The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1899-08-11
"Prof. Martindale Stand Up.'
EDrroR DRMoORAr.

EDITOR DRMooRAT:
Ia q recent issue Of the DAILY Demo
cRAr / notice your article commentinI
on "Hobaon' Ia which you claim "Ho6
SON is one Of the nost overestimate'
men Of this day and generation" Per.
haps you are right. perhaps you hav'
not made your true meaning plain.
III we are 10 believe the official reports
on tils in the Departments at Washing
ton believe we will be forced to admit
ON the testimony ol no less personage
than Admiral Sampson, "That the
whole matter was conceived and planned
out in the mind OF no one else than Hob
son. n we are to believe the otficia
reports Of Hobson himself we will see
while he modeslly takes to himself the
credit oi suggesting the matter to his
superior officer, he gives unbounded
credit to the noble heroes who were at
his side and under his command. He
admits that had one OF them failed In the
performance Of their duty failure would
have resulted.
In the same wsy does cur Admiral
Schley give crecit ito The men behind
the gums Our brave Dewey to those
who manned the engints aud by close
attention to the signals tended not
little to the success at Manila bay. Our
Captain Clark, to those who so nobly.did
not only duty ba. double duty in rush-
ing our gallant ship Oregon around the
horn TO take part in the naval battle at
Santiago. Who however would Tor
mom ent listen to one who endeavored to
claim that Hobson was over estimated,
In every great event in the history oil
the world, il has fallen to the lot OF one
man to bear the brunt cf responsibility.
II was 90 with Alexander. II was 80
with Cesar. 1t was the same with Ma
poleon. 1t was 90 with Washington, and
coming to our own times, with GeneraI
Grant, Admiral Farragut, and to cite
similar case to that Of Hobson, with the
brave Cushing Who for moment
would say they were oyerestlmated!
Hobson Is ons OF the bravest of tee
brave. He did not wait to be called out
70 exposs himself in ordinary battle
where one can zee and knows what they
are going into. He calmly and delloer.
ately originated, planned and carried on'
with the assistance Of his comrades one
of the boldest and most daring deeds re-
corded in the annals of history. he
coolly and ca.mly went into what seem
cd to be the open jaws Of death. ready as
was every man with him TO lay down
heir lives for their country. | wouli
NOT detract one whit from the honos due
our Oregon boys and our own company
and their gallant captain.
all honor to them, each and every one.
Bu. some one has to plan, some one to
direct and in the course OF nature it
usually falls.to the tLose. who plan to get c
he glory aud credit. This is the way
viii Hob,on. Tile to be regretted that
some OF the gentler sex have forgotten =
themselves and propriety enough to
maize q farce OF some of the greetings Il
given our hero But is he to blame for 0
L or are they7 Is all the honor and II
,lory due to bis brilliant exploit to be Il
ost sigh. of by the actions OF few silly II
naidens who wheu they are older and q
wiser will look back with disgust not on n
Hobsou but on their own fOolishhess. q
A HoBsoN CRANK.