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Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-09-07
VAST THRoNGs IN CHICAGO.
Railroads Entering the City Worked
To Their Utmost CnuacitS.

Railroads Entering the City Worked
to Their Utmost Capacity.
Conservative estimates made by pas
scnger officials of all the railroads ter
minating in Chicago show that nearly
10000 people came from Il distance. on
account of the G. A. II. cncamplacnt,
during the three days. This total does
not include suburban passengers during
that time. More people came to Chicago
during the three days than in any three
consecutive days during the Worlds
Fair.
Between LOO and 1900 veterans were
unable to find beds Monday night. al
though nearly 5000 cots, provided by
those in charge of the cncampment, were
unoccupied. AT the Second regiment ar
mory, Washington boulevard and Curtis
street. no less than 405 of the 1000 cots
provided free of charge. with breakfast
included, were unoccupied, and, with a
few exceptions, the beds in the school
houses i'll every portion of the city which
had been intended for the use of the vet
Grams were without occupants.
The condition of the hotels Monday
night has been u~nequaled since the
Worlds Fair. All the rooms were occu-
pied Mt an early hour, and cots were be-
ing placed in the halls and corridors.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-09-07
PARADE AF HEROES.
CIVIL WAR VETERANS TREAD
cHlcAeo's STREETS.
Thirty thousand old Soldiers in Line
and Fully Half IA Million oniookers
Crowd Alon. the Line OF March-An
Imposing. Spectacle.

Chicago Correspondence:
OF with your hats as they go by,
Cheer for the patriots who wear the
blue!
Crippled and Scared and out of breath,
These Were the heroes of u.
They swung down Michigan boulevard
those steel men OF the Grand. Army
in IL martial review more impressive
than amy Of the ccntuly's military spec
tacles. Their steps II trilie hating, their
eyes IL tr;ile dim, hut their wrinkled
cheeks a;iame with never-dying patriot
ism, q great host of the soldiers who
choked secession in an awful war marci,-
ed under battle flags with bloody his
tories behind commanders who led them
into revels of death and carnage, and
between banks of uncounted humanity
who looked and learned IL lesson. There
were men Scared and manned, in that
parade; there We're men bent with age.
But they trudged along under the August
sun us full OF fire and enthusiasm as
when they stormed ralMparts and charg-
ed A'edoubts Il third OF Il century ago.
Soon after the sunrise gun was fired
Tuesday bands began to play and the
post commanders began to lead their COM
panies to the rendezvous ut Randolph
street ami Michigan avenue. Around the
Illinois Central station and III the thor
-oughfares n jaccnt thereto were thou
sands am! thousands of blue-coated vet
Grams. There was much wheeling and
countcrmarching i'll response to COM
mands, much cavortins of spirited horses
and much hrlssy blare from scores of
bands, FINALLY IL troop of mounted no.
liccmcn formed Il line clear across the
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-09-07
Earnings of the Wisconsin Central for
the second week in August We're S103,-

Earnings of the Wisconsin Central for
the second week in August were $1O3,-
404.
The Lake C%liautauqua business of the
Erie road is heavier this summer than
for many seasons past.
Nearly all roads terminating in Kansas
City are now borrowing freight cars TO
handle the traffic offered.
\ new through sleeping car service be
tween Chicago and Mason City. Iowa.
has been inauguratcd by the Northwest
crn line.
\ clever little booklet has recently
been issued by the passenger department.
of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois road.
1t is entitled 'lln Route to the South
land.'
Eight miles of rails were laid on the
Grand Trunk road OH a recent Sunday
without the least interruption to traffic.
This is believed to be the worlds record
for reluying track.
Officers of the Chicago and Northwest
ern road are of the opinion that their
roundhouse in Clinton, Iowa, is the larg-
est in the world. 1t accommodates fifty
locomotives at one time.
The Northern Pacific has terminated
its traffic agreement with the Oregon
Railway and Navigation Company, under
| which the formed used the tracks of the
latter into Portland, Ore.
President Norton of the Toledo. ST.
| Louis and Western road says he proposes
to bring the system up among the first
class lines. He is now figuring on the
purchase Of several full vestibulcd trains.
As u result of the Lane murder, the
Adams Express Company as well as the
railroads over which it operates hereafter
will not permit persons not employees of
the company to ride in express cars cx-
cept by written permission of the Off
GERS.
The annual report by the Chicago and
Eastern Illinois shows the net receipts
from traffic for the twelve months end.
ing June 80 last to have been So. s 30
and the net earnings from all sources t.
have been $2,30O, $50. This was an in.
crease of $21G,6o9 owe the earnings 70,
the preceding year.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-09-07
CALAMITY HOME
WHY JONES WAS CHOSEN TO
LEAD DEMOCRACY.
Arkansas of All the States in the
Union Has Fallen OF in Resources
and Productions = Senator Jones IA
Representative Man.

