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AT THE SOLDIERS HOME.
Representative Cousins Grafton and
Representative EnRlfsh's Poem.

A. the Soldiers Home cemetry the ora
ton of the day was delivered by Represen-
tative Robert c. Cousins of Iowa. He spoke
of the fitness OF holding such a ceremony
at this home, which America has made for
those who bore her arms and MANNED their
many times teen held. but, the speaker
said patriotism never tires and love forever
fingers with the lost.
II know too" he added, that we are
busy people; too busy to make verses, too
serious to sing songs but as long as liberty
shall dwell among us to thrill the heart Of
age with memories grand, and with her
painful and romantic story of the past en-
raptured youth, we never can be too busy
to be patriotic.
Every citizen Of America" he went on
SIS the living legatee of every Union soldier,
whose will was written with his blood and
probated in the court of war. When Robert
E. Lee surrendered to Gen. Grant the mas
ter sword of secession and of slavery, he
surrendered the greatest power that was
ever forged into thunderbo1t of rebellion
against any nation. The combined forces Of
Bonaparte and Wellington could never have
conquered that confederacy. Alexander and
Hannibal and Caesar would have been lost
in the awful storm of Gettysburg alone. We
were saved from the furies of that fearful
storm by the grea test and the grandest sac
rihce of human life that was ever made or
offered on the altar of deaths history. We
tIy to comprehend it and are dazed. We
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Will astonish skeptics. Nearly q million
men, to say nothing of the ladies and chill
dren, observing this national day of sor-
row. not alone In the north. but all over
the south The members of the United
Confederate Veterans. governors, Senators
and men noted as confederate leaders, are
participating in the memorial services; on
many almost forgotten battle-felds in the
south this day will be observed for the
first time. 1t is very gratifying and speaks
well for the patriotism of our whole people
that as We recede from the time of the war
this day becomes more sacred and univer-
sally observed.
Tribute to Woman.
You veterans of the war have gathered
around the graves Of comrades and friends
You outlived the fiery storm. They went
down before you. There is no need OF an
appeal to you. whose record Is written In
fire and blood. to be true to the memory Of
the comrade who touched your elbow a.
you fought or died in your arms under the
nag Because you fought and they died
the nation lives. The forms and faces OF
those stirring times. and the events Of the
great war, in which we bore a part, after
thirty years seem unreal and shadowy, ike
the remembrances of a dream. But with
our recollections of the days of preparation,
ana the campaigns and battles which fol-
ioWed-with all our recollections of those
who lay wounded among the dying and the
DEAD, or sickness and suffering in hospitals,
OF starvation and death in prisons, there
are closely and inseparably linked sacred
and beautiful memories Of love ana devof,,,n
of tender synna Inv . ma M ,nrh,,.., -,s. 49,.
OF tne unorevetted untitled heroines-wives.
mothers. sisters and sweethearts-the great
slmy OF noble, patriotic American women
None that ever lived We're of a nohler truer
type. They made the flag which was 10 be
the cherished emblem of home and country
-. VI san,@eu socleues IN the held and
nospitaL VINO can paint in fitting words
anX1AfN ov.A
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EXCURSIONS. &c.
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washington The Lady Of the Lake has been
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AT ARLINGTON.
The Address of Representative Martin
and Col. JOyce's Poem.

The Address of Representative Martin
and Col. Joyce's Poem.
The grafton delivered at Arlington by
Representative A. N. Martin Of Indiana was
elaborate and full Of interest. He referred
to the historic place where the exercises
were being held and the memories which
were evoked by standing on Arlington
Heights and looking down over the city
He spoke Of the dead heroes whose bodies
were inferred In the great national cemetery
OF Arlington. But why stand we here
amongst the graves of the dead at Airing
ton today?" he asked. "Why seek we not
the walks Of the living at this moment?
