The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-03-04
VOL. 7-NEN SLRIES NO 33I.

az compared with those issued by Mr.
Rauni, asserting that il was largely Cue
10 ruling made by Assistant Secretar,
OF the Interior Bussey. He referred e
the mistaken belief that Mr.. Lochren wal
hostile TO the soldiers because il was al
legged that he is dominated by a Conied
crate soldier. The present Secretary c
the Interior was not IN the war; he wa.
too young TO serve in the Confederate
army. Mr. Black deprecated the precipi
tation Of men who had differed from ih'
people OF the North ana hoped that th'
day Of a noble manhood was at hand.
In conclusion Mr.. Black said: What
say--and you know it--I am going 10 tel
you honestly, as you deserve 10 have II
told to you, and as you all know IL, and
as the people deserve TO know it-in the
multiplicity OF affairs Of that great Office
which involves the affairs of the Indiane,
the surveys of the country, and the pen
sions: which has twenty great bureaus.
more or less, the Pension Bureau being
one. the Secretary, Mr.. smith, must, by
the constitution Of human nature. BY the
way man is made. surrender. and does
surrender, TO his Commissioner of Pen
sions the control of the work Of his bu-
reau. He is the responsible power, and
what the Commissioner Of Pensions does
Mr.. Smith records, approves, and executes.
The reports that come 10 his desk from
that Office are written by the Commis-
sioner Of Pensions or prepared in the
Bureau Of Pensions. He is the conduit
through which, giving such touch and
color as he may. the work Of that great
bureau and the work OF IT'S chief are trans
mitted to this House. And you brave gen
tlemen on the other side, every one of
you know #, you know it that Hoke Smith
does not sit there TO dispense Justice in
little things. You know that what he
does as the head Of great department
is practically to accept the work Of that
bureau as performed under the direction
Of its chosen chief. and who is that chosen
chief? Is he hostile to the Federal sol
diery?
Commissioners Lochren Defended.
/ want gentlemen to go back with me
for a little while to scene that Will
start the tingling blood through hearts
on this side and the other alike. II was
the second day of July, 1863; and this
capital crouched terror-stricken because
the invading legions of Lee had already
sounded the opening thunders at Gettys-
burg. on the second day OF that great
contest TO which the world stood wit
ness. where the mighty forces of good
and evil were in conhict-soon to settle
into permanent victory for what l and
many Of us then believed, and what all
of us now think was the right-on that
second day the corps of Sicklcs, that
gallant, crippled veteran. who sits there
pointing) during our deliberations, was
being massed at Peach orchard in front
OF Cemetery Hill. 1t was charged by
Wilcox and Early. The lines were brok-
hf. cd
of that superb array Of gray-cOated.
slouch- hated veterans when they were
on the run? Our troops broke. Then
came a spectacle as great as any in the
history of war, in proportion TO the num-
bers involved. Our troops. passing back
through the second line, found lodgment
and safety there under theprotection, Of
their comrads Of the same blood and
faith and strength as those that assail-
I'd them. And in the very center Of where
that vast controlling mass moved for
ward, the first Minnesota regiment STOOL
with this man Lochren In its lines
(Applause)
lie lived long. sir. addressing Mr..
frouD in your great old mountain State.
and caught there the inspiration Of that
nan who said at Ticonderoga: "Surren-
Ter to me in the name Of the great Je-
lovah and the Continental Congress"
He was a man. although born on foreign
soil. With his fellows, 262 in number.
With whom he had won distinction and
lonor, because he marched 10 the fam
ing death of Antietam, he had been moth
ng but a private and a sergeant in the
-anks, il was there the hand of reward
hunted him out. and made him a petty
lfiicer. in that command. on that day,
With the remnant OF his command, he
stood on the crest Of Cemetery Hill. and
ooked where Sickles' columns were i'm
'etreat: looked where the victorious
orces Of Early and Wilcox were coming
IN. and then, with the 262. under the COM
nand of their gallant colonel, he waited.
'eady for results At that moment there
anne up that man, whose wide, Observ-
mt eve, whose great deeds, whose noble
leart whose superb soldiery have made
lim known in history as Hancock the
superb" (Applause)
Riding from the rear, he came TO where
his group stood crouched, What COM
nand Is this?' he asked. 'The First
Minnesota" was the reply" Charge those
columns" was his command. l give you
he facts as history has recorded them.
And at the word this little array, under
Lieutenant William Lochren, stood (as a
lie closer), If you please steadied them
ielves for an onset as hopeless as the
itand of the Greeks at Thermopylae.
Here the broken fragments Of a glorious
lrmv: there the Onrush Of a victorious
oe. Those 262 men arrayed themselves
n line. AT the command or the colonel
With steady step. with their arms at
light shoulder shift, the command Of
81 started down the hill towards the
rOnt Of the conflict Iher purpose
vas seen the instant they were uncov-
,.raf, fltI hot,
they pushed forward; they increased
heir double-quick 20 run; they brought
heir bayonets down; they made break
n the centre OF that line. which checked
he advance OF those victorious veterans
md gave time for the reforming Of the
nion commands, and saved the day a /
cemetery Ridge for the Federal army.
Applause)
And in the centre OF that column was
his man LOchren Crenewed APPLAUSE, to-
law an honored member OF the Loyal Le- |
ion Of the United States; to-day, relieved |
rom the honored duties of judge, to-day |
earring his comrades cause in his heart |
Z faithfully and as clearly as when 2l5 |
ut of those 22 fell. killed and wounded, in |
hat single charge only AZ remaining. and |
e one Of the Al. He had been a private |
,ldier. a non-cOmmissiOned officer. an Of |
GER For three years the tap OF the drum |
nd the voices Of command summoned |
i'm In forty battle-hclds. To tell me to- |
az. because he observed the laws OF his |
)untry BY honors and regards his oath
lat man. paying out everything that he
an and reserving only what he must, IS
nfriendly 10 the Federal soldiery stamps
le whole vast procession of ISLANDERS with
le character which they deserve.
At the conclusion Of Mr. Blacks speech
! was surrounded by his political asso-