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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1892-03-07

The Argus is trying to induce some
people to vote for Mr.. Ingraham on the
ground that if he is elected Mayor Sun
day band concerts will be given in the
Park. This is only another of those false
pretences on which it is seeking votes
for it's candidate. The Argus knows
that to furnish Sunday band concerts,
even were they desirable, is beyond the
power of any Mayor. An expenditure of
public money for such purpose is
clearly Illegal, and if Mr.. Ingraham and
the city council should attempt to appro-
pirate money for that purpose the courts
would promptly interfere and prevent.
The Republicans of Westbrook enter
the contest today with excellent pros
poets. In their candidate for mayor they
have most excellent head for their tic
ket. Mr.. Francis A. Cloudman is about
50 years of age, having been born in the
village of Saccarappa in June, 1910. In
the year 1862 he enlisted as a musician
in the Fifth Maine Regiment from South
Windham, where his parents then resid-
ed. He remained with the Army of the
Potomac about one year, returning to
Maine in 1858. He is at present superin-
tendent of the large pulp mill connected
with S. D. Warren & Co.'s extensive pa
per mills at the east end of the city. He
has been in his present position about
ten years, and within that time, by his
own inventions and plans, he has COM
pletely revolutionized the business of
chemical process pulp manufacturing.
One of his inventions was taken up by
his employers and patented in the United
States and all the countries of Europe.
He is a man of great mechanical ingenui-
ty, practical and energetic in his bust
ness, broad-minded and intelligent, and
one who has won the respect and esteem
of all his acquaintance. If elected may
or we can safely predict a clean and effic-
lent administration. Cloudman Post, G..
A. R., of Westbrook, is named in honor
of his brother, Capt. Andrew Cloudman,
of the Tenth Maine Regiment, who was
killed at the battle of Cedar Mountain in
1858. The Republicans of WestbroolS
owe it to their candidate and to them
selves to see that he has large vote and
good majority this evening. We have no
doubt that they will do their duty.
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These are, however, by no means al he en-
penses incurred and mourning In the course %
this administration, to be paid from The income
Of national headquarter; there are 70 b sddsd
the expenses incidental to the national eucamp-
ment, about es0o; to the printing Of IL Cd
dress Of the commander-in-chief, Of - -
ports Of the national officers and counit1ssA,
and distribution Of the procecdinGs q -
twsuty-dxth national encanpDsuA abuu1
%, 1000; he Unwilling sxpensss q - csor
nsuder-in-ehisf. national oG1osu. ueubsrB =
ths szssuAivs apd o<hsr eoa414sss, sbsee
Io6.6.ssS :. a. M
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il is peculiarly appropriate that the survivors
Of the Union armies should gather again in the
capital Of the nation, which through four long
years Of bloody strife they defended at the peril
of their lives, and it brings to our minds WV
idly the name Of that great man who. under the
providence of God. successfully guided the
affairs OF the nation through the crises of its
fate. While the peans of victory we're still
sounding in his ears he died, martyr for his
country. leaving behind him a fame which will
brighten with the lapse of time, and coupled
with the name of Washington will be the name
OF Lincoln so long as America shall be known
among the nations of the earth Almost within
the sound Of my voice there reposes in that
beautiful spot on Arlington Heights, where the
! green sod lies gently upon the breasts Of the
silent sleepers, 10000 patriotic dead, it recalls
| to our minds the enormous price paid by the
American people for the preservation OF the ma
| ton. 1000 graves are marked with the saddest
/ of all Neutrality-suspicious.. We meet today
! with the consolation that the nation was saved
/ and preserved by the vaior of these men. and
we feel exalted by their achievements and re-
generated by their iifes blood. If their spirits
hover about us today they must be filled with
/ gladness-and could they but speak they would
say. lis well we died. the nation still lives,
We II sleep again; it will not be long before you
will join us, and we shall all meet on the resur-
rection morn to be judged by Kim who ruleth
armies and nations. You have lived to enjoy
.
reunited, and our country made glorious by q
heroism and a patriotism that will live in the
hearts Of the American people down to the re-
hottest generation"
new generation stands where we stood.
