The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1898-05-05

Yakima. When We hear OF brave actions
that have been done in great battles We
shall know some OF you are among them.
Mothers prayers will follow you. Faith
ers' prayers will follow you. The pray
ers of this whole county will be offered
up in your behalf.
At the end Of Mr.. Bartlett's speech
three cheers were given; the band played
Battle Cry Of Freedom" which was
sung by the sudisnce.
Hon. w. L. Jones next spoke briefly,
a. follows:
Fellow Citizens and Members of the
National Guard: 1t gives me great pleas
ure to address you for q few minutes
upon this occasion. The tocsin of war
has been sounded throughout this great
country, and from the east and west and
from the north and south our boys are
answering there" and gathering toget her
for the purpose of proving trne to the
land we all hold 80 dear. The state OF
Washington, true to her fair name, of
which she is so proud. has already gath
cred together her quota of soldiers. We
are proud of our great army of the United
Statesmen our regular army-but the
army OF volunteers formed in defense of
this our country. We feel that upon this
occasion we have the grandest army and
the strongest army that the world can
,1Na
the day come mastering in the panoply
of war, yet am glad to see the day COM
ing, even though it may come that way,
when We shall have no north and no
south, when We shall stand united, one
and inseparable, one and unconquerable.
| And we have SONS today gathering TO-
gether that have heard the call of human
ity. We have answered the cry of those
brave Cubans who have been fighting
for their freedom. We shall see that
Cuba is free from the tyrant's yoke. We
are glad. We are proud of the national
guard of the state of Washington. We
are prouder of the national guard of Yak
ina. They have already shown their
patriotism. When the country called for
infantry they responded. ave are here
we are ready to go under orders, and We
will go in whatever way our country need
u.s." AS He died to make men holy, our
boys are going forth to make Cuba free
and they will do it. Cheers.
Then followed the song Marching
Through Georgia." when the following
short address was delivered by Hon. John
g. Boyle:
Fellow Citizens, Ladies and Gentle
men, and Comrades of the New Grand
Army: speak to you as one of the Old
Grand Army that went out 81 years ago
this month. Others who have gone be-
fore me have already spoken on duty and
patriotism and have covered all the
ground. All can say is that the foe you
march to meet is one that is a scattering
fragment of the Roman empire-that
great empire that once conquered half
the woodland everything has been got
through cruelty and oppression. Sergeant
armed upon the shores of the newly dis
covered country and sought for gold even
in the throats of the conquered people,"
You will go into the southern states, per-
haps. You will find there descendants
of the people who once conquered Spain.
You will find that as we have once con-
quered them we will conquer them again
(Applause). We are going to battle with
right upon our side. We cannot fail.
tApplause). Look at Cuba There she
stands like skeleton, rafting her dry
bones at the past and looking forward to
hopeless future. And the end will come
only with the subiugation of that people.
1t is not a tritiing thing. 1t is mans
duty. Revealing in the strength of a
united people. we are one party and one
people in this war. (Applause).
Following the above remarks came the
song "Three Cheers for the Red, White
and Blue"
Hon. r. X. Nichols next addressed the
audience, as follows:
| Fellow Citizens and Soldiers of the Re-
public: The time for diplomacy, DELHI.
Grafton and talk is past, and now has
come the time for action. War is upon
us-war, actual stern war! And now our
nation is in need of the services and SYM
pathy of our citizens. Spain has ever
been tyrant, and the cruelty that laid
waste the fair lands of her South Ameri-
can eoionias ia tho uoroa that !, g.,