THE SCRANTON TRIBTTiTE-SATUBDAY MOEJONGr, FEBIUTAItY 8, 1890.
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Of North America.
Twenty-sixth Letter of Northwestern Travel.
Further Facts Concerning Seattle.
(Written for The Tribune.
In the race for commercial suprem
acy between Tacoma and Seattle, each
city has some strong polnta and ad
vantages over the other. Good natured
rivalry, of the kind which promotes Im
provements, Is nowhere better Illustrat
ed than among the citizens of these two
cities. The people speak of the great
fire In 1889 as a blessing in disguise, for
Inside of four years the city had been
rebuilt with finer structures and wider
streets and avenues, all on a more sub
stantial basis than before. The archi
tectural beauty of the new brick busi
ness blocks is truly wonderful; it Is said
as each handsome structure, one after
another was erected, each seemed to
surpass its predecessor, the block rang
ing in value from HOO.00O to $300,000.
Seattle Is certainly, from any point
of view, on sound or on land, a beauti
ful city a city of much promise and
If no further disaster befalls It. and no
check to Its besiness prosperity is en
countered, there is no reason why it
should not k row Into even greater
prominence until It wields the largest
influence in our new northwest. It
would hardly be wise for a traveler to
make comparisons between these two
noble and enterprising cities In the race
for Improvement, or champion one at
the expense of the other. Both are
splendid Illustrations of energy and en
terprise, which ever emanate from
Puritan New Knglaml stock. Both are
filled with men nnd women of refine
ment and superior Intelligence, and the
visitor quickly discovers that each en
thusiastically belleveixin his own city
and thinks his the bettor as a place for
business and for homes "aced by royal
.hospitality. .
Status's Msjsstla Heights.
' Almost every larjre city has some one
location designed by nature to draw
to itself the culture, wealth and taste
that seek epreslon In the form of
beautiful homes, l'ortland has Its
Mount Tabor;" Tacom has Ua "boule
vard;" Bcranton luia Its "Sanderson
Hill;" Hor.esdale. its "Central Park
and "Fifth Avenue." and Seattle has Its
"majentlc heights." which for .this pur
pose are Ideal. From the harbor, the
view overlooking Puget Sound on the
one side, and Lakes Washington and
Union on the other, with Mount Ta
coma (pardon me, I mean. In Seattle.
Mount Kalmer) in the foreground
standing alone in Its unparalelled gran
deur, unhidden by any foothills to take
away Its dignity, and rising 14,444 feet
above you, while to the north, near the
Canadian border, is Mount Baker, ris
ing 10.8S0 feet high, and showing a per
petuai snow line of over one mile verti
cally Is a sight to stir the soul of ev
ery beholder, whether an American or
foreigner. , . .
These slopes and summits are intelli
gently plutted and laid out In lots and
tracts and building sites, perfectly
adapted to the wants or those who can
tfford to grattfy a taste for elegant and
Picturesque homes.
Two llcautlfnl Lakes.
The situation of Seattle is such that
It possesses all the essentials to heultn
as well as the advantages of beauty.
The rising summit of the ridge attains
a height of four hundred feet above
sound and then descends to the two
lakes. Union and. Washington, which
' form Its eastern limit. These lakes
are marvels of beauty, bodies of fresh
water unsurpassed In any city on this
continent. Lake Washington is twen
ty miles long with an average width
ctV.two.and a half miles, and It covers
an area of nearly forty square miles,
or to be exact, 24,S6 acres, of which
20,000 acres have a depth of twenty-five
feet of water. The depth of the lake
la verv areat and sounding of six hun
dred feet have been made, and In some
places- bottom lias not been found. It
is hemmed In by hills covered with
giant forest trees. The water supply
of Seattle Is drawn from this lake, and
of this supply I will speak later.
Northward Is Lake Union, another
body of fresh water also fed from hid
den springs and the eternal snows of
' the Cascades: It covers about two sec
tions of land, which connected with
Lake Washington, by means of a small
canal of a few hundred yards in length
which Is now being enlarged by the
United States government Into a ship
canal, thus connecting the salt waters
of Puget Sound with the fresh water
of the above lakes. Of this gigantic
enterprise I will also speak later.
Superb . Natural Advantages.
