The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1884-01-17
FROM DENVER.
The Leader" Reporter Among the
Warriors-The G. A. r.
Convention.
DENVER, Colo, January Is. 1873!

Ahio 40 iOdlAJ buo lIoI CuduC6 L udVt
had to write a word since our arrival in
Denver, a everything Is in a topsy
turvy state, and if ever the old but
true saying, 'if the court know herself
and she think she does" ought to be
amended SO as to say or read, sand she
thinks she DON'T" this occasion would
be the one.
Ere L endeavor to give you a sum-
mary of what L have gathered in re-
gard to the situation so far as those
CORY warriors, the G. A. R. representa-
tives, are concerned, let me say a word
or two in reference to u trip from
Cheyenne to this city.
The Cheyenne delegation, consisting
of j. X. Jeffrey, post commander,
Judge Fisher, past commander. J.. P.
Julian, F. NJ. Goddard, Dan Whipple
and United States Marshal Schnitger,
1.-THE latter representing the T~hornburg
Post of Laramie City, accompanied by
the sage brush reporter, left Cheyenne
at s:l5 Monday evening, and arrived in
Denver this Tuesday morning.
1t was a pretty jolly party. Dan
Whipple acted as quartermaster, and
although he kept hunting for a Mis-
sourian with a corkscrew, as though he
had something on hand among the
stores that required the services of an
instrument of that sort, yet, when ~
X" appointed a committee of investi-
CATION, and after a vigorous search
nothing was found but a box of cigars,
Dan subsidized at once and proposed that
we take a smoke and be good boys.
This was unanimously agreed to. 1t
was proposed then that we have some
singing. Dan was elected chorister, and
with the assistance of two or three
others proceeded to render some very
beautiful selections, such as, "Ailleen
Allanna," bright Summer Stars"
"Belle Malone, " "Jesus Lover of My
SOUL" Larboard Watch" ''Rally
Round the Flag, Boys" ''Marching
Through Georgia." etc, When these
patriotic songs were being sung nearly
everyone Joined In the chorus, and even
the voice of Col. Schnitger, the old
hero who was first on Island No. 10,
and who charged into the midst of a
Confederate host, and with his own
hand dragged from his horse and made
prisoner the renowned rebel cavalry
general, Rhoddy, wal heard among
those who made the car ring with p5atri-
otto melody.
AS we rolled into the town of Gree
ley the choir sang There's a Land
That is Fairer Than Day" and also
Nearer, My God, to Thee" some-
thing not entirely Inappropriate, as the
writer thinks.
AT Greeley we were Joined by the
delegation from their post. headed by
Commander Brown, among the num-
Der being Colonel White, now postmas-
ter at that place. From Greeley into
Denver there vas more singing and a
jolly good time, such Is old soldiers
who have battled for their country on
many a blood stained field can well ap.
preciate when they get together.
The Greeley delegation took refuge
at the Windsor, while we of the Magic
City all pitched our tents at the st.
James, kept by David A. Gage, of
Chicago celebrity.
AS l observed at the outset, all is con-
fusion here, so far as the department
convention is concerned, and that is
about all there is going on here at pres
ent. There are more than three hun
dred delegates in attendance, represent
ing fifty posts of the department. Some
Of the most prominent men of the state
are in attendance. 1 have seen many
gatherings Of men, soldiers and civil
ians, but 1 have never seen a body
equal to this three hundred in all that
goes to make up the true man. There
stands to-day in the old historic Pass
Of Thermopyla a monument upon
which are inscribed the words: go,
stranger, and tell at Leacedmon that
we died here in obedience to her laws"
and yet L doubt seriously whether the
three hundred that fought and died
with Leonidas, were nobler or drawer
men than L see here to-day assembled
for the purpose of counselling together
In patriotic unison, and 1 am grateful
to observe that our own delegation Is
second to none at this gathering.
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