IWBF; - W" &? T . ' evr . 10 v THE PITTSBUKG DISPATCH, STOTDAX AUGUST I 16, 189L would have been, had not Mr. Quay reached A point in his ambitions where he believed himself all powerful and accepted sugges tions onlv with a club. Colonel Quay and Mr. Mickey approached political battle by entirely different routes. Mr. Mackey was a careful organizer and looked well after the counties. If there rere differences cropping out in any locality lie was sure to put on the salve of confer ence with flattery or advice as the occasion might require. It was often said of him that he could settle a local fight and both Bides would think they had won. He never vent into a convention without knowing exactly where he stood. Mr. Quay was never a man of method. He always be lieved in doing heroic things; many people have called them arbitrary. "When he was a school teacher or riding a mustang in Texas, long before he went into politics, lack cf system was always as apparent as his ability to deal with strength with any emergency that arose. In other words he has never shown those qualities which trould make him a superior bank pres ident quax's cr.r.AT self keliajtcb. "When he succeededMr.Mackey in the oom jmand of the Republican forces of this State, he was as fond of pleasure as any of the boys. Heloted to enjoy himself rather than bother with Ihe small matters of poli tics, that he felt he could handle in an hour vhen the time came for action. This very trait of character made him severe, and a more self reliant man never lived. But it also led him into no end of trouble, when controversies arose in his party which he thought he could settle with a sledge-hammer whenever he chose, which he did for -rears, end his success gained for him the deserved nickname of "Old Brains." He had so long wielded the scepter of power unquestioned, that he believed there was no $ met to it How many threat men, both in peace and war, have split upon this rock? This year Senator Quay is allowing or reeming to allow, the people to have their wav about the offices to be filled by the re sults of the pending campaign. He is looking around among some of the insur- fents of last year for allies. I saw him in 'ittsburg a few days aeo engaged in his xmssionarv work, and he seemed as cheerful as ever. "When he left for his oountry home in Beaver, some 50 mile-i distant, where he began life as the editor of a country voeklv and County Clerk after his return from Texas, he said when asked about the , situation: i T think it will be all right." He never was fond of talking polities for the multi tude, and less so this year than ever. MR. QCA.T'S LIFE AT BEAVER. Beaver is not much of a place, and is principally noted as the home of Mr. Quay, and the place Chief Justics Gibson, one of the greatest jurists this country ever pro duced, nfoved awav from. Colonel Quay goes there only as he goes fishing, ti think end to plan. It is so quljt up in his rural retreat that he is rarely ever disturbed, and the townspeople never bother him about the greater afiairs of his life. He has plenty to think of just now, and his ways are much more careful at present than thev used to be. He finds in the present emer- gency that necessity tor consultation and consideration for others that he never ac knowledged before. He has been so long in an offio-holdlng life, and such a rover, for ho is rarely a week in one plaoe, that he has never piled up many dollars. He lives plainly, and has few extravagances except what politics re quire. There is no limit to expenditure, either generously to reward friends or amply punish enemies His one aim is suc cess. This has caused man attacks on his personal character that have been over drawn. Men of power viewed from a long distance through a microscope show many defects that are neer seen in closer oon-tact- WHAT MAGEE DID FOR PITTSBtntG. Mr. Magee is an entirely different type of nun. He approaches his political traps with caution so as not to lose any game, and els them long before the season for the run begins. Being engrossed in business affairs be has never spread out into the woods of State politics, except when conventions met rnd driving time began. 3Sot wanting any office for himself he has always been a power to those whom he favored. He always had And has the largest Pittsburg delegation at his bad;, and has contented himself with using it for the benefit of his section with out undertaking to capture the State. This has kept him solid with his people and a power in the State because his force is ever reliable. 3'ittsburg is the cheapest governed city in the country of its size and one of the best managed for its taxpayers, and Magee is the absolute master ot the Republican ma chine, which is as Eupreme there as Tam many is in .few York, and with exactly opposite results. lioscoe Conkhnc need to say that the only war to get along with an enemy was either to till him or compromise with him. Mr. Quay is in that attitude toward Mr. Magee. r.-'T KILL, SO he'll cosifkosiise. Mr. Quay has found killing a dangerous experiment and now takes up Mr. Conk- ling's other view of the situation. Other great men have had to do it before him, but how long his views of compromise will last is a Eerious question. It is hard to teach a master of his age and character new lessons. Yet, Mr. Quay is a very able man, full of resources, and is apt at any moment to do some courageous thing, but it looks now as though he would not, this year at least, play with a buzz saw. Yet the convention of next Wednesday can onlv answer this question, and Mr. Magee will be here to waich and wait. It is one of the marvels of this strange situation that the name of Don Cameron is rarely heard. His fa'her's name awakened men like magic, but his son's is rarelv ever fcpoken. It is said that the Senator will not be at the State Convention next "Wednes day. Unless there thall be some awaken ing it looks as though the name of Cameron would drop out of politics as the lost rivers cf Ariiona sink into to the quicksand. THE KINDLY METHOD IK POLITICS. The careers of Colonel Quay and Mr. Magee illustrate the difference between the arbitrary and the kindly methods in poli tics. Chns Magee learned some useful lessons in the direction he has taken from General Cameron, and has followed them to good purpose. Living in the community trom boynood, where "he began life without money or influence, he has drawn men to him by acts of kindness that are at times far more potent than any mere party obli gations. This was General Cameron's view, and there was not a county in" Pennsylvania where by some simple act of kindness he naa not inaae menus outside ot his own party who were ever faithful to him in time ol need. 1 have said this much about these two men, who