Ihirty-fve millions Of people have been added
to the country since the close Of that great
civil conflict in 1865. They know nothing of
! the realities of war or the dangers and hard
ships OF soldier life, except what they read
or hear from the lips OF those who were the
actors in that great drama from 1861 to 1865,
and while the American people and the gen.
Grafton begotten since the civil strife hold the
veterans in love that no other group of men
IN the land receive there is disposition on the
part OF few to sneer at the soldier and call
him mendicant. They appear to forget the
suierings and sacrifices that mnde US what we
are. The Union soldier has done as much,
both in war and in peace, to make good the
obligations in the hands of the bondholder as
the bondholders have done for the men upon
whom they relied to make good its face value,
when they had to face fire. blood. disease
and DEATH Every avenue OF business
life numbers ex-soldiers by thousands
and tens Of thousands who have BY
industry and integrity been successfu.
in their various kinds Of work. and today il Ia
the proud boast Of avery American citizen that
in every profession. in the mechanic arts and
in the industrial pursuits this nation stands SEQ
ond TO none among the civilized nations oe ~
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encampment to another large expense by call
ing the council together. The council under
my predecessors had already passed upon the
question and agreed that they had no authority
to settle the existing troubles in this depart
ment. and the action Of the national encamp-
ment left nothing to the discretion Of either the
council OF administration or the commander-in-
chief. No action of the council of administra-
ton could have changed nv views as to nv
positive duty in the matter, and felt that il l
was not prepared to do my duty as l saw it
was in no sense fitted for the high position to
which had been chosen by your favor. did
my duty and have no apologies or excuses to
offer for my action. Whether I did right
or not you will judge and your Judgment
l will unhesitatingly and uncomplainingly &C.
cept, for 1t was for you and in your behalf
acted
The charter of this department was received
at national headquarters May 26, 1892, and
across Its face was written In letters of red ink
surrendered May 10, 1892.
In special orders No. 9, June 2, 1892, de-
clared that the action taken at the special meet
ing of the Department of Louisiana and Missis-
sippi. being in direct violation o the rules and
regulations, which says that: "No alteration
affecting the general interests of the depart
ment shall be made at special meeting" all
acts contemplated by such special meeting were
null and void. then appointed Past Depart
| ment Commander A. s. Badger commander
pro tempore am returned to him the charter
| fndorsed
''The surrender Of this charter, noted above
in red ink, being in direct violation of the
rules and regulations, is declared null and
void, and this charter will continue in force, "
and ordered him to recognize posts from to
II inclusive, and proceed in accordance with the
rules and regulations of the G. A. R., and re-
port at once to these headquarters in obedience
to these instructions. Comrade Badger as
sumed command Of the Department Of Lou
isiana and Mississippi June 8, 1892, appointing
Comrade Keeting his assistant adjutant general
After the reorganization OF the department
ordered thorough inspection of the posts, and
the reports of the inspecting officers as filed at
national headquarters show that each COM
rade produced eitherhis discharge, pension GER
tidcste or satisfactory evidence OF service.
WEARY OF THE CONTEST.
In series Of resolutions given to the public
by the retiring comrades in justification Of their
action they say: eve became weary Of q con-
test which had extended many months.'' am
certain that the national encampnaent shared
their feelings and solved the problem OF the
situation by kindly saying to them: ''Comrades,
all We ask from you is to adhere 70 the princi-
pies upon which the foundation stone OF this
| great organization IL laid; We ask nothing more
and viii accept nothing less" and left the exc
cution Of it, laws TO tic executive head Of ths
order. Another reason was s'the ineligibility
Of : iargs portion Il ~ msabeEship At tn
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ACCEPTED BY GEN. PALMER
Gen. Palmer in reply, said:
Comrades: / thank you sincerely for the
kind though. which suggested the gift of this
beautiful gayel with which / am to preside over
the deliberations Of the twenty-sixth national
eEcampment Of the Grand Army of the
Republic. To nv lads" of the Depart
ment of the Potomac let me say tina, you could
not have gwen me anything more appropriate.