The city la therefore naturally drained
and the character of the soli, which la a
sandy loam, makes it a ready ab-
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sorbant of all Impurities. The climate
Is mild and equable, free froi.i all dan
gers from the clouds above, from va
por or miasma around, or the foes be
neath, no cyclones, tornadoes or bllx
zards. A peal of thunder is a rarity.
The "Chinook" wind, blowing from the
southwest, thaws with its warm
breath, exhilarating with new life ani
mal as well as vegetable creation. I
might mention that the death rate In
Seattle is only seven In one thousand
rer annum, which is less than one-
third of that of the northern cities of
the Union.
The sewer system of Seattle has been
constructed at great expense. Two
tunnels have been completed within a
year, costing respectively $100,000 and
$170,000. The total length of sewers In
use is thirty-three miles vitrified pipe
sewers twenty-seven miles and brick
sewers six miles routing the city near
ly a half million dollars. .
- Seattle has about 750 miles of platted
streets, of which 112 miles are im
proved. The streets are from 60 to 120
feet wide, and avenues from 80 to 150
feet; brick, macadam, asphalt and fir
plank are used for pavements. Like in
Tacoma. thirty miles of fir planking
from three to five Inches In thickness
and often 50 and even 150 feet long, are
laid, covering the entire surface of the
street, and extending up the steepest
grades, which are sometimes one. foot
in four, to the summit of the ridge.
These plank streets are a novel sight
to tourists. The planks cost, delivered.'
$7 per 1,000 feet. The cost of planking
and permanent pavements amounts to
1200,000.
Seattle's School System. 1
A sure index of the character- and
substantlalabllity of any community is
the reputation of its schools and col
leges. Seattle has a system of public
schools euualled by few cities In the
union and second to none In points of
efficiency, completenens of equlpmet
and thoroughness of organization.- This
Is not only attested by competent
tourist visitors from all iarts of our
country, but also by experts, who ac
credit to the work of the Seattle schools
the highest standard of excellence. It
Is a mutter of record that at the Co
lumbian exponltlon Seattle ranked
third In the United States with respect
to her public school exhibit. No better
guarantee can ne given or ine soua
educational advantages afforded the
children of Seattle than the fact that
the best eastern colleges admit gradu
ates of Its high school without exami
nation. While a temporary guest of
Professor Edwin Twltmeyer. now prin
cipal of the Seattle high schools, who,
by the way, is a brother of Principal
Oeorge W. Twltmeyer, of the Honesdale
graded schools, we were courteously
esoorted by him through the various
school buildings, museums, labora
tories and given particularly valuable
Information which a reading public
may accept as reliable. He' says:
Seattle, as you are aware, has some
of the finest Bchool buildings In the
United States, and a corps of teach
ers ranking high above the average in
point of scholastic acquirements and
successful experience in their profes
sion. Our four "high school" buildings
are probably the largest and finest
structures north of San Francisco, and
are capable of accommodating 2,000
children. There are sixteen fine school
buildings in all, of modern styles of
architecture and arrangement, well
lighted, heated and ventilated and fur
nished with nil useful apparatus. The
total number of teachers employed Is
144. The census shows 9,000 children
of school age."
The city owns school property valued
at nearly three-quarters of a millon dol
lars, including five brick and twelve
frame buildings, containing one nun
dred and thirty-six commodious
rooms. In 1892 some 158,000 was ex
pended for new grounds and $82,000 for
new buildings and extensions. I
should say the common schools here are
under the direction of a board of edu
cation, connected In no wise with the
city government. The present board
are men of progressive Ideas and good
judgment. In controllng Its educational
affairs. . Only the best and most ap
proved methods of Instruction, prac
ticed and endorsed by the leading edu
cators of the country, are In vogue In
Seattle. Speaking of the educational
advantages of Washington, Prof. Twlt
meyer says In substance: "Though a
young state. It has a vigorous Bystem of
common schools throughout. There
are very few states that have as good.
The total school revenue was about
$3,000,000 last year and the value of the
school property far exceeds $4,000,000.
Washington's School Fund.
"To secure a permanent school fund,
the sixteenth and thirty-sixth sections
of every township In the state, are by
law dedicated to public schools in all
some two. million acres of land; even
If sold at a nominal low price It will
put the schools on a substantial basis.
A careful estimate has placed the fund
with future accumulations at $30,000,
000 to $:!5.000,000; probably the largest
school fund In the United States."