Many people have wondered why it is
that, while the Republican party selects
men of affairs from the great manufac-
turing and agricultural States OF the
Union to manage its Presidential cam
paign, the Democratic party selects n
maj like Senator Jones, from a State
like Arkansas, to be the head Of its Ma
tional Campaign Committee.
Senator Jones was formerly Il slave
owner and dealt in human flesh and
blood. When abroad among his slaves
With his old black snake whip he ac-
quired some experience relative to ''imi-
Derialism," and the consent of the
governed" His conscientious regard
for the preservation of the liberties"
of the people was 80 great that his deep
concern over the liberties OF the Fill
pinos is only eXcelled by admiration of
the way that his dear friend Aguinaldo
and his Tagal associates treat the other
tribes of the Philippines, and hold them
in subsection.
But Senator Jones' principal qualifi-
cation to head the Democratic national
campaign of calamity, and which UNI
doubleday led to his selection as chair
man, is that he comes from q South
ern State, and also that while all the
other Southern States are progressing
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-09-07

property of Spain in the Philippine
archipelago. There was opposition to
the ratification of the treaty. MI.
Bryan came to Washington and per.
suaded his Democratic friends to vote
for the treaty.
Tho people of the United States, and
particularly of the Pacific coast, be-
came entitled TO the vast of
the Pacific Ocean of which the Philip
pines furnish the key.
zone Aguinaldo had raised Il rebel
lion i'll Luzon against Spain before the
commencement of the Spanish war
with the United States. This adyen-
turer had sold out or settled his rebel
lion with Spain for 100000 before
Dewey set sail for Manila. and as n
part of the bargain with Spain. Aguin-
aldo agreed to leave the island and
never return.
dewey took the WHY agitator back
TO the islands, surprising, of course,
that Aguinaldo would naturally be an
enemy of Spain and a friend of the
United States. In this Admiral Dewey
was mistaken. An organization was
formed in the United States called the
. Anti-Imperialist League, which has for
the last two years co-opcrated with
Aguinaldo's Tagal junta, with head
quarters at Hong-Kong, to supply lit
erature and materials of war for
Aguinaldo.
THE assistance and the encourage
ment lie received from the Anti-Im-
pei.alist League, and the enemies of
the United States. both at home and
abroad. made his barbarous and irre.-
ular war bloody and expensive.
Mr.. Bryan's unparalleled campaign
for the principles of the Chicago plat
form. and his insistence upon the adop-
tion of that platform at Kansas CITY.
induced the people to suppose the cam.
paign of 1900 would be conducted on
the issues of 1896. In this it seems
they were mistaken"
Senator Stewart then quoted Mfr.
Bryan's declaration Of his Intention. If
elected. TO call an extraordinary ses-
sion of Congress to give the philippines
freedom upon the am terlns as Cuba.
He also denounced the recent convcn-
ton of nti-fmDerialists ut Indianap-
oils. lie also denounced Mir. Bryan for
promising to attempt to extend the
Monroe doctrine to the Orient"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-09-07
Pension statistics.