or a EeIn.ntc of your regard that will be more
appreciated. not much account OF
, Its intrinsic value, but for cherished men,
cries IL Carries with it. When / leave
behind me the pleasures Of this gather
ing and return To the quiet SURROUNDING
OF my home and family il will be one of the
cherished adornments of my house. 1t will re-
mind me of the kindness / received at the hands
OF INV comrades all over this broad land. II
will recall the time when there flashed from
/ the southern sky the red flame oil
civil war. Sumters guns we're first heard in de-
/ Tense of the Union. 1t will also recall TO my
mind that the men over whom | am to preside
with this gavei rolled back the iegions oil
brave coniederates whose intrepidity OH
that historic field, ''Gettvsburg. stand,
unparalleled in the history Of civilized
warfare, tina, the gallant Thoma,
was the rock ut Chickamauga, while the brave
sailor boys of the kearsar2e made clean worl
Of the Alabama; and during that four long year.
OF civil strife, with its alternate gloom and
glory. my comrades braved all the vicis.
situdes OF war, and at last, under the providence
OF God. victory rested upon the stars and
stripes and the great conflict ceased at Five
! Forks, name l have had reason TO remember
every day Of my life. IL was happy thought
which prompted you to combine in this gavel &C
many memories, and let me assure yon
comrades, that | will endeavor to use il with
that same firmness that marked the Career OF
my comrades in time of peril, and in the same
spirit Of magnanimiiy and fairness which hai
characterized their actions in time Of peace.
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.nere are also simple mounds IN country church
faiSs ;ncIos;ng ,hs ashss 80 49, ~ -,
chilling circnmstances forbade distinction "0 +.
matters little to these men whether monu-
mental granite marks the spot where they await
the last roll call the night tattoo of death has
sounded for them its last notes, but .ney viii
have died in vain if from the inspirations OF
Memorial day the vouth of our land learn no
lesson. For what did these men die? Thew
died that the nation might live; thew died thSt
this land should be an ASYLUM for liberty-loyiug
men all over the world: thev died to make tbi,
land of ours such that the songs of the laborers
of all nationalities in our valleys and ON our
hills. should swell and commingle with the free
anthem of America.
Let Memorial day teach the rising generation
that the hoerty and the government which
were ,, lie anu sucn terrible
lie the men Who wore tba hna H. my ,.
honor in a soldiers grave; and should the men
Of future years be tempted to surrender the
rights that we're established upon SO many
battlefelds by these men, or become cold or
callous in their love of country and its inst;,r,
tions, NAV the memory of the green mounds
suread ali over the land. COVERING the rema;ns
Of the loyal bows in blue who welded mn their
lives with its hopes and pleasures for freedom
xirtue. - '' ' " puon'
pr~s,o~s
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section 1854 of the Revised Statutes ~. S. } has
frequently been ignored.
The committee appointed by this admiuistra-
ton have devoted much patient time and
labor, without expense 70 the encampment, in
endeavoring to secure what is believed was in
tended by the Congress which passed the law
and by our martyr President, Abraham Lin
coin. who signed it.
While they did not accomplish all they de-
sired. the work is so well in hand L have great
faith that they will succeed in their efforts at
the next session of Congress.
recommend that the committee be con-
tinued, and earnestly urge the adoption Of the
| resolutions and recommendations accompany
ing their report
THE COLUMBIAN SCHOOL CELEBRATION.
The president of the worlds congress Of the
Columbian exposition, organized BY the super
intendents of education, proposed that the four
hundredth anniversary OF the discovery Of Amer
lea be celebrated by a national school lemon
stration. An invitation was extended TO the
Grand Army of the Republic through Z ational
headquarters that this celebration she aid be
under the direct patronage of our ORDER This
service, through the Grand Army of the Re-
public, would give to the 5000, 900 Of public
school children an object lesson in patriotism
never to be forgotten. As this celebration will
| occur October 81, 1892, under the Presidents
| proclamation. preferred that the details for
| the parade should be left to my successor to
| promulgate. 1 have already communicated
| with department commanders, urging them to
give this patriotic project their cordial support
We fought for our children the battles that
| they might have been compelled to encounter
We have given them q heritage Of peace and
| prosperity, instead of an enormous and expen-
sive litigation to be settled by jury Of soldiers
Deeds must be behind words to give them their
greatest significance and force. and the LOYALTY
| taught our children by deeds Of valor not only
strengthens them through life, but will con-
| tinue in the minds Of those who follow By the
records which we leave behind rs. Ibelieve that
patriotism should be in every public school
| in the land. Our children should learn how
| much devotion and sacrifice it cost to preserve
the unity Of the nation. They should be made
to feel that the blessings enjoyed in free coun-
| try depend upon the intelligence and loyalty
OF all its people for its continued existence and
prosperity. Loyalty thus ingraiued into our
| national character and grooved into habits of
action, strengthens patriotism and produces
fiber Of strength equal to the fiber of the oak.