Prof. Twltmyer further says: "There
Is a common Impression among those
unacquainted with us In the West, that
education Is neglected and -children
grow up much as did the children of
the first Inhabitants of the land. Such
an Impression is grossly unjust and er
roneous. The vast hlajorlty of our
present population came from the old
er settled eastern states and brought
with them their college training and
eastern culture. They have lost none
of this and It is not their purpose that
their children shall grow up with In
ferior advantages or training to that
which they themselves enjoyed. Con
sequently they have established schools
and churches and they demand as good
a class of Instruction, both secular and
religious as any section In the East re
ceives." The professor said that teach
ers of every grade received from one
third to one-half higher salaries In Se
attle than those paid In the East.
Teachers In the Scranton and Hones
dale graded schools receiving say forty
dollars per month would command at
Seattle sixty and perhaps seventy dol
lars. This broad, generous and pro
gressive spirit Is characteristic of this
people. We would gladly entertain our
readers with further sayings of this en
thusiastic and skillful Instructor if
time and space would permit.
Worthy ftoncvolant Institution.
Apart from the public schools of the
city, are a number of educational and
benevolent Institutions worthy of spe
cial mention. Chief among them is the
University of Washington, and the
leading school of higher learning In the
state. The first building was erected
in 1882 on a site of ten acres in the cen
ter of the city of f.'s-.tle. Possession
was taken of its pretVTil structure Sept.
3, 1895. The present location is re
markably beautiful, on a tract com
prising 350 acres between Lakes Wash
ington and Union, with the water front
age on both lakes and surrounded with
natural - forest trees ad the snow
crowned mountains in all directions-;
truly an Ideal sight for a great insti
tution of learning. The building, which
Is of French architecture, covers 20,000
square feet and Is furnished with the
best know facilities (or heating and
ventilating. It has ample accommo
dations for 600 to 800 students. Last
year's registration was 425. Reached
by both steam and electric cars, it Is
an enjoyable and instructive trip for
the tourist, and an attractive feature
of the suburbs of Seattle.
Next to the state university In Impor
tance is the Roman Catholic academy
of the Holy Names, with sixty board
ers and 120 day pupils. In the Seattle
Female college are fifty pupils. In ad
dition to these, the Episcopalians have
a seminary for girls. The' University
of .Seattle is the property of the Bap
tists. There are, besides, three busl
uess colleges and several schools of ai t.
free reading room, public library and
kindergartens. The library Is provid
ed for and maintained by setting apart
10 per cent, of the fines and licenses
collected by the city. It Is a "perma
nent free library." containing 7,000 vol
umes, which, with the periodicals, fix
tures, etc.. cost $17,000. The Income
available for library purposes Is about
$1,100 per month.
Seattle has two hospitals. Provi
dence, conducted by the Sisters of
Charity, and Grace hospital, under the
control of the Eplscopul church: Provi
dence accommodates 175 patients.
A Cliurch-Uolng City.
Seattle, like Tacoma, Is a church
going city, for a western city, remark
ably so. Here are fifty-two church
structures, and many more church or
ganizations, the membership amount
ing to 7.000 and parishioners 16.000. The
entire church property Is valued at
JK00.000. The Young Men's Christian
association has an active organisation
of 500 members, with a lot, house and
furniture worth, $60,000.
I'nrks and Pleasure Resorts
In writing of the grandeur of Seattle
environments there Is so much .or
natural beauty and lovely scenery In
any direction the eye may choose to
turn, that the public and even private
parks and pleasure resorts are apt to be
overlooked. There are In and around
Seattle numerous resorts for pleasure
and recreation parks artificial, parks
natural, parks without lakes, and
parks possessing all the delightful at
tractions which sea and lake can pos
sibly bestow. There 19 Leschl park.
on Lake Washington, a garden snot of
great beauty, .where a large pavilion
and museums amuse and Intsiuct and
where It is made evident to the visiting
multitudes that sea lions thrive in fresh
water. From ' this point steamer
launches, sailing vessels and boats con
stantly radiate In all directions, some
bound on pleasure trips and others to
the numerous vllluges 011 the lake.
There Is Madron park. Madison park,
Klnnear park, Deny park, Woodland
park and Buveiuia park, all natural
"beauty spots" located either In the
primeval forest or on the borders of the
lakes, all deserving of special mention,
particularly Woodland park 011 the
shores of Green lake, whose beautiful
sheet of water appears like a translu
cent liquid gem In its exquisite setting
of green lawn and woods. It contains
some 20 acres, covered for the most
part with the natural forest1, with
drives and rustic walks, meudow Hats
and ball grouiids.aiid around the shores
of the lake, boat houses and pavilions.
