THE MOBKXNO OKEGONIAK; THUKSDAY, JANTJJABfT 4, 1900.
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SHAMSPEARE'S LITERARY MASTERPIECE
(Copyright, 1899,
THE OREGONIAN'S JjOMESTUDY CIRCLE;
POPULAR STUDIES .
IN '-SHAKESPEARE
Contributors totals course: Dr. Edward Dow
den. Dr. "William J. Rolfe, Dr. Hamilton W.
liable. Dr. Albert S. Cook, Dr. Hiram Corson,
-Dr. Zeaac Jf. DemmOn, Dr. "Vlda. D. Scudder and
others.
JXJ OTHEMO.
"Oifcello" as a Masterpiece.
The "Othello" has been held by many
critics, and notably among them by Mac
caulay, the chief artistic production of
human genius. It would seem that these
authorities must have missed Shake
speare's achievements of this sort in "An
tony and Cleopatra." We may safely ac
count "Othello," In point of art, the sec
ond of the -world's literary masterpieces.
.Remembering that art is the means an
author uses to bring to his readers the in
spiration and vision of his own mind, we
.shall find it easy to identify the more
Important feats and strokes in the present
play. Shakespeare, because of the nature
of his material, was obliged to resort to
art at the very outset. The hero and title
character is of a supposed inferior and
degraded race a Moor. It would have
been futile to assume the Interest of the
audience in such a personage, for the
thing has been tried unsuccessfully in
literature and oratory often enough by
others. Ixragfellow experimented with
Hiawatha as a hero, presenting him pre
cisely as if he were of Anglo-Saxon blood
and name.; but though the product is in
reality a character perhaps as noble as
Othello, we find it almost Impossible to
take it seriously. Mrs. Aphra Behn wrote
a novel, "Oronokoo," with a West India
negro for the hero, with like methods and
results; and Wendell Phillips did not much
better in his oration on "Toussalnt l'Ouver
ture." There is a race prejudice in such
cases that no author may ignore. Shake
speare, by his tact, foresaw just how his
audience or reader would naturally regard
Othello, and found a way to present the
character so as to seem really fasclnatlug.
There are but two steps in the process:
Tirst, mislead imagination, then disabuse
it; degrade the given personality, then
correct It ly xeveallnp Its worth and noble
ness. Bo here Shakespeare, before he lets
-us see his hero, makes Iago and Boderigo
belie him viciously. When we discover at
the opening of scene 2 the injustice of their
enmity we find aroused In us the partiality
ior Othello that the piece requires. If
you wish to engender sympathy for a
man Jn your community who perhaps is
not much thought of, get somebody to
traduce him publicly. To launch his chief
character, Shakespeare uses thus an evi
dent principle of human nature constantly
illustrated in outside life.
The next Important problem taxed the
author's art more seriously. In an elope
ment such as here our sympathies of
course are with the parent as against the
daughter. Shakespeare must make us un
equivocally decide against the father In
the face of the traditions and conventions
of good order and good society. We at
the first assume, so far as we are con
scious of prepossessions at all, that Des
demona is no wiser or better than she
should be to leave a patrician home like
hers and run off with a blackamoor. She
ought to have realized her privileges and
kept the respect of her friends. But
the moment that we have seen Othello and
caught the significance of his noble and
fearless bearing, we unconsciously Indorse
Desdemona's -choice. And when presently
her father is made known to us. In his
grand faith in his daughter's integrity and
devotion, we do not feel the least Interest
in him; but, on the contrary, think him
rightly served. If we lived in the same
street or city with him we should feel
quite differently. Perhaps not one In a
thousand among the readers of this play
even stops to Teallze the plight of Bra
bantlo, as he goes back to his empty
palace to die of a broken heart, with no
whit of sympathy from his brother sena
tors or from us. He is a good man per
haps the worthiest male personage in the
play but Shakespeare has made us Ignore
that. He is high bred and of the selectest
culture; but we do not care. He Is doubt
less a collector of Greek manuscripts and
antique gems, like Romola's father, yet
it does not signify one jot. But it would
signify very much indeed 1f Shakespeare
did not stand between us and the man.