are to meet here next week in political combat, and their lives because their personality is so interesting. "What is still more important at this moment is the fact that both of them are for Mr.Blaine,and ne.ther of them professes tobelievethat Mr. Harrison can be elected if he is nominated. Quay is taking his road to the new deal in one direction; Magee bis in another. They will meet at the cross roads before long. The defeat of the party twice in succession would breed more bad blood among the Re publicans in the State, and there is enough already. Ko one understands that better than the two strong men about whom I have written some thoughts that have been in my mind about them during the 20 odd years I have enjoyed their friendship. JTj-akk A. Bubb.' In Honor of Belknap's 3Iemory. Chicago, Aug. 15. Crocker's Iowa Brigade, the Eleventh, Thirteenth, Fif teenth and Sixteenth Iowa Infantry, is pre paring to celebrate with preat enthusiasm, its sixth biennial reunion at Des Moines, la., September 23 and 24. The programme will be largely a memorial service for its late Commander and President, General "William W. Belknap. Reduced to 75o from SI SO, Silk warp Lansdowne. JoHJf P. Kjtable Co., 3fi Fifth avenue. Os an always navigable river, Blainel v r, ,--.. -, A .-' .in 11 ''iff-if VfridiniF rfW-tir- ;M3 ri&MiiM&aiBEikjulit LOWELL AND JONES, John forssell Toung .Writes of the Two Notable Figures That Passed A"way the Past Week. GEff. GBANrS VISIT TO SPAIN, phe Ei-Presldent's Bepublicaa Ideas That Hade the Minister's Life Misera ble for a Pew Days. POLITICS OP THE DIPLOMATIST. Career cf the Great Editor Whose Personality Built Up a Gnat Newspaper. rwitrrrEirroB thb distatch.j Much has been written, muoh remains to be written, of James Bussell Lowell. The estimate of the man and his character to which I look forward with the most pleas ure will be that of George "W. Smalley. Mr. Smalley, more than any American, had the opportunity of studying the poet and diplomatist in his later years. Mr. Lowell's latest work was inscribed to that distin guished journalist It was my privilege to know Mr. Lowell, and at one time to see much of him under circumstances that gave me an insight into a high and original char acter. And now, as the shadows have fallen, let us gather together some memories of the man as I saw him. I had hardly more than an acquaintance ship with Lowell until we met in Spain. He was Minister to that country when Gen eral Grant visited Madrid. There was noth ing of the anxiety which Bayard Taylor had shown when Grant was coming to Berlin, as Lowell had no TribuAe responsibilities to explain. At the same time his interest in Mr. Sumner, the resentment he showed at the removal of Mr. Sumner from the Foreign Belations Committee, had. far removed him from political sympathy with the General. GRANT "WAS AFRAID OP LOWELL. I have an impression that Grant divined the feeling, becanse when he received in Bordeaux a most cordial letter from Mr. Lowell to be his personal guest at Madrid, it embarrassed him. "I feel," he said, with a smile, "as if I were rather afraid of Lowell." He sent a note of regret, giving as a reason his party was larger than he could expect to take to a private house, and he would remain at the hotel, glad of some reason that would deprive his refusal of a semblance of discourtesy. "When we ar rived at Madrid in the early morning Mr. Lowell was at the depot to receive the Gen eral. Xothing could have surpassed his at tentions and courtesies during the stay. I know that General Grant formed a high opinion of Lowell, as under circumstances somewhat similar he had formed of Bayard tteylor. These were of the type of men, however, who had only to know one an other to be friends. "When I met Lowell he was coming upon his 60th year in the ripeness of his time and fame. He had an easy, nimble, If ew England way with him, rather slouchy than otherwise, with a singularly fine face, eyes that seemed to have their moods gray blended with blue; a countenance that in youth might have been extremely beautiful. A WOJIAN S NOVEL DESCEITTIOIT, "Might have been a model for the ac cepted portraits of Christ when the hair was chestnut and long. " This was the criti cism of a gifted woman who knew and ad mired Lowell. "With the Bohemian touch in him, the slight ignoring of the extreme conventionalities, which only the most con ventional men dukes, admirals and opera singers could afford, and generally in a cloud of tobacco, it was impossible to be long in his society without receiving the impression that he was a man of genius, with the waywardness, the caprice of genius, disposed to dogmatize, to criticise at times; his mind ever reflecting and refining; appa rently in a state of evolution, until you felt about it as when the dove had flown from Ararat would that it had some place where it could rest its feet Out of a mood of caprice Lowell would suddenly blaze into radiant humors, become as attractive as the Eunshine on a waterfall, the wittiest, the most serene, the most genial of men. I have Eeen him when he surpassed any man I have ever known in exquisite courtesy and appreciation. I have seen him when the clouds of indifference and contradiction rolled him into night I saw him beaming with joy and honor, and likewise when sorrow came heavily upon him. Out of this contrast came the love I attained for Lowell, and mnch of the tender reverence in which I shall ever hold his name. EIGHT EASD CORNEB OF A CARRIAGE. He was alive to the amenities and oere monies of the Madrid circle in which he moved, the most aristocratic in the world. The science of etiquette he had mastered like a votary. He knew the right thing always to do, not what he should do him self, but what people expected of him. Once he was troubled about riding in the car riage with Grant "I cannot," he said, "give the General the right hand corner, because that belongs to me as Minister, and I could never explain to the people here why I surrendered it erven to an ex-President" I relieved him, so far as Grant was concerned, by the remark that the General would not notice what seat was assigned him, and if he did would be instant to recognize that a Minister, even in so small a matter, should not forget what was due to his place. This is a.trifle, a 'flicker as it were, but it threw so much light upon what to me at least were the picturesque qualities of Lowell. As my own sentiments upon the business of aristocracy have long Been re duced to the formula, that I am rejoiced over the blessed heritage that has fallen to me as a Republican, and at the same time rather sorry that I was not born a duke, the aristocratic touch in Lowell was a charm. Moreover, it was with his blood. That insensible something which belongs to blood