It Is surprising how many places of re
sorts Seattle possesses. The fact is,
that nearly every line of street rail
wayand there are fourteen of these
lines leads to some public resort or
place of Interest and recreation. But
the over-topping and enchanting, stu
pendous and unique park of all. designed
by the Masterhead of the universe, Is
the "Pacific, ForestReserve,"contalnlng
16,000 square miles, or nearly 1,000,000
acres, and upon which Is located Mt.
Rainier, whose giant cone eclipses In
height, masslveness, glacial Interest
and grandeur all other grand sights
vouchsafed to us, and os we view It,
with every true American, we ardently
exclaim:
My country, 'tis of thee,
Sweet land of liberty,
Of thee I sing. -
John E. Richmond.
THE CONQUEST OF ENGLAND.
An Allegorical Object Ltssoa Teaching
the Sbort-SightsdnsBB of iho Nation
. Which Nsglects to Provide Adequately
for Its Own Defense.
We mentioned editorially the other
day the reprint, by a Chicago firm,
Way & Williams, of a tract called "The
Battle of Dorking," In which a vivid
object lesson was presented In the form
of an allegory showing how easily a
country like our own, without coast
defences, regular soldiers or much of
a navy, might suddenly be overrun
and conquered by a hostile foreign
power. To the Chicago Times-Herald
we are Indebted for the excellent' syn
opsis of that tract which follows:
In May, 1871. an article appeared In
Blackwood's Magasine which attract
ed Instant attention and really deeply
moved the English people to a sense of
their weakness. It was attributed 1 1
Colonel George Cheauey. an officer In
her majesty's service; certainly It must
have been written by a man fit experi
ence In military affairs.
The narrator Is an old man depicting
fifty years after, the Inspiring events
of 1875. "I need hardly tell you," he
says, "how the crash came about.
First, the rising In India drew away a
part of our small army; then came the
difficulty with America which had been
threatening for years. We sent off
10.000 men to defend Canada a handful
which did not go far to strengthen the
real defenses of that country, but
formed an Irresistible temptation to
the Americans to try and take them
prisoners, especially as the contingent
Included three battalions of the guards.
Thus the regular army at home was
smaller than usual, and nearly half of
It was in Ireland to check the talked
of Fenian invasion fitting out In the
west. Worse still the fleet was scat
tered abroad; some shins to guard the
West Indies, others to check priva
teering in the China seas, and a large
party to try and protect our colonies
on the Northern Pacific shore of Amer
ica, where with incredible folly, we
continued to retain possessions which
we could not possibly defend.
It was while we were in this state, with
our ships all over the world, and our
little army cut tip Into deetachmenK
that the Secret Treaty was published
and Holland and Denmark were an
nexed. People say now that we might
have escaped the trouble which came
on us If we had at any rate kent quiet
till our other difficulties were settled;
but the English were always an impul
sive lot: the whole country was boiling
over with Indignation, and the govern
ment, egged on by the press, and going
with the stream, declared war."
The Inspiration of Pronliccv,
There Is something like the Inspira
tion of prophecy in these words. Eng
land's fleet is widely scattered today:
she is in difficulties with America; and
her present quarrel with Germany cen
ters around the emperor's affection for
the Dutch. As to the cause of this
imaginary war. It is not long since Eng
land became furious o'.-er the rumor
that Germany designed to annex Hol
land, and in the last of Mr. Labou
chere's papers to come to hand we find
the fear expressed by that astute ob
server of foreign affairs: "The emper
orapart from direct German Inter
ests in South Africa cannot be sorry
to show that Dutch Boers mav count
on his support, and by his telegram he
was playing very possibly for the
peaceful incorporation of Holland Into
his empire, with, perhaps, some idea
in his mind. If France were to assent
to this, to restore to her the jirovinces
lost by the Franco-German war."
But to return to "The Battle of Dork
ing:" When the correspondents of the
London papers broke the marrler of
mystery erected around Germany's
operations by the emperor, they learned
that "every port from the Baltic to
Ostend" had been placed under em
bargo; the fleets of Germany had moved
out and troops were hurrying on board
ships detained at various ports. An in"
vaslon was intended.
