The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-09-14
MONUMENT DEDICATED TO THE
FALLEN HERO YESTERDAY
AT FORT WAYNE
II. ]. BRYAN WAS HIS EULOGIST
ELOQUENT TRIBUTE PAID BY THE
ORATOR TO THE DEAD
GENERAL
GOV. MOUNT ALSO A SPEAKER
Proceedings Were Non-Partisan
and Devoted to Praise of the
CaptOr of GerOnimO-Bry-
ans Itinerary.

FORT WAYNE, Ind, Sept. 13-The
people of this city today dedicated to
the memory of Gen. Henry w. Lawton
a monument crowned by a cannon cap
tured by him, and so christened the prin-
cipal city park in honor of the dead hero.
The ceremony occurred under the au-
spices of the Union Veteran legion.
William ]. Bryan was the principal ora
tor of the occasion. The address was
non-partisan. The exercises were pre-
sided over by R. B. Hanna, Republican
candidate for congress from this district.
Mr.. Bryan was preceded by Rev. ]. A.
P. McGraw, who offered prayer; by Mai.
w. w. Barnett, who participated in the
Spanish war; by Henry P. Scherer, may
or Of the city, and by Gov. Mount, the
present state executive. Maj. Barnett
eulogiZed Gen. Lawton in strong terms.
The Introductory portion of Gov.
Mounts address was also largely bio
graphical and eulogistic. The governor
then took up the question of the Philip
pine war, denouncing Aguinaldo by name,
and showing a tendency to strong con
demnation Of the insurgents and all who
may sympathize with them. He spoke
of the fact that the gun had been taken
from men who had turned 1t upon our
flag and our soldiers.
The governor added: eff this cannon
was not captured in a just and humane
war and from those resisting the law
fully constituted authority over these
islands. fighting the soldiers of the gov
eminent that had liberated them from
Spanish thraldom, then where is the honor
of the capture and the glory of this gift?
Honor these insurgents as patriots and
then you interpret wrongfuHy the words,
the will and act of our dead hero Then
this service becomes a hollow mockery,
and this trophy of patriotic valor be-
comes a monument to the dishonor of
our soldiers and the shame of our coun-
try
Further on Mr.. Mount said: ''I trust I
may never see the day when 1 shall SO
far forget my devotion and my loyalty
to my country as to characterize our
soldiers as the agents of oppression, turn
ing the banner of liberty into an ensign
Of imperialism; nor do I apprehend such
a consummation.
BRYAN'S EULOGY OF LAYTON.
Mr.. Bryan made no direct reference
in his speech TO the utterances of Gov.
Mount about the Philippine war. IT was
invited to participate in this reunion
Mr.. Bryan began, mot as a candidate
for Office, but rs a citizen of this re-
public, and I am here to speak to you,
not as a candidate for office, but as a
citizen" This remark called out ap-
plause
Mr.. Bryan then referred to his own
record as a soldier, saying:
i can hardly say that l am here as a
soldier, for [ feel that my military serv-
ice was so insignificant compared with
the service Of many who are here today
that 1 am hardly entitled TO be classed
among the soldiers So far as my title
is concerned. L feel that it is hardly fair
that one should be called a colonel who
saw no active duty and who did not have
his courage tested upon the battlefield
Mr. Bryan then paid high tribute to
the character OF the volunteer soldiers
and their wives, saying: Il have supreme
faith in the man who fights when his
country needs fighters, and then works
when his country needs workers."
Further on he said: ''You have met to
do honor to the memory of a soldier, of
one in the regular army We need soldiers
in the regular army. We need some who
are ever prepared by military training
for the work of the soldier. The differ
ences that are between us are differ
ences as to the number of regulars that
we need. Il is not the place today to
discuss the size of our standing army;
this IS net the time to express opinions
as to how many soldiers we need, but
no matter what our opinions may be
US to the size of the standing army, we
are al! glad that when an emergency
comes we find the soldier measures up
tc the standard of a soldier like Lawton
did"
Mr. Bryan said that there were vic
tories of peace as well as of war, and
that he ionged for 1.-The time to come
when no hostile arm will be raised
against a fellow man."
BRYAN's ITINERARY.
William ]. Bryan left Chicago early
this morning for this city, where he spoke
this afternoon. From here he goes to
Toledo and then early tomorrow morning
to Columbus, o. He does not speak at
Toledo, but he will deliver an address at
Columbus Friday afternoon. From Co
lumbus he proceeds to ST. Louis, leaving
Columbus at 10 o'clock Saturday morn
ing He will deliver a trust speech be-
fore the travelling men at st. Louis Satur-
day night but before crossing the Mis-
sissippi will make a speech at East st.
Louis Saturday afternoon. Sunday night
Mr.. Bryan will cross the state of Mis-
souri, for brief tour through Southeast
ern Kansas. He goes first to Galena,
Kan, speaking there Monday afternoon,
and at Pittsburg, Kan, Monday even
ing. Tuesday of next week will be spent
at Fort Scott and Armourdale, speech
being made at the former place in the
forenoon and another at the latter place
in the afternoon. From Armourdale he
will go to Kansas City, speaking there
Tuesday evening. Leavenworth, Atchi-
son and st. Joe will be covered in turn
Wednesday. From St Joe Mr.. BRYAN
will go to his home in Lincoln, where he
will remain for a week, except for a
brief time spent in excursions to distant
points in Nebraska. The start tcday was
not marked by any special demons ssra
ton, but the candidate was pleasantly
greeted by small groups Of railroad men
On their way to their work as the train
made its way out of Chicago,
SPOKE AT PLYMOUTH.
Mr. Bryan made his first stop at Ply-
mouth, Ind. A good crowd was gathered
at the railroad station and Mr.. Bryan ad.
dressed them briefly from the rear plat
form of the car, saying in part:
I'VE have every reason for the support
Of the ticket that We had in 1885, and new