How has the author succeeded in mak
ing us so ungenerous and unjust? sjb
has just been said, he could not do this
with a. real Brabantlo, living in our circle
or our sight. He must have stirred our
prejudice against the man, and have
ltept from us the truer, more character
istic things. That, in a "book, is not so
hard to do. The problem, we shall find,
is, after all, a simple one. Shakespeare
has but to Introduce him to us without
his dressing-gown, and get him rebuked
by the blackguard Iago, who has come
merely to do Othello mischief. The rebuke
is, pf coruse, unmerited. The folk or
this time wore no clothing in bed, and
Brabantlo, aroused by the cry of
"thieves," could hardly be expected to stop
for clothing till he knew whether the sum
mons" was warranted. Iago but pretends,
since Brabantlo is protected by the Sark-
George Frederick Cools as Iago.
ness from exposure, to be scandalizedi He
delights in taking down "the great ones
of the city," being an adventurer, ana
from this subordination of Desdemona's
father we trace the beginnings of our
prejudice against him.
Shakespeare's chiefest nndertaklng, in
the heart of the drama, is the mastery
of our sympathies to the point of consent
ing that Desdemona suffer. She Is no
Ophelia, insufficient to living, but a
strong, cultured, true woman, the best
possible product of the best blood and
breedinr in the Christian world. No or
dinary author, in attempting to array
Othello against such a wifre, could achieve
sympathy for the husband. But Shakes
peare "extorts from ns consent not only
that'Desdemona undergo the agony of los
ing her husband's favor, but that he mur
der her ven in our sight. We are ait
to take for granted too many things in
reading Shakespeare. A tragedy by a
noted modern playwright, brought out
with great expense and skill in London
a few years back, at the most moving
moment aroused a titter throughout the
audience. That Is one of the things that
do not happen in proper renditions of
Othello, Noragaln is there revolt or hiss
ing or outcry when Othello, with his fren
zied fingers, crushes the fair neck of Des
demona. No audience ever thought of
protest against the course of things In a
by Seymour Eaton.)
DIRECTED BY PROF. SEYMOURtEATON
play of Shakespeare, and from that very
fact we grow blind to the power that
Bways us.
After Shakespeare has Tevealed to us
the heart and soul of Desdemona in tne
second act as fully as he dares, he begins
to undermine her happiness. Here tne
tragedy begins. We may say that tno
author's task now resolves itself Into
two problems. The first Is the evolution
of our consent that Othello punish Cassio
and commission Iago to desCrroy his Itta,
this ending with the third scene of the
third. Then comes the second problem,
the great work of the play the attempt
to make us "justify Othello,' dramatically.
In proceeding against Desdeinonaalso. Here
there Is need for the handkerchief: here
we see the reason for introducing Bianca
into the play. After Othello is shown, in
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TOMMASO SAIiVINI AS OTHELLO.
consequence of the supposed -falseness of
his bride, in the agony of ,a swoon, we
find ourselves possessed by a compelling
respect for the man's integrity and
strange pity for his fate. When he sees
Cassio laugh at the lightness, as Iago
makes him believe, of Desdemona, there is
no place in his soul for moderation. He is
by instinct a vindicator, an avenger. Yet,
to be just in the large, Othello must,
with half-barbaric inconsistency, be unjdst
and paltry in the small. He hears tne
maudlin revelry which breaks the peace
of Cyprus and punishes like a god. With
the same responsibility he hears the voice
of a victim smitten, in the darkness and
slinks away like an Italiac. stabber.
But the art of "Othello" cannot be ade
quately discussed In e slngUe paper. With
the fourth act closes the author's effort
with the two problems. The fifth act
brings on with fresh resources and ex
pedients of skill the issue of the whole.
University of Nebraska.
AS YOU LIKB IT.
(Concluded.)
Questions for Research, and Review.
1. Of what is the title of this play significant
of the characters, of the events, or of the final
outcome?
2. In the tragedy of "Julius Caesar" the part
written in prose is less than 7 per cent of. the
whole; in -"As Tou Like It" the prose Is 68 per
cent. Can you account for this etrlkins differ
ence between the tragedy and the comedy?
3. Are Rosalind and Cella differentiated
clearly as characters? Are they dutiful daugh
ters? Do they lack of a mother's influence?
4 What use Is ronde of natural scenery to
heighten the romantic affect? "What contrast la
there between the two principal places In which
the scenes are laid? What corresponding con
trast between groups of characters?
5. Why should this be called Shakespeare's
"gayest comedy"? Compare, on this point, with
comedies previously stuuied.
6. Compare this play and "The Taming of
the Shrew,' as to refinement; as to prominence
of the comic element.