Why are all these thousands of people gath
cred here now? Why this procession, the
martial music and soft songs, the arms re-
versed and flags draped? Why all these i'm
posing ceremonies? Let each one here an
swer from the heart as 1t may suggest, but
let me reply that it is not only because this
Is Arlington. but because this is Memorial
day, memorial of those who died to save our
Union. Yes; Memorial day! Not Memorial
day at Arlington only, but throughout the
length and the breadth. the north and the
south. the east and the west of this great
and splendid Union"
He paid a glowing tribute to the nag, and
touched upon its history and symbolism.
He said: when we today strew flowers
upon the graves of our dead we may well
recall the memories of the gallant men who
from Lexington to Yorktown, at Valley
Forge. or at Fort Moultrie under WASH
ington's guidance. fought for the freedom
we now enjoy. Whether under jackson at
New Orleans. under Scott at Lundy's Lane,
under Perry on Lake Erie under Decatur
in the Mediterranean, under Harrison at
Tippecanoe. under Mad Anthony at Fort
Wayne. under Taylor at Buena Vista, we
may honor the memory OF all who died un-
der the stars and stripes in its defense.
Honor to the Women.
To-day. too. we honor those tender
hearted, brave. loving women who left home
and Its comforts to seek out the sick and
wounded upon. battle fields and in hospitals
and whispered courage to the sick and con-
ISOLATION to the dying. o. brave women! ft
companions of heroes! worthy comforters
of those who needed comfort; we pay our
tribute Of memory's affection to you this
Memorial day. Biographers pile high their
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The Sentiments Uttered by Represent
tative Pence and 3. s. Yoder.
The speakers at Congressional cemetery
were Representative Lafe Pence Of Colo
RADIO and Mr.. S. S. Yoder.
Representative Pence spoke of the pass
ing Of years and the burden Of inhrmities
and weakness that came in their train,
bearing heavily upon the veterans OF the
war. you now halt" he exclaimed, ''as IL
wearied. As you stand you show too plain
ly that the short tramp of today brings
more fatigue than did exposure, conflict
and severest march in your vigorous days
Of a generation ago. My message to you is
Brief In the name and by the authority
Of the generation to which your sons be-
long 1 here and now remind you that the
inspired hope expressed by Abraham Lin
coin at Gettysburg on November II. 1853.
has been fulfilled. These dead have not
died in vain
"On this anniversary Of flowers and sweet
remembrances. all voices say the peoples
government abides more firmly and gives
better promise that II shall not perish
from the earth The burden of duty passes
swiftly from one generation to another.
LIES span at best is short The sires
whose blessings gave you more Of inspira-
ton to do and, if need be, die, than all the
sound of martial drum when first you
shouldered arms. have long since gone to
peaceful rest and even you so short time
ago the active, acting, moving power Of
the republic. are frail from age. exposure
and wounds and the blessed land whose
stars you saved now must find its servitors
in your children.
A Precious Trust.
BE We not afraid. The sons and daughters
who. coming after you. inspired by the
memory of your valor and devotion. have
assumed the active duties Of the nour and
day. in field and farm. in mart and shop.
are gathered here around you, and my COM
mission of this hour is to speak their mes
sage and say to your thinning ranks. by
the stars and stripes which you saved for
us. by the Union you preserved for us, be-
fore the God who directed your battles and
gave you victory, We shall not shirk nor
seek to avoid nor put aside the proper debt
of gratitude which is due to you and your
comrades. II living, and IL dead. then to
their widows and orphans according 10
the broadcast limits of generosity and pa
triotism.
Nor do I doubt that the children Of the
new south will Join in this pledge. Just as
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for us. Where once the flag of rebellion
floated the stars and stripes now wave. and
will wave while time last. Where we found
divided land there is now Union. ce-
mented by blood. which will never lose its
strength. Where we found hosts Of foes
there now are none to hate or strike.
We are today nation of sixty-fve
millions of people who follow and will
follow the old flag and no other. Let US
remember that soon our eyes must close
forever here to open. we hope and pray.
where the only armies are choirs who
chant praises to the Prince Of Peace. Let
us be ready for the change when 1t comes,
and let us pray fervently to the Grand
Commander above that war may never
sgain be permitted in our land.
