Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-11-27
HOAR' AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Senator's Recollections of Max
 CTS of American History.
BLAINI's REPUTATION BULoG1zED

Venerable stateHman Says the Fora mer Secretary of state Acted I'm a Great Way Under Great Responsi- biIities-severe strictures on Ben- 5am1n +. ButI@r-The English Mis- sion Twice offered to the Senator. Senator George F. Hoar's "Autobiog- raphy of Seventy Years" issued by Charles Scribner's Sons, is an interest ing contribution to the political history of the country, embracing, as it does, his personal recollection of most of the leading actors in it, says the New York World.
 h the chapter on reconstruction Mir. Hoar says:
 '.It was the desire of many Republic an leaders. especially of MT. Sumner and General Grant, that there should be provision at the national charge for the education of all the citizens in the southern states, black and white, so far as the states were unable or un- willing to afford 1t. It was never con templated by them to give the right to vote to large number of illiterate citi- Eens without ample provision for their education at the public charge"
 MT. Hoar thus speaks of James G. Blaine:
 James G. Blaine was a man of many faults and many infirmities, but bis life is part of the history of his country. It will be better for, his repu- tation that the chapter of that history which relates to him shall be written by a historian with full and clear sense of those faults and infirmities, concealing nothing and extenuating nothing. But also let him set naugIt down in malice. Mir. Blaine was a brilliant and able man, lovable, patri. otic, far seeing, kind. He acted in a great way under great responsibilities. He was wise and prudent when wis dom and prudence were demanded"
 In a chapter on Benjamin +. Butler Mr. Hoar says:
 s'His military career was, with the ex- ception I have stated (the war admin istration of New Orleans), disgraceful to himself and unfortunate to the coun- try. From the beginning of Buffers recruiting for the war wherever he was in command came rumors of jobs frauds, trading with rebels through the the lines and the putting of unfit per sons in responsible positions"
 Discussing Buffers relations with General Grant, MT. Hoar says:
 'I do not suppose that the secret of the hold which General Butler had upon General Grant will ever be dis. closed. Butler boasted in the lobby of the house of representatives that Grant would not dare to refuse any request of his, because he had in his possession affldavits by which he could prove thai Grant had been drunk on seven differ. ent occasions. This statement was re. peated to Grant by member of the house, who told me of the conversation Grant replied, without manifesting any indignation or belief or disbelief in the story, T have refused his requests sev eral times My own belief is that al some time during the war or before the war, fin times of Encouragement, Grant may have been in the habit of drinking freely and may at some time have done so to excess. During the whole time ot his presidency had good opportunity to observe him in personal intercourse I was familiar with many men who were constantly in his company at al hours of the day and often far into the nieht Tbex assured me that there