Many statistics were given by Gen.
Shaw in his address regarding the ZEN
sion situation. They showed that 991 $40
pensioners were on the rolls OH July j,
1899, and that 1888 new names were
added during the year ending July i,
1900, making a total of 1.036, SG3. During
the year there We're 1884 names drop
ped from deaths, remarriagcs and other
causes, leaving the roll at present 993
$40. This is a net gain of 2O,O1O during
the last year. At present there are 49,
1O4 claims pending.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-09-07
COMMANDER sHAw,s ADDRESS.
Reviews Many Subjects of Importance
to Old Soldiers.

to Old soldicrs.
In his address the commander-in-cilief
reviewed the work of the organization
since his election. called attention to the
pension question. giving data from the
pension office aud discussing the ncccs-
sity for IL pension court of appeals. In
speaking of til. trouble between the vet
Grams and IL. Clay Evans. commission
or of pensions. Gen. Shaw referred to it
as IAN unhappy irritation" and. continu-
Ing his reference to the proposed pension
court of appeals, he concluded: with it
peace and concord and full justice in pen
sion cases would be secured; without it
no end of lleartburnings and Invitations
will continue"
The commander-in-chief's reference to
Memorial Day was III urging that Sun
day he the date hereafter, as it would
largely tend to preserve it from the dcs-
cc,ations which now pcrvcrt the tender
associations of this unique memory day
from its original Specification. lie spoke
Of the Woman's Relief Corps, the Ladies'
of the Grand Army and mentioned the
Sons of Veterans as the nearest approach
to privileged sons of the soil. His recon-
mcndation. Il practical consolidation of
the sons and the fathers. WAS approved
later. when Il committee WAS appointed
| to consider the subject of closer atIilia-
ton. In conclusion he quoted from the
report of the .Adintant General. showing
| that the membership June 30, 1900, was
27G.6 The net loss for the year from
| all causes is IL ,319. including 1890 com
ratles who died since the last encalnp-
! mcnt.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-09-07
CHOOSE RAsslEuR AS CHIEF.
Grand Army Selects ST. Louis Man for
Commander.

Commander.
Maj. Leo Rassicur of st. Louis will be
in command of the Grand Army of the
Republic during the coming year. At the
session Thursday of the thirty-fonrth an
nual cncampmcnt in %Studebnkcr Hall his
mime was presented and received the
unanimous support of the delegates The
election of officers was made Il special
order of business for . o'clock. Post
commandments Maj. William War
nor of Kansas City presented the name
of the M%issourian. and Adjt Gen. Stew
art of Pennsylvania seconded the nomi-
nation.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-09-07

Il. c. Minnikcn of Maine was elected
senior vicc-commander. Frank Seaman
of Tennessee was chosen junior vice-com-
mandcl'. John \. Wilkins of Ohio was
elected surgeon general. y. brahms of
California is the newly chosen chaplain
in-cliief. 1t is IL respected custom not TO
~rc-clcct any to these national offices. The
ntliccs pass around i'm rotation. The APP
~sointivc national offices are usually filled
hy reupNoiNtment.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-09-07

THE ITEM AT THE REAR AND FRONT.

1.-THE Republican party to-day is
responsible for every drop of blood
drawn from an American soldier in
the Philippine Islands, or drawn by
an American soldier. There never
was any occasion for war in the
Philippine Islands. There never
would have bee war in the Philip
pine Islands if the Republican party,
had dealt with the Filipinos accord
ing to American principles.'-Will-
lam j. Bryan, in his night speech at
Indianapolis, Aug. s.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-09-07
Oldest Veteran in Line.

The oldest veteran who marched in the
parade was William Taylor of La Crosse.
Wis. He was n member Of the -Four
teenth Wisconsin infantry and marched
over the entire route without feeling any
ill effects from the exercise. He is 50
years old and a veteran of three wars.
having taken part in the war with the
Blackfoot Indians, the Mexican wal, and
the civil war,
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-09-07

In regard to the Philippines,
many Il poor boy with n gun on his
skc-:;der owes his death to the clam
oring politicians at home. If they
would only close their mouths for a
little while we would soon put &
Quietus 10 this Philippine army.
6 . 1t is too bad that We are
made to suffer at the hands of our
own fellow citizens i'll the States."-
Lieutenant Oliver Z. Robinson, For
tieth United States Volunteers. Il
Democrat, to Il relative in Carbon
dale, Ill.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-09-07
MCKINLEY Not Present.

President Mckinley announced Satur-
day afternoon that he would be unable
to attend the G. A. II. reunion Mt Chicago
on account of the continued pressure of
public business Of immediate Importance.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-09-07
Made His Last March.

Death claimed one of the veterans
while in the parade. Charles Bcckwith,
65 years old, of Algansee, Mich, who
was marching in the ranks OF Sheridan
Post, No. 4, Of the department Of Michi-
gan, dropped dead Of heart disease and
exhaustion.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-09-07
SIZE oT.TRi: PARADE.
Estimates Place the Number of Men III
Lire at Fully 10000.

