, 1890-06-05
PROFESSOR wARDs ADDRESS.
The Esw President Of Spokane College
the First Speaker.

I The Esw President Of Spokane College
the First Speaker.
Professor William q. Ward, pres
ident Of Spokane college, was intro
duccd and said:
~ rejoice in your observance of this
day. do not want 10 live In this ooun-
/ try when this day Is not the great day
of our national life. Asa people We are
largely the result Of tue ideas which this
Z day represents. In honOring the men
who defended our national life We
/ honor ourselves. Gratitude is one Of
the noblcst attributes OF the human
soul. ! wish 1t were possible lor us to
recall the days when these men inter
posed their bodies between Us and the
bullets OF the enemy. But we can not
ro-iive tn rose days, though other events
may illustrate their nature. To-day a
quarter million of people are uniting in
unNeihng the statue Of Garfield AT
Cleveland, Ohio.
"Cau we forget tho dark days when
the nation was watching at his bed
side, and praying God that his wounds
might not prove iatal2 What was tne
SQUIRE OF our interest in that lltcp 1t
was because the obstacle ofhis treatment
and the efforts VI the surgeons lor his
recovery were within reach OF our obser-
Yntion. We were saying to ourselves,
All, now | see lhi- is the way the
surgeons did with my husband, my
father my brother or my son. Then
the numbers were 100 great. We could
not understand the meaning; we were
simply appalled, by the proportions OF
the events that passed before Us,
Ten thousand killed and 10000
wounded were figures too great for us,
a 4.
ports said, 1000 on one side and 25, 600
or 30, OOU ON the other. Five thousand
men gone down In n day. In smoke
and dust, and indistinguishaOlc horror.
And this repeated again and again, as
other fields pass by. lApplauseI.
"a few years after the death of Gar
field the same thing occurred in tho
case OF Grant. A strange spell seemed
to hold the attention of our
people AS we watched her con
flict with death. The hand
from which the sword had fallen Is now
driving the pen by sheer force OF will
power, that lie may complete the
memoirs, which are TO save his family
from poverty and suffering. All the
world is looking on In admiration. The
multitude, sometimes hundreds and
sometimes thousands, are pouring into
that street where his house stands that
they may look at that famous window,
in hope that pale face will uppear for
moment to look out ON the assembled
throng. Loud applause, And when
no longer that face could appear at the
window, tho sane multitude waited and
watched night and day for some messen-
ger who might bring word from
within.
"Alonths passed by and the same IN ul-
titude was drawn up, this time on both
sides OF the street, waiting for the COM
Ing oil n great procession. Our day is
the day of professions not always ike
to-day, oltcn. with muilied drums and
trailing flags, million men who sur
vived the conflict must thus be borne,
one at "a time, to tho silent shades OF
rest, aud who has forgotten how our
hearts fail within us, as all that is mortal
oil such II friend passes sby2
''rhis procession started three days
ago from Mount MoGrcgor, II halted by
the way, at the city hall, and now IL
moves again on its last march to River
side. Great God how We loved that clay
and how We would kiss II back to life, or
warm II With our own blood II IL were
possible. We follow our dead 10 River
side, where the beautiful rit ual of the
Grand Army OF the Republic is read, the
bugle sounds the departure and our
leader is left with the quiet nature which
has received him back,
''Why have our affections been so en-
listed2 Because tho long steady strain
of their bercaveme had brought TO our
minds In detail the recollection of n
past, which We never had opportunity
10 observe. And yet there was nothing
materially different in that death Than
could b, seen, II We had had the oppor-
tunity, in the death of thousands of
other boys in blue, who passed awny un-
noticed and unknown 10 all except the
lev who knew and loved them. Ap-
plause.
''One by one they are still leaving us,
and as they depart my prayer Is that
ouf affection and gratitude Increase in
proportion AS their numbers diminish"
Long and continued applause.
The quartette consisting oi Charles
). Boyer, first tenori George Stock
er, second tenor; Charles L.. Mar
shall, baritone, and Victor NJ. Smith,
bass, sang, Go " Tny Rest In