7. What clown traits arc exceptional In
Touchstone? Is he pure fool, humorist or
philosopher? What in Touchstone attracted
Jaques to him?
8. -What Is Jaques posuliar humor? Can you
think of another character in Shakespeare at
all like hlni? Are the oj.her characters at all
affected by his view of life?
9. "Have the songs In act 2 any relevancy to
the scenes in which they occur? How does the
last one further the plot?
10. How many groupe of characters have
been Introduced by the time act 3 Is reached?
How many of these groups have been brought
together? And how?
11. "What forward step In the plot is taken,
in act 3, scene 1? 'In connexion, with this see,
act 2, scene 2. .What contr-is't4 in animating
spirit is there between these scenes and adja
cent ones?
12. Does the fact that OlUor addresses Rosa
lind by her real name, at the end of act4, indi
cate that he has penetrated her disguise?
13. Does Shakespeare allow us to think of
the contents of act 4 as improbabilities? What
makes ue ready to admit Oliver to our sympa
thies? Did the Idea of Improbability occur to
you as jou read?
14. Are you satisfied with Shakespeare's gen
the treatment of Oliver? The usurping duke?
With the condition In Which "William is left?
Is there any character unreconciled at the close
of the play?
15. Can you estimate from the play Itself the
time occupied In the action?
16. Is the first statement of the epilogue true?
Ohio State Unlversltr.
TEE -SCH00LH0USES.
Here Is a
fastidious and
Critic
Exacting"
PORTLAND, Jan. 3. (To the Editor.)
In reference to an article published by you
some time ago, in regard to schoolhouse
architecture and sanitation, I beg to sub
mit a few answers:
I have the pleasure of seeing one of those
so-called Miller's patent colonial up-to-date
"barns" right across ihe street from
my dwelling. It is such a fine building
that I would rather someone would throw
a bucket of cold water over me every
morning when leaving the house than be
forced to feast my eyes on this lovely
bit of "doghouse" architecture, and this is
only a sample. How will the whole blpck
built up like this look?
The school board would save the sur
rounding residents a great deal of labor,
to which they are being -continually sub
jected. In answering questions as to what
I this alleged building is for, by hajftng a;
placard or sign placed upon It something
like, "This is a schoolhouse."
The plumbing ordinance created by the
representatives of this municipality should,
in the first place, be observed by said
municipal officers, whereof ''the school
board is a part.
How can the plumbing inspector, enforce
said ordinance at private buildings, if our
trusted officers do not live up to the same
in the construction of public buildings? w
The sewer of the above-mentioned school
house has been connected with the Cor
bett-strget sewer) contrary to all law and
justice,, being outside of the sewer 'district
assessed for the construction of the same.
Neither myself nor any of my neighbors
could dare to dd such n act without set
ting themselves liable to arrest and fine.
Part of the blackboardlng is put on the
outside, main front of the building, an
shape of blind windows.
The heating system (indirect steam heat
'ing) is known to be the most expensive
to install 'as well as to run, and the most
unsatisfactory; but, as the taxpayers have
money to burn this does not matter much;
the school board can afford to warm the
whole atmosphere of Oregon and puzzle
a -
the weather observer, while we only have
to pay the cost of the fuel.
A public building, particularly an insti
tution of learning, ought, by its appear
ance, to represent the culture and taste of
the community. ,If we countenance such
structures, we show that we are in the
very early stages of civilization and have
as yet no knowledge of architectural style.
VITRUVIAN
THE CHURCH AND THE PEOPLE.
Sometnifaff
to Learn, Perhaps,
Both Sides.
OV
PORTLAND, Jan. 3. (To the Editor.)
Not long since a laboring man, with din
ner pall in hand, passing one of the
churches of Portland, stopped and cursed
It because he said the church Is not the
friend of the common people.
And, so It seems, from current discus
sion, that the masses ere estranged from
the church, are not In love with it, and
do not attend it.
Is this because the church has trans
gressed against the best interests of so
ciety, and especially of the common man?
If so, the church ought to apologize, mend
Its ways and return from Its apostasy.
But even the church finds It hard to
turn sinners Into saints "without their con
sent. For the church itself is made up of
those who have willingly come Into it, and
these "neglected masses" have had the
same opportunity; in fact, they have been
urged many times to do so.
But is it true that the opposition or in
difference toward the church upon the part
of the masses is due to the church's cul
pability and neglect? The church possibly
could do more and ought to do more, but
there Is not a church in Portland of any
name In whose pews and services the poor
would not be welcome and gladly received.
