Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-03-21
BADEAU'S CONTROVERSY
WITH COL. GRANT REGARDING HIS
 CLAIM.
Gen. Grants Assistant Charges the Great Commanders Son with Responsibility for the Publication of Private Matter. Badeau's Letter Pronounced False.

for the Publication of Private Matter.
 Badeau's Letter Pronounced False.
 NEW YORK, March 21.-Gen Badeau pub fishes to-day his statement of claim for com pensation for his aid in preparing Gen. Grants "Memoirs." He says Col Grant has not published all the correspondence or facts in the matter. He supplies the missing let ters, which show that Col. Grant at first re- fused to entertain any claim, then offered s1 800 in settlement, then $5, 900, and finally SS,0OO, provided Gen. Badeau should sign statement that he never wrote line of the Memoirs" nor had any part in their con- position. This Gen. Badeau refused to agree to, as he says that he made frequent interpo- lations, corrected grammar, looked up facts and dates, aided Gen. Grants memory, and changed the style of composition in many places with Gen. Grants approval The ideas and the statements of fact are all Gen. Grants, and Gen. Badeau has never claimed any authorship in the work except as an as sistant.
 He says the original agreement was that he should receive SlO,0O0 out of the profits if they reached $50, 900. But this agreement was based on the idea that he would be occu- pied only three months, whereas he was occu- pied nearly year. Gen. Grant always recog- nized his services fully, but Col. Grant seemed
 
 hurt its sale, and when Gen. Badeau asked for a new agreement, in consideration of his more extensive services than at first contem- plated, Col. Grant wrote the letter which has been published, severely condemning Gen. Badeau, aspersing his character, dismissing him, etc, and got Gen. Grant to sign it Gen. Badeau says Gen. Grant was at this time in such state from disease and drugs as not to be responsible for the tone of the letter, which was wholly unworthy of and unlike him. Gen. Badeau says Col Grant is responsible for the ventilation of this whole matter, for if be had paid what Gen. Grant agreed to pay, the world would never have heard of it. But he insisted on a false statement that Badeau had nothing to do with the Memoirs and to this Badeau could not consent.
 Gen. Badeau also states that when it was thought, in May, 1885, that Gen. Grant was dying, Col. Grant suggested to Badeau to finish the book and let Col. Grant sign his name to the finishing portion. This Badeau refused to do, and when he told Gen. Grant about it the general said he knew nothing of the coloners intention to make such a pro posaL Badeau said he would never do foI another what he was doing for Gen. Grant.
 Col. Grant, when questioned by reporter regarding Badeau's statement, said: 'It is false. Gen. Badeau has made statements that do not think he can prove. As far as he hits me personally in the newspaper con troversy I do not mind, as I shall not quarrel with him, but when he makes these charge: against my father I shall defend them as vigorously as 1 am able 1 am entirely iI the hands of my counsel, and do not wish tS anticipate them in what they may do in the courts.n