity
would have found places within its covers;
and one naturally asks: Is 1t probable that
a man of Gilmore Simm's knowledge OF and
pride in his subject matter would have
omitted from his collection the poem OF all