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The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-12-19

criticism, to three survivors Of each mill
tary organizati ton intended to be repre-
scented.
The suggestion and decision of these three
were not, in all cases final. the state COM
mission deciding. if any of their plans were
inexpedient. and the national commission
maintaining a censorship upon the inscrp-
tons that only such as are historical rec
ords Of the battle be used.
This method of selection has introduced
freshness-a touch of CRUELTY if you will;
yet as a whole the monuments have bene-
flied by it, and many of them are indeed
beautiful, as well as oddly original.
The l. ctures made by these bronzes are
really wonderful. The sun comes glimmer-
upon the uplifted bayonets of tho fighting
men, CLOVIS upon the smoke of the guns,
and illumnes the faces turned toward you
over the shoulders Of the charging force,
till you see the battle sweat and CRIME
upon them, the agony in the dying eyes
fast glazng-where pity holds the canteen
to dying lips. and almost fancy you hear
in these silent autumn woods the din of
conflict again. The lifelike perspective and
vivid effect attained in these three by four
plates of metal is marvellous; and, though
they may not all be by one hand, their
uniform excellence is surprising, each one
as you look at attempting you to think it
better than the last.
The End Ohio infantry monument, down
on the line, is single enormous acorn,
symbol Of the 14th army corps, in brown
granite standing six Or eight feet high,
on a low heavy base that contains the in
scriptions.
Near this acorn monument are three
memorials erected by the United States to
its regulars. On that of the 10Th infantry
is a life sized granite figure in high relief
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-12-19

lies today in it's wild state, exactly as it
did on the date of the battle, 81 years ago.
Where there were farms the government
purchased, condemning, in case the owners
refus d to sell. but permitting them to re-
main, where they desired to do SO, as ten
ants at moderate rental.
All the old houses and farms of the date
of the battle have bsen carefully preserved
and indicated, as has every existing laho-
mark. by lettered metal tablets. and no i'm
provements will be made which will ma
terially change the appearance of configura-
ton of the ground.
The entire tract is either level or gently
rolling with a few sharp hills in the west
ern part-the final little turbulences of
ground, which are the breakings away of
Missionary ridge, and some upland toward
the eastern boundary, which is partially
formed by Chickamauga creek.
In the barren portions of the fiat woods
limestone crops up through the surface
among stunted pine and scrub oak and
offers-ready to hand-the best of material
for the 40 miles of beautifully finished ma
cadamized drives which have been built
within the park, all of them having been
carefully held to the lines of the old high
ways. existent at the time of the battle.
The Improvement and identifying will con-
sist in these lovely shady drives, in clearing
out the woodland, planting avenues of fine
trees grassng the entire tract; and, pos
sibly. in the rebuilding of several historic
structures destroyed at the time of the bat
tie.
The main interest in the park, however
centers in it's monuments, of which there
Mill he UPWARDS of a thousand, counting ALL
from the modest square of granite, with it's
inscription, or the bronze tablet, to the
most elaborate and imposing pieces Of
sculpture.
OF the 20 states which had troops engaged
actively cooperating with the national COM
mission in locating battle lines and prepar-
ing for the erection Of state monuments. =,
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-12-19

constructed Of steel and iron. They stand
upon various heights of the battle fields
anu the adequate reward of a climb to
.helr upper galleries is a view, beautiful
IN ltself, and giving comprehensive out
look over the field upon which the tower
IS located; and Gf there is someone present
competent to point out and explain the
movements of the troops during the bat
tle) an understanding of the tight to be
gotten in no other way
one OF these observatories stands upon
onodgrass hill, sometimes called by the
soldlers Horseshoe or Battery ridge the
nighest ground in that part of the field
1hls is the elevation which was held so
stubbornly. all through that terrible Sun
DAY OF the Goth, by that gallant old Vir-
gihian known to his men in affectionate
familiarity as Pap Thomas.
From the balconies of this tower Won
look down on many monuments Complet-
ed shafts, foundations put down. positions
marked by lettered boards, dot the slopes
IN every direction; for it here that the
most desperate fighting of that hard
fought field took place
Inc beautiful monument of the Cd Mime
sofa, just east of the tower, reci.es that:
The I'd Regiment Minnesota Veteran
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-12-19

