St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-11-18
Gen. Sherman's Clerical Son
Inveighs Against Labor
Organizations.
Granite Cutters Will Not Let
His Fathers Monument
Be Moved.
Gen. C. M. Dodge Chosen as
President Of the So
eiety.

ST. LOUIS. Nov. little Army of tho
Tennessee was called to arms today.
1t is not the voice of "Old Tecumseh"
that summons from the retirement of
quarter of a century the conquerors OF
Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge
and Savannah, but that of his clerical
son, who appeals to the old command OF
his father to rescue from the possession
of labor organizations the monument of
Gen. Sherman.
A new theme is the subject Of ami
mated discussion among the survivors
of the Army of Tennessee today, and
the martial spirit that pervaded the
march from Atlanta to the sea Is rekin-
died in the hearts of the old veterans
that are assembled here in annual re-
union. 1t was not the voice of the
church, although the garb of the Church
of Rome clothed the speaker. but the
passionate tones of son rebukng the
indignity offered the memory of his
father that aroused the survivors of 1864
to heroic indignation scarcely exceed
ed by
The Boom of Cannon
upon Fort Sumter in 1861. Itall came
about in the ordinary proceedings of
the reunion. but in quite an unexpected
way. The Society Of the Army of the
Tennessee had just been called to order
and ut the suggestion of one of those
grizzly veterans who not unnaturally
regard the sons of their eX-cOmmander
as the wards of the society, Rev. Il. T..
Sherman was invited to address the
meeting. The truthful clergyman OF
the church OF Rome, attired in the con-
ventionaLgarb of his order, spoke few
minutes with great feeling of the aifec.
ton which the children of Gen. Sher-
man entertained for the survivors of his
fathers old command, and then turned
| his remarks to the monument which the
| family is providing for the tomb of the
| dead general, but which is delayed by
| the refusal of the striking granite cut
tiers at Westerly, Conn.,, to allow it to
| be removed to the West. In a voice
sad, but passIonately indignant, he said:
| "Just about the time the work was
| finished strike occurred in the granite
| quarries in the East, and
The Finished Monument
stands there now; and there is no power
In this country, in state or nation TO
move ito move that monument from
the hands of the union"
A feeling of suppressed indigna-
tion swept over the audience, and the
! ceptible to the son, and, with his arm
extended over the assemblage and his
whole frame quiyering with emotion, lie
continued:
"They will not consent to let us have
| it moved, and only know one way to
| get it, ana that is to organize one Of his
old regiments and 20 there and take:it
by force. | do wish this society to know
that it is not any neglect of his SONS or
his family. We owe it to you, who be-
long to the same military family, to say
that we have not been negligent for
day, and that We feel sad and mortified
that in our country, which you have
made so free, we cannot even move our
fathers tombstone from the spot where
these workmen hold it enclosed. There
is power, then, even higher and
stronger than the power that you con-
quered. and our generation has yet to
meet the problem Of conquering, or at
least Subduing to law, that great
power"
Greeted With Applause.
There was a dead silence for mo
ment as the speaker concluded, and
then there was a burst of applause
which sWelled into a military cheer fol
the spirited son of the old commander
A member of the society moved thai
the stenOgraphic report OF Father Sher
mans remarks be inscribed in the rec
ord of proceedings and 4 few minute:
later a meeting of the "Sherman mOnu'
ment committee" was called. What
transpired at that meeting the events OF
the future must tell, for its members
are as mute as the sentinelS of recon
noitering army.
The representatives reports of the
committees appointed yesterday were
called for. The committee on officers
for the ensuing year reported as fol-
lows: For president, Gen. G. NJ. Dodge;
recording secretary, Gen. G.. Cable; cor
responding secretary, Gen. A. IlicKen-
looper; treasurer, Gen. NJ. f. Force;
vice presidents, Gen. A. l.. Chetlain,
Gen. ID. E. Henderson, Col. o. l.. jack
son, Maj. Charles Hepp, Col. William b.
Keller, Capt. A. l.. Ogg, Capt Y ispa-
sian, Mai. Warner, Gen. f. V. Mullen
burg, Gen. A. c. Ducal, Maj. Leo Ros-
sicIan, Capt. w. u. Hodges and Capt. j.
ID. VOga. The report was adopted.
The committee on orator reported that
it had selected Gen. ID. B. Henderson,
with Gen. Poe, Of Detroit, as alternate.
Chicago was selected as the place for
next meeting, but no time was specified.