The state republican. (Jefferson City, Mo.) 1871-1896, 1895-09-19

Tho twenty -idtj& /, q encamp-
ment of the @. Hin held last
v eek In Louisv ~
. Commander IxE$ SIivered his
annual sddret u. II fng he re-
ferred to Ken lcrv fS birthplace
of Lincoln. deg ka 661h hplimented
the various cH ~ turn. He
said that tht odefl}t1& lost SO, 1856
members In st nd now had
357,839 acti E7H, with 49,
800 suspend tzled for PEN
sion law b HAt1 y which could
not be mistf N u 0r misapplied
and advoca Nc3b to test the
present law oke for q ma
tionsl approI III Tor memorial
day and aga; ling that day
one OF .rs0 r& Compliments
were paid ~ II8 women's orders,
The cons hans and thanks
lesssss,
Lonisviils o6srsly J1SSSs'dy, " ~ ~
welcome sddrsss In behalf Of the
citizens committee. He spoke, in
part as foIows: "Comrades-f for
under the sbar- lowered flag of the
union all WHIP truly love it are COM
rades--in tho name Of the city and
state, l bid you the heartlest well
come. I have been in every state
and territory Of the union and I can
truly say that never came away
from any one Of them where I had
not found something to make me
proud of my country. All that I do
contend for 10 that you will find here
more kinds Of good things and more
of them than You will find anywhere
else on the face Of the globe. Let
the dead past bury its dead. You,
at least, have no reason to complain.
You got away with as many of us as
we got away with you. The brave
men who have gone to heaven long
ago settled the account before that
court where all is made right that so
puzzles us here. God reigns and the
government at Washington lives.
That should satisfy us all. II there
is any more fighting to be done, let's
go and lick England and take Can
ada; let's 60 and lick Spain and take
Cuba; let's go and lick creation and
make the unspeakable Turk vote the
American ticket. We can do it..
Shoulder to shoulder, with the
world before us and Old Glory
above, who shall stop us?
mo surrender; no pretender.
Pitted together in many fray;
Lions In Tight, and linked in their might,
The north and the south will carry the day"
In response, Past Commander in
Chief, William Warner, Of Kansas
City, Mo-, spoke briefly. He said
the boys in blue would never forget
the generous and the great hospi-
tality of the good people of Louis
vile.
When he had done talking, Com.
mander Lawler said he took great
pleasure in introducing James
Whitcomb Riley, the Hoosier poet.
Mr.. Riley then read an original poem
as follows:
A PEACE HYMN OF THR REPUBLIC.
There's q voice across the nation like n
mighty ocean hail.
Borne up from out the southwark as the seas
before the gale:
Its breath is in the streaming flag and in the
flying sail
As we go sailing on.
'Tis voice that we remember-ere its sum-
mons soothed as now
When It rang In battle challenge, and we
answered vow with VOW
With roar of gun and hiss OF sword and
crash of PROV
As we went sailingon.
Our hope sank, even as we saw the sun sink
faint and far
The ship OF state went cropping through the
binding smoke Of war
Through blackest midnight lurcbing, all un.
cheered OF moon or star,
| Yet sailing-saing on.
As one who spake the dead awake. with life.
blood eapng warm,
| Who walked the troubled waters, all un.
scathed, In mortal FORM
| We felt our pilots presence with his hand
upon the storm,
Al we went sailing on.
o voice OF passion luiled to peace, this
dawning OF to-day
o voices twain now blent as one. ye sing al
| fears away,
Since foe and foe are friends and 10, the
| Lord as glad as they
He sends us sailing on.
The report of Adjutant Genera
O. C.kJones contained the following
table, giving the posts and member.
ship In each department June 80
1894, and the number of posti
holding charters the same date:
Char
Departments Posts Members ters
Alabama ...."..... 10 2is IS
A