Nearly every week, now, sees some state
commission or association in Chattanooga,
ana at the park; planning, consulting, decid-
ing upon locations; monuments ready to be
erected come In by the dozen, and are be-
ing daily put in place.
Instead of each state erecting single
monument to its men who fell upon this
neid each marks the many positions of it's
dlf1erent bodies of troops at important and
crucial moments during the two days fight
by many monuments.
Inc states have made, or will make ap-
preparations from their treasures to cover
this expenditure. OF these monuments
OHIO alona will have SO, at cost of $95 Co.,
and New York has appropriated sSl, 900 for
the monuments.
All down along the line of battle which
runs almost due north and south through
the park, and nearly parallel with the old
Lafayette road, here where the forces came
into fierce collision. where they clinched and
swayed and struggled the evening of
Sunday Sept. 20, the shafts and tablets and
pyramids of marble, granite and bronze
CLEAN singly and in twos, threes and clus-
tiers, between the boles of the big trees.
They have more of variety and individual
interest, these battle monuments, than
those ordinarily seen in cemeteries. The
state commissions, which received bids and
plans for monuments from designers and
manufacturers all over the country in
turn submitted them, for suggestions and
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-12-19

sands upon thousands of visitors from
every possible quarter of the United States
congress having appropriated 500, 900 for the
formal dedication of the great park on
these dates
This Inaugural ton will be under the direc-
ton OF the secretary of war; and will he
participated in by the president congress.
the supreme court, the heads of executive
departments, the commander in-chief of the
army, the senior admiral of the nayy
the governors of the states and their staffs.
The park will be finished then; the miles
and miles of drives, boulevards public
highways leading to it from all directions
coded to the government and held as nal
of the park itself, will then be completed :
the tablets marking historic sites will ali
be in place. ,..,,tt
1t will all be very fine then; but the park
now. with it's great camps of negro road
makers its corps OF engineers living in
semi-miltary quarters and discipline, it's
gangs of workmen of all sorts, the indi-
geneous little huts with their original negro
habitants turned' washerwomen, cooks
and servitors for this busy world which ha s
absorbed them. the monuments-completed
half up, or with only the foundation laid.
or even standing boxed on the siding at
Lyle station-all this holds a certain
charm and interest which must needs van
ish with the completing Of the work; since.
mankind, thing is always more fascnat-
ing in the doing than when done
ALICE MACGOWAN.
GRACE MACGOWAN COOKE.
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Chickamauga's Glories in Storied Stone Will Soon
Form Forest of Monuments
me government Is sparing Neither Money Nor Expense
Establishing This Great Military Park

There Is not a single recorded vote of
opposition to the half million dollars of ap-
preparation made by congress for purchas-
ing and identifying the tracts, highways,
etc, INCLUDED in the Chickamauga and
Shattanooga National Military park, which
IS now being marked in such way as to
Illustrate actual movements in the battle
Ct Chickamauga, Chattanooga, Missionary
Ridge and Lookout Mountain. The absence
OF opposition is fair presumptive evidence
congress being a body representative of all
sections, political and geographical that
the plan is national one, that it has ap-
pealed to and awakened the national pride
and interest.
The design, as it now stands, is without
a historical parallel. No government-no
nation-has ever undertaken to purcha sc
and restore any of the fields of its great
battles. and place upon them by means
Of monuments and tablets complete and
impartial showing of the movements of
each side. OF the two examples which could
be at all compared to this enterprise Wa
terloo is but fragment, and Gettysburg
has only lately admitted any markings or
memorials of the army of Northern Vir-
ginia.
The field of battle waged against a for
elen power could not yield the necessary
completeness for such purpose, since what
marked an advantage of the enemy must
remind Of a reverse to the national arms
1t is only on the battlefield Of a civil war,
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-12-19