But, why should a brawny laboring man
curse the church? "Well," one is ready to
say, in answer, "if the church were what
it ought to be, the common man would
not curse it," from which It is to be in
ferred that whatever a, profane man sees
fit to damn Is, therefore, proven by. that
fact to be wrong, and ought to be squelched
or reconstructed so as to suit his notions.
This Is something like the habit some
good people have of fastening upon the
church the responsibility for the saloon
and Its miserable work.
It Is a grave question whether the in
dorsement of the church by the unregen
erate masses can by any means be secured.
If they called the master, Beelzebub, how
much more shall they call them of his
household? The carnal mind Js enmity
against God (the good) and ever will be.
;Yes; but the common peopje heard him.
(Jesus) gladly.;' For a time, they did, but
rthe same crowd soon after clamored for
the release of Barabbas a thief, and for
the crucifixion of Jesus.
It is charged that the church Is respon
sible for the great chasm that exists be
tween the world and the church, and that
it Is occasioned largely by the aesthetic
exclusiveness of its membership. It Is not
denied that the church, In Its influence,
elevates those who belong to It, that itfcul
tivates and educates those who attend Hs
services. Should this be counted against
It? Is not? this its proper and legitimate
work? And the church is not only ready
but eager to help any' and every one to
these same blessings. Again, it may be
asked, Is the church to be condemned and
eschewed by the masses because it gives
excellence of character to those wMo come
within its influence?
But, the charge can hardly be main
tained that 'the church has lost ltd power
with the masses, even If Dr. 'Ackerman
docs admit It, locally. One hundred years
ago, In the United States, one In every 14
of the population was identified with the
church. Now, one In a little more than
every four, which fact shows that what
ever may be the condition In this city it
is not general. It is unfortunate that the
impression should have gain'ed currency
that the church is not on the side of the
poor and the distressed; for It certainly
is the friend of industry, order, law, Jus
tice, peace, mercy, temperance and brqth
erly kindness.
Furthermore, if the laboring man who
cursed the church had hurled his anathe
mas at the saloon on the next corner where
he stopped and probably spent a part of
his day's earnings, he would have shown
a proper appreciation of one of the sources,
at least, of many a laboring man's
troubles. C. E. CLINE.
The Way the Money Goes.
Boston Courier. -Wife
I must get a cut-glass perfume
bottle for Irene, and a f oxskln muff and
a boa for Jennie, and a monographed
bonbon box for Gertrude. Oh! won't this
be a happy Christmas?
-iHusband Yes; but I thought you also
WipJed..s.Qm.e coal mi$ ftnj grooeriC ,
NEW MASONIC 1EMPLE
arrm, northeast corner morrii.
SON ANJ GRAND AVENUE.
Snnnyaide Methodists Will Celebrate
' Lincoln's Birthday Reported
Hold-Up on Gravel Hill.
The stockholders of the Masonic Temple
Association, which owns the northeast
'quarter on East Morrison street and
Grand avenue, held its annual meeting at
the Citizens bank Tuesday evening.' H. S.
Rowe, president, .submitted the following
report': Cash on hand January 1, 18S9,
S1470 RS: recelnts from rent. $921: stock.
'$65; warrants, county and city, $90123; j
total, 5335811. Disbursements during 1&SJ3,
$150011; cash on hand January 2, 1899,
51858; warrants on hand, 5913 95; available
assets, 52771 95; mortgage on lots 3 and 4,
hlock 124, due January 22, 1900, 58000; In
terest, 5140; total,5814Q. The directors have
arranged with S. Llpman, the mortgagee,
to pay on the note 53000 of the principal,
-and to have the balance of 55000 extended
,for five years, with interest reduced from
t ,lo d per cent. -fl.u leases expire .fvprii,
1901, and present ground rents amount to
, 575 per month.
The report was received with satisfaction
by the stockholders, as the showing Is re
garded as remarkable, considering the
great struggle the association has had in
the past. It purchased from the St. David's
Episcopal church the quarter block about
10 years ago for 525,000, and had a hard
pull through the depression. Many of thq
stockholders 'Who were with the associa
tion at the Rtart dropped out, but a faith
ful few kept hammering away until now
It Is considered certain that its purpose
will finally be accomplished, namely, the
erection of a fine building on the corner of
East Morrison street and Grand avenue.