and race, which we repudiate and at the same time believe, which has no more express popular acceptance than the fact that out of the 19 gentlemen who have been elected from the many millions to the Presidency four came from'two families, Lowell embodied. GRANT'S MEETING WITH CASTELAR. General Grant had taken a special interest in the Republican movement in Spain, with a special admiration for Castelar. The bril liant Span!ard had been for a time President of the young Republic, had shown a special interest in the "United States, and notably in one or two speeches an extraordinary knowl edge of the country. The hope of meeting Castelar had largely drawn Grant to Spain. They met at Hendaye, the frontier town be tween France and Spain, and journeyed on the same train as tar as vittona, where the General remained as the guest of the king to witness some maneuvers, while Castelar went on to the capital. When General Grant reached Madrid, one of his first visits was to Castelar, then living, as I remember, in a modest apartment near the Bull Ring. The visit was an object of some comment in Madrid. In the first place an ex-President, having in the social courtesies to which his former place entitled him re ceived semi-royal attentions, made first calls on no one but ambassadors and princes of the blood. There were many of the highest grandees of civilization in Madrid, and it was with something of a flutter that people learned that the ex-President had passed them by ignoring them altogether I tear visiting a private gentleman not much esteemed by them, a mere member of the Republican opposition, and who but for the easy good nature of Kin;; Alfonso would have been an exile. However, General Grant had his own way of doing things, and had paid Castelar such honor as was in his power, unconscious of the impression he was making upon the hidalgoes and others of immense rank. LOWELL IN- GEEAT TROUBLE. Mr. Lowell had not been taken into .his confidence, perhaps hardly knew of the call, which was informal and personal; but among other things the General thought it would have a good effect and show Mr,Cas telar the esteem in which he was held,' not alone by an ex-President, but by the people of the United States, if he would give him a dinner. It would not be much of a dinner, not more than 20 guests,and he would select the guests most agreeable to the host and the Minister. "When Mr. Lowell learned of the purpose he was in sore trouble. The General had simply expressed, his intent that he meant to pay a personal compliment to the exPresident of Spain. As the tides were runuinc in Spain that was enough. Mr. Lowell came to me in a state of con sternation. He'was shy of speaking to the General, or even of appearing to cross him; but there were consequences involved. As Minister he not only could not personally take part in such a dinner, nor have any part in the arrangement, but if itwereeiven he might as well take his legation from Spain. Mr. Castelar was simply a tolerated person in Madrid, and any such honor as General Grant proposed would be an affront to the ruling classes. I presumed, as I said to Mr. Lowell, that this mere statement of the case would be enough forGeneral Grant, and would save the Minister, who was shy of what might seem to be a want of acquies cence in Grant's wishes, the trouble of speaking to the General. GRANT DIDN'T LIKE IT A BIT. It was one of the peculiarities of Grant that, having made up his mind to do a thing, he was impatient of the processes of reasoning which made it necessary for him to change his mind. He could not see why, as a pri vate gentleman, he could not seleot his guests at dinner. He could not see why, as an ex-President of one republic, he might not entertain the ex-President of another re public, especially when he wished to mark his sense of the friendly relations between them when they were rulers of nations. And moreover, if the truth were known, he did not respect governments which came from military revolutions, nor thrones which rested upon bayonets, and especially detested whatever savored ot .r apoleomsm. Allonso had seized the throne in Bonaparte fash ion, Bourbon as he was. Grant had half hoped among other things that he would not meet Serrano because of the part that nobleman had taken in the coup d'etat. To have his private actions governed by the susceptibilities of people whom he deemed as usurpers, who were in power from hav ing thrown over a republic by a successful revolution this was not to be endured. It was with the utmost reluctance, and only, I am afraid, because the contingency was pressed upon him, that Mr. Lowell's mis sion would be at an end should he persist in his purpose, that I was requested to say that the dinner would be abandoned. TROUBLE ABOUT DECORATIONS. This trouble, however, of which Mr. Lowell knew nothing, as I did not think it necessary to dwell upon the General's scruples, and which could only have been an embarrassment to his sensitive nature, was not so great as another, which assumed an amusing aspect Mr. Lowell came into my rooms one morning in a somewhat per plexed mood, and asked me for the names of General Grant's "secretaries." I told him that lor the time I was the only one holding the office and that myrank wasonly a brevet Well, it was very strange!' The foreign minister had sent for him that morn ing and said that the King was graciously pleased to agiee to the request ot General Grant, and confer upon his "secretary" the order of Charles ILL I assuredly had borne ne snch message, and General Grant, so far from seeking decorations had declined them, telling Marshal Mac Mahon, the President of France, when offered the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor, that having held from the Ameri can people an office the incumbent of which could not by law receive a decoration, he felt that he would only be showing due re spect to the law by declining it But for this he would have returned to the United States, his breast covered with every order from the Golden Fleece of Spain to the Chrysanthemum of Japan. This I knew, saying that the King's grace had been abused. Mr. Lowell made further in quiries, only to learn that the message had been received duly from Grant, and the royal commands had issued. There was the decoration, where was the "secretary?" A SENSITIVE DUTCH GENTLEMAN, It came out upon Inquiry that among those who attended Grant was a gentleman from the continent, Holland, I think, who acted as courier and looked after hotels and trains, and other modest, necessary duties. This gentleman was deeply impressed with the dignity of General Grant, with the importance of his service, and sensitive lest foreign countries should lack in due appre ciated of the ex-Prtsident Among other