neld OF Chickamauga the South made plain
her feeling and intention in the matter: and
the results of that meeting have been the
atlng of the positions of South Caro-
ma troops, by her regularly appointed
state commission last spring and the Mac
ing OF the Louisiana troops-including the
famous Louisiana Tigers-durng the latter
part of September
Kentucky, Missouri and Tennessee. which
had soldiers on both sides of the struggle,
nave commissions composed of both Union
ana confederate veterans, who will act to-
gether in locating lines and deciding upon
, monuments.
The work begun in 1892 will be completed
IN lS9o year from now-or, to be more
exact, on the 10th and 10th of September
the anniversary of the great battle-Cbat-
tanooga, the ambitious young city of the
new South, will be thronged with it's thou
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-12-19
road is shell pyramid whose tablet reads
RENTAMTN HEINZ

road is shell pyramid whose tablet reads
BENJAMIN HELM,
Brigadier general, C. S. A.
Commanding Brigade
Breckenridge Division
Mortally wounded here about 10 o'clock
A. NJ
September goth
1863
This man was Abraham Lincoln's broth
er-ln-law; or rather, was married to
a sister of Mrs. Lincoln The fact that
many of this lady's kindred and connec-
tions fought on the losing side has been
practically forgotten by this generation.
one granite monument has little bronze
ilnes bolted upon the front of it, framing
us inscription. The graceful cenotaph, an
asnlar dressed granite block, erected by
.he United States to mark the position of
battery NJ, 4th United States regular ar
ullery, has bronze flags, furled, draped
over It's rinkled front: and that of Capt
Goodspeed's Battery A, 1st light artillery,
mas diminutive cannon and balls of metal
attached to it,
Inc United States has erected five obser-
Vatlon towers, 70 feet high, substantially
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-12-19
TO THE 18TH U. S. INFANTRY.

a soldier, lying at full length behind
barrier with his gun rested. ready to fire.
his face at sharp, keen attention
A dozen steps away another granite SOL
der, his gun at his shoulder, kneels upon
the front of the 18th infantry monument
The third has also a reclining figure firing
through rail fence. Here the mans form
is much smaller, and the whole in slighter
relief.
The expense of these, as of all monuments
to regular troops. is borne by the United
States; but the designs-like those of the
state monuments-are selected or suggested
by survivors of the organizations
On the western face of the rectangular
pyramid of the Light Battery H, 4th Unit
ed States artillery, standing over near the
words,
Shiloh
Perryville.
Stone River.
Chickamauga.
Siege of CHATTANOOGA,
bloody chapter headings of the three
years history of this organization
Up at headquarters, where the engineers
bookkeepers and chief of construction
forces have offices in the historic Dyer
house, there are heaps of unexploded shells
which have had their charges drawn and
are to be used in the construction of monu
ments to mark the spots where officers of
prominence were killed or mortally woun
ded.
The place, browning a beautiful wooded
upland, where Gen. Little fell, is already
so indicated. Upon a triangular granite
base rises pyramid of shells about nine
feet high. One side bears a bronze tablet
reciting his titles and the date and circum
stances of his death.
In a very dreary, treeless hollow, down
by the Lafayette road, a similar pile is be-
ing erected to mark the spot where Gen.
Heg was killed.
Over in the direction OF the Reeds Bridge
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-12-19
MCBRIDE THE MAN.
Elected to Succeed GOmpcrs us FRESH.
dent Of the Federation of Labor