At first there was disposition on the part
of some to push on with the erection of
the proposed building, but the more con
servative heldfback, fortunately, and the
time Is now considered approaching when
the association will consider the matter
of erecting a temple that "will be a credit
to the city. By delay the association
escaped the effects of the depression, and
will be in posflon to put up a much better
building than could have been possible
several years ago.
At the meeting, O. W. Hosford, D. A.
Grout, A. W. Lambert, John Mock and H.
S. Rowe were elected direotors for the
ensuing year. The directors then Elected
the 'following officers: H. S. Rowe, presi
dent'; O. W. Hosford, vice-president; D.
A. Grout, secretary; A. W. Lambert,
treasurer.
Field for an Inventor.
It is suggested that it would
be much cheaper to build cycle
paths if some one would Invent
a combination grader, roller and cutter. ,
This suggestion comes from a man who
passes over the Section Line road paths
probably oftener than any other man, and
knows their condition. His idea is that
considerable money has been wasted
through lack of proper implements with
which to work, as the same methods were
employed In building paths that are used
In constructing ordinary roads, whereas
there Is a vast difference In the kinds oi
work required in the construction of cycle
paths and road building. He proposes
that there should be a grader, roller and
cutter all combined, and does not think
that it would cost very much to make
one of these machines if some one with
the right sort of talent were to draw up
the plans. No one will give time to draw
ing up the plan of such a machine un
less there is something in It, and he pro
poses that the county offer a reward for
the 'one who will produce the best plan. It
la thought that this would bring out- a
number of plans f f romjwhlch the best
could be selected. 1 is contended tnat
the trouble wltlr'the Section Line paths
Is that they are two flat, 2nd that a cotf-,
cave roller would1 b&1di? better than Jthe,
roller with the horizontal surface. "It!
would pack the groiinaln the center andj
sides of the path. The cycle grader would
also be so adjusted as fd throw the dirt
Into the middle oiT the 'path. Another sug
gestion Is that people should be required
to keep their stock "off the paths. This
Is not the case at present. Farmers lead
their stock along the paths, cutting up
and ruining the surface. Riders are con
stantly colliding with stock on the paths.
These are matters to be controlled, and
probably will be in the future, as cycle
oath 'building becomes better understood.
To Celebrate Lincoln's Birthday.
With its usual enterprise the Sunnyslde
Methodist church'-has Inaugurated plans
for the proper observance of Lincoln's
birthday, which will be Monday, Febru
ary 12. It will be under the auspices of
the Epworth League of that church, It
being especially fitting that the young
people should be foremost in gathering les
sons from the life and character of Abra
ham Lincoln. The object In commencing
preparations thus early Is to enable the
league to out-do all its previous efforts.
A different plan will be taken in the fram
ing of the programme than in former
Lincoln observances, where there has usu
ally been one extended address, more or
less historical. It is proposed that four
addresses of 15 minutes each shall be
made, in place of the one longirspaech. In
these addresses the "four importantnerlods
of Lincoln's life are expected to be cov
ered. The periods are: "Boyhood of Lln
coln,"J "Lincoln as a Lawyer," "Lincoln
as President," and "The Present View of
Lincoln." It. Is considered that far more
interest will result from this arrangement
than could be gotten out of one speech.
Between the speeches there will be ap
propriate music by the Starr-Walker quar
tet and other musical talent. W. R. Ins
ley, president of the league, stated yester
day that prominent speakers would be ln
ylted to present these subjects, and that
no effort would be spared to make the
celebration a success.
Lost Record-Books.
A good many of the republican clubs
are having a hard time to resurrect their
list of members. There has been a long
time in which there has been no political
activity, and some of the officers have
moved away without having turned the
record-books over. Iu several cases the
books cannot now be found, and hence
the clubs cannot file their membership list.
They are consoling themselves with the
reflection that the league has about out
lived Its usefulness, and they will not lose
anything if they don't have delegates
there.
Hold-Up on Gravel Hill.
George Reynolds reported yesterday
that while coming to the city from Co
lumbia slough, along the Gravel Hill road,
he was stopped at about 8 o'clock In the
morning by two toughs, and compelled to
turn over 571. He was driving for E. O.
Fisher, a milk dealer, and tbe money was
Fisher's. Very few of the particulars
could be obtained of the affair.
East Side Notes.
Miss Josephine Brune of KIckltat,
Wash.j Is visiting with Mrs. R. E. Mene
fee, in Albina.