It might have been Intercepted If the
fleet had been ready. "But then the
best part of the fleet had been decoyed
down to the Dardanelles." (To over
awe the sultan?) It was ten days be
fore the vessels in the home ports were
prepared for sea. The queen dismissed,
them with her blessing. And the news
papers declared that "England awaits
with calm confidence the Issue of the
Impending action" singularly enough;
almost the very words U9ed by the
Standard less than a month ago In com
menting .on -continental hostility - to
England. The narrator goes on to telf
of the naval battle:
It was about 10 o'clock that the first
telegram came; an hour later the wire an
Rouiiecil that the admiral hud signaled
to form line of battle, and shortly after
ward that the order u Klvrn to bear
down on the enemy ami ensage. At 12
o'clock earns the announcement, "Fleet
opened lire about three miles to leeward
of us" that is.- the ship with the cable.
80 far all had been expectancy; then
cams the first token of calamity. "An
ironclad had been blown up" "the ene
my's torpedoes are doing great damage"
"the flagship is laid aboard the enemy"
"the llugshlp appears to be sinking"
"the vlee admiral signaled" there the
cable became silent, and, as yoi know,
we heard no more till two days after
ward. The solitary ironclad which es
caped the disaster steamed Into Ports
mouth. Then the whole story came out
how our sailors, gallant a. ever, hail
tried to clnso with tlio enemy: how the
latter evaded the conflict at close quar
ters, and, sheering off, left behind hem
the fatal engines which sent our shins,
one after Die other, to the bottom: how
all this happened almost in a few minutes.
The Koverumeivl. It aiiears, had received
warning of . this Invention; but to the
nation this stunning blow was utterly
unexpected.
Tho Dread Result.
Panic Instantly befell. Bank after
bank and merchant after merchant
failed. Funds fell to 35. Every attempt
was made to mold the few regulars,
the militia and the volunteers Into a
cohesive army. But guns and ammuni
tion were lacking and the command of
the. forces was characterized by fat in
competency, England needed only
time; time was not allowed,- for the
writer makes Germany strike with the
adder-like swiftness that characterized
her Movements, against. France. She
landed hundreds of thousands' of the
best soldiery In Europe on English soil
in three places. The rabble of volun
teers, untrained. Hl-urmed and officered
from the counting room, melted before
the fighting automaton and England
was conquered. The story of the chief
engagement, "The Battle of Dorking"
Dorking Is a Surrey village a few miles
from London Is told with directness
that reminds one of Zola's "Downfall."
The old man comments bitterly upon
the causes that brought about the dis
aster and on the consequences to Eng
land. Stripped of our colonies; Canada and the
West Indies gui:e lo America; Auatraltu
forced 10 separate; Inula lost forever,
after the KtiKilsh there had 11 U been de
stroyed; Clbrallur unci Malta ceded to
the new liuval powers; Ireland liulcieii.
dent und In perpetual anarchy und revo
lution To. hear men talk In those
days you would huvo thought that Provi
dence hud ordained that our government
should always borrow lit 3 per cent, und
that Irade c ame to us because we lived ill
a tossy little isluud set In a boisterous
sea. Nor Would ivren believe thut
there could ever he un end to our eoul
and Iron, or thut they would get to be so
much clearer than the roal und Iron of
American that It would 110 longer bo
worth while lo work them, and that there
fore we ought to Insure against the Inns
of our urlllMal position as the great con.
ter of trade, by making ourselves secure
and strung and respected. We thoiiKh: we
were HvliiK In a commerclul mellemiir.ni.
which must lust fur a thousand years ut
leatit.
The new publishers Call attention to
the similarity of the conditions de
picted In "The Battle of Dorking" with
those existing In America at the pres
ent time. The comparison la stretched.
But those who follow the narrator and
have been at any pains to read the fre
quent criticisms of the English urmy in
English newspapers- will be struck
with the applicability of this book to
the revelations of Germany and Eng
land today.
Is another "Battle of Dorking"
among the auguries for the close of the
century?
DEATH OF A VAGABOND. .
Put Out of Ills Misery by Ills Sorrowful
Partner,
From the New York Press.
Together they limped Into the little
shelter for animals In Eust 102d street.
It was a question which was the more
ragged and disreputable, the dog or the
tramp. In one respect the tramp had
the best of It. He limped with only two
legs, and his companion was lame In
three.
They stood there In the little office
side by side, looking at the man who
sat behind the deck, making entries In
a book.
