Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-04-10

| quite suddenly at his rooms on street onno-
sue the Ebbitt House about II O'clock this
| several days and on Friday was comnelied @
! 10 take to his bed. He was attended Nv nr
INV VINO @ qua not discover any alarming symp
floWman sent for notary and was albont to
make MS Will, when he dlopped off sudde,lV
en aaeag tiine I'm 10 direct that his business
| ugbtsman Ia his Office, to finish. When no @
| expired. Mr. PloNman was a native OF panne
nels in anG TOT many years carried bns-
! Guy curing the war, aud has had busy life
nel since, as architect and builder. His many
friends here will regret his sudden death.
The Military Parade and the u. =.
Flag.
| iNbi"NAIioN MEETING OF Kx-UNIoN SOLDIERS
somewhere In the neighborhood of two hun
dred ex-union soldiers met at Grand Army hal,
last evening. II. j. Clifford was chosen to pre-
made secretary. The Chair explained tne oh
| Ject OF the meeting, 1t was called not on the
| IaIt OF the Grand Army Of the Republic but In
Thosn e @ ot sne veterans Of the union army
| the fact that the visit Of the Norfolk mjlitarv
company now In the city made the second
.ln rine WiInin year that military organizations
from virginia had appeared on the streets OF
Washington without carrying the stars and
Stripes. The meeting was to take some action
as to this insult and also to make our local mil
naIy organization carry the flag. E. C. Ford
was in favor Of discountenancing In the strong
est terms possible such an exhibition as had
been seen on the streets yesterday. commit
tee Should be appointed to wait on Company A
ard request them to carry the flag to-day. W.
B GonsalveZ moved that committee
OF five be appointed to draft resolutions
): f. Ibomason said the parade of rebel
soldiers through our streets without the union
rag should not go unnoticed. He
DID NOT SAY VISITING MILITARY. But REBELS
Ia hOy- 1rnrn
amend my opening remarks by the substitution
OF rebels for visiting companies. wherever the
Latter nt,r,na occurs st tApplause Mr. Thomason
whenever it came to the stars and stripes he
was there. Last year no less than four GONNA.
mes from Virginia visited Washington, and
none OF them carried the union flag. Tney
walked under the blue flag OF the state. He had
written several articles on this subject to the
Rtpu6t1cGn, but none Of them We're ever pub
fshed: The time had now come to show these
X Del dogs he could not call them anything else,
uat they could not studiously insult the nation
without rebuke. They have neither hearts nor
sous Wien they left Apornattox they sneaked
away like ours. The men who fought for the uaion
Lad been only too glad to remove their politicll
olsaDiiltieS, instead OF forever DISTINGUISHING
u lem: r.: The result Is that they now control
always be tie duty OF the stalwarts to have
nothiGg to 90 with Eary man who goes back
on the nag" J. b. Dunning said the only flag
ne saw IN the parade OF the Virginia and Wash
1IgtOn companies was the blue flag OF the state
Of Virginia, bore by the former Upon it was
tne motto, :" SIC Semper Iyrannis." That motto
Booth jumped on the stage Of 10th. street thea
ter after assassinating Lincoln. He first thought
1t strange that the Virginia company did not
carry the flag Of the Union, but more strange
that company A had not thrown that emblem
TO tbe breeze. He had come to the conclusion,
however, that the insult was well-timed. Buta
few days ago
THAT NATIONAL ''wIPER-oUT" iBLAcKBuRN)
had declared, On the floor OF the House, that
his party would never stop until every vestige
books. ECries Of Never! Never.I When this
Virginia company arrived it was met by this
"W1per-out:" The nag they should have landed
old pants labelled s.sinail. pox.' It is time to
Cry halt. TIE stars and bars ale In the hearts
OF every one OF item. Congress Is confeie ate
face. The people OF Washington, and through
them tue whole country, had been four times
insulted, as they were yesterday. G. P. stiles
eXclten emf. It was called to calmly but
emphatically rebuke the insult that had been
0ered snt the country especially the soldier ee
have captured the capital, but the government
would never be delivered over to them. The
brave and intrepid Of all that is left Of the army
and navy viii again put down treason.
SILENT MAN ON HORSEBACK WAS COMING
te head them. The very bones OF fallen Union
soldiers would leap from their graves to well
This declaration was greeted with thundesing
applause Mr.. Hawkes. who had goae out ne.
turned with the Union flag ana spread it over
and applause were deafenlng The question on
the appointment Of a committee OF five to orait
Iesoinllons was called and adopted unanimous
y. The chair designated Messrs, Gonsalvez,
Heron, Hawkes., Joyce and Ford as the oom,
m1ttee. The name of MI. Miller was after
wards added to the committee. The committee
Mr.. s. Weaver said that the visiting company
were mere boys. They ought to be at home on
their sand hills. They were all born since the
war: What else could be expected OF them
They we've
TAUGHT FROM THEIR CRADLES TO HATR THE UNION.
MT SaVille said that Company could not be
compelled TO carry nag. The law only directs
MI. Weaver said that when Company went TO
Boston they carried flag. A volce.-''And you
M pet tney u carry one every time they go there"
ern company visited Company A it always kept
Its flag out OF sight, even In the armory These
companies have gone back and openly boasued
Mr.. Bunnell advanced the idea that II Company
should have carried flag yesterday holy
nov hoWi would have gone up fIom Congress- that
MT. Scott said the meeting did not want to get
itS uack up ana aunlhilate company A, which
carries Gans 3 a. nag when 1t goes north, but aoan-
in order not to wound The tender FEELINGS of the
gray backs. He further said that some answer
smo9e snS,s oe mace TO the editorial in last even
deieIence ~ TO politicians taking a lesson from
eo.d,ai e Iraternlzatlon among the men who
fought On both sides, as shown I'm the reception
given the Norfolk company by Company a.
He said 1t should be answered by saying that
the southern men were very willing to forget
all about the war that was obnoxioIls To than
including the old tiag
THIN SKINNED RoOsTRRs
Mr.. Lincoln announced that he would he Il u
IFS N ThG Ss weua Ow Co. 70
se s,a, levelled at the local company-those thin
for the feelings Of rebel whelps. After some
SSng; S,n!5 ;singingIineluding dg "Raly Round the
resolutions returned and reported. The resolu-
tons were adopted by rising vote and copy !
War. The meeting then adjourned
THE RESOLUTIONS |
are; ~ hat we, honorably discharged Union
sold ers and sailors, who served during the late
tenelllt n, desire and deem it emtnentiy proper
70 exp ess our utter contempt OF any organiza-
uOn OF men, calling themselves soldierS who |
sden are tul nished arm arms by the National govern
lenses whatever, would consent or he ners,ladad Il