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hindrances put in the way of others in his attempts to monopolize 
paleontology in the East and West. 
an the people see the Government specimens? No, they cannot! 
and in all justice to the present management, possibly there is no rea- 
son, as he claims, why they should. After Professor Silliman and 
Professor Cope ‘‘ went through’’ his collection, as Professor Marsh 
charges, we were directed not to admit even Professor Silliman or any 
of the Yale faculty, much less a stranger,—a demand so unjust that I 
for one refused, once for all, absolutely, to do anything of the sort. 
Newspaper men were particularly guarded against, even the editors of 
the college papers. Professor Benjamin Silliman was not only a mem- 
ber of the Yale Faculty, but was also one of the trustees of the Yale 
Museum, and I am one of the ‘‘ two witnesses’? who saw Professor 
Cope, at the invitation of Professor Silliman, ‘‘ commit his depreda- 
tions ’’ on Professor Marsh’s “ private specimens,” by walking through 
his open rooms. Professor Silliman and Professor Cope spent but a 
, few minutes in each room. I saw them come and go. Professor Cope 
scarcely looked at the specimens, and didn’t touch or uncover one, as 
I will testify under oath, Professor Marsh notwithstanding. So the 
scandalous half column devoted to the ‘‘ depredations ’’ and ‘‘ out- 
rages,’’ and other designedly damaging statements, has only the most 
visionary foundation on fact. That his connection with politics should 
lead him to stoop from the high plane of a scientist to that of a 
scheming demagogue is a disgrace worthy of publicity. It is just such 
traits of character as this that have cost him the friendly support of all 
his assistants. A certain faithlessness runs through all his doings, so it 
is not to be marvelled at that it crops out in cuts and text. One im- 
portant assistant, on private pay, not independent at the time (drawing 
a small salary, not half his just deserts), was asked as a favor to be 
listed on the Government pay-roll, to which he readily agreed as a 
matter of accommodation, only to find, the next quarter, that his 
salary had been cut down two hundred dollars. These facts, and 
many that are necessarily suppressed for the nonce, in consideration of 
the present members of his force, coupled with his insincerity in 
scientific work, will help to explain why the personnel of his force un- 
dergoes such constant and rapid change. High-spirited young men, 
college graduates, cannot and will not tolerate such associations and 
environments. 
In the matter of drawings, Professor Marsh sacrifices veracity and 
honor to secure high art in his illustrations, and the Government pays 
the bill. Not only does he assiduously avoid combining figures on the 
