Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-11-18
REV. FATHER SHERMAN INDIGNANT

Tint Heis Not Allowed to Put His Fathers
Monument in Place on Account Oh
Labor Strike.
ST. IoIJ1s. November 1.-THE Army
of the Tennessee was called to arms To-
day. 1t was not the voice OF Ola 1e-
cumseh" that summoned from retlre-
ment of quarter of century the con-
ouerors OF Lookout Mountain, MISSION
airy Ridge and Savannah. but that OF MS
clerical son, who appeals to the ola COM
mand of his father to rescue from the
possession OF the labor organizations
the monument of General Sherman. a
new theme is the subject OF animated
discussion among the survivors OF the
Army of the Tennessee to-day and the
martial spirit is rekindled In the
hearts of the old veterans that are as
sembled here In annual reunion. IL was
not the voice of the Church, although
the garb Of the Church Of Rome clothed
the speaker, but the passionate tones OF
son rebuking the indignity otrereo the
memory of his father that aroused the
survivors Of 1864 to heroic indignation
scarcely excreded by the boom OF can
non upon Fort Sumter in 1861. The
Society of the Army Of the Tennessee
had Just been called to order,
and at the suggestion of one OF
those grizzly veterans who not I'M
naturally regard the sons OF
their ex-commander as the wards OF the
Society, Rev. Thomas Z Sherman was
invited to address the meeting. The
truthful clergyman OF the Church OF
Rome, attired In the conventional garo
of his order, spoke for few minutes
with great feeling of the affection
which the children of General Sherman
entertained for the survivors OF his
fathers old command, and then tarned
his remarks to the monument which the
family is providing for the tomb
Of the dead General, but which is de-
layed by the refusal Of the striking
granite cutters at Westerly, Conn.,, to
allow it to be removed to the West. In
voice sad but pasSionately indignant,
he said: "Just about The time the work
was finished q 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 it-move
that monument from the hands OF the
union"
A feeling of suppressed indignation
swept over the audience, but the feel
ing of sympathy was quickly percept-
ible to the son, and with his arm ex-
tended over the assemblage, and his
whole frame quivering with emotion,
he continued: "They will not consent
to let us have it moved, and L only
know one way TO get it-and that is to
organize one Of his old regiments and
90 there and take it by force. Pro-
longed applause.
81 do wish this society to know that
it is not any neglect OF his sons or his
family. We owe 1t to you who belong
to the military family to say that we
have not been negligent for a 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. lndigna-
tion in audience"
"There is power there even higher
and stronger than the power you
conquered and our generation has yet
to meet the problem Of conquring or at
least subduing to law that great
power"
There was a dead silence for q mo-
ment as the speaker concluded and then
there was burst of applause which
sweled into a military cheer for the
spirited son of the old commander. a
member of the society moved that the
stenographic report Of Father Sher-
mans remarks be inscribed in the rec
ord of the proceedings and a few min
utes later a meeting of the 'Shermaa
Monument 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 Remembering army.