things, he learned upon conference with his fellows in attendance upon travelers at var rious taverns that the Foreign Traveling Secretary of the Prince of Wales, as the courier of H. R. H. was euphemisti cally colled, had been decorated The incident had made a profound im pression in the courier world. The more it was brooded upon the more it was evident that by some oversight of Mr. Lowell per haps, the Spanish Government had been wanting in respect to Grant For assuredly 11 the a oreign Traveling secretary ot the Prince of "Wales were to be a chevalier and wear the button of knighthood, no less an honor should be awarded to Grant Other wise the Spanish people would think that England was a greater nation than the "United States, which would be a deplorable incident And as Mr, Lowell had not an ticipated this emergency, he could best solve it by calling upon the Spanish For eign Minister and point out to his excel lency not only how gratifying such a com pliment would be to himself personally as a recognition of his unique professional dis tinction, but a surprising and agreeable com pliment to the General VERY ASIUSING ALL ABOUND. The emotions of Mr. Lowell when the in cident was traced home were like those of Pendennis, when, after his row in the ball room, he received a challenge from M. Alcide Mirobolant, Chevalier de Juillet The prodigious fun of the incident could not have but one effect upon the wittiest man of the day. And as for the proposed chevalier, when under examination by Mr. Lowell, he was unconscious of any depart ure from propriety; he knew what belonged to the President as well as to the Prince of Wales. He knew also better than any mere envoy how sucn things were done, and how due access could be had to the royal car, and he had only given the Spanish Cabinet offi cial an expression of opinion as to his duty in the matter. Due explanations were made to the Foreign Office. The cross was never bestowed, and when we returned to Paris our proposed chevalier retired without, I am afraid the best feelings toward the American representative. LOWELL WAS A REPUBLICAN. I do not think that Lowell believed that Spain was ripe for a republic. Grant did not think that there was a country in Europe that was ripe enough for anything else. The sympathies of Lowell seemed to be with the oldest and most venerable gov ernments, and I remember his saying in a laughing way that ho was afraid if he were a Frenchman he would be a follower of Henry "V., "as it was so respectable." There was no such serious thought in the mind of Lowell, who was as Republican as Samuel Adams, but there might have been the fear, the housewifely anxiety that New England republicanism would not bear transplanting, that it would only grow in the stern New England soil. With this political trend in his mind, a Republican like Samuel Adams, but not quite sure that other than New England soil could support the strenuous, exhaust ing growth which had produced Samuel, with his fervid fancy and his entire appre ciation of the wonderful color and glow of Spain, I can well see the reasons for, Lowell's unique popularity. Moreover, his presence as our Minister was a compli ment to this proud court and people. His fame had preceded him. He was known as one of the first of our scholars. His selec tion only emphasized the compliment paid in sending Washington Irving. He was the star of Spanish society, took the deep est interest in the literature and art of the country, and altogether served America as no Minister could have hoped to do. We were proud of our Minister. There were the personal qualities, the genius of the man. THE DEATH OF MBS. LOWELL. He lived in a small, oheerful apartment near the palace. And at the time his home was illuminated and blessed by a gracious presence. No one could have seen it with out seeing how much the tact, friendliness, consideration, the supreme qualities of a noble and gifted woman contributed to the triumph of a legation. These were the last days of the triumph. How often I have re called with regret the fact that the sunny hours in which I met Mrs. Lowell were the eve of a terrible illness. "Upon her life the sunshine was no more to fall. Hlness lin gering, treacherous, irretrievable to the end. I refer to this partly because it enables me to bear this slight tribute to a noble mem ory, and partly because of the effect the ill ness of his wile had upon Lowell. When I saw him in London some weeks later the change the terrible change! Misfortune had hit him, and hit him hard. He was never the man I had known in Spain. The sorrow of months fell upon him with the weight of years of stern, bitter years, the iicaib wuiu wjiu uarreuuess auu pain. The influence of Lowell in England was what General Grant anticipated, when he said in Madrid that if he had his way Lon don should be the post I fancy it was an influence like that of Burlingame in China. In the matter, of records', elerical work, routine, I question if any minister made a poorer show than Burlingame, and none a better than Humphrey Marshall. Yet in the matter of definite diplomatic achieve ment, the name of Burlingame stands first on the roll of American envoys in Peking, and no one would dispute the claim of Mr. Marshall to be the last Burlingame was a personage in China, as Lowell was in Lon don. What Burlingame did he did with his tongue, by personal address and tact, by winning and holding the confidence of the Chinese. Lowell seemed to repeat this career in London. INFLUENCED GLADSTONE FOR HOME RULE. I can well believe what I read that his personal advice to Gladstone had much to do with the Liberal leader's acceptance of Home Rule. He saw and could explain those advantages of Confederate Govern ment which had proved so beneficent in the American commonwealths. Although not so well known as Longfellow or Poe as a writer. Lowell had a strong body of ad mirers. People as well known as Thomas Hughes used to lecture on him, and I re member the gifted authoress of John Hali fax telling me of the impression his poems had made upon her, when as a girl she came upon the thin volume which ushered his genius into the world. Lowell believed in what was best in England, was as much at home in Oxford as in his own Cambridge! believed in her cathedrals, systems and in stitutions; saw what perhaps his reason con firmed as a first step toward Democracy. Take it as a definite contribution to tho peace of the two great English-speaking races and the mission of Lowell should have high praise. It was that conservative Influence, that insensible, instant reverence for the vener able, that deference to time which General Grant regretted to see in a country like Spain, needing as it did to his mind radical democracy, which followed the career