dent of the FEDERATION of La Dor
DENVER, Col, Dec. 1.-THE delegates to
the convention of the American Federation
! OF Labor were nearly all in their seats when
| the roll was called today.
The first business was TO determine the
| future location of the headquarters Of the
| federation. On Saturday the cities of In
dianapolis, Detroit. Washington, Brooklyn
and Louisville had been placed in nominal
tion Indianapolis and Washington were
the only contestants today. The vote
suited: Indianapolis, 1,290 Washington, a26
resolution to make indianapolis the To-
cation for three years amended to
make it five years and referred to the
committee on laws.
The election of officers was then taken mp.
Mr.. Gompers and John Mcbride, president
of the United Mine Workers, were the only
candidates for president The vote result
ed: Mcbride. 1882 Gompers, 937.
There excitement regarding the
election of president. 1t was evident at
the start that the question had been settled
SO far as the individual members were con-
cerned Mr. Gompers was nominated by
Mr. Eickhoff, the nomination was sec
onded by Messrs, Cohen, Daily and Nc
Craith Mcbride was nominated by Mr..
Penna and seconded by Mr.. Allen The
vote proceeded without incident except that
several deega tes announced that they would
vote against Gompers by instructions from
their various unions.
w. E. klapetsky voted for Mcbride, but
asked to be allowed To withdraw his vote.
He said he had been instructed to vote
against Gompers and could not conscienti-
ously vote for Mcbride. Permission was
granted.
The result of the vote was: Mcbride,
1852; Gompers, 937.
President GomperS moved to make the
vote unanimous for Mcbride, but objection
was made
Mr. Gompers at wrote and dis
patched the following message to Mcbride,
who is i'll a his home:
ITO John Mcbride. Columbus, Ohio: Con-
gratulations-Elected president fedora ton.
None will be more loyal than 1 to aid and
make your administration successful.
(Signed.) SAMUEL GOMPEkS"
For vice-president Mrs. r. j. Morgan, Of
Chicago, and Mr.. Mcclure, of Philadelphia,
were nominated. The vote was 1,SC5 for
Mcguire, 226 for Mrs. Morgan. The cleo
ton was made unanimous.
The first vice-preSident was Richard Pow
ers, elected in 1880; the second was John
Garrett. elected in 1881.
James Duncan, of Baltimore, was made
second vice-president by vote of 2,lS5 to
60 for Charles Rechtold, Of st. Louis, who
was said to be connected with the Knights
of Labor
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offered as an amendment the addition Of
the words by means Of confiscation with.
out compensation" 7. j.. Morgan author
of the plank. seconded the amendment. A.
NJ Craith, of Boston, offered a substitute.
as follows:
of land holding and substituting therefor a
title of occupancy and use only
j. MahlOn Barnes. of the cigarmakers'
union, raised the point of order that a
similar resolution had been already adopted
by the federation and therefore could not be
considered. President Gompers ruled
against the point and Mr.. Barnes appealed
from the decision of the chair Half a
dozen men wanted to discuss the appeal,
out the president ruled that only the APP
Peiiant and the appellee should speak.
Barnes demanded that the president
VACATE THE CHAIR
curing the discussion, but the latter de-
e . The chair was sustained by a
vote of 81 to 15
Thomas ]. Morgan presented chart to
SNOW the relative number and wealth of
.',. ming men, business men, capitalists and
lin,iilohalres. His speech was a vigorous
nusoeacy OF socialism. A five minute limit
hdu peen made, but when his time was up
is'i! uozen men volunteered to give him
their tlme and he spoke half an hour He
oehleu the charges made in president Com
peie report that the socialistic idea was
smuggled into the program. He said:
we nave as our allies in the socialistic
movement all kinds of labor saving ma
chlnery, and we have the millionaires
Ihey put Debs in Jail today. / am glad of
IL. mat is the kind of work that will
make you vote to put men on the bench
VINO Will render such decisions
Mr.. Strasser followed Mr.. Morgan in op-
position to socialism. He said socialism
was not progressing The socalistic
growth In Germany was not socialism, he
SAID, but the rise of Democracy.
MI. Bramwood, OF the Typographical Union
salo, so far as he was informed, the dele
gates were all under instruction from the
union as to their votes, and he thought
all arguments were useless Others spoke
at length, and the convention adjourned
with the question still under consideration.
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-12-19

the river on the night of Nov "a to fall
upon Bragg's flank
One tower stands where Gen. Bragg had
his headquarters, and here the government
has bought a plot of ground, which includes
bit of ruined earthwork-part of the Con-
federate line of roachments-the historic
Lombardy pOplars, and the Stunted cedar
The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1894-12-19