There will be a jomt Installation of. the
officers of Sumner post and Sumner Re
lief Corps, G. A. R., next Saturday night,
at the hall of the latter, East Pine street
and Grand avenue.
The funeral of Mrs. Mary Campbell. took
place yesterday forenoon from her late
home. She was an old resident, and was
87 years old. There was a large attend
ance of friends. Rlvervlew was the place
of Interment.
Joseph O. Gibson, East Side representa
tive of Mason, Ehrman & Co., Is quite
sick at his home,- 34 East Morrison street,
SunnyBldet with pneumonia. It may be
two weeks before he will be sufficiently
restored to .get ouf.-w
Henry W- ErMtyrnajn and family wlU
leave this evening for San Jose, Cal.,
where they will spend the winter months.
Mr. Prettyman has not yet fully recov
ered from the injuries received in a rail
way accident some time ago.
J. M. Partlow, an old resident of the
East Side, will leave for Los Gatos, Cal.,
as soon., as he can arrange his affairs so
that he can start. He goes on account of
hl3 health, and may remain permanently
if that climate agrees with Kim.
At a meeting of the Union Republican
Club, held at the ofllce of J. L. Wells,
East Washington street and Grand ave
nue, Tuesday night, the matter of select
ing delegates to 'attend the state league
was placed in the hands of a committee.
The East Side W. C. T. U. will hold'
the first meeting of the year this after
noon, at the home of Mrs. Moldenhauer,
785 East Thirty-third street, Kenilworth.
There will be an Interesting programme,
after which refreshments will be served.
New members are especially urged to
attend.
Last evening the following officers were
installed by Orient lodge, No. 17, I. O. O.
F., at the hall on Grand avenue and East
Pine streets: Joseph, Monahan, noble
grand; A. G. Rushlight, vice-noble grand;
N A, Rossing, recording secretary; J.
S. Foss, financial secretary; A. K. Cur
rier, treasurer; and appointive officers.
PENSION REFORM.
Two Letters on the Snbjeet That Are
Noticed Elsewhere.
WOODLAWN, Or., Dec. 29. (To the Edi
tor.) I have been long a reader of The
Oregonlan, and as a rule have been much
pleased and benefited by its perusal. Too
often, however, editorial articles have ap
peared in Its columns condemnatory of
the G. A. R. which have appeared to me
so manifestly untrue, unfair and unjust
as to be unworthy a great paper, the best
on the Pacific coast, and the pride of our
state. Last Tuesday there appeared an
article entitled "The Debauchery of G. A,
R" which is so flagrantly unjust and un
true as to move me for the first time to
ask you for room in your columns to re
ply. The G-. A. R. is composed of all classes
and conditions of men, from the president
of the United States to the humblest citi
zen. Among them may be found some who
would rob the treasury or a henroost, but
the rank and filo are honorable men and
good citizens, who deserve the respect of
the nation for what they are,' and for
what they have done.
Only one whose mind is warped by
prejudice, or befuddled by too much learn
ing, which has made him mad, could find
any connection between the G. A. R.
whose national encampment met last fall,
and whose state encampments have not
been in session since last summer, and the
bill to grant pensions to army deserters,
Introduced in the United States senate a
few days ago. By what course of reasoning
The Oregonlan reaches this preposterous
conclusion does not appear in the article
itself. The Gl A. R. to a man will oppose
such a measure, and for once join hands
with The OregoiJan. The bill introduced
a year ago by Mr. Tongue was not seri
ously considered by the G. A. R. It was
too absurd to merit any consideration; it
was talked about in Grand Army circles
for a time, and forgotten. As to the
pension agents, the G. A. R. has more
than once declared them unnecessary and
a needless expense to the claimant, and
never In any way has it as an organi
sation done anything to encourage them,
and how the mention of one suggests the
name of the other it Is impossible for
the ordinary mind to conceive.
As to frauds upon the pension depart
ment, they are so few when compared
with the hundreds of thousands of appli
cations as to sink Into absolute insignifi
cance. Mr. Cleveland, during his administration,
after prostituting a corps of special agents
of the pension department, primarily de
signed to aid the aged and Infirm claim
ants In procuring proofs of their claims,
Into a platoon of secret detectives, and
spending 5125,000, unearthed (I speak from
memory) about 35 fraudulent pension cer
tificates In force; about five of these were
obtained under the pension laws, and 30
.were the result of special legislation.
t In the face of these facts, how is it
possible for one who desires to be truth
ful to say that 570,000,000 of the 5145,000,000
appropriated last year for pensions
"stands for steal In equity and legality"?