"Say, mister," said the tramp, "what
can you do for me frlen' here'.'"
"What Is the trouble with him?"
"If you can discover anything that
ain't the trouble with 'im, you're a ar
tist. Me frlcn's suffering with prema
ture buldness, one eye's gone, and he
got locomotor attacks. He. ain't no
Heau Brununel, mister, but he's the
squurest purd I ever traveled with, and
if you can fix him up we'll pay you
some day."
"If yer can't," and almost uncon
sciously the tramp lowered his voice, "I
want yer to send 'Im over the bay by
the smoothest road yer got."
The superintendent examined ' the
dog gently, and then told the wanderer
that there was no hope. The weary
little waif had outlived his usefulness
and was better dead.
Without a word the tramp handed
the frayed rope to the superintendent,
and when the oltlclul led the poor dog
Into the room from which no canine
traveler ever returns, he followed.
"Oood-by, pard." he snld. reaching
out his hand. His friend Solemnly
raised his one sound paw, and they
shook hands silently nnd reverently,
as old friends do who are about to part
for a long time.
Then the tramp walked alone out
Into the street.
Dr. Qoransky declared that the use of
the pure and fresh Juice of raw cran
berries, given freely, either undiluted or
with an equal part of water, is tin excel
lent means of relieving il-.e tiilrst and
vomiting peculiar to cholera. In fifty
eases In which Ire anil narcotics failed
to make the slightest impression the
cranberry Juice Is small bill repeated does
rapidly checked both vomiting ami nau
sea. A HARD-WORKING WOMAN
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"Jingo 1 Joe" as He; Is
Now Denomimiatedo
The Plans and Ambitions of Joseph
Chamberlain lie Wants to Be Premier.
From the Chicago Times-Herald.
For the moment the most conspicu
ous man in British political life always
excepting Lord Salisbury, the respon
sible minister of a sovereign who reigns
but docs not govern is Joseph Cham
berlain. It Is -not the premier but the
secretary of state for the colonies who
Is handling the Transvaal squabble and
the Veneruclun Imbroglio. Both of
these affairs are as yet within the pur
view of the colonial office, as Incidents
of colonial administration. The inter
vention of the I'nlted States and of the
Oerman emperor have brought Lord
Salisbury Into a nominal relation to
both controversies; but the actual work
of negotiation and settlement is left,
under the well-established schedule of
division of labor In the British cabinet,
to the resourceful, aspiring, combative
and -not too punctilious statesman who
leads the Liberal I'nlonlst party In the
house of commons.
During the last eight or nine years
Mr. Chamberlain has been the subject
of as much lioutlle criticism as any
other public man In Great Britain.
After the defeat of the Gladstone min
istry tn 1S80 and the rejection of the
home rule bill by the so-called "union
ist" coalition, he was singled out by the
Irish Nationalists as chiefly to blame
for the failure of their plans. At that
time, and for several years ufter even
down to 1892 there was no adjective of
abuse too violent to be hurled at him
from the Irish benches In parliament,
and thu active animosity of his oppo
nents inside the house helped to spread
outside of it and outside of Eugland the
belief thut he wus a monster of political
fulthlesFucss and lngrutltude compared
with whom Benedict Arnold was a par
agon of honor. His enemies dubbed
him "Judus" and prophesied his Fpecdy
political extinction.
The epithet has stuck; but the pre
diction has not been fullllled. -Mr.
Chamberlain Is toduy one of the two
commoners lit the "big four" who form
a cabinet within the cabinet of the
strongest government which Great
Britain has known since the first ad
ministration of Disraeli.
I roely Carrlcaturod lit London.
The London cartoonists are fond of
caricaturing him In the familiar atti
tudes of that .celebrated Jew. Those
who would criticise him without going
to the length of the "Judas" gibe style
him "Dlssy the Second. " There Is
much In its methods to suggest those
of Dlsruell. If Salisbury Is the embodi
ment of English pluck, Chnmberluln Is
the embodiment of English chicane.
There Is a strain of Machlavelll in the
blood of the colonial secretary which
Is never left out of the calculations by
those who In any given set of circum
stances would estimate the value of an
action or the probable direction of a
movement done or projected under his
authority or inspiration. Whore Salis
bury plays the lion's role Chamberlain
plays the fox's. The element of craft
Is strongly pronounced in both animals,
but it Is not difficult to recognize a dis
tinction and a difference. Chamberlain
will fight. He will fight as fiercely as
Salisbury; but he prefers. If possible,
to get his foe Into ambush before the
struggle begins. He has all of Disrae
li's outward uapect of frankness, but
even his warmest admirers and he
has admirers do not affect to regard
his displays of candor as genuine.