of Lowell at home and limited his political power. HIS yAETT AFFILIATION. Owing great honors to the Republican party, he was never in sympathy with it He venerated Lincoln and admired Gar field, but here his active Republican sym pathies ceased. I fancy it came from his over critical instinct Love made him en abolitionist, but as I heard Wendell Phil lips once say he was "an abolitionist suffering from the chill of Har vard." He could be no more at peace with the active movement of that cause than with the active Republicanism of Blaine, Arthur and Grant A Republi can teacher and thinker who could never rise into enthusiasm for Republican leaders until they had received the consecration of assassination, would feel sure that his voice was echoless and silent In his latter days this was the fate of Lowell. He remained in power while Republicanism governed, and then became an admirer of Cleveland. When Republicanism returned there was no place for him in its councils. From the point of view that the Minister serves his country best who is the most agreeable to those to whom he is com mended, no diplomatist had a higher place than Lowell in Spain. That, however, is not the point of view most pleasing to those to whom diplomacy is an appeal towards a proletariat a democracy. If our ideas have any influence, if they should be expected to bear fruit, those who represent us abroad should represent them. This thought I have always believed governed the transfer of Mr. Lowell from Madrid to London, and that the advice upon which it was made came from General Grant, who, when he returned to the United States with his special knowledge of diplomatio men and things abroad, became with the President an authority upon whatever was done to strengthen our foreign service. ANOTHER NOTABLE FIGURE. John Ku?sell Young'B Estimate of George Jones tho Famous Editor. I can imagine no greater contrast than between the one notable man, James Rus sell Lowell, who was passing away in Cam bridge at about the same moment that another, quite as notable, George Jones, the editor of the New York Times, was passing away in Maine. They were old men, Mr. Jones in his 80th year. One was the fruition of generations of New England opportunity and culture, the best blood of Massachusetts in his veins, his life sheltered and brilliant, one of ease and opportunity, living, dying in the home of his ancestors. The other was the son of Welsh emigrants, who, coming to Vermont in the early part of the century, entered upon the hardest anu must muonoua way oi me, enaDied to give their son nothing but his courage, his character and the physical endowment of a splendid body, which carried him through his fight for a generation with a cruel, insidi ous disease. One came from Cambridge, the other from a country store, and each to make his mark in the annals of the nation. A firm, resolute, frail body, worn with disease Mr. Jones, as I knew him. Not long since I spent an hour with him, my visit one of courtesy. He seemed no older than he had done 20 years ago, was anxious to take me over the new Times building. "The Cathedral," he said laughingly, "as the boys call it" ALWAYS WAS A WARRIOR. He was in an eager mood, in a state of anger over the cynical declaration-of an eminent journalist, who had resisted his en treaty toward a certain course of righteous ness, with the observation that in this world he found that he had as much as he could do to get his living without wasting time on the profitless virtues. Upon this Mr. Jones declaimed in that earnest way so peculiar to him, the warrior that he was. Always a warrior, and ready for war, as'l well "knew, remembering how during the early days of our friendship he brought a famous dinner party to a pause; by resent ing in a summary manner a criticism by a distinguished guests of some statement he had made in regard to the Atlantic cable. A warrior and always ready for war! He was not a man with a grievance, like many with the warlike temperament, ever ready to summon it, but on the contrary singularly free from grievances. He had strict principles had made up his mind that everything was either very right or very wrong that men were either very bad or very good, and that there were no op portunities for determining that quite so sure as his own. He stood squarely on his heels, facing the wind which ever way it fiolvp. into rlmo. M Kinolaie. I tHnt t. 1 Diew. ne coma see meeiaoorate world Uls . , , , .o jjumata county, r-a. TTSSa, it, rather than concede a point, when he had made up his mind. HE WAS KIND AND GENEROUS. With this there was kindness, generosity, an ever open ear and generous heart As I think of him, the fighting quality slowly transforms into charity, and with a neigh borly yearning toward civilities. Many such instances I recall, and now as the turf descends on his grave recall them to his honor. They were little known in his life. For he was a modest man, as brave men gen erally are. Notably and this illustration must stand for many more his initiation of the move ment for a pension fund to support ex Presidents! The project, as Mr Jones at first sketched it out, was to establish a fund so large that the income would enable every ex-Chief Magistrate to live in comfort to the end of his days. The intention was to aid General Grant, for whom Mr. Jones had a sincere affection. I saw much of him dur ing this time, watched the work as it went on, and did what I could by advice and per sonal solicitation to bring it to a result. I remember his amusing narrative of what this, that and the other stupendous millionaires said when he broached his plan. Having taken it up, such was the indomitable energy of the man, it should not go down. His interview with John W. Mackay was an illustration. "Why not make your fund a million?" said Macrcay, "and let it be worth the trouble. Count me as one often for the amount" "I have hardly recovered my breath," he said at the astounding Monte Cristo proposition. As the million iuea was out oi ine question, me ueet mat Mackay could persuadeMr. Jonesto do was to put him down with the subscriber who gave the largest sum. HAYES WOULD NOT ACCEPT. While there was every desire to aid in tho fund as far as Grant was concerned, there was no disposition to endow Mr. Hayes, then coming to the end of his term, and at outs largely with his own and altogether with the opposite party. Moreover Mr. Hayes had a large estate, needed no such benefits and soon made it known that he would not accept them. The fund was ar ranged exclusively for the benefit of General Grant and soon amounted to more than $230,000. The credit of this ' belonged to Mr. Jones, who worked with a pertinacious industry marvelous to those who knew of his ailments, and the drain upon him of