| So let MS join our children in linking the
| glorious achievements OF the past with the Pc
| triotic hopes OF the furture, and make this 90
cssion Z memorable episode in the history Of
| the nAtion.
I would rseommend that ~ sacamposnt
taks sons decided action aeainst psrsonAl solioi-
atioM iron pesb and dspsrtnsnfA uniss ~
The true northerner., 1892-12-07
VII BE ShOrt-LiYch.

A party whose victory is due to
the fact that the opposing party
simply refused to go to the polls,
holds power on a frail tenure, and
this power will be short-lived. This
is the case with the Democratic
party. In proportion to population
there are no more Democrats in the
country now than there were In 1888,
while there are just as many Repub-
licans as there were then. No Re-
publicans have gone over to the
Democracy. Their party was beaten
because tens of thousands Of its men,
bers in every important State de-
clined TO vote. and they declined to
vote because the party's position on
some of the leading issues did not
suit them. The party's position
will bc fixed so that it will suit every
Republican in 1896.
The true northerner., 1892-12-07
BAD AS THE CHOLERA.
Typhoid Fever Alarms st. Louis - Ne
Cases Average 100 Daily.

typhoid Fever Alarms st. Louis New
Cases Average 100 Daily.
The typhoid fever epidemic in St.
L ouis has b gun to increase TO an
alarming extent. The n ost deplorable
development is the fact that tie fatal
tiles have nearly doubled, and that,
whereas the malady has heretofore been
mainly confined to persons between the
ages of ID and go years, ii has begun to
lay hold on children and on the aged.
Captain Joseph Labarge says that the
plague is due 10 the recent overflow; for,
since that time, water has stood In
cellars all along the river front and be-
come stagnant. There has, he says,
been no overflow within his memory
that was not followed by numerous cases
of typhoid fever. Prior TO 1850, and be-
fore there was any city sewerage, tho
fact was known to everybody, and we'll
to-do people invariably left the city
after an overflow and remained away
until the danger had been averted by
natures cleansing process. On the
other hand the disease is confined al
most wholly to the city proper, where
nothing but city water is used and where
the sewerage is good, as st. Louis sew
erage goes. The citizens are almost
pdulC-6lTI cheD. IWO nCQuTcU new cases
developed Saturday, 115 Sunday, 220
Monday and 1lS Tuesday.
According to press dispatch Chief
Sanitary Officer Francis Is now engaged
In making q thorough inspection Of the
homes and surroundings Of every one Of
the many hundreds of patients reported
to the health department ly the physi-
clans. His report is not complete. and
will not be for several Gays yet. 1t is
apparent 10 anyone who visits the
City Hall that Mr.. Francis HIM
self is excited. He Is the one
official who seems to realize the city 8
danger, but his hand s are tied. The
truth is that the abatement OF the
epidemic will rest largely with the
street commissioner. Ten thousand
men turned loose on the streets with
brooms and other implements could not
remove the filth In month. The alleys
are rich with nastiness, and their pun
gent odor pervades the downtown dis
tricts from Baden on the north to Ar
senal street on the south. 1t Is o
shameful state of affairs, for which
there seems 10 be no remedy.
The true northerner., 1892-12-07
BIO MONEY PROBLEMS.
Plans OF DE Rothschild and Prof soetbeer
Considered with Favor.

The plan OF M. de Rothschild, re-
ported TO the monetary conference in
Brussels, Is, In brief, that syndicate
OF the nations be formed 10 make yearly
purchases OF silver TO the amount OF
f5,COO,O 900, and that America continue
her purchases Of silver as at present.