About a year ago (and I have no later
statistics), the names of some 60,000 men
from the regular army were on the pen
sion roll. There were 16 pensioners of
the Revolutionary- war (nine daughters
and seven widows); of the war of 1812,
2S17, and from the various Indians wars
6661, while the Mexican war contributes
18,999. Add to these those drawing pen
sions under special acts of congress, not
a large, but most expensive class, and
the number left to be charged up against
the volunteers, who took their own lives
In their hands and went out from 1861 to
1S65 to defend the life of the nation, is
not large, 'In view of the fact that there
were from first to last more than 2,000,000
of men enlisted in the volunteer army;
and. yet these thoughtless or conscience
less critics attack the pensioners of the
war of the rebellion as being the sole
cause of a plethoric pension roll, and the
G. A. R., whose very name seems to act
upon their excited imaginations as a red
rag intensifies, the fury of a mad bull,
with being the chief Instruments In bring
ing these Imaginary wrongs into existence.
All the G. A. R. demands or ever has
demanded is a fair construction and faith
ful execution of the law.
Arbitrary rulings have often delayed the
granting of pensions to poor and help
less families, while special legislation
and political Influences have served to
enrich the already well-to-do or wealthy.
In conclusion: The present nslon
commissioner is a G. A. R man, 'and no
doubt a conscientious, honorable man,
but he is not in sympathy with the mass
of those who are asking for pensions in
their old age to help keep the wolf from
the door. W. T. B. M'INTIRE.
MONTESANO, Wash., Jan. 1. (To tho
Editor.) I was a soldier in the army of
the Potomac for three years during tho
war of the rebellion and held every po
sition In an infantry company except that
of corporal.
I have been a member of the Grand
Army of the Republic since July, I860.
I have been a reader of The Oregonlan
since 1876, and while I, in common with
all old soldiers, never considered this'
paper a friend to the man who restored
the old flag to Its place in every part
of the Union, yet I was not prepared for
such an outburst of what looks like pure
personal hatred as that contained (edi
torially) in your Issue of December 27,
1899". Now, If I am mistaken as to the
cause of this very strong and (to all
country-loving -ex-soldlers) offensive lan
guage on this showifig, I will fully apol
ogize. I did not suppose that such Illustrious
names as Grant. Sherman, Sheridan, Han
cock, Garfield, Logan and a host of others
equally honorable would be found upon
the rolls and as founders and leaders of
an institution of universal debauchery.
Nor did I suspect that we- had an asso
ciation of men who were engaged In
stealing 570,000,000 annually from this gov
ernment, or that among its leading and
official members we would find the names
of the president of the United States,
ex-President Harrison, the hero of Ma
nila, George Dewey, General Shaffer, Ad
mirals Schley and Sampson and a thou
sand others whom even The Oregonlan
would be forced to say were honorable
members of society.
Now, as to the number of deserters
from the Union army: The Oregonlan's
estimate -of 250.000. or one man out of
10, or one qompany out of a regiment,
does notJ require a denial, and If It were
true, not one of them is today or ever
has been a member of the G. A. R.
All must show an honorable discharge be
fore thev can gain admittance. As to the
G. A. R. encouraging or urging loose
pension laws or favoring fraudulent pen
sion claims, such thlnors do not exist.
The department of Washington and Alas-
ka offers 550 reward for every fraudu
lent pension claim found within Its Juris
diction, and every other department of G.
A. R, in the United States offers remuner
ation of some kind for the unearthing of
this class of pensions. I would think. If
pension frauds are as plentiful as The
Oregonlan seems to think, there would
be good wages in hunting them up. Now,
once more and I- am done. If The Ore
gonlan will point to a single official act
of the G. A. R. encouraging or counten
ancing fraudulent pensions and tell me
where it can be found, with sufficient
clearness, so that an ordinary man may
find It, I will promise to go and search
it out and expose it In such manner as
to satisfy even The Oregonlan. If this
is an honest effort to put down and pun
ish fraud, let Us join hands, and I assure
you the G. A. R. will give all the aid in
Its power. I send you this for publica
tion, and if you deem a reply necessary,
I hope it will be made In the same spirit
that I have tried to exhibit in writing.
Yours in defense of the G. A. R.,
E. L. WADE.
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