The Washington times., 1910-06-16
DALZELL HANGS OUT
HIS SINGLE At z
Private" Who Numbers
Generals Among Friends,
Begins Law Practice.
WORKS WITH VIM
OF NEW GRADUATE
Views With Complacency Handicap
of Years-WaS Born in
PittSburg.

Inc average young man graduating in
law. establishing his office and hanging
out his single starts out in life usually
with an unwonted degree Of enthusiasm.
Say, for instance. his age is twenty
one, or twenty-five, or twenty-three
years; the younger the betteT and as
worldly chance may have it his oppor-
tunities maybe accordingly as bright and
frequent But to start out in the prac-
tfce of law at the age Of seventy-twO.
when the allotted three score and ten
have been eclipsed is an event Of more
than passing chance as well as interest.
However, that's what J. Nj DalzeIl.
perhaps known better throughout the
country and among a host Of public
men, big and small, as Private JOHN
DalZell," is going to do. True. he
graduated in law right here at the
then Columbian. but now George
Washington, University, in 1868.
But he has devoted little Of the inter-
vening time 10 practice. and when,
within a few days, he begins his legal
career at a newly established office
near the corner ct Ninth and G streets
northwest, he will launch himself on
forensic seas under conditions similar
10 those who have the advantage Of
fifty or more years in age and with
youthful strength behind them TO fur
Eish the needed push and enthusiasm
necessary to surmOunt disappoint-
ments and defeats that all newly prac-
ucinS attorneys are made to face.
Some of His Advantages.
But if Private John DalzeI is lack
ing in some respects, as thus indi-
Gated he may lay claim to some ad-
vauta ges which the average young
man must grow up to just as he did
% attain. Among them is an intimate
friendship among people of affairs in
the whole of America. And if that
with many great men now passed be-
yond life could be perpetuated he
could lay claim to still more.
For with Private John his close friend
ship begins with men like Gen. L. :.
Grant, Gen. w T. sherman, President
Hayes; in fact, men of the old school
Of all political faiths and creeds, but
all men Of brilliancy Of intellect and rec
ords Of achievement
For his own delectation Private John
maintains a scrap book containing let
tiers from Presidents, Cabinet officers.
United States Senators. members of the
House and n fact prominent men OF
al walks Of life attesting TO their close
friendship for him. They all begin with
My Dear JOhn.' and they usually in
clude opportunities to come and dine
with me tonight" or meet me back of
the White House this evening for a
stroll and chat, or some similar in
ducemelt which falls beyond the lot
Of common man nowadays.
And what's more, Private John wants
II known that while he served his COun-
try during the war between the States
he never reached the rank Of a commits
sion.
The Only Private.
In fact, he never wanted a commits
sion, and nothing would please him bet
ter to be known as the only man who
served in the Federal Army as a priv
ate" But, while he was a private yet
his associates were generals and men
OF even higher rank.
Private John was born in PittsbUrg m
1888, but most OF his life was spent in
Ohio and Washington, where he partici-
pated in some Of the greatest events Of
history. He served for a time as
member of the Ohio State Legislature,
and once held a rather UnimpOrtanJ
public office here in Washington, but
otherwise he has been just a plain pri-
vate in life as he was in the army
I may be Old, he said today, land
# may be a bit late to start practicing
law in the estimation Of some. But not
to me. A mans never gone till he's
dead, and while he lives he may do.
That's what / intend as my platform.
I'm going 10 practice law right here in
Washington, and I'm going 10 do my
level best 10 build UP a clientele that
shall equal that Of any Of our members
Of the bar
There's no reason why I shouldn't [,
IS there2 Certainly not; certainly not