constant ill health. Mr. Jones was fortunate in his associate, Henry J. Raymond. In this, however, Mr. Raymond was like Horace Greeley when he found Thomas McElrath to preside over the Tribune treasury, and A. K. McClure when Frank McLaughlin became the chancellor of his exchequer. I knew Raymond well His fame, great in its day, belongs to the evanescent fame which is, I am afraid, the fate of tragedians, prophets and journalists. He was an engaging man, and would have made an ideal Chief Justice of the Supreme Court without appellate jurisdiction in the capital cases or causes pertaining to women. His mind was so judicial that except when the sympathies were concerned no judg ment could have been sounder. This virtue of his character was felt in his journalism. Raymond never argued acaso without his mind reflecting on other side. THE VERY OPPOSITE OF JONES. To him no men were entirely good or en tirely bad. The virtues were as a general thing the absence of opportunities. An effective, ready if not a persuasive orator, with piercing, not altogether musical tones, with powers of statement rather than per suasion, the oratory of Raymond went to the reason rather than the hearts of men. He was the embodiment of personal chivalry, and an early knowledge ot the world with a somewhat premature lame made him cynical. His opponents never feared him, because they knew his capacity for forgiveness. He was hungry for applause; liked the people's eye. With a small, knit, wiry body, and a capacity for clean, weli cut, thoughtful work, tar beyond any man in the profession, he was master in his craft With singular power in winning the confidence and affec tion of those around him, Raymond always fretted at the desk. "Why do you want to go to Congress?" I said to him one evening when I was his summer guest, and we were well on in the night on various themes. "Well," he replied, "the feel of power, the sense that your vote means something, that your voice is one of the majority to do or undo. That is the fascination of the Senate." There was never an argument possible with the kind, cynical man; always a smile for the keenest question. You see he did not make the world it might have been better. But, as it was, the world was a very good world, and as a general thing people were not as bad as they seemed. JONES SHOWN THROUGH THE OTHERS. People wondered what would .become of the limes after the death of Raymond. There were various experiments in an edi torial way, the management feeling around, as it were, for the peg that would tit the hole, and no easy task when it meant the place of Raymond. Conant made an effort the poor, gentle,- many-sided, high minded Conant, who was one night to be seen walking toward the Long Island Waves to be seen no more. I have an idea that John Swinton, who in those days was a Scotch Socrates fallen into journalism, made an experiment Sheppard, a Canadian gen tleman, held the helm for a time. John Bieelow, former Minister to France, pupil of Bryant and chum- of Tilden, still with us as a statesman and a writer, took hold only soon to run away from the hard work. Loui3 J. Jenning, who came here from the London Times, ciose'to Raymond, a journal ist of force and authority, now member of Parliament, edited it during the Tweed war, and came nearer than any other to the com pleteness of the task. Behind these experiments there was a sovereign force, and people began to see it in the character of the paper, and in thai character a reflection of the sturdy qualities of Mr. Jones. He made the Tammany war. I question if Raymond would have done that. The man's kindness of heart would not have admitted of the existence of the depravity shown in Tammany until it was too late to hold add lead the baftle. I at tribute the Times' triumph to the cour age of Mr. Jones, just as more re cent experiments with public opinion, not quite so triumphant, are to be attributed to the same cause. Knowing full well the value of a dollar, the stern laws and compensations of thrift, with a business sense surpassed by no journalist of the day, the man was so constituted that what he believed should be done must be done, come what may. It was his duty to hew to the line. Providence could direct the falling of the chips. DANA AND 6TONE LEFT. I presume "it was in his blood, that war like Cymry blood that gave Romans and Normans a hard time before the old race was put down. It was a modest life, because George Jones was a modest man. He lived his almost 80 years without reproach. Some writers speak of him as the "last of the journalists," the last if we except Mr. Dana and Mr. Stone, of the Journal of Commerce. I question if the friends of Mr. Jones would place him in that category. The journal ists of that school were individual, per sonal forces. The voice of one man was craved. The newspaper was like the pulpit at a campmeeting. . Journalists have not passed away, jour nalism has grown. Assign Mr. Bennett, Mr. Greeley or Mr. Raymond to a modern paper. One would be on space, the other a night editor, the third on the rack of the blue pencil, his ideas most of the time "standing matter." Journalism is, so great now that the Bennetts, Raymoods and Greeleys would have quiet hidden lives, without so much fame, perhaps, but more happiness and power. Mr. Jones belonged to this new regime. Unlike the person ages we have named, he was a force in the press, no one force in our time more con sistent, implacable and patriotic. John Russell Youko. Her Favorite. My wife is subject to cramp in the stomach. She has tried Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and that is her medicine now for a speedy relief. It " V, """ ! "'" -""is..vme, r THE MUSIC WORLD. Appearance of the Polish Pianist, Paderewski, Here This Season. HIS CAEEEE AND HIS ABILITY. lanee for a Professional Organist In the Twin Cities Now. THE-ART SOCIETY AND OTHER MATTERS This hot hiatus that yawns between the end of last season and the beginning of I next, oe it never bo ary and devoid oi pres ent interest, cannot preclude the pleasures of anticipation. The chief musical topic at present is the future. And some of the coming season's promises are quite goodly to think upon in the present dearth. Unless America perversely overrules the Old World's verdict, among our next sea Bon's most prominent musical features will be these : The Polish pianist's rather fantastic ap pearance'might cause some to expect in him a mannerist that would out-Pack Pachmann, the "Chopin-zee." But hear the critic of the London Qlobe: "There is no kind of charlatanerU in his playing; wrapt np com pletely in the works he performs, he de votes himself to their exposition, and while thus engaged appears to ignore the pres ence of an audience." Most of the European