Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1900-08-09
The De|uge Did Not Deter the Washington County
Veterans From Making It a Success
GOOD SPEECHES
BY Corade Lee, Vice Commander Currer, Hon. Albert
Clark, Gen. Grout and Others

over their quota furnished BY each.
A ddison, So; Bennington, 80; Gale
donia, Is: Chittenden, 30; Essex, Is;
Franklin, 23: Grand Isle, 0; Lamoile,
81: Orange, 43 Orleans, 90; Rutland,
55: Washington, 9S; Windham, 80;
Windsor, 63.
He said the fighting qualities OF
Vermont soldiers arc SO we'll known
as to need no remarks. In the quail
ity of finding the right man for the
right place Washington county was
all right. Look at the men from this
county who held responsible positions.
He enumerated as follows: Col. f.
V. Randall, Lieut.. Col. Chas. H.
Joyce, Col. VIM. w. Henry, Gen. VIM.
Wells, Quartermasters Edward Dewey,
Fred e. Smith and Col. p. p. Pitkin,
and DR.. Henry James, who was put in
charge Of all hospitals after Gettys-
burg, having over 10000 wounded
soldiers under his care.
He spoke also on the quality of
cheerfullness, which helped so much
during hardship. He then told a story
on Geo. W. Hooker of Brattleboro
Said it seemed but yesterday since
those trying scenes of war were en-
acted. Said he had a profound re-
spcct, almost affection, for the men
who wore the gray. {Applausc.l How
loyal, brave and true they were when
the change came to fight again under
the old flag. They welcomed the
opportunity. Col. Clark then read a
reunion poem.
The speaker then went on to speak
Of the rewards the country has given
its old soldiers. Spoke of the growth
of the country, and the decrease per
capita of the public debt and the in
crease per capita of pensions. He de-
nounced pension frauds, but thought
there were some cases of actual suffer
ing chat the government should re-
| lieve.
He said the old soldiers had been
the guardians of our peace, the pre-
servers of our intregity, the liberators
of race, and more, they have been
good citizens. They are as much
minute men as their fathers were
He said it was not international COM
plications that would disturb oul
peace in the future, but the diSfran'
chiSemcnt of the negro through the
south.
He denounced the educational test
as now applied to the negroes, and al
so the election methods employed
Congress should take away from these
states a portion of their representa-
tion in;the ELECTORAL college (applause)
We must watch out for this great
danger which threatens us. He quot
ed from George William Curtis in con
clusion. Warm applause followed
his address. Col. Clark was unani
mously elected a memder of the
Washington County Veterans ASso
citation.
At $50 Gen. w. w. Grout of St.
Johnsbury East and Capt. Frank L.
Greene of St. Albans, were escorted
to the platform by the committee,
they having with some difficulty ar
rived from Barre short time previ'
Gus. President Conner introduced
Gen. Grout, who complimented Col
Clarke on his powerful address, ano
then spoke of a veteran close to the
hearts of all, Gen. Stephen Thomas,
formerly of Orange, but now of Wash
ington county. He said the southern
ers are loyal to the flag, but still they
are introducing into their state con
stitutions amendments that may leao
to great differences. We made a
great mistake in reconstruction, moi
to require univeral educational test
This southern question is one OF the
troublesome questions of the day, ano
will be in the future. The soutl
longed for the Spanish American war
We at the north were more conserva
tive. You fought to give the BLACK
man ballot, and they are institut
ing practices to deprive him or IT,
The General then spoke further o
practices in the south, which perhaps
cannot be called unconstitutional