New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-21
SENATOR H0AR'S CAREER.
Set Forth an His Autobiography
of Seventy Year"

Senator eeorSe 2 Hears Autobiography Of
Seventy Years" vas issued yesterday By Charles
Sc-fbne-s Sons The two good sized volumes ~
which the venerable Senator from MAsSao"-0
has compressed the recollectioIs OF ms zone
DISTINGUISHED career are. as was anuelpa'eo,
,e,rsta .,s s-.s-esting contribution 70 the pouu-
=, Asx.o~v - she country and the memories o. MS
vide and often close acquaintance VIE me -
most r,e- OF letters Ct his time have aIso i.i.
-,s-v ser-htfui chapters those VINO
-. e-..,- F5oar would reveal the INSIDE secrets
=. o-,.rtous events his career has covered
=, =. s,ssnaonted While he explains the mo-
- - s,verned him n his attituoe II ceI'''lH
.-.,-s os historic moment. he has careful'! r
.,-.s from overstepping the correct bounds OF
-. -.osstson There no secrets divulseo IN the
...-.orfor-rsphv of Seventy Years" In his schol-
-,v .+vle AZ Hear has told the story q fuil
fsse Il Is freely enivened with anecdotes o. the
est men o. hts tine most OF them printed tor the
1-s. tine II reflects the Intimate associations
-s+b "A. La ling figures q she country which he
.n5oved and he has unfolded me-nory's pages Until
a times he recalls men great IN Their Gay out
now unknown 20 the average reader
The thi-ty-two chapters o. the first volume cover
-be period from MS boyhood n Concord 70 the
rational convention OF 1855. The chapter titles.
Esch as Famous Concord Men" Harvard Sixty
Years Ago" Foundation o. the Republican
Party Sumner and Wilson" The House OF Rep
-.sentatfves IN lsss~ "Reoonstruction'' The Flee
toral Commission The BeIknap Impeachment
etc. give an idea Of the extent OF Senator Hears
work
OF his hoyhood IL Concord. Mr.. Hozr writes e.
te-rairingv q: the famous men that town sheltered.
recalling many anecdotes Of them. One OF Ed
v-s-s Everett IS new. AZ the Concord celebration
= -Sr the great orator turned n the OF his
speech and addressed Amos Bsker and jonathan
Warrington. two veterans OF the Revolution. At
once they both stood Up. and Mr.. Everett said,
with fine dramatic effect sit. venerable friends.
4 Is for US 70 stand IN your presence"
rhe rr-ocee6f0eS were over. old Amos Bake
heard 70 say TO somebody. What Go you sup
pose Squire Everett mesnt7 He came 10 be
fore his speech and told Us stand Up when he
spoke 70 US and when We stood Up. he told Us 70
SIT down"
RI Eoar also contributes this story Of General
Grant the occasion being a brilliant dinner. at
which were present many distinguished men Com
rnodo-e Alden had remarked there was nothing he
disIke6 more than subordinate who always obeyed
orders. What is that you are saying, co1nIno-
5o-e7 said President Grant. across the table Ire
commodore repeated what he had said There Is
s good deal Of truth in what you say said Gen
ersI Grant ''One OF the virtues OF General Sheri-
6an was that he knew when 70 act without orders.
Just before the surrender OF Lee General Sheridan
czpsred some dispatches. from which he learned
thai Lee had ordered his supplies TO a certain
rlace I was or the other side OF the river. where
be could get no communication from me until the
next morning General Sheridan pushed on az
once without orders. got to the place fifteen min
utes before the rebels and captured the supplies
After The surrender was concluded the first thing
General Lee asked me for was rations for his men
z issued 20 them the same provisions which Sheri-
ss- rad csutured. Now II Sheridan. most
--en would have done. had waited for orders from
M Lee would have got Of" listened with won
Der a The generous modesty which. before that
brilliant company. could remove one OF the bright
81 lsureIs from his brow and place IL on the brow
Of Sheridan
In l,-ief sketches Mt Hoar has estimated the
more prominent men with whom he served in Con-
F-ess paying a friends tribute TO them. The
chapter on construction is especially Interesting
lie says.
r was the desire OF many Republican leaders.
especially az 8Ir. sumner and General Grant; that
there should be provision al the national charge
Tor The education OF All the citizens in The south
were unable @ unwilling % AFFORD IL such as ha1
been provided for the States az the North LOT al
their citizens IL was never coutenlp lated by them
= give ne right 70 vote 70 large NUMBER o. IL
I[erate citz7rs without ample provision LoI llelT
education ar the public charge General Grant &C
~ - abortion 81 the Fifteenth Amendment with
3 earnest recommendation Of such provision
sur by liberal grants from the national treasury.
MAN. eTl 42a a Tss ss sogseT Fv tfe finds
ste esrrer In NV opinion this defeat accounts for
a il hss failed ] do not believe that self-gov-
-ained long in any Northern state or in any coan-
education.
8. and expresses the belief that reconstruction
has not been failure. concluding with these
words:
L, Is 9os b in bury Evils il they be evils
vorld ere not 70 be cured IN the lifetime OF
single nan. The men q the Day Of reconstructior
controlled by Irresistible logic Of events
by power higher than their own. could see no
alternative then. and alternative now bet
ter than that which was adopted
Senator Hoar thus speaks OF James G. Blaine
James 9. Blaine was Of many faults and
many lnfruit1es. But MS lie is part OF the
history of his country. II VII be better for his
reputation mat ne chapter OF mat history which
relates him shah be written by a historian with
= tlL ana Gear sense OF lhese .auts anc t1tr-li-
Ies- conceaii.e LolLlilE arc eAteI -dtlrg nothing
But also let him set naught down IL malice. Mt.
Blaine was brilliant and able man. lovable pa
great responsiaiiities. He was wise and prudent
when wisdom and prudence were demanded. IL he
hao attained 70 TIE supreme object ct his ambition
and reached the goal o. the Presidency. II his life
had been spared complete his tern. would
have been most honorable period. In my opinion.
this country since Daniel Webster died. Nc
Kialey alone. who had 50 large a number Of de-
voted frie16s ana admirers in al parts OF the
country
TIE autobiography touches with 2 singularly ger
lie pen most q the men IL mentions. There is only
enc exception. and that is when M Hoar reaches
BENJAMIN r. Butler A chapter q thirty-four
PAGES is devoted 10 General Butler. Senator Hoar
says
40 person can adequately comprehend the pc
years beginning with 1880 without a knowledge OF
the character career and behavior OF Benjamin F
Butler. II is Of 6isagreeable, and. n most
cas- 4 would seem urrusny speak harshly OF
political antagonist who Is dead In the presence OF
ne great reconcller, Death ORDINARY nunlan con-
- such z thing n the universe as moral law, II
he cistincticn between RICH; and wrong Be other
tl2n tsncy OF dream. the SilereIlce % Ne 55
General Butler and the men who COMMENDED with