I4lf.E at ftIIy lO,UUJ.
The total size of the parade was placed
at 10000 men. not only by careful cunt
ing of the sections and estimates based
upon it, but also by Maj. Gen. Miles and
by Commanler-in-chlief Shaw. whose OK
perience in conducting and reviewing pa
rades makes their estimates much more
than guess work. The following csti-
mate was made of the length of time
which it took for the biggest departments
to pass a given point and of the number
of men in those departlnents:
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-09-07

Tie report of Surgeon General Will
liam III. Baker contained a number of in
tcrrstinr statistics showing the rate 1T
which the old soldiers arc being gath
cred to the great majority of their com
radcs. During the past year 1850 deaths
occurred. 3G3 of them from wounds re-
ccivct while in service. and 2.269 from
disease contracted in service. The equiv
alcnt of $50, $1,000 was spent in medical
attention and supplies for free treatment
of veterans. 1,6I7 eases being attended.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-09-07

in agricultural wealth, his State is
steadily retrogradiMg.
Arkansas not only has Il greater mum
Der Of illiterate people. according to
population, and fewer savings banks
than any other State. but it is steadily
losing in wealth. The following fig
ures given out by the United States De
part1nent of Agriculture, Division of
Statistics. relative to the number and
value of farm animals of the United
States, is Interesting. i'll view of Sen
ator Jones deep interest in calamity.
Bear in mind that Arkansas is an agri-
cultural State.
Comparison is made between the last
year of the Cleveland administration
and the last year of President McIlin-
]ey's present administration, and ii
gives the values of the farmers posses
sions in stock. Swine are omitted be
cause there are no figures given:
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-09-07

Total borne Oh rolls ."ub. 1ib
Reports received from the various de-
partmcnts show 9,G69 members were
dropped from the rolls. having been pre-
viou>ly suspended. The percentage of
loss by death i'll the year ending June
30. 1900, was Is per cent. This is the
largest per cent of amy year in the his
tory of the organization. excepting 1896,
when it was - per cent.
The report OF the Adjntant General
shows that the four largest departments
are as follows:
New YORK :.-......... W.
lg.ynsa ivania 49,.
clio 23.sii
Illinois ......... ............... ....21,oi!
The h%igh-watcr mark of membership
was reached " 1880. with 4o9.iS3 menu
bers. The ~lycscnt members number 276.-
G62. During the last year S129.219.26
was expended for the relief Of veterans.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-09-07

Total ...... SD $2I ,4O9, 5S:3s
Thus in four years, willie the United
States has prospercsl and grown in ag-
ricultural wealth, Senator Jones' State
has gone backward to the extent of ST.
O63,6G2. 1t is to be regretted that no
figures on swine are given for 1900.
But as the value OF swine in Arkansas
according to the Department of Agri-
culture for 1895 was S4.GSo. 967, and in
1897 had fallen to So, iM.SG1, there is
no doubt that the omission of the fig
ures for 1900 is a charity to Senator
Jones' State.
On Jan. i, 1896, there were go .G1S
horses in Arkansas. On Jan. /. 1900,
there were but 2234, 127. On Jan. l.,
1896, there were 1853 mules in Ar
kansas; on Jan. /. 1900. only 142, 59i.
On Jan. I. 1896. there We're 205,S27
mich cows in Arkansas; on Jan. 1,
1900, they had decreased to. 1SS,93G.
OF other cattle there were in Arkansas
Jan. 1, 1896, 51G,G95; on Jan. i, 1900,
they had decreased to 23O,4S6. On
Jan. i. 1896. Arkansas had 1SS,072
sheep; on Jan. l, 1900, there were only
1O8.957.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-09-07
RESOURCES OF TINE ORDER.
Figures as to Strength and Resources
of the NariOi,s Departments.

Figures as To the strength and re-
sources of the departments in the vari-
Gus States We're given in the report of
Inspector General NJ. u. Cummings. The
essential facts are contained i'll the fol-
lowing summary:
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-09-07

Members in good standing June 30.
1860 216, &C.
Members remaining suspended Jane
10, 1870 ........ =. ..i.......... 2o.4ll
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-09-07
STEWART SUPPORTS M'KINLEY.