Continued on Seventh Page.
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DENVER, Col, Dec 13-1'pon the as
sembling Of the convention Of the American
Federation Of Labor today the following
telegram was read from Miss Frances Will
lard, president of the w. c. T. L.:
"Greetings to the convention White rib
bons send fraternal delegates earnest SYM
pa.hy. Honest hard work is the only roy
atty
The auditing committee reports: Receipts
of the year, $15,346.4 49, balance on hand Nov
l, '99, s7,147.44; total. 500, 1887 Expenses
Nov. ], SO, to Oct. 81, '94, ST. 1902 OS: balance
on hand Nov. ], 1894. $5,l91.7S A spirited
discussion was precpitated by the report
of the resolutions committee in favor of
the adoption OF the resolution introduced
by Edward l.. DAILY of the Lasters' Union
of Boston, asking congress to pass a law
making it an offense punsha BILE by fine
and Imprisonment for any employer to en-
ploy during strike or lockout of his en-
ploys, aliens who have resided in this
country less than one year. who have not
expressed an intention Of becoming Ameri-
can citizens.
After some discussion a substitute was Of
fered that the resolution be referred to the
incoming executive council, with instruc-
tons to secure legal advices regarding the
constitutonality of such law. if passed.
Delegate Elderkin asserted that such a
proceeding was useless. no law favorable
to labor would stand in any court in the
country.
benefit of labor were useless unless men
can be elected to enforce such as now exist
Mr.. Evans opposed the resolution on the
ground that strikes are not considered legal
The substitute was adopted.
The resolutions committee recommended
the adoption of a resolution, Endorsed by
the Typographical Unan, against land
monopoly. The report was adopted.
A resolution asking the secretary of war
to have the fish traps removed from the
Coli rix Lou
adopted The committee on resolutions also
recommended the adoption Of Delegate
LlOyd'S resolution in favor of free coinage of
silver.
The preamble covers much Of the argu-
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-02
Phases of the Ohio River.

To the artist the silvery, shrunken
Ohio, winding feebly between green and
everlasting hills, is a charming spectacle
worthy of transfer to canvas and subse-
quent hanging in favored place in the
home Of a purchaser.
But to the practical Pittsburger the
swollen, turbid, oil stained Ohio, career
ing to the Mississippi through a bleak
landscape of snow sprinkled hills, is
sight more attractive than any afforded
in midsummer.
For the larger Ohio bears on its muddy
breast the deep laden coalboats whose
contents are not more needed by New Or
leans and Memphis than the money the
coal represents is needed by our river
operators and shippers. These regard
the Ohio as most lovable stream when,
after months of picturesque idleness, it
arises i'll its might and boasts Of ''12 feet"
If our local artists wish to make a
painting of the Ohio which will be sala-
BILE to coal shipper, they must portray
the stream with that number of feet,
with the tawny name of swirling water
and q procession of coalboats heading
for the sunny south. A "coalboat,' it
might be added, is one that requires 10
feet of water to float it and is helpless
to reach the lower markets on a stage of
water that Will let out a coal "barge."
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-02

Dy the hand and say, Conner Uld man,
who has been wandering go or 30 years,
thy sun has almost gone down. Through
the dust Of the evening stretch ont your
withered hand to Christ. He will not
cast thee off, old man. Oh, that one tear
Of repentance might trickle down thy
wrinkled cheek. After Christ has fed
thee all thy life long. do you not think
you can afford to speak one word in his
praise?
Come, those of you who are fartheSt
away from God. Drunkard, Christ can
put out the fire of thy thirst. He can
break that shackle. He can restore thy
blasted home. Go to Jesus. hbertine.
Christ saw thee where thou vert last
night. He knows of thy sin. Yet if
thou wilt bring thy polluted soul TO him
this moment he will throw over it the
mantle of lis pardon and love. Mercy
for thee, oh, thou chief of sinners! lar
lot, thy feet foul with hell and thy
laughter the horror of the street! Oh,
Mary Magdalene, look to Jesus. Mercy
for thee, poor lost waif of the street!
Self righteous man, thou must be born
again, or thou canst not see the king
dom of God.
Do you think you can get into the feast
with those rags? Why, the Kings serv-
ant would tear them off and leave You
naked at the gate. You must be born
again. The day is far spent. The cliffs
begin to slide their long shadows across
the plain. Do you know the feast has
already begun-the feast TO which you
were invited-and the King sits with
his guests. and the servant stands with
his hand on the door of the banqueting
room, and he begins to swing it shut? 1t
is half way shut. 1t is three-fourths
shut. 1t is only just ajar. Soon it will
be shut
''COme, for all things are now ready"
Have l missed one man? Who has not
felt himself called this hour? Then call
him now. This is the hour of thy re-
demption.
While God invites, how blest the day;
How sweet the gospels charming sound!
Come, sinner. haste, oh, haste away,
While yet pardOning God is found.