The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-05-31
HONORED THE DEAD
MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVED WITH
REVERENCE YESTERDAY.


Memorial Day was observed IN this
city yesterday with reverence and
patriotism
Early in the morning hundreds OF
veterans, their wives and sons and
daughters, went out to the silent cities
Of the dead bearing flowers to lay on
the graves of comrades. Many are they
who sleep in the cemeteries Of Wichita
to wake no more, even though the fife
and the drum, the shouts Of men and
i the belching OF cannon may be heard
in the country they loved so well.
| They heard not with earthly ears the
prayers of their wives and their daugh-
ters yesterday. nor did their earthly
| eyes see, but the Christian hope is that
although the body may be desensitized
| the soul lives and witnesses the doings
of this earth.
| Flowers were strewn everywhere yes
terday by loving hands.
The services at the graves were con-
| Quoted by Commander Appling OF
Eggleston post
In the afternoon the procession form
ed at Garfield hall, where the memorial
I
A. ]. Seay of Oklahoma
The procession was led by the Second
Regiment Military band, followed by
Company A, the Uniformed Rank K of
P, the Sons of Veterans, the veterans
themselves and the ladies Of the aux
Hilary associations.
The procession extended from Main
street to Topeka avenue, and those who
participated in it maintained most ex-
cellent marching order
Ii always stirs the heart of one TO
| watch the veterans march on Memorial
Day. Every step they take leads to-
wards the grave. Twenty years ago
few gray haired men We're seen among
them; today they are all gray. Their
step has grown more uncertain and
inspired as they are by the recollections
of the marches of the past, many Of
them soon grow weary and drop out of
the ranks. And speaking about this it
should be said that many Of the boys
in blue are dropping out of the ranks
for ever. Twenty of the men who
marched in the procession last year
have died and their graves were decor
ated yesterday.
The opera house presented a fine
scene. The stars and stripes hung
from the balconies. The stage was
decorated with palms and flowers in
the midst Of which arms were stacked
Flags hung from the top curtains, and
between them was a framed picture of
that grand character and grand soldier.
w. T. Sherman.
Miss Jessie Clark had 100 first grade
school children on the stage and the
patriotic singing OF the little tots was
a beautiful feature of the occasion.
Commander J. VI. Minick of Garfield
post, was master of ceremonies at the
opera house, and Rev. Burns delivered
the invocation. Harry Kramer, post
adtutant, read the general orders, after
which Miss Pearl Phillips recited 1.-The
Pride of Battery B." Miss Phillips Is
not more than 9 years OF age, but she
is wonderful little girl. She recited
The Pride Of Battery b. In a manner
that astonished everybody for its clev-
erness. Little Pearl is all right and she
Will make her mark in the world
She was followed by Miss Gertrude
Bull, who manifested superior talent IN
reciting The Fallen Hero"
GOVERNOR SEAY'S SPEECH.
Judge Seay, ex-governor Of Okla
homa, was then introduced, and he de-
ivered the following interesting ad-
dress:
Comrades, ladies and gentlemen: A
third of a century has passed and a
new generation has grown I'D since the
war Of the rebellion began-since bat
ties We're fought and blood saturated
fort and field and thousands of lives
were sacrificed for the Union. While no |
product of liberty loving brain was
ever SO grand and noble or so compre- |
hensive in its portrayal of human rights |
as the Declaration OF Independence, yet,
although declaring that all men are |
created equal" three-quarters of a CEN
fury elapsed before a negro was rec
ognized as a man, and another decade |
passed before he was accorded equal |
rights under the cons titution. Human /
slavery having existed in the colonies
us virus was innOculated into the flesh |
OF the young republic. It grew and fat |
tened ana became strong, defiant and /
dlctatorial For its preservation the |
hberty or speech and the press warA |
threatened and then denied The elaye
power became aggressive and claimed |
the praries OF the great west and sent
Its ropagandas here forty-two wears
ago. Then the struggle between free
dom and slavery began in earnest
Ihere the vanguard was organized
which resulted in the ultimate over
N4i-t" VI slavery. VI the emigrant So
c'eties. the hardships privations and |
dangers suffered by them OF the hot
oiooded exciting debates in congress
growing out of its discussions. of the
frequent removal OF territorial gov
ernors, and the appointment OF others.
or the fawlessness that existed along
the borders OF Missouri and Kansas. re-
suItlng In battle and bloodshed between
the border ruffians" of Missouri and !
red legs OF Kansas; Of the leadership
or the Atchisons and the StringfelIows
on the one side. and the Lanes and |
Browns On the other-of the doctrine Of
squaoter sovereignty which seemed
TO De accepted by both parties-one need
not speak. ! lived in Missouri then and
was Free Soiler and voted for the first
Free Soil candidate for governor with
only three others in my county. These
border troubles grew out OF A violation
or the Missouri compromise by the
south which provided. that Missouri
might be admitted as slave state. /
The agreement was made in 1890 and
provided that the south would never
ask that any more territory lying north
or what was known as Mason & Dix
on : line, $3.50 north latitude, should be
made slave territory The deliberate
Of this solemn contract las u
was called and the substitution OF the
doctrine called "squatter sovereignty"
as eXpounded by Stephen A Douglass.
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