The morning times., 1896-09-17

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avenue and Ninth street.
1t was a meeting OF the brave and the
fair Evar>,. chair in III. cre,t audience
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aiSlcs and the floor space in the rear.
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,he reu,Iar sex
iartn.rrcataudience u,enand ..omeh
wnr,. seated in hank after hank ON the
rising platIorm A small SNEAKERS stand
neatly aran.I in tho p,tiouuI c,,ors stood
not,ysan 'rha h,nd Iort was vacant a,I
ali .ntcrt.inn,ent ali iustruc,ion M, on.
thust,sn, came iron, thu. IttIe stand
or on,,usi.,sn ,b.re WIS nm ,burd,ro.
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DISTINGUISHED MEN THERE.
Though The meeting was nominally under
the auspices of the Philadelphia Brigade
il was mutually participated in by the
yc,craps of both sides Gen john W.
Frazier, tie brieade's commander. presided.
Among those who sat on the big plat
form win him were the following: Gen.
J. y. Beaver, Justice Harlan. Hon. George
Hawkes., Rev. Jacob /. Peterson. Capt. John
Rely, Col Ward. Mrs. George +. Pickett,
widow of Gen. Pickett, Major and Mrs
Charles Pickett of Norfolk. Col and Mrs
Pickett, Col. and Mrs. Shepherd of Fred
,ricEsburr Va: Col and Mrs Rogers of
Uoupd LAX, n y.Dr and Mrs Tomukins.
nr S.afrnrd Cor,,r,l and Mrs lar rs
Tanner can't and Mrs ,;eorr. r Pifs,tt
Mrs wUi,n n Tom,tin> Mrs Cran,.aI
Mrs II,rt Jud,re u a p,owninr or M
nnis. Rnv IoLn w S,vre Capi Kecrcr
Dr g. n Iefr,ies of WiIpinr,on DeI
george O'NciI. Francis McNuIty lanes r.
obariv Jobp uranry ~ rnrv u Eob.r,
son COY Tlo,,oS E.Ieichcr of Missouri.
william G. Mason. cant. W. p snyille
JoI,n Finn COZ NJ y UreIl Col Charles
y Trout,n,n Gen Vincent n r smith
and Commissioner Tru,sdeu.
In,medi,teIy uron calling the meeting
rsl a. a.
n,I.rir.,;.T I Y y,Il,or of m.
:. .T.,J nv VIII, ,,-,s-n ha,,a -, rryent
to deliver an address on the ..irand Army
Of M. EcnuI,Iic The letter was one ;,,-
ceutinr the ipyitotinu To attend The rerninn
and The dedication exercises, but at the
last hour he failed 10 put in an appearance.
COMMANDER WALKERS LETTER
..Slch meeting, as thest. - he wrote. have
the annroy,I a, every ra,riotic citizen
How much have the psouIe of this ma
tion 90 To see of the feeling that has
grown IN between tn, men who dii the
T,rI,tlnp an hosh sides before ,h.y can
,nn,, ia an understan,,iu., or the domiuant
sentiments in yo1r heart and I'm mine?
The man VINO folgat on the side OF the
south and wro now stands with me for
our common country and the perpetuity
Of lis institutions is my fellow citizen
and W., who nav, Ininp,ru win ,Io,r wno
wore the gray in that struggle. know that
the trouble is not with the men who did
the fighting, who stood up and faced US
and gave us a mans chance for his op.
ponents life, but rather with the fel-
lows who are invisible in war that are
always invincible III peace"
Mayor CharlesF. .Warwickof Philadelphia
wrote tina tie would lie unable to a:tllsd
Richard NJ. Taylor, mayor OF Richmond,
was unavoidably kept away A brief letter
read
Gen. Frazier introduced Hon. George
Hawkes. OF Piiladel phia. He brought with
him greetings from tie City OF Brotherly
Love, ana made an eloquent address.
SPOKE IN MUSIC.
Comrade Frank Cunningham, of p ickett's
Division, was given "A rousiug ovation
when called upon to sing. He prcfaced his
songs with a brief address that immediately
audience. He sang IN a rich, clear voice
The Knot of Blue and Gray" aud The
) word of Bunker Hill''
Justice Harlan, with his black straw hat
in hand. and who said he had dropDed
into the meeting something by accident
and without a iull kno W hedge of its aims
and PURPOSES. advanced to the small
sneakers stand.
This is a fit and appropriate year"
said ne. for the holding of such a reunion.
For The first time since the close of the
,yara PresidrntiaIca Icampai-nis being waeed
without having the slightest degree of
auimosity or feeling growing out of the
var I'VE nave Sonfederates in every
hrarch or ,be covnrnmcnt of tho Irnited
states tn. citias OF tho North are rilJad
witb coumer,i,i men who were in the
rneltbat If tho southern
,eo,,l. ar ,yi,,;ro ana ,,ant n tho GOV.
a, a .ha,,ld,aso n - ,a hoo,,irr
30 1a,,,atarias - tho Eourodarato 80
ms, as il has done tho burial groundS or
Inc Eoda-aI barneS ;,
ShEEhED JUS HE ID HARLAN.
lne lasb sentiment Oh the Jurist was
erected VIII ringing Eohey ot appiaose
lhat instead OIL uifniilishihs aiter many
secoius proke o"o a'resn wheh an chthu
asIic veteran III gray 'nre" MS ha'
',a,,,,So, ,I,o FL ,ra tha ai. 80 an,
with hats and handkerchiers.
Mrs. Virginia Frazer Bo vie OF Tennessee
had written a poem for the occasion.
The authoress was unable to attend the
exercises and read it, however, and the
duty devolved on Rev. j. i. Peterson OF
T Philadelphia. The produ ction was en-
,itIed ..Snnp of tho Patriot