The Sunday globe., 1901-07-21
PRIVATE DALZELL.
A Low Grade Clerk in the War
Department.
THE VICISSITUDES OF FORTUNE
ShlklngJ Illustrated by The Respective Offices
Held BY 0aIlell and Mckinley Both Names
Household Ones In Ohio-DiSgracetuI Treat
ment Of a lOyaI and Faithful Leader In His
Party for Thirty-0dd Years.

u'J w 'iN''g SNN 'S"'N'
The love of this Administration for
the old soldier-eyen the old soldier Of
Republican politics and anteCedents-
is illustrated in the case of Private
Dalzell, a S75 clerk in the War Depart
ment.
If there is a reader of any kind Of a
newspaper who has not seen the name
OF Private" Dalzell attached to an
article, or mentioned in the body Of
one, The Sunday Globe will put his pic
ture on its front page We do not know
Of another name which, for the past
thirty years, has appeared as often in
the press of the country in connection
with the advocacy of Republican prin-
ciples and supremacy as that Of "Pri-
yate' Dalzell, of Caldwell, Ohio.
The editor OF The Globe has been ac-
quainted with Mr., no, we can not
write mister, it does not sound right
Private Dalzell since the war closed.
So has every man woman and child Of
either sex in Ohio. He was a State
figure in party politics when President
Mckinley was trying hard to be elect
ed prosecuting attorney Of his county
He was known from the lakes TO the
river before eX-Secretary Charles Fos-
ter won even his sobriQuet of Calico
Charley" and "Priyate.Dalzell was a
household compound word before
either Hanna, Foraker or Dick were
known 10 exist
The Ohio Democracy had no greater
terror than this private in season
and out of season his pen kept ham
mering the "copperheads," moss.
backs" etc.--from his den in Caldwell
he sent out proclamations denuncia-
tions, pronouncementos, and fiery ap-
peals to the G. o. p. 10 save the coun-
try, and from every stump i'm Ohio his
clarion voice was heard rallying the
timid the indifferent and the recalcit-
rant to the ranks of that Great Party
which saved the country from the arm
ed treason Of Davis and his rebel CO.
horts." And all this time neither Of
flee, money nor emOlumeuts came the
''priyate's way, nor, indeed would he
accept them if they did. He was no
mercenary striker nor designing Office
seeker, but a patriot sans peUy et sans
TeprOChe, and he was pOurder of his
title of private than any general,
Senator, or judge in all this broad con-
tinent
Private Dalzell practised law in Cald-
well for a living, and the living such
as it was satisfied him in his unosten-
tatiOus and humble way as it must be
said of him he was truly democratic,
both in manner and in his domestic ap-
pointments. But time grows on apacej
the private began TO accumulate a fam.
lily, even If he neglected to accumulate
lucre, and the family had to be fed
His practice In a village or town the
size of Caldwell was never very lucra-
tive, and il was, as usual shared with
several other limbs of the law whose
keen scent after the dollar was more
acute than Private Dalzells There
wasn't a Republican statesman or
prominent politician in the Middle
West and Eastern States of his party
unknown to Dalzell, and they, one and
all, knew, respected and appreciated
his services and sacrifices for the G.
o. z. Presidents and Cabinet officers
came and went and the private CORE
sponded with, interviewed or entertain
ed them, or was entertained and rec
ognized as peer and equal patted on
the back and a broad welcome ever
extended him by these high officials,
individually and collectively They
knew he was not an ofHce-seeker and
were, therefore, all the more pleased
TO see him on that account. The pri-
vate had his allotment Of vanity, like
the rest of mankind, and, conscious Of
his worth and services, accepted the
friendly greetings and social fellsw-
ship of these great men as his natural
due.
At Grand Army encampments--and
none would be complete without Pri-
yate Dalzell-he was the conspicuous
figure around whom his comrades raj
lied, applauded, cheered and made
themselves wildly patriotic for the old
flag and the G. o. p, We heard him
numberless times, and was often sorry
we were a Democrat while under the
spell of his fiery eloquence, with his
blonde and ringletted hair flying in
the breeze and his hands gesticulating
like a member of the French left. At
one of those encampments the private
was down as usual for a speech, or
rather speeches, al the evening meet.
ings. lie arrived late, being detained
at the several halls, where he had pre-.
yiously spoken. During AIS absence
InG DOAb III DAAf MNIt tlIfA lhllA'A
with speeches by generals, colonies,
majors and captains Ia SUrfet When
the private got on the stage, and be.
fore the chairman could introduce him,
the immense hall rocked on It's fOun.
dation with cheers for Private Dal-
zell." Stepping forward when the
cheers had subsided, be said
Comrades ladies and gentlemen.
4. g.. aH H...
you have given me on the grounds that
am a genuine freak Of the late war
in being the only surviving Federal
priuate soldier left alive
The audience instantly saw the hit
on the numberles, generals. cOlOnelE,
et al. who had been dwelling and sue.
ceeding each other for two hours, and
men. women and old soldiers yelled
themselves hoarse, and kept it mp so
long that the private was saved from
making any further remarks The big
generals and colonies felt pond
ingly cheap. and military titles for
awhile were dirt cheap at that ouDamp-
ment
Now. this man after thrty-dye years
in the harness for bis party, and after
having rendered it more gonu0uo. w.
selfish service than any single indIvd.
uaI now conspicuous as leader or office.
holder. not even excepting the highest
and most exalted of it5 chiefs Us an
humble clerk az $75 per- and ls in =
division presided over we believe by
an ex-Confederate or at sll events. "a
"oOppereahd."
The vicissitudes of political fortune
are surely exemplifed and the muta
bility of human affairs illustrated iu
an extraordinary degree in the fate of
this once conspicuous leader and fear.