critics have praised Paderewski with unusual warmth, some of them affirming him to be the greatest of living pianists or the greatest after Rubin stein, whose retirement has practically re moved him from the field. In Paris two seasons ago and in London last season the young Pole has been lionized by society and the public; various accounts agree that his London recital last month brought him an extraordinary ovation from an audience such as no pianist had drawn In the world's metropolis sinse Rubinstein. All of which promises well for the muslo lovers of Pittsburg and the American cities to be included in next season's tour. A Composer Turned Pianist The able author of the programme books for the Richter Concerts the most import ant orchestral events of the London season for nearly, a score of years prefaces his scholarly analysis of Paderewski's piano forte concerto, Op. 17, with the following biographical sketch: Ignace Jean Paderewski borninPodolia, a province of Russian Poland, on Novem ber 6, I860 furnishes us with the rare example of a musician who, during the earliest part of his career, made it his first aim to become a com poser, and subsequently at a much later date also developed into a virtuoso of the pianoforte. A remarkable talent for music manifested itself in him at a very early age, and this he cultivated to such au extent by his own almost unassisted en deavors, that in 1879 he was appointed to a professorship in the Conservatory of Musio at Warsaw. It was doubtless now, when teaching became his duty, that he began to feel the want of early systematic training, for at the end of 1880 he betook himself to Berlin and placed himself under that emi nent theorist and teacher, the late Fried rich Kiel, with the view of undergoing a complete course oi harmony, counterpoint and composition. In 1881 he held a professorship at the Conservatory of Music in Strassburg, but at the close of that year removed to Vienna, where he placed himself under his countryman, Theodor Leschetitzki, the well-known and eminently successful trainer of pianists. Under his guidance he made such rapid pro gress that within three years he made his first appearance in public, when his extra ordinary skill as an exponent of pianistic art was at once fully recognized. That turning his attention to thp repro ductive side of an artistic life has not inter fered with his productive powers as a com poser is apparent, not only in the present concerto, but in the fact that, in addition to a large number of pianoforte pieces, some of which have attained a wide popularity, he has composed a concerto for violin and orchestra and an orchestral suite. Wanted an Organist. The announcement that Mr. Leonard Wales has resigned his position as City Or ganist of Allegheny gives fitting occasion for the public discussion of the questions that have been much debated in private, as to the policies that should properly govern the free organ recitals at Carnegie Hall. First be it understood that, although in this community church music forms an ex traordinarily large proportion of the total sum of musical activity, and although an unprecedented number of fine; large organs have of late been built here, the standards oi organ-playing nave, nevertheless, re mained pitifully low and crude. These superb instruments, with all their vast po tentialities for art and for religion, are for the most part intrusted to a lot of very estimable persons, more or less musically gifted, but who never have made, nor intend to make, a serious study of the instru ment, and to whom organ-playing is a recreation or a pin-money maker rather than an earnest profession or even a princi pal occupation. (Present company not ex cepted 1) In Allegheny county there is not, to the writer's knowledge.one single profes sional organist, one whose principal occupa tion is to play and to'teach that instrument Although our church-going music-lovers keep increasing their investment in organs by something like $20,000 a year, besides paying nearly as much more in the aggre gate of the appropriately small organists' salaries, they get in return only crumbs from the feast of legitimate organ music that should be had in the churches. And the treasures of secular organ music remain as a sealed book to this community. The demand for good organ music, though groping in the dark, is growing amazingly and rapidly creating, through the new in struments being built, the physical condi tions for its satisfying. But the supply re mains wholly inadequate, because to have good organ music there must also be a gen erally intelligent appreciation of what good organ musio is and there must be players capable of maintaining that standard. Here is the golden opportunity which Mr. Carnegie's splendid gilt of hall and or gan should have caused to be realized at the first and yet might be realized. The post of city organist, with a salary of fl,200 a year the original figure, and none too large for the right manand with the exceptional field for teaching and church playing, is ample bait to draw hither a professional or ganist of high quality. Such a player, giv ing one or more free recitals each week with juniciousiy catholic programme, would iurnisn to tne general pi ublic a mora attractive and much higher species of entertainment than has hereto mistsJt Ait heen - given. Make BO Ignace Jean PaderewsH. herejtho common people do like really good organ musio, well played. The recitals of W. T. Best, foremost of English organists, are immensely popular among the common people of Liverpool, no rich man's town. And then recitals of this grade over at Car negie Hall would supply to all our upward striving organists the standards they so much need. A first-class man occupying that position and giving private instruction also, could unquestionably precipitate al most at once that revolution in organ-playing which we need so badly and which is bound to come somehow. It involves no odious comparison nor aught else that could be construed to their hurt to state the plain fact that neither Mr. ' Wales nor Mr. Ecker, who has been spoken of as his probable successor, is a profes sional organist of the class above referred to. The fact that Mr. Wales, by his per sonal efforts and much pulling of political wires, was the actual creator of the unheard of municipal office of City Organist, gave him a species of right to enjoy the fruits of his labor by becoming himself the first in cumbent. "That fact alone held in check the strong and general inclination among music lovers to protest against the failure to realize the noble opportunity opened up by Mr. Carnegie's gift No such consideration is now involved. The only personal lien upon the position has been paid off and voluntarily .discharged. It is