The Washington herald., 1921-05-29
Ridicule of General Costs ;,
Clerks Job; Makes Appeal
To Congress to Investigate
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tation of 1t embodied in the fgur,
of an imaginary man, to make the
repugnant nature of avarice more
realitic. Col. Newcoma and Ole
Scrooge are. accordingly the au.
thor's concepts of certain qualities
of mind and heart. and 1t would be
wholly inaccurate and misleading
to say that TLackeray praised Col
Newcome when he described the ad'
m;Iable qualities with which he en-.
dowed him, or that Dickens belit'
tied Scrooge when he depicted that
suppositious creatures suppositiou:
qualities.
Denies Intent to Belittle.
1T is undoubtedly true that some
where and some time Thackeray
and Dickens observed in some peo-
pie, or read in some books. various
manifestations of character that in
their final mental welding process
emerged upon the printed page as
Col Newcome and Old Scrooge, but
for any person who had any or even
a great part of the qualities OF
either character to claim identity
with 1t would be wholly unwar-
ranted.
1T is. of course. presumptious TO
couple The Lair OF the White Lion
with these masterpieces even in an
argument. and il would not be done
except that it makes more clear the
point that has been advanced in de-
nial of this part OF specification l.
In Col. Newcome, Thackeray praises
a high ideal of honor. not the i'm
aginary character whom he endovs
with that quality. In Old Scrooge,
Dickens condemns the vice Of ava
rice. not the imaginary character
in whom he implants that vice. For
the same reason, the language used
in The Lair of the White Lion In
describing Maj. Inkinpen and Capt.
Rarehorse cannot logically be said
to be intended to be little those
ridicule, and IL is denied that IL was
intended"
Denies Intent to Ridicule.
In answer to the second specifica-
tion which alleges that Quinn had
Gen. Harris and Col Lewis in mind
when he inserted Maj. Inkinpen and
Capt. Rarehorse in his novel, Quinn
sets up this defense:
I'm answer il is submitted that at
the most such an allegation could
De based only on belief. and that
such belief could only proceed from
claim to possession by Peter c
Harris, solely ard individually and
to the exclusion of all other persons
of every attribute said to have dis
tinguished Major Inkinpen, and to a
like claim to possession by Fred
erick w. Lewis solely and individ-
ually and to the exclusion of all
other persons of every attribute said
to has distinguished Captain Rare
horse. Since no claim is made and
since. moreover, it might be easily
possible for several persons to al
lege the same or a similar thing
with respect 10 almost any story II
they were not required to submit
evidence in substantiation Of the all
legation, it is clearly not sufficient
if an intelligent answer Is to be
made to this part of the specifica-
tion, merely to allege the intent.
Further answer to this part of the
specification. is, therefore, reserved
until the SPECIFIC reason for the al
N6oNou NhCH 10 eNekCos ouk
meantime the intent alleged is
denied.
Lists His Criticisms.
1T had been desired to discredit
the administration OF the A. G. O.,
that could have been done more ef-
fectvely by citing what are ap-
'parently plain evasions and disreA
sard Of law in the administration n
Of the office, and reprehensive ir-
regularities on the part of the head
CT that office in its administration.
Willie IL was not, and never has
been the purpose of the Reclassifi-
cationist or either, of it's editors 10
attempt to discredit the administra-
tion of that ONCE, and while such
purpose is here denied. yet since
that purpose has bee wrongfully
charged to me by the head of that
office. I am specifyins and setting
forth for the Information and action
of the secretary Of war at the end
CT, and as part of this answer.
charges of such apparent evasion
and disregard of law, and reprshen-
sible irregularities on the part of
the head of mat office'
Gen. Harris on May 12 wrote an
Endorsement on the oficial papers
in the case in which he replied -
the counter charges, and recomA
n,ended that Quinn be dismissed.
Harris Makes Reply.
In tho answer of Mr.. Quinn.
said Gen. HarLis' reply, 'so-called
counter charges are made agaips,
the adjutant general o. the army
which have no relevancy to the
matter under consideration. but
which will be answered through
proper channels in a separate com
munication. Those counter charges
clearly Indicate the attitude of N.
Quinn to the head OF his once. The
langJase employed by him is~high-
ly disrespectful and defiant in tone.
The charges against Mr. Quinn are
based on the publicatiao of a serial
story entitled The Lair of the
Whita Lion and t1ein- tb.t .&o~x,