The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-10-23

Governor Charles Robinson spoke for Z
few minutes in a very pleasant manner.
The Southern Kansas Veteran associa
/ ton then organized. The following reso
/ buttons were passed unanimously:
| Whereas, In the territory contiguous tC
/ Wichita at least 1000 Union veterans oil
/ the war reside. most of whom are prevent
/ ed by various causes from attending re
unions and encampments at distance,
! Resolved, That we, the old soldiers re-
| siding within the territory named, now
assembled, form a permanent organization
| to be known as the outheru Kansas
! Veteran association, solely for the purpose
! of meeting once year IN the city OF Nlch
! tia and holding three days soldiers re-
| union. and we earnestly and cordially call
! upon all eX-soldierS residing in the Seventh
! congressional district and in the counties
/ of Marion, Chase, Butler and COwley 70
unite with us in this organization to the
end that the fraternal feelings of the war
| may be preserved and the principles OF
| fraternity, charity and loyalty nurtured.
Resolved, That the Officers of is asso-
/ citation shall consist of a president, one
] vice president from each of the counties
composing the reunion district, a secre-
! tary treasurer, executive committee OF
| five, to which shall be added the president
| and secretary as ex-officio members, the
term of Office being for one year or until
their successors are chosen. The duties of
said offices snail be similar to those eXer-
cised by officers in kindred organizations.
Officers were elected as follows:
Col. VI. Stewart, president.
Secretary, b. II. Downing.
Treasurer, General Murray Myers.
This included the work of the forenoon
and the barbecue was the next on the pro
gram, Ii was "A most pleasant feature AT
the lowest estimation 1000 people were
given beans. bacon, bread and coffee, and
the management was very much surprised
to discover they had underestimated the
crowd by at least two or three thousand.
At 100 p. IN. Col. ]. r. Hallowell was
presented and responded with many army
stories and speech that suited the COM
rades supremely. He made an effort to
let all hear him and very nearly succeeded
although having big task and placed at
some disadvantage.
After music, Ex-Governor Anthony said
he wanted to speak from a low platform
fearing his speech would be thin by going
50 far Col Hallowell could make every
one hear bat he wanted o get closer. The
old soldiers had come together to swap lies
and possibly to get into some new crop,
Any cd soldier had the poetic license to
insist that he put down the rebellion.
Soldiers never tell lies nor swap lies.
Every old soldier died as many times a he
claims and no one should dispute it, Some
off color orators insist that the old soldier
is being mustered out The speaker said
the old soldier was here TO stay. They
were all handling bright, darling young
..,l.; nj ..l,,,s-.l
I'D soldier is here 10 stay
1t Was no grand child. This
was cheered to the echo and the trees in
the park seemed to enjoy the occasion.
The speaker announced that Senator
Ingalls, would be on hand in the evening
which was received with cheers. The
speaker said he was glad that he came be-
fore Ingalls,
The speaker inquired why keep the mem
Dries of the war alive? Why not forget the
awful experience There were reasons of
patriotism, reasons of humanity and states
manship, and if there were not these mem
cries should be forgotten. The speaker
said the Grand Army was filling as import
ant "A place today ~ it did when it was
organized under Grant. He did not favor
the weak sentimentalism It was illoS-
zeal TO talk. about forgeUfulness. BY way
of illustration the speaker referred 10 dan
ger points which found out were made
kown and not forgotten. The danger
points for the ship OF state should be
marked and not To do 50. to talk forgetful-
ness was uupatriotic and almost verging
on treason There was no need to get
down on his knees and apologize for it.
Did not have to apologize for it" He
was in favor of Grand Army organiza-
tions; favored the Loyal Legion and espec-
tally favor the feature that provides for
the perpetuity of the organization. He
hoped some such provision would be pro-
vided for the Grand Army, and make it
perpetual and a remembrance institution.
This idea was responded to with applause.
When the people complained about
purchaSable legislators they must
remember they themselves had sent
merchandise TO congress instead of man.
hood. 1t was the fault of the people in
making such a mistake. The question of
the day was what the people could do to
maintain the government and not what
the government could do TO maintain the
people as a few rampant individuals
claimed.
The speaker said that the patriotism of
the women of the north had resulted in
filling the union ranks and in filling the
soldier with patriotism and courage. A
number of instances of woman's self
sacrifice were cited with telling effect
The speaker said thelGrand Army organ
izaton should be larger. More than one
tenth of the union army are 10 Kansas
today and vet comparatively only a small
per cent belong to the Grand Army organ
ization. Kansas was the home of the
union soldier and a good place to come
and good place to stay The name
of Kansas a golden thread in the
history of the struggle for human liberty.
The speaker said if there WAS ANYTHING
that made him despise man, it was TO
hear him abuse Kansas When he heard
a man born abroad, abusing America he
always told him he had better go back.
and that by doing so be would confer
great favor.
The speaker paid the colored soldiers
high tribute, eulogizinS their bravery in
the field. aud at the same time their sub
mission in the south TO their masters.
Touching the pension question. it was
referred to that the pension bureau pays
out more than the cost of the German
army 1t was answered that il was honor
able for q government TO pension those
wounded in defense of the government,