The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-09-21
He THINKS He WAS RIGHT
Tennessee's Governor Is of the
Same Opinion Still
HE IS LOYAL TO THE STATES
And Cannot Be Convinced That the Com.
federacy Was Wrong
Wild Sensation Caused at the Third DAVIS
Exercises at Chattanooga-A Pick
pockets Picnic


| Associated Press Special Wire
| CHATTANOOGA. Sept. 20.-The .hirt
| day of the exercises attendant upon tn,
| dedication of the battlefield Of Chicka-
manga as park opened With grand
civic and military parade. 1t brought
more people to the city proper than had
been hare any time since the dedicatory
| exercises began. The streets we're sc
| thronged it was next to impossible to get
| about. In carriages were Vice President
Stevenson and party, Northumberland
Scofield, Secretary of the Interior Smith,
Postm aster- General Wilson, Secretary OF
the Navy Herbert, Attorney General Har-
mon, United States senators congress
| men, governors and stats. The formal
exercises of the day in the big Barnum
tent near the government building were
presided over by ce-President Steven
son. The first address by George w.
Ochs. mayor of Chattanooga.
Sen ator Bate of Tennessee delivered an
eloquent speech. He was heartily APP
plauedl. After music by the band Charles
Grosvenor of Ohio spoke. He was fire.
quently interrupted by applause.
When Grosvenor finished, Governors
Morton of Nav York, Woodbury. of Ver-
mont, Matthews of Indiana and Turney
of Tennessee made short speeches. Gov
ernor Woodbury. said that during the war
each side believed it was right, but now
the southerners would have to teach
their children the south was wrong. Gov
eriior Turney took exception to this. II
believed l was right during the four
years and nineteen days 1 served in the
confederate army" he said. "And at
the end of that time l thought I was
right. I still think 1 was right, and shall
teach my children so. No one is IN ore
loyal to the states than !, and no one
more loyal to the government, but l
never can be Convinced that the south
was wrong" This rather frank express
sion caused great stir in the audience.
and when they adjourned it was the topic
of general conversation on all sides.
One of the leading features OF the days
big parade, and which will make lasting
impression upon those who saw it, was a
com pany OF confederate veterans attired
in their tattered old uniforms Of gray,
carrying the Stars and Stripes. AS they
passed through the miles and miles of
would have honored an emperor. The
one next to the last color bearer carried
an olive wreath, an en- blem of peace and
love.
At Barnum's tent tonight there was
gathering of the survivors of the army
of North Virginia and that portion of the
army OF the Potomac which fought at
Chickamauga. Gen. e C. Walthall of Mis-
sissippi presiding.
Col. W. o. Oates. governor OF Ala
bama. was the first speaker. He held
that slavery, while contrary to natural
rights. was lawful state institution
and was so recognized by the constitution
of the United States. 1t was not for
slavery the south fought. however. for
the majority OF the soldiers were labor
ing men and never owned black. 1t
was the horror of seeing four million
slaves turned loose, the invasion of their
rights to local state government. They
fought for the right as God gave them to
see the right.
Continuing. he told how the north h ad
unlimited credit and resources, while the
south had none; how the north had an
army of 3 5000 men, the south little
over 900, 0C0 men. Superiority of num-
ers enabled the north to win.
Col. J. A. Williamson of New Y ork and
Col. r. L. Stegman of New York also
spoke.
Pickpockets have found the dedication
a picnic. Last night while j. W. Blanch-
ard and party were returning to their
midnight, the car was held up by an I'M
known man and the passengers robbed of
all money and watches, amounting in
all to several hundred dollars. A.
Rossington of Iowa had $25 and two tick
cts home taken from him. Dr.. Charles
Snyder of London. Ohio, boarded park
train at Central station with $140 in his
clothes and got off at the battlefield sta
tion without red
= Major W. ]. Colburne was touched for
$50 and he had to borrow so cents to get
in from the park. Major T. Sullivan. a
prominent railroad man of Colum bus,
Ohio, mourns $25 and all his railway
passes on the big trunk lines of the
country. Some of the crooks have been
caught, but still many are at work.
collision. occurred on Lookout Noun |
tain this afternoon on trains of the broad |
and narrow gauge roads. The speed of |
both trains was checked in time to avoid |
serious results. Several persons were
injured, including Senator PETER of Kan
sas, who was cut about the head severely |
but not seriously. He was taken to |
Lookout Jim, where his injuries were
dressed.
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