The Coconino weekly sun., 1895-06-27
M'KINLEY AT OTTAWA.
Ohlo's Governor Addresses Large Crowd
 on c. A. K. Day.


 OTTAWA, Kan, June 21.-McKinley day was even more than it promised to be. The trains brought representa- tives from all the surrounding towns, and by nooH it was estimated that lS,- 900 people had come to do honor to the governor of Ohio. The distinguished guest was welcomed to the state by Gov. Morrill,, and after the response hundreds shook hands with Gov. Me- Kinley. At o'clock promptly he com menced his address to his Grand Army comrades and the vast audience that had assembled. Gov. Mckinley said in part:
 Did you ever seriously reflect what it means to be a fighting patriot? Many people preach and profess patriotism, but the true patriot is he who practices it, and he seldom practices it by proxy. Patriotism is an absolute consecration to country; it is the total abandon ment of business; tis the turning away from plans which have been formed for q life's career; it is the surren dering of bright prospects and the giving up of ambition in a chosen work; it is the surrendering of all the ties of home and family, and almost the snapping of heart strings which bind us to those we love; it is the con- secration of self to the demands of country; it may mean disease con- tracted by exposure or from wounds in battle; it may mean imprisonment, insanity or death; it may mean hun ger, thirst and starvation. In our civil war it meant all of these.
 Tn this land of the free and home of the brave there were nearly 5000, COG who so loved liberty and union that they were willing at any cost or sacri' fee to follow the flag. The blood of half million men was eXacted in that fearful conflict to save the country, and there are men to-day by tens of thou sands who are suffering from dis ease contracted in the service of the government, and as many thousands more bearing wounds from which they suffer every hour of the day, and some of these, alas, are in distressing pover- ty. Our asylums contain many more of the poor fellows whose hard service dethroned reason and unbalanced mind forever.
 Gan we ever cease to be debtors to these men? Is there any reward in reason they should not receive? ..Is there any emolument too great for them? Is there any benefaetion too bountiful? Is there any obligation too lasting? Is there any honor to these patriotic men which living people can bestow that they should not extend? What the nation is, or may become, we owe Loyalty to them. If there is one of these old patriots sick at heart and discouraged. should not the cheerful and the strong who are to-day the benefciaries of his valor and comfort console him?'
 The speaker then paid beautiful tribute to the private soldiers, to the rank and file of the old regular army, who stood loyal for the union when officers who had been educated by the government deserted it. He then went on:
 ''The pension list of the government tells the story of the sufferings of the army. June 90, 1893, there was grand total of veterans, widows and orphans on the list of 93i,Sl7. This honorable list is steadily diminished by death, and will now rapidly decrease as the years roll by. Death will stalk through that list with increased rapidity as age overtakes it."
 In conclusion, Maj. Mckinley said; ''The soldiers of the union are rapidly passing away. The circle of comrades of that holy war is narrowing with each swiftly passing year. Every new roll call discloses one and another not present, but accounted for. There is a muster roll over wonder as well as a muster roll here. The majority of that vast army are fast join- ing their grand old commanders. who have already nearly all pre- ceded them to the other shore. But what a precious legacy they can leave to their children and poster ity! We are accustomed to refer with conscious and just pride to our patriot ancestors who fought for American iu- dependence. We praise, as we should, the heroism of our fathers in the sec. ond war with England, and the more recent one with Mexico; yet, my friends, the time is coming-indeed, the time is upon us-when to be the worthy son of a union vet eran in the civil war is mark of distinction and honor equally as great as that conferred by any other service for home and humanity, for God and country, that history can boast. This legacy is one that will not perish. It will not vanish with the ages, nor fade from the memories of men. It is priceless gift to your children, a precious memory to them to the remotest generation, to be able to leave behind record of honorable service in the holiest war in which mankind was ever engaged"
 No Sugar Bonds.
 TOPEKA, Kan, June 21.-Judgs Williams, of the federal court, sitting at Fort Scott, has just decided that