Ncvsda's 16 to 1 senator Will Vote To
Defend American Honor.
Senator William NJ. Stewart of Ne.
vada called at Republican headquar-
tiers at New York August 20 and said
he had decided to vote for President
Mckinley. He made Il statement in
part as follows:
The United States went to war with
Spain urged OH by the Democratic
party. The popularity of the war was
such that Mr.. Bryan joined the army.
The war was successful, a treaty of
of peace was entered into whereby the
United States agreed to pay S20,O00,O0 o
and accept the sovereignty and public
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-09-07
1t is well to remark here in passing
+lc+ y, Ton 4 1cO. 4bo yol,,o ~ ,,iIokl

It is well to remark here in passing
that on Jan. /. 1896. the value Of mich
cows in Ohio was $1S,420,2o7, and JaA.
/. 1900, the value was S25, o243 3O, and
the number had increased from 759,597
to 7SO,939. In sheep Ohio had, Jan. 1,
1896. 2,754,613. valued ut S5,24T,53S.
and on Jan. 1, 1900, she had 2,S39,G30
sheep. valued at $40. 5335,2250 The to-
tai valuo of horses, mules, milch cows.
other cattle and sheep in Ohio, Jan. !.
1856, was S6S,3S2, 151. On Jan. j, 1900,
1t was $92,66i,4 G6, IL gain of over $$24.-
600. 900.
Looking at the above figures, seeing
Arkansas. first in %illitcracy. lowest in
savings banks. steadily going back
ward in agricultural wealth, while ev.
cry other Southern State is wonderful.
ly increasing. it is seen why Senate
Jones of that State was selected above
all others to lead in the Democratic
Presidential campaign of disaster Il
American industries, to prlgress, and
to prosperity. lie is the ii,ting repre-
sentative of the calamity ls6wlers.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-09-07

Col. Samuel Moody, Adjutant General
of PENNSYLVANIA. who has attended every
Grand Army reunion, made the following
statement of the time the parades have
taken to pass u given point:
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-09-07

Aggrcgnte .......... 31D,iJ
Loss ny dcath ............... T,79D
Loss by honorable diScharsc.... ISL
Loss by transfer. .............. 3.95s
Loss 10y suspension ............1s,1so
Less by dislionorable discharge. liza
Loss by delinquent reports ....10,9G
Loss by surrender of charter =. 40
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-09-07

Chicago Correspondence:
OFF with your hats as they go by,
Cheer for the patriots who wear the
h1uni
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1900-09-07
ADJUrANr aENERA1,s REPORT.
Total Membership of the Grand Army
OF the Republic Is 2S7,9Sl.

The report OF Adjt. Gen. Thomas ].
Stewart stated that the total membership
of the Grand Army Of the Republic in
good standing June so, 1899, was G,905
posts, with Il membership of 2SI,9S1,
while on June 30, 1900, it was CTS
posts, with Il membership of 2Id,tj2. The
gain and losses for the twelve months
ending June 80. 1900, We're as follows:
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Dewey as a Democrat,

The great majority Of the
6, 500, 600 men who voted for Mr..
Bryan in 1896 are in favor Of his
denomination. The organization
of the party in nearly every State
in the Union is in the hands Of his
friends. The only thing that can
prevent Mr.. Bryan's nomination
by shout of acclamation will he
his own positive withdraw and
nomination of Admiral Dewey or
some other man. And this
splendid remuneration could only
come from man capable of
patriotic and heroic self sacrafcc,
induced by Il positive conviction
that his own election would be
impossible.
Whether Mr.. Bryan is this type
of man it is not profitable to con
slider in view of the strenuous and
persistent efforts of Mr.. Mckinley
and his friends to make the election
of Mr. Bryan Gf he aud his sup
portcrs arc simply sensibIc) at
least possibillty-after having
removed, by the passage
of the soUndmoncy law, the
danger which was the chief
cause of his defeat in 1896.
1t is gratifying to learn that
Admiral Dewey is Il Democrat,
1t is encouraging to know that he
will be a candidate for President
if the people wish it. But it is
| Just as well for everybody con
cerned to understand the one CON
dition of his nomination by the
Democrats. IN. Y. World.