The Topeka state journal., 1897-07-22

WOulu ana IeIC IhomaS TO go forWaro
in his own way to that victory which
was like Cromwell's crowning mercy.
rms hour is dedicated to Logan as
soldier. He won 1t from the calendar
and made it his own. But in the midst
OF all this pageantry, we must not for
ger that ne was a statesman in the
most trying times of all our history. 1t
is not for me, at this august moment,
TO discuss any question of party opin-
ion.
Logan was man of positive views;
plain, direct and uncompromising. For
what he believed to be right he would
light in the senate as undauntedly as
he fought on the field. He was for free
dom; and for all those great amend
mentS to the constitution that made
freedom organic in this nation; he was
for equality before the law; he was for
the common soldier who had felt, as he
had at Donelson, the wound, which is
the soldiers best decoration; he was for
the national honor, on land and sea;
Tor the army and navy, and for force,
if need be, to defend every right which
ought to be recognized without force.
He loved Illinois and Illinois loved him.
The son she had nursed in her own era
die He was loyal to her and faithful to
the uttermost; but he believed, as this
great state has always believed, that
the soil of Illinois is the soil of the
United States" The republic is great
er than any state.
1t is little to say that he was honest.
Through all his great career he went
unscathed, and no man ever dared TO
whisper in his ear thought of per-
sonal gain. If anyone had ventured, he
would have seen in that flashing eye,
such warning made the slave sent
to kill Caius Marius, fly quaking from
the presence of him who had been con-
sui.
He, more than any other, created the
Grand Army of the Republic; that Or
ganizatiOn which makes US remem-
ber what we are prone to forget. Here
his form will sleep forever, guarded by
them and by those who follow them. L
greet you, comrades, in the memory of
our great commander and in the MEM
ory of the old days and the old cause.
1t was he who gave us the sweet OBJ
Servance of Memorial day. Only poet
could have thought it; only poet could
others our best loved holiday; our fes-
tival of memory, love and beauty. We
shall keep it forever, with all the flow
erS that grow upon the prairieS and the
gardens of Illinois. And there will be
tears.
If we listen we shall hear an echo of
all we do today; the people everywhere
are thinking of him, because he al
ways thought of them. II is an old les
son, and a good lesson. We never need
ed it more than now. If he were alive,
what voice would ring like his for civic
hOnOr?What form would lead like his.
the nation, the state and the city y?Noth-
ing was too great. nothing too small,
if only it were right, for him to espouse.
To all the duties of peace he brought
the rugged qualities that MADE MIN
great in war.
Our days are like the weavers' shut
tie. We are Fastening to the end. Is
it not something to remember, some
thing to be proud of forever, that, IN
this great ceremony, those who followed
another flag than his, have come to pay
their tribute to the great citizen-Sol-
der? Men of the south, the Grand Ar
my welcomes you; the Loyal Legion
welcomes you, and the Nation greetS
you with an open hand. Brave men
cannot hate forever. If we conquered
you once, you have, in a beautiful sense,
conquered US today, when you rningle
your love with ours for the herolc Tor
the patriotic, and-surely may say it
for the flag which has been saved Tor
US all.
Here we make sacred place. Here
we consecrate name already conSe-
Grated in our bravest annals. we give
the statue to the world in the presence
of the wife he loved and honored, and
whom we love and honor. His ch1idren
and his children's children are here to
learn how great a name they bear
He is not ours alone; yet we claim
him. In coming years the throngs that
crowd the avenue will see silent hg-
ure always on duty. They Will know
and all the world will know-it is Lo-
gan Illinois has kept her trust.
The programme was completed short
ly after 3 o'clock. The parade and re
line in Twelfth street, at the command
of Grand Marshal General Brooke of
the department of Missouri, marched
north on Michigan avenue past lhe re-
in line headed by a squad of ponce on
foot The survivors of General Lo-
gan's old regiment, the Thirty-hrst IL
linois volunteers, led the van, proudly
bearing the old regimental flag, latter
ed and torn by 200 Confederate bullets.
Then came the griZZled veterans OF the
1,<asa hon 1(l1s
of their first and idolized commander
in-chief With the veterans marched
the x-Confederates, 200 strong. The
appearance of the veterans OF the gray
was a. touching tribute to the man tney
met in battle on the bloody field OF At
Ianta. Behind the southerners march
ed with easy swing $500 regulars, the
largest number seen together IN the
west since the civil war. Every branch
of the service was represented. includ-
ing eight troops of cavalry. The gov
ernors of states with their stars FOL
lowed and then came the Illinois ma
tional guard, 1000 strong, under COM
mand of Governor Tanner as COM
mander-in chief: knights Templar
and knights of PythiaS followed to the
number of 1,5O0. The rear was brought
I'D by 12O0 Chicago mail carriers and
g. 200 uniformed detachments of various
civic societies not bearing arms.
The parade was over two hOurS In
passing the reviewing stand.
The pageant on land was supplement-
ed by the finest marine display ever
seen on Lake Michigan. Grouped
around the revenue cutters Gresham,
Fessenden and Calumet, which We're
anchored just off the monument, We're
nearly 200 vessels of the merchant ma
rine and private yachts, all gaily dec
GRATED for the occasion.
Conspicuous among these, partly on
account of the coincidence of names,
and partly on account of it's tasteful
decorations of bunting, was the vessel
chartered by the Chicago Press club
the Goodrich line steamer Atlanta
This evening a public reception will
be held at the Coliseum for Mrs. Logan
and other distinguished guests. The
reception will be preceded by a gorgeous
IdiSro1a1r of fYPxunrLzS in the Coliseum