In the event OF the price OF silver rising
above 4Sd an ounce the purchases are to
be at once suspended.
Prof. Soetbeer's plan is 10 establish
one gramme OF fine god as the inter-
national unit OF value and to stop tho
mintlng OF coins containing less than
5.s0G5 grammes of pure goia. The cir
culation of coin OF foreign countries OF
less than the new standard will 10 pro-
hibited by the countries signing the
agreement, and gold coin OF inferior
value will be Withdrawn within five
years. Private individuals will be al
lowed to coin gold upon the payment OF
an agreed seigniorage. Gold certifi-
Gates may be isoued against
gold held in reserve. Prof. So t.
beers plan also in ludes the coinage Of
silver in the proportion OF twenty value
units OF that metal TO one OF gold, but
private individuals will not be allowed
free coinage of silver. 1t is the gen.
eral expectation that NJ. de Rothschild 8
proposals will lie accepted by the COM
mittee and then referred for adoption or
rejection 10 the conference and the Gov
ernments represented, wi modifica-
tlons suggested ly the schemes OF M.
Levi and Prof. Scetbeer. One Of the
notifications will undoubtedly be that
all gold coins below the value of twenty
francs be withdrawn from circulation
and replaced by silver notes.
The adhesion Of the German dele
gates is now considered certain, as Herr
Decbend, formerly President OF the
Relchsbank, approved he main lines OF
Prof. Soetbeer's proposal. The French
representatives will also accept the
plan Of Prof. Soetbeer, which was COM
municated by NJ. Tirard, Fronch ex-
Minister Of Finance. The American
delegates have strong reasons to be
satisfied with the recognition of the ad-
vocates Of mono ometalism and the Sc
riousness of the dangers arising from a
further fall in silver. They are disposed
to support M. &c Rothschild' S proposals
on the principle that half q loaf is bet
ter than no bread.
The true northerner., 1892-12-07
The Republicans and the Tarin.

Secretary Charles Foster, while de-
claring that the tariff was the cause
of the Republican overthrow, says it
would be nonsense for the Republi-
cans to abandon i'm any degree their
present policy" The st. Louis Globe
Democrat thinks, however, that the
Secretary is not wise counselor in
the present emergency. This able
Republican journal says: when an
army meets an overwhelming defeat
its commander, If he knows his busi-
ness, at once inquiries into causes,
with the intention Of remedying
them, and thus TO put his forces in
better condition for the next en-
counter. If the defeat be due to the
incompetency or negligence Of his
lieutenants they are either removed
or reduced; if to a faulty plan Of
campaign the plan is altered: and if
To the adoption Of wrong position
the positions taken in the future, so
far as conditions will permit, will be
different. The leaders of great
party, after the defeat of their party,
will, If they are at all fitted for their
posts, make like investigation and
take similar precautions.
The Republican party was beaten
because it had taken a wrong position
on some Of the leading questions Of
national concern. 1t was wrong on
the Federal election matter; it was
emphatically and fatally wrong on
the tariff. The passage OF the Nc
Kinley law Of 1890 was the greatest
blundcr ever committed by any party
since the Democratic crime OF seces-
sion. 1t overwhelmingly defeated
the patty in the Congressional cleo
tion Of that year, and it was the lead
ing cause in the overthrow this year
Many Republicans who were never in
favor Of the act believed after the
setback Of 1890 that the popular
hostility TO it would subside by the
time the Presidential election came
around, and that the party might
then retain its supremacy in the
executive branch of the Government
and regain control Of the legislative
branch. The returns show how COM
pletcly and conspicuously those hopes
have been blasted.
''The party must, Of cou. .se, adhere
to the protective policy, but it must
be protection of the rational kind
the protection which keeps the inter
csts OF consumers as well as those OF
producers in view. 1t must be the
kind of protection which the party
adopted at the beginning Of its ca
reer, which it began to practically
exemplify in the early "70s" by re-
ducing discriminatingly but decided
ly, and which it maintained until the
Mckinley school Of economists forced
themselves to the front. Under this
sign the Republicans can again con