no longer a question of persons in any sense whatever; it is not whether the local successor spoken of is more or less capable than some other of the class to which all our local organists belong. The broad and unequivocal ground is taken that no man ready to the full measure of that position as it should be made can be found in Allegheny county unfortunately for Allegheny county. And the way for iue ooions oi our sister city to remedy tnis unfortunate state of affairs is to hunt up such a man somewhere, bring him in and attach him as a most desirable addition to their list of constituents. The free organs recitals have already be come too popular to be dropped safely. What ones among Allegheny's city fathers will gain more popularity for themselves by advocating a course that will inevitably make the recitals still more popular and vastly more useful? The Art Society's New Erm. The following significant circular letter from the Board of Directors has been re ceived by the members of the time-honored Art Society during the past week: The new charter and by-laws, herewith placed in your hands for reference, mark an era in the history of tho Art Society. The society now has a permanent, cor porate organization, with full power to carry on almost every species of activity properly within Its broad purpose of "cultivating and promoting music, painting and other fine art3, among its members and the pnblio at large." Its affiliation with the Academy of Science and Art, the convenient access of its members to the Karl Merz Musical Library soon to be formally opened, and its prospect of greatly increased, facilities in connec tion with the proposed Carnegie Library, Musio Hall and Art Gallery, are important elements of the situation in which the Art Society find? itself to-day. Nearly a soore of years of honorable activity gives stability and dignity to it3 position, while the more enterprising and liberal spirit manifested In the work of the last season or two consti tutes a further pledge of success in the lim itless opportunities of the new future upon which the society is now entering. Such an organization ought to have on Its membership roll all who feel interested in promoting any of the fine arts in this com munity. To enlist the active Interest and co-operation of the cultured classes, is the first andl vita step in the realization or the Art Society's purposes, which are as long as art and as broad as the entire community, without distinction of classes or masses. The Board of Directors will hold an elec tion for new members about October 1, so that those who may then be elected'will get the full benefit of their first annual dues, which, under the new by-laws, are payable on election for the whole current year, In lienor tno initiation lee lormeny required. Application blanks, which may be had from the Secretary, should be signed and returned by the middle of September, at the latest, to be acted upon at this election. The directors will bo pleased to furnish you application blanks to hand to any friends yon may deem desirable members, or to have you suggest the names of persons to whom a prospectus and application blank should be mailed. BT OltDTR OTTHZ BOABD. Musical Pittsburg has the right to expect valuable results from the activity of a body circumstanced as is the Art Society. Its present members, too, will doubtless find that a willingness to extend their own priv ileges to a wider clientele will bring ad vantages in its train that will more than compensate them for the loss of the elegant exclusiveness maintained for nearly a score of years. Crotchet and QnaTors. Yiixnns STAjrroRD's new choral bathtd, "Battle of the Baltic," In the same stylo as "The Bevenge," won high praise on its re cent production at one of Dr. Hans Blchter's London concerts. Johanit Stuauss has arranged with Bn- dolph Aronson for the composition of an operetta of the style of "The Slerry War," destined for the Casino, New York, says an EOT 0 3U OUR Unparalleled Reduction Sale has made rapid inroads on summer stock, and customers desirous of sharing in this greatest of all bargain feasts should not delay purchasing another day. Here are a few of the marvelous values offered this week: HOSIERY. Ladies' regular made Balbriggan Hose, i2c, worth i8c Ladies' regular made Striped Hose, 15c, worth 20c. Ladies' regular made heavy Balbrig gan Hose, 1 6c, worth 22c. Ladies' Fast Black Imported Hose, 1 6c, worth 22c. La'dies' Fast Black Imported Hose, 19c, worth 25c. Ladies' Fast Black extra fine Im ported Hose, 29c, worth 40c. Ladies' French Lisle Hose, fancy styles, 25c, worth 50c. Ladies' French Lisle Hose, fancy styles, 35c, worth 60c. Ladies' French Lisle Hose, fancy styles, 48 c, worth 75c. Ladies' tan shades, full regular Hose, 20c, worth 25c. Full lines of Misses' and Boys' Hose at reduced prices. SPECIAL ATTENTION is called to our stock of Ladies' Percale, Sateen and Silk Waists and Blazer Jackets, which is still very large. Prices have been cut down below the actual cost of material. . This week should close out the lot. Come before the most desira ble ones are gone. You'll get at least double the WAISTS -AND- BLAZERS. worth of your money. JlJust opened, 240 dozen Ladies' Hemstitched and Embroidered Handkerchiefs, 10c, i2jc, 15c, 18c and 25c best for the money ever shown. peibavin . 510-518 MARKET STREET. exchange. Maybe this Is the new Mr. Floershelm was driving at when he Informed his readers that Aronson had secured "Bit ter Pazmann." Milwaukee talks In off-hand fashion of transplanting the Bayreuth Festival, Fran Cosima and all, to the vicinity of Schlits Park, in 1803, and running special trains to bring tho Chicageese over to see how easily their own feat of moving Libby Prison had been cast in trie shade. When the Warner Fest gets to Milwaukee it will be out of sight and no mistake. Me. Joseph C. McCombs, one of Pittsburg's coming artists, is at present in Milan, pur suing his studies with the celebrated Maestro Blasco. Mr. McCombs, after a period of two years spent with the best mas ters in Italy pronounces Prof. Blasco the greatest vocal instructor of all. ilr. 3IcC. is credited with being the possessor of a fine soprano voice far above tho average and his many friends will be pleased to hear that ha is meeting witn wonuunui success under his present tutor. ItASAOEEMAtiiuczGEAU has come oversea for a week's stay and to tell the New York reporters in person that tho French and Italian opera at the Metropolitan next sea son will enlist Lilli Lehmann, Emma Eames, Albant, Van Zandt, Giulia Ravogli, Jean and Edouard De Beszko and Lasalle. His long list of operas includes but one novelty, 3Ias cagni's famous one-act opera, "Cavalleria Busticana." 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