The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-24
STORY OF 70 YEARS
SENATOR HoAR PUBLISHES AN
 AUToBIoaaAPHy.
Says Reconstruction Had Its Vast Mistakes But Does Not Ad- init Its Failure Has
 Been shown.

New York, Nov. a. lsenator George F. Hoar's Autobiography of Seventy Years has been Issued today by Charles Scrib-
 ner's Sons. The two good sized volumes Into which the venerable Senator from Massachusetts has compressed the recoi- iections of his long and distinguished
 career are. as was anticipated.a valuable
 and interesting contribution to the poiiti-
 cal histroy of the country, and the
 memories of his wide and often close acuuaintance with the foremost men of letters of his time have also furnished
 many delightful chapters.
 Those who anticipated that Senator Hoar would reveal the inside secrets of the nomentous events his career has covered will be disappointed. While he explains the motives that governed him in his attitude in certain matters of his
 toric moment he has carefully refrained
 from overstepping the correct bounds of his position. There are no eecrets divulg-
 ed in the Autobiography of Seventy
 Years.. In his scholarly style MT. Hoar has told the story of 6 full life. It is freely enlined with anecdotes of the great man of his time, most of them printedfor the first time. 1t reflects the intimate associations with the leading figures of the country which he enjoyed. and he has unfoided nemory's pages until at times he recalls men. great in their day, but now unknown to the average reader. a The thirty-two chapters of the first volume cover the period from his boy hood in Concord to tho national conven- tion of 1888. The chaptet titles, such as Famous Concord Men, Harvard Sixty Years Ago. "Foundation of the Republi- can party,' Sumner and Wilson, 'sThe House of Representatives in 1sss,' Re construction" "The Electoral Comfnis-
 sion" The Belknap Impeachment" etc.
 give an idea of the extent of Senator Hoar's work.
 Of his boyhood in Concord Mir. ffoar writes entertainingly of the famous men
 that town sheltered. recalling many anec-
 doets of them. One of Edward Everett
 Is new. At the Concord celebration in 1850 the great orator turned in the midst
 of his speech and addressed Amos Baker and Jonathan Harrington, two veterans of the revolution. At once they both
 stood up. and MT. Everett said. with fine
 dramatic effect. ''Sit. venerable friends.
 It is for us to stand in your presence. ["
 After the proceedings were over. old
 Amos Baker was heard to say to some
 body, What do you suppose Squire Ev- erett meant? He came to us before his speech and told us to stand up when he spoke to us. and when he stood up he told us to sit down.
 MT. Hoar also contributes this story of
 General Grant. the occasion being a bril-
 liant dinner at which were present many
 distinguished men. Commodore Alden
 had remarked there was nothing he dis liked more than subordinate who ai- ways obeyed orders. What Is that you
 are saying, Commodore?'' said President
 Grant, across the table. The Commodore
 repeated what he had said. There is a good deal of truth in what you say" said General Grant. "One of the virtues
 of General Sheridan was that he knew when to act without orders Just before
 the surrender of Lee, General Sheridan captured some dispatches from which he
 learned that Lee had ordered his sup,
 plies to certain place. I was on tho other side of the river, where he could get no communication from me until the
 next morning. General Sheridan pushed on at once without orders, got to the place fifteen minutes before the rebels, and captured the supplies. After the sufren-
 der was concluded, the first thing Gen.
 eral Lee asked me for was rations for
 his men, I issued to them the same pro-
 visions which Sheridan had captured.
 Now if Sheridan, as most men would
 have done. had waited for orders from me, Lee would have got off," 'I listened