Chamberlain Is now in his sixtieth
year. When the writer last saw him
in the summer of 1893 he did not look
a day over forty; certainly not thirty
two years the senior of the fair Ameri
can wife who was assisting him to
welcome to Highbury, his elegant
home in Birmingham, some of the most
distinguished men and women of Eng
land, representatives of both political
parties and of all shades of religions
belief. Time has dealt very gently
with the "Birmingham dictator," the
"Brummagem statesman," the "second
Disraeli" and the "British political Ju
das." His jocund air of aggressive
boyishness has done as much as his
Imperturbability to exasperate his op
ponents. A singularly able politician
who will neither get mad nor old, Mr.
Chamberlain has In his physical atrJ
temperamental equipment qualifica
tions for the special demands of public
life in England such as are possessed
by no other Englishman, perhaps, of
his day.
Has Strong Constitution.
As a consequence of a capital con
stitution and a figure with no tendency
to fatty degeneration, he boasts himself
superior to physical exercise and as en
tirely free from malaise when that ex
ercise Is not foithcomlng. Of wine he
takes but little; of tobuceo he cannot
get cneugh. In the days of hln widow
erlinod he used to say that his idea of
luxury was a cab and a cigar a double
suggestion of his liking for the weed
and bis disinclination to walk. The
lutter trait is the more remarkable In
the case of a man of Chamberlain's
vigorous health In a community of
sportsmen which all but glorifies phys
ical uctivtty as the chief condition nf
national development.
In the politlcul society which fath
ers around the house of commons he h
now very much what John Bright was
In a similar position forty years ago
the reality of him Is less terrible than
his name. The uproarious animosity
he has often provoked might lead to the
belief that his mien Is fierce and ag
gressive; even hateful. Nothing could
be farther from the fact. Ills social
manner Is agref-able, conciliatory, up
nign; ond he passes with a light touch
yet with more earnestness and less
cynicism than the average Englishman
In t'Ubllc life over a wid-r range of
subjects thun the average English host
will take the trouble to talk of with his
guests, t'nlike most of his colleagues,
however, he makes no attempt to con
ceal the fact that society wctiples th
second, not the first place. In his
thoughts and that he Will yield to its
demands only so far as theae linpis-n
to lie agreeable to his tastes or obliga
tory upon his position. " 1
polities Is the controlling objec t Of his
existence. An unrivaled man of busi
ness; master of the plain, unrhetorical
oratory to which the house of commons
is used; alert, daring. Inquisitive, full
of expedient", with a dash of yankee,
cuteness end more than a dash of Jew
ish plausibility. Mv. Chamberlain is a
typical Englinh statesman after the
most approved patterns of this century.
A radical of radicals by conviction, he
Is an opportunist of opportunists by
policy. Holding tenaciously tn his
views, he never hesitates to sacrifice a
temporary advantage In order to secure
a permanent one. With lilm a compro
mise Is often the most effective way of
winning a victory for a principle. If
he cannot have the whole of his des'.re,
he cheerfully accepts the part. -'And his
career Is a remarkable Illustration of
the superiority of tnct to talent ns a
working tool in practical politics in
England. ,
His Greatest Ambition.
He aspires to be prime minister.
Eleven years ago every radical In Eng
land hoped that he would bei today ev
ery tory In England Is half afraid that
he may be. In the reorganisation of
parties, which the not distant, future
will witness. It Is not unlikely that he
will attain tha supreme distinction he
covets. During the last three years
there has been a marked change in the
character of public feeling concerning
him. This is not so much the result of
anything he has done to brinz It, to
pass as of a clearer understanding of
his motives.- Borne of those .who were
his seyerest critics In 1886 are now
pointing out that he Is likely to prove
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many of her avowed English champions.
Should he stand out, as it Is fully be
lleved he will, against his cabinet col
leagues in their reactionary proposal
to revise the elementary ' educational
settlement of 1870. he will win the ap
plause of the whole liberal party.
The only way for the United States to
meet him effectively In the Venezuelan
matter Is to meet him with an abso
lutely unyielding front. He will press
America to the limit of patience and en
durance, but he Is too polite not to
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