Evening star., 1898-11-03
BACK FROM n CAMPAIGN TOUR
Commissioner Of Pensions Returns From a
Trip Through Various States
His Views of Republican Prospects In
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Oisis Michigan and Tennessee
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Reference to Idle RumOrs.

| Aii' IL Nfsay E4frtiiS. VI DCii-
sions retnnsned This morning from his cam
paign toursfn Illinois, Michigan and Ten
nessee. Ahhough he made a number of
speeches. be 'dp9S not show any of the ef-
| fects of. the campaign and looks ruddy with
| the glow of healtha: Commissioner Evans
| welcomed the reporter of The Star and
spoke at length upon his trip. He said:
Before enter into details want to say
| that in all of the places L spoke there was
| great enthusiasm, and not in single in
| stance did /, see tany lack of interest in the
| campaign There is a great deal of salts
| faction throughout the country with the
! administration. apdr this is the only danger
| that confronts the republican candidates.
You Know, republicans genera ly don't turn
| out in off years and when the administr,-
| ton is their way and satisfactory they are
! liable to be apathetic.
I'm Tennessee l. spoke at Memphis Chat
| tanooga, Nashville Murfreesbo"o, Se'ner,
| Kingston and Knoxville. The republican
| party is very niuclr alive in the 'old volun-
teer' state. I heard great many disagree
| able stories about the treatment of the
| troops at Chickamauga, and several of
these stories l personally investigated and
| they proved without foundation. 1t is the
sympathetic ladies who are circulating
these stories and it has done the party no
good
One Case Investigated.
Now, there was one case in particular
that 1 heard of at a dinner party, and it
was repeated during the campaign whcrev-
er | spoke. 1t was. of a poor sick soldier
who had been moved from the health!
camp on Lookout mountain to he camp -
Chickamauga by orders of Colonel Young,
and who died en- route in the ambulance. 1t
was stated that his comrades all protested
but Notwithstanding the mans weakened
condition, Colonel Young barb lrously or
dered him off. ! had talk with the chap
In tpI,
recall. was the 1st Illinois Cavalry, and he
spoke of the healthy condition of the men
and Dragged of the fact that only twenty
one men in the, whole regiment We're sick
on Lookout mountain.
"He remembered this case in particular
and when ! asked him to tell ME how the
man died. he replied that he was very
much alive; that, he had ridden down the
mountain in the ambulance with him:
that he was the first one of the twenty-one
to recover. and when the governor called
for volunteers to suppress the miners
riots at Nirden, this very man was the first
to volunteer.
81 made it my business to inquire some
what into the charges affecting the camp
at Chickamauga. and ] found, as l expect
ed. that they We're the idle vagaries of
democratic politicians or else jokes perpe
trated by the soldiers unon sympathetic
ladies who visited them.
Il was more thoroughly pleased with the
reception ] received at Grand Rapids than
anywhere else. I spoke at the Soldiers
Home there to 700 old veterans, and found
them enthusiastic in their praise of the ad-
miniStratio1 and very firm in their deter
mination to uphold the principles of repub-
lcanism. I'also spoke al Ionia. Mich. in
the district represented by William Alden
Smith in Congress here. | had read in the
newspapers that this was d doubtful dis
trict. and that Mir. Smith was likely to be
defeat ted. An ofi.the evidence that | re-
ceived whilet thanr, however, was just the
contrary. Mr. Smith is making an active,
energetic canvass, and there is general
expression of dis able representation of
the district in all its varied interests. This
is one of the. growing districts of Michigan,
and the people there are very intelligent.
Repsbliehns Aggressive.
IN Illinois' had a pleasant stay. made
four speeches i'm Chicago, and found the
campaign Very interesting. The.republi
cans are not onss1 not aoathetc. but are
aggressive, and 't9e fight they are making
IL, the disttfct' ,2pW, Georesentfh by John
Baker, democrat, augurs well for the
party.o The republicans have nominated a
very able man in Mr.. Rodenberg, who has
the confidence iof the people, is making a
vigorous camuaign. and there is a strong
hope of his redeeming the district and
making it once more republican.
"You don't hear much criticism of the
treatment of The soldier boys away from
Washington This seems to be the center
of it all l was very much amused to learn
are ridicuing as the veterinarian of the
army. 1t was in Chicago that | met very
prominent gentleman who knew the doctor
very well and VINO spoke in the highest
terms of him both a gentleman and a
surgeon.
Origin OF a Rumor.
He told me how it happened that Huide-
koper became known veterinarian. 1t
appears he is a very well-known bacteriol-
ogist, and much of his investigation along
that line has been with animals. He is
also d great adn1irer of fine horses, and
some years ago, a friend of his imported Il
valuable horse from England. The horse
became sick after being in this country a
short time and gradually failed in health.
Experienced veterinarians from everywhere
were called in. but could do nothing TO help
the animal. DR.. Huidekoper was friend
of the owner of the horse. and one day he
visited the latter and was invited to admire
his fine points, which were now most prom
inent because of the horses emaciated con-
dtion. He listened to the story of the
horse doctor present and then his own
account examined the horse. Like every
good physician, his examination was COM
plete, and he found what the veterinarians
rad overlooked 1t was that two teeth in
the horses mouth Were pressing against
two others in such a way that they could
not come through. He directed that the
gum be lanccd and, after a little while. the
teeth be drawn. sFhe Veterinarian ridculed
the diagnosis of the doctor and declined
most positively to follow his directions
Whereupcn DR.. Huidekoper. at the earnest
solicitation of his friend did the job him.
self and the horse got we'll
--2s--t SS-
Mr.. Recside Chosen Secretary.
Mr. Frank p. Reestde, who has been con-
nected for long time with the Equitable
Cooperative Building Association and for
some years past has been chief clerk of the
office has been elected by the directors sec
retary of the company, position which has
been held since the organization. nearly
| twenty years ago, by Mr.. John Joy Edison.
| The latter, without changing in any material
way the. relations which he has hitherto
sustained to the company, has been made
president, td.hn sthp vacancy caused by the
death of rfThorfas Somerville. Mr.. Rec