The Portland daily press., 1897-04-16

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public to see that no man who helped to
| write the pages of history at Malyen
u Ill and Antietan,, and Gettysburg and
! hhe wilderness, and from Atlanta to thu
oea, IS tramp or pauper; to see that
no widow or orphan of the men whc
gave the best years of their lives to the
natlon S cause is uncared for. In order
tna5 the stability for our republican gov
ernment may never be in danger, the
| ilme has arrived whom limit should
Dc put upon the criminals and paupers
whlch the European nations are dump
ing on our shores. Let us give them to
understand that their room is bettsr than
their company. Let us never allow any
people to linger in this republic that
would destroy the free schools over W hich
Today wave the flag under which we
iough5 and on whose folds are en-
! blazoned the proudest victories humanity
ever won, teaching the rising generation
lessons of patriotic love for the grand
olo nag and loyalty to the Union. feel
assured, comrades. that express your
sentiments precisely when l say that
the blood of every Grand Army man
boils with Indignation at the spectacle
OF the assembled nations of Europe sup
porting the efforts of the barbarous Turk
to forge stronger shackles upon the limbs
OF the struggling Christian patriots In
Crete; and that you, the descendants Of
the Revolutionary Fathers, give your full
s. mpathy to the gallant men who are
nghtlng for freedom in Cuba. The
Grand Army of the Repu blic ia ready to
extend the helping hand to struggling
humanity wherever found.'"
This was followed by the statistics.
%% At 4 O'Clock, however. there
was break in these routine proceedings
which brought the veterans to their fest
with rigging cheer. AT that hour, the
National Communicating Chief, I. S.
into the hall and delivered an addres.
Commander Clarkson reached the city
at. about O'Clock, coming from Concord,
where he had attended the New Hamp-
| shire eDcampment. He was met at the
railway station here by COMMITTEES con-
slstlng offCol. John d. Anderson of Gray
aud @. S. Crowell of Lewiston. With
him when be visited the encampment
were also Comrades Fl. r. Sargent Of
Portland, member of the national council
OF administration, and AS. Bangs Of
Augusta, William j. Clayton of Bangor,
George e. Andrews Of Portland, Samuel
H. Pillsbury of Kittsry, g. H. Smith.of
Houlton, Fred D. Aldus of Camden and
K. Bangs of Freedom, members of Com
mander Olarkson's staff. The comman-
der-1n- Chiefs address drew out round
after round of applause and cheers. At
ter Its delivery, the veterans pressed for
ward to shake his hand. They greeted
slim man OF medum height, with
pleasant face surrounded by curling
iron-gray hair.
Ihe afternoon session was not called
upon to consider the proposed change
| of the tine of the holding the encamp.
ment back to February, nor the matter
OF the Newport home. A strong senti-
ment Is apparent among many of the
veterans in favor of allowing this con-
troversy over the home to drop. If their
views prevail it will not come up at ALL
| Ii was announced this afternoon that
no2nominations for officers would be
made at 1880 tomorrow and that the
election would be held at l. 80.
OF course the old soldiers were out in
force to listen to the addresses and mu-
sic at the campfire in City hall in the eve.
ming The music was furnished BIZ
Payne's orohestra, the Italian quar-
tette. Miss Lois Gertrude Thompson,
oontralto Scheda. the volinist, ana Mr..
H. b. Drake. baritone. All the NUMBERS
vera excellentiy rendered and encores
were many. Mr.. Dennett's humorous
readings were loudly applauded. Com
mander Stubbs of Custer post, presid-
sd and called first upon Acting Mayor
Callahan, who extended welcome in
mander Carver spoke for tie Maine
Department The third speaker was
Commander-in- Chief Clarkson, whose
speech which was forcible and eloquent
and interspersed With many witty re-
marks, was loudly applauded. Gen.
Clarkson is an orator of ability and his
remarks on the reunited country and the
purposes of the Grand Army were time
ly and found ready response from his
audience. In beginning he spoke of the
pleasure he experienced at the cordial
and courteous reception he and all the
other visitors received at the national en-
campment in Portland. Continuing.
he said: I came from state which
has more land to the acre than any 9TH
er. 1t has less pine trees and more pub
lie speakers, myself excluded. And
some Of them make a good deal of
country. l remembering fish we had at
Portland. We have no fish in Nebraska
and we have only one river. 1t is
thousand miles long. a mile wide and six
inches deep. My good friend Col. Carver
told me today that Maine was the only
state in the Union, but it seems to me
that the same thing was pumped into
my ears in New Hampshire and when
was in Rhode Island, the people there
seemed to think 1T was as big as the
whole United States and perhaps it is
fer it's size.
Taking these remarks OF state pride as
a-text Men. Clarkson described his re-
cent travels through the country in his
visits among the veterans, saying that
it was so large and great that people did
not know each other. think, he said,
had we known one another better in
1861, we would never have had war.
Say boys we found out something about
those Southern people from 1861 to 1865
didn't we? We found out that they were
stayers: that they were as good as we
W ere aud sometimes little better, did
MT we? Yes they found out the same
thing about us. think II the people OF
this great country could get together
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