Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-28

will feel the wisdom OF this. Miss Barton
win be honored. taken care of. and the Red
Cross will prosper. Otherwise feel 1t can
not be power In this country, and will go
down rather than up. We must work for 1t,
and by so doing it will become truly an
has given it."
Another Letter From Mrs. Logan.
Mrs. Logan writes in answer to this:
FEBRUARY IS, 1903
Confidential"
MY Dear Friend:
ri hope you will pardon me II remind You
that 1t was my desire last fall to secure
some such propositions as now seem irnmi-
nent In the case of Miss Barton. I have
always been willing to join in the effort to
ind ice Miss Barton that the best interest
OF the Red Cross might be obtained II
suitable person Certainly not one OF those
who have been trying to cruelty Herr were
to take the active presidency OF the Red
Cross, providing suitable and proper re-
cognitfon was given for her services, which
have been Herculean. I should have con-
tinned to oppose any effort at her displace-
ment which did not provide handsomely for
Now, dear Mabel. am going to ask you
to do something that win help me to ac-
complish what / am trying to do; that is
as you had much TO do with Mr.. Gillette's
action in the natter will you not get him to
Withdraw the memorial which he has filed
and have the whole thing expunged from
the records of Congress. 1t Is manifestly
unkind to her, and In the great future
some miscreant might bring these records
up to biacken her name and her fame.
do not believe that Mr.. Gillette or any per-
son signing the petition really wished to
pain her, and that it was intended more
for the persons associated with her but
upon the face of it she is the one affected,
while those who deserved overhauling es-
capped being mentioned. 1 hope that you
will maze haste to get the written promise
from Mr.. Gillette that he will do this and
thereby eXonorate Miss Barton, as he sure
-ly can have no animosity toward her"
The Publication Of the Memorial.
In reply to this letter wrote as follows:
lear Mrs. Logan:
II waited before replying to your letter
of February ID to see Mr.. Gillette in regard
to the memorial to Congress. Mr.. Gillette
tells me this cannot be Withdrawn once hav-
ing been printed by order or Congress, but
Miss Barton's friend Mr.. Kehoe, whom she
sent to see me week or so ago, tells me
that he does not think this memorial is
printed In any Record only note having
been made of It, AS he is an official ste
nographer at the House he ought to know,
the Record after all.
You will see by the copy of the memo
rial, which l inclose that it is a statement
merely OF facts, with no attack upon Miss
Bartons character. The fact that certain
actions occurred and certain bylaws were
passed and still exist. cannot be gainsaid,
but there is, as 1 have said, no desire to
personally humiiate Miss Barton.
Il tried my best to prevent the present
state of affairs, as you know, by going to
see Mr.. Atwater at Meriden, Conn, last
fall, by talking the matter over with you,
by writing DR.. HubbeH asking him to come
to see me, and when no attention whatever
was paid to this letter. by writing to Miss
Barton asking II DR.. Hubbell would not
come to see me, and again the courtesy of
an answer was not given me. l would most
gladly have done more to bring about an
amicable adjustment beforehand, but all my
efforts were ignored.
Now. know. dear Mrs. Logan, that
pubic-spirited woman like yourself must
and will feel patriotic interest in the Red
Cross Of our country. 1t is natural and
right that you should desire to guard the
interest Of an old friend like Miss Barton,
but this truly cannot better be done than
by the way we have talked over. Miss Bar
ton herself feel sure is deeply concerned
about the Red Cross. and would regret to
see 1t SO discredited with the public as to
lose its usefulness. 1t must have money to
do it's work: At the time of the Galveston
trouble over $1.30O.OO0 was contributed but
the Red Cross of this amount had only
about $1,000 little over 1 per cent The
chamber Of commerce of New York gave
s65, GOO, but did not place one penny of this
in the hands Of the Red Cross, having lost
such faith in this organization. Such a con-
dition of affairs must not exist if the Red
Cross is to be worthy of our country. I
feel the American National Red Cross can
be built up and made monument to Miss
Barton's efforts In its behalf in the past,
and that she herself will be honored and
not Inundated. If at her time of life she
carries out what she so long has stated to
be her wish. retirement from the active
presidency"
Mrs. Logan to Mr.. Foster.
ruary 20. after had learned Miss Barton
had gone to Boston to consult Mr.. Olney,
and an appointment made through Mrs. Lo-
gan for conference with the following
Red Cross memberships. John W. Foster,
Mr.. Hilary A. Herbert, Mr.. Charles c. Clio
ver president of the Riggs National Bank;
Mr.. Charles J. Bell president of the Ameri-
can Security and Trust Company, and Mr..
Thomas F. Walsh had been broken, Mrs.
Logan. writing to Mr.. Foster-"Finding
that poor Miss Barton was too i'll to come
over for some days. 1 took advantage of
the time to come out to my farm"
also insert portion of Mrs. Logan's let
ter to Mr.. John W. Foster. in regard to the
proposition she requested him to formu-
late
I hope she Miss Barton) will
be over soon. but If she Is unable to come I
will get her written authority to act for
her, SO that we may be able to get this
whole painful matter settled. Please formu-
late proposition and get the signatures to
the guarantee of the annuity or whatever
you wish to denominate the sum to be paid
her quarterly and 1 will undertake to get
her agreement to accept and call the So
ciety together for the election of an active
president. etc. Please consider some name
for this position SO that at the conference
which we will hold in any eventethe whole
thing may be prepared and understood by
her. Thanking you for your goodness in
this matter and hoping you can aid Miss
Roc droor in w w ~
the memorial introduced by Mr.. Gillette
and the expunging of the whole thing from
the records of Congress and the commit
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