Affection for Comrades.
Let us remember, too, that our living
comrades have a right to our loving friend
ship, and that life Is too short to waste any
Of 1t in hating even an enemy, much less q
comrade. Differences Of opinions produce
majorities and minorities in our land, and
the rights of each We must respect and pro-
tect as part of our creed. Let US never
cherish such feelings as would lead US to
indulge in harsh criticism or unjust censure
OF each other. Let us stand together in
aiding, not only each other, but all who
need our help, in every just undertaking,
and I am sure that the neighbors who
know US and the children of the land will
some day. when our time has come. strew
the rose and the lily and the forget-me-not
above US when Memorial day brings afresh
to them memories of the old soldier sleep
ing beneath their floral offerings.
'Fellow-citizens, while we commend the
memory Of the dead soldier to your loving
care, and while we ask you to never forget
Memorial day, and while we join you in
praises of the great leaders of our armies,
we ask you ever to cherish the living rem
nant of that great army which saved you
the Union and made secure your happy
homes for all time to come. The soldiers
who periodically gave service in the armies
Of the Union and yet survive. and the de-
pendent dear ones of those dead, have full
confidence that no act of this great people
will be other than friendly to them. They
know that no law enacted for their recog-
milton or assistance will ever be repealed or
amended. except to make 1t better and
broader.
THE heart Of this nation is big and gen.
erous. and We know that its throbbings will
ever beat warmly for the care of those who
suffered that the Union should live"
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own citizens. And how they did come! That
nag. ordained and fashioned by the con-
tinental Congress-, said, Boys, come and
march under me-and how they did march.
The Union. founded by the men who helped
70 Keep that flag above the head Of WASH
ington, said. Come and die for me-and how
tney did die! Three hundred thousand of
them! And then thought of that historic
prophecy, uttered thirty years ago, when
the millions Of America looked into each
S S.ness faces. white with terror. and won
oered. What of the future?
Wnen Mcclellan lay in the valleys of the
east, holding in his CULVER the fearful
power OF this great nation forged into the
thunderbolt of the Army of the Potomac,
and dared not strike, when even the great
Lincoln stood aghast, taking his daily ad-
vice from the cabinet of circumstances,
Wneh the numbered days OF 1850 and 1861
were passing like the ticking of a clock
In death room at midnight, when the
great statesmen Of the day prayed for the
wisdom OF the patriarchial fathers of our
ed to say II 1t be possible let this cup
pass from me'-then it was that there
arose and sounded far across the CONT
nent the greatest and the grandest proph-
time of an Individual.
1t was the prophecy OF Wendell Phillips
the sconed and prosecuted puritan of Bos-
ton the ripest scholar in history that Har-
ward College ever knew-the man who
walked across the stage of life without
looking to either side to catch his image
In the mirrors OF the world-and this was
his prediction: AS long as there is a slave
within our borders there can be no union /;
and yet l believe In the possibility of JUS
tice. In the certainty of Union. Years hence
when the smoke of this conflict clears away
the world Will see under our banner all
tongues. all creeds, all races-one brother
hood-and on the banks of the Potomac
the genius of liberty robed in light four
and thirty stars for her diadem, broken
chains under her feet and an olive branch
in her right hand
Present and Future.
In poetic language he surveyed the
changes that had been wrought since the
war and found in the exposition at Chi
cago the realization Of Phillips prophecy.
| when all tongues. oil races are beneath
the banner of this country.
ITO preserve is as great as to establish"
he said In conclusion. with all the assur-
ances OF the century that is gone. with
Independence won and slavery destroyed
with victory and union and our great in
dustral prosperity written in our history,
who will I'LL the page of prophecy for the
century to come? Let him or her who
writes the prophecy remember well the
perils Of a peaceful era. the rocks that hide
their treacherous heads beneath tran
our welfare and perpetuty depend upon
fidelity to law, a high regard for public
morals and humanity. adherence to the
pilgrim covenant-the eternal voice of the
majority-and above all, the allegiance to
| the Constitution and the flag, such was
borne-even unto death-by those we honor
here today"
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seek to measure all the sorrow. and are

seek to measure all the sorrow. and are
dumb.
