The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-08
TWENTY SEVENTIES MEET.
FAMOUS CONNECTICUT REGIMENT
 HOLDS THIRTIETIf REUNION.

Election of Officers Held.
 The thirtieth annual reunion of the Twenty-seventh Connecticut Volunteers was held at Lighthouse Point yester- day afternoon. The veterans with their families and friends left the green on two special cars at 10 a. m. These cars bore large cloth signs with the follow ing inscription: "Thirtieth Reunion of the Twenty-seventh Connecticut Vol unteers - Charlottesville, Gettysburg, Fredericksburg"
 The roll call held upon arrival at the Point showed some sixty men present, with report of eight deaths during the past year, as follows: c. l.. Merritt, Franklin Bradley, James Tibbals, John "A. Munson, Spencer Bronson, Charles Baldwin, William S. Bronson and Charles A. Ford.
 At the business meeting, which was held at il o'clock, Stiles D. Woodruff of Orange was elected president of the association, succeeding Major Benja- min E. Brown. Vice President Charles M. Wilcox, Secretary E. J. Mansfield and Treasurer George B. Dade were all reelected to their respective offices. The executive committee for the sub sequent year consists of Willis B. Isbell, Robert D. Goodyear, J. R. Clark, Will liam l.. Parmelee, Daniel O'Neil, Ever itt B. Clark, Daniel Ford, Frederick M. Smith and John HegeI.
 After inspecting the Point the com pany sat down to a dinner served in Taylor's pavilion, about one hundred veterans and friends being present. The tables were tastefully decorated with cut flowers and ferns Major Brown gracing the head of the table, with Senator Hawley and Representative Sperry at his side.
 After partaking of one of the best dinners served by Landlord Taylor, Major Brown arose and in very clever Introductory remarks, advocating the retention of land acquired in the Span ish-American war; and eulogizing the great work done by the army and navy, he presented Senator Joseph R. Flaw ley. After the applause had subsided Senator Hawley spoke much as fol- lows:
 II certainly am very much obliged for such a cordial greeting, and in res turn suppose I must deliver a speech, though I would rather call it talk. We are living in a wonderful time-one might have said that thirty-five years ago, but there have been more surprises in the present time.
 "This present war was one that was foreseen long before by those who stud jed the matter. When war broke out i,,tx ha wished no longer to be subject to other authority than it's own, and because of the belief that the north possessed no right of jurisdiction over the slave problem, it was not surprise. My dear old grandfather told me when I was young boy that if ever a national election was held in which anti-slavery sentiments were promulgated secession would result.
 'This has been war at which many have wondered, even now are amazed that we were in such conflict Poli- tics has been assigned as the cause, but this is not so. The cause had been growing for four hundred years, origi- mating when Spain landed at Cuba and in the Indies. Their slaughtering of the inhabitants, enslaving of the re- mafnder, has gone on until such a pass was reached that some one had to say stop. The land is one that should have been our friend, but the outrageous taxes, two-thirds of which went to Spain and the third to the collec- tor, made life unbearable to the native and to the American planter. The Gu ban people accordingly revolted, start ing some eight or ten years ago in be- half of the people there.
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 "This insurrection dragged along for A long time until the seventy millions of people of this, in many respects the greatest country on the globe, arose in their indignation and said that this war of annihilation of Spain's must cease. Now we are pledged to the guardianship of Cuba, either to found 8 republic there or to make it tributary to us and protect in it that way Then Porto Rico which was almost thrown, as 1t were, into our lap, must be cared for There 97 per cent. of the people do not know how to write or read. They must be educated by us. So it will be seen that the task before us is greater than that of the war. In the Tdr west lie d group Ol lSlduuS Cdlleu the Philippines, with a population of 100000 embracing Spaniards, Japan ese. Germans, Malay and many other nationalities to be considered. These mostly barbarians must be educated, and given some form of government. Many years ago when Florida was &C., 1uired by the United States many form of government had to be tried to gov- ern the country. This is becoming a nolitical discussion however, and what II wished to speak of was the bravery Inf the men of the war just past The men of West Point and Annapolis who were apparently wasting so much time strdying this and that military problem have certainly vindicated themselves. The practice of gun firing, which seemed so wasteful, has proved to be one of the best investments we made, making the European countries unite in our praise. Let us bless the God of o,1r fathers for what he has done in 4be mast and pray that he may help HIS even in the future"
 Senator Hawley's remarks received nerited enthusiastic applause, after ,vbich the chairman introduced Repre- sentative N. D. Sperry, who spoke sub-