The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-04-29
SHOW MISS BARTON
SUFFERING MARTYR
VICTIM or POLITICAL INTRIGUE
AND SOCIAL AMBITIONS OF
SOME WOMEN.
LETTERS GIVEN OUT
MOURNs LOSS OF PRIVILEGE OF
SPEAKING WORD TO PRESI-
DENT TAFT IN BEHALF
OF FRIENDS.

LOS ANGELES, CAL, April as
More light upon the martyraom suf-
fered by Clara Barton, founder OF the
Red Cross, as the result of alleged
political intrigue as well as the social
ambitions Of certain Washington wo-
men, which forced her from the pres
idency and led to congressional inves-
tigation. IL shed tn letters written by
tho great war nurse to Prof. c. s..
Young. Of Redondo Beach. and given
out by him today. A number Of Miss
Barton's letters were given out by
Prot. Young q week ago, and the adj
ditional letters tend further to IL
lumine the subject and to acentuate
the patience Miss Baron manifested
under oppression.
When she had been importuned to
speak to President Taft about the
candidacy Of friend for a certain
position. she wrote:
There has never been an occasion
nor a time whom / have so missed
my oid-time privilege of speaking a
word in behalf Of frisn / never
before have sofuily realized what n
pleasure that privilege had been to
me through half century.
Only Help In Silence.
1T Is q change for me to know
that my only help must lie In the
strictest silence; an expressed wish, II
known. would be fatal-not, perhaps
with President Taft personally, for l
am Of small Importance to him, il he
ever knew me--but from the advice
he would be sure to receive from
those he does know. So / wait and
hope"
Again concerning her abandoned
purpose to seek a. refuge in Mexico.
she wrote:
II can never understand why I
failed to 60. A greater power and a
wiser mind were guiding. no doubt"
One of the earliest letters written
by Misa Barton to Mr.. Young bearing
upon the Red Cross situation and the
state OF mind this occasioned was
written in July, 1907. and was as fol-
lows:
Remembers Kindness.
II wonder n / have ever said a
word inrepfy to your comforting let
ter OF May If ! have or have not
said anything on paper. | have In my
heart answered It many times and
bless both you and Mrs Logan for
your kindness and trust I had new
or In my life moments doubts of
the loyalty OF Mrs. Logan. She stood
the brunt of the battle while she
could and no longer than wished
her to. She foresaw what was
! coming with her deep knowledge OF
human nature, and through political
training. She read the actors like q
box.
II we'll remember one night when
she made this remark and 1t was com
raratively early in the game. Look
Ing earnestly at me she said, calling
me nv name:
"'At first / called this prosecution.
then called II persecution, but now
name II crucifixion and that Is wha,
they mean
II knew It too. but there was no re-
! dress. no course but to walt the res
direction II 1t came.
THE truest. even OF ones best
| friends unde~ the circumstances, and
| knowing nothing OF the facts. could
| not have expected to Withstand It.
| That It was physically withstood was
| beyond either the Expectation or the
| intention.
but. my good friend. that IL all
| past. The press no longer turns Its
| arrows upon me The harvest was not
what the reapers expected. END ] srs-
| meet. If 1t were All to be done over
| again, In the light Of their newly
gained experience 1t would not b
| Anpav