But the sword of Lee" the speaker add
ed. has been surrendered. and the flowers
of Maytime cover alike the graves of the
confederate and the federal. Nature Is too
great and kind to foster prejudice, too wise
to nurture hatred; 1t gives the violet roots
and sunshine over the blue and gray alike.
An Historic Prophecy.
"A year ago 1 was passing Harper's
Ferry, and as / looked over that historic
ground, where the old log house had stood.
thought of the fire of war that kindled and
flashed forth there about the time that
was born: when Harper's Ferry was upon
the lips Of every American; when the Cap
itol was first in danger: when the great
Lincoln called for SO 900 volunteers to defend
our own countryand our own flag against our
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DUPUY MODIFIES HIS CABINET.
Changes in the List of Names I'm the
French Ministry.

Last evening it was announced in Paris
that NJ. Dupuy had modified the list Of the
names of his friends who will compose the
new cabinet, and the following is regarded
as the final list: Premier and minister of
the Interior and worship. NJ. Dupuy; minis
ter of public works. NJ. Barthou; minister of
education and arts, NJ Leyques; minister of
commerce, NJ. Lourtis; minister of hus-
bandry, NJ. Vigier, minister of the colonies,
NJ. Delcasse; minister of justice. NJ Guerin
minister of marine, NJ Felix Faure; minis
ter of finance, NJ. Poincarre.
Tie portfolio of minister of war has not
We. been bestowed but 1t Is understood that
IL will go to NJ. Hanotaux or to NJ Cambon
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The poem was read by Col. John A. Joyc
| 1t was In part as follows:
We meet today, in blooming May,
Within these sacred bowers,
To pay respect and stand erect,
While strewing sweetest flowers
Ger graves In sunny hour
The graves Of those who now reposs
whose lie wen went t out viz ssou.
Amid the battle breeze
| De: land and sounding seas.
And we who live shall ever give
Our praise and grateful tears
| Above the head where patriot dead
Rest calmly, without peers,
Through all the neeting years.
The young and old, the true and bold
Shall keep their memory green,
In Maytime hours, while strewing nowers
Around the sylvan scene,
Where reigns the rosy Queen.
Bright fitting BIRDS with heavenly words.
Shall sing their matin lay.
A sweet long rolf to thrill the soul,
A requiem day by day,
That shall not pass away.
| In sunset glow. DER winters snow,
The cawing crows shall fly
Among these trees to mourn for these
| Whose fame shall never die,
As boundless as the sky.
The midnight moon in hours Of June
|
Illumine each name with regal famo
Eternal, pure and bright,
| Like stars In arctic night.
They not dead-theyve only ned
Away from human eyes.
| To dwell above where God 10 love,
Among the shining skies,
Where yalor pever dies
Upon each breeze that thrills these trees
| l hear my comrades call.
To joiu their band In that blessed land
| Where love reigns over all,
| Aud heroes never fall.
While yonder nag. like mountain craig
| Dtfies the stem of fate,
Well celebrate in church and state
! Their glory long and late,
| Among the good and great.
Wen teach the son how fathers won
On many a bloody field
For Union rights in fearful fights,
| Their hearts with valor steeled,
| Who died before they d yield
We all regret and can't forget
| The heroes who have died
To save this land, free; proud and grand.
| Known DER the world so wide,
BY battle-blood oft tried.
Their work is done. no stars sun
| Shall shine for them again;
We only know they met the foe
| On bloody battle plain
And died for all our gain.
The lightning fash and thunder crash
| Can ne err wake them more:
They rest in peace where sorrows cease,
| Away from battle corps.
| Upon yon shining slo:e.
And when through rain, on sea or plain.
| This Nation needs brave men,
The youthful blood. q precious flood,
| Will fight each foe again.
| Pursue them TO their den.
And now farewell, We who fell,
| TN mountain. vale or sea,
For truth and light, for God and right
Martyrs without plea.
| Who died to make men freei
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AT GRACELAND CEMETERY.
Repf Pfckler's Eloqueaz
Words Of Patriotic Citfrenship.

Sepf ceeOt0tNe H1ckler'e El0Qu00I
Words of Patriotic Cittsenship.
Al the ceremonies at Mt olivet and
Graceland cemeteries the Grafton was a.
livered by Representative Picker Of South
Dakota. In eloquent words he described
the great uprising throughout the north
when the war broke out. and the prompt
response which the summons elected. He
mentioned with appreciative words the
great leaders of the war. "A grateful ma
ton, mindful Of the sacrifices OF that great
war. bows its head in grief this day ana
reverently pays to all these honored dead
an annual tribute Of flowers and love and
tears
Fellow soldiers" he continued. you and
j are proud that we were comrades OF
these fallen ones II is pardonable PRIDE
IL was a grand army-it was a glorious
cause. Ana around these graves, old sol
diers. let us pledge again our allegiance 10
the principles for which they fought. for
which they died. and that we will ever
sacredly defend their memory. But whfie
We honor the soldier. we would not forget
the great and equally necessary work done
by the warm-hearted Union people at home.
The rebellion could never have been con-
Quered but for the earnest support and en-
enlargement from the friends OF the cause
Every loyal man and woman OF the coun-
try gave money, time or labor for the sue
cess of our armies.
Your aid societies ladies sent innumer-
able comforts to camp and hospital. your
delicacies strengthened many a poor man
and your kindness smoothed the dying po-
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FLOWERS OF SPEECH
The 0rations and Poems Delivered
at tho Various Cemeteries.
BRAVE DEEDS FIFTY CONCENTRATED
The Noble Sentiments Suggested
by Memorial Day Observance.
PATRIOTISM AND HERoIsM

The sentiments, both In prose and verse.
which the observance of Memorial day
prompts. are not only wholesome. but as a
rule on high plane. Patriotism and hero
ism and gratitude are some of the themes
suggested. and when presented with the
enthusiasm which the recital of brave
deeds always kindles the orations Of such
an occasion are not only Of present interest.
but are of abiding importance. Below are
given summaries Of many of the orations
and poems which were delivered today at
the various cemeteries
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erations and fought for In the field of bat
tie, are eradicated by the growth of new in
terest and the creation of new sympathies.
and over hundred battle-fields OF war
happy people.
This is a day of peace and reconciliation.
Whatever of politics or of prejudices stand
across the track of reconciliation. business
communication and material interest be-
tween the north and the south will be
crushed under the wheels of fraternity and
common interest. 1t is most commendable
fact that this day witnesseth scenes that
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A CRISIS AT HAND.
Settlement of the Miners Strike Ex-
pected Soon.

A crisis Is generally believed to be at
hand in the great miners strike. 1t is
expected that within the next few days a
settlement on a compromise basis. of the
questions at issue will be made by the
operators and miners, or that an attempt
will be made by the former to start their
mines. and they will appeal to the authori-
ties for protection.
At Pittsburg yesterday. at a meeting of
the operators, there was a general feeling
for settlement. and a committee was APP
pointed to bring about that result, If such
a thing is possible. Fifty-fve strikers were
held On the charge of causing the fatal riot
at Stickley Hollow. Pa, on May "a Opera
tors of central Pennsylvania conferred with
Governor Pattison at Harrisburg, and an
nounced their willingness to pay their men
as much as the workmen receive In COM
petitive districts.
In Illinois there Is a general belief that a
settlement will not soon be accomplished.
Governor Matthews at Indianapolis an
nounced his willingness to serve as an
arbitrator IL the decision Of the board would
be accepted as final.