Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-05-30
HONOR NATIONS DEAD
memorial Day, 1900. an. Occasion. Long to
re Remembered in MarshalltoWn.

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n Marshalltown.
thing to gave the nation. There is the
dude, too. with his hat cooked back
on his head and cigaret in his |
mouth-a fool on one end and little
light on the other-who speaks of the
coffee cooler and the government pau
per. 1 have more regard for a hog than
for the dude, and I'm not partial to
hogs, either, but they all die for the
good OF the country. with the exception
of those that die with cholera, and
never knew dude to do either.
WHY do the wheels of progress hah
today so that the graves of the old sol-
diers may be strewn with flowers. the old
soldiers who saved this nation, and had
1t not been for these old gray bearded,
rheumatic. dyspeptic, broken-doWin fell
lows, who, in their early manhood an-
swered the call of their country, there
would not have been forty-four stars IN
the blue OF our flag. The loyalty, deNo-
tion to country, patriotism and our
greatness would have been in past rec-
objections only. 1t is this devotion to
principle that makes men great and
God-like In their natures.
The smallest and most contemplate
thing that ever lived in this world is
the man who lives for self The loftiest
in all history are the men who have
lived for others, men who have put
themselves, SOUL and body. into doing
for others. The name OF Washington
will never be tobliterated,. and by the
freeman will never be heard without a
thrill. He lived for others, suffered for
others-Wa shington, the hero aud nigh
lty man.
Those who saved this nation are he
roes. Why did not Grant surrender to
Robert f. Lee, the bravest and best of
southern generals. a man who fought
with the courage OF a true American:
for the for the side he considered right?
Why did not Sherman surrender to
Joe Johnson, the brainiest man In the
southern army?
Why did not the stars and stripes go
down before the stars and, bars OF
treason?
II Will tell you. Those who were
4 fighting for the stars and stripes had
taken an oath. That oath was that
they would sustain the colors with all
the valor and heroism in their natures
even II the red In those flags We're made
more red with their life blood. To have
succumbed to the enemy under these
circumstances would have been impos-
sible.
Can yoM imagine. my friends, my
brothers and my sisters, what the out
Z come would have been had not the boys
4 OF 81 stood by their oath? Admiral
II Dewey, 1t 1t sure, would never have
sunk Montejo's fleet at Manila; Ad-
. miral Cervera's ships would never have
been ruined in Santiago harbor and the
u Fifty-first Iowa would have never
4 swum the river in battle. Our country
A would have been divided up into little
!. bits. England was ready to take
| charge OF our eastern seaports. for
J, England Is greedy and thinks that sea-
ports have no right to exist unless she
/, has the keys. know whereof speak
for I am an Englishman. Russia Is
I now. with England, ready to take a
: slice of China as soon as dissolution
begins to show itself and the United
States Is not idle either. Now there ID
! no one who does not honor the Amer
:. lean government, unless 1t may be
I Ayuinaldo and few Of his sy1npa-
2 thizers.
The greatness and glory OF our ma.
ton $ read and found In its sacrifice
toll and hardships, and these symbols
: LOT greatness and glory ared due to the
/ blool OF 100000 patriots who laid dowr
their lives that their nation might be
\ saved There isn't good thing in tht
Hand that these men should not have
and do you wonder that we stop today
J. to strew flowers on the graves. or thal
: we perpetuate their names and deeds:
y 1T is not a day OF friyolity. dancing
: or ball playing. but a solemn day. wher
!: the thoughts OF the people should be di.
: rected to the country and Its welfare
= Boys and girls, do you sex
: that nag. and will you remem
: Der what I am going to say? wan
? you to remember this IL you neve
9 think OF any thing that I have sal,
again. When you get to be old mel
and women, when your faces arr
wrinkled and your eyes are dim AM
7 there are four score years hanging owe
: your head, tell the children that OF
Memorial Day. 1900. in the city OF Mar
= shutdown, "a. you heard sem! bal.
!. headed, rheumatic. dyspeptic old soldie
: tell you that II was the best flag OF
earth: that 1t represented q government
worth fighting for in order to maintail
= Its glory. Learn to loveit better thai
: your life. and with John A. Dix vii
say, II any man attempt to haul dow
the flag. shoot him on the spot, or
they attempt to run up another rag
s, down him on the spot America 10
: Americans as long as we live. Be loya
: to your country's interests and her in
E dustrials and may the spirit OF patri
= otism always actuate you and crow
: you with everlasting remembrance
II when life Is closed.
d After the chaplain had concluded tn
& procession to Riverside was formed
i sergt. Lisle w. Brown. OF Company H
l. acting as officer of the day in the ah
y sence OF Lieut.. Bruce F. Moffatt. VIII
was unexpectedly called from the cit
= Tuesday night. City Marshal Jone
If and representatives OF the city's polio
re force headed the procession. followe
J. by Mayor Pierce and members of til
IF city council in carriages. Four sets 0
Y. fours from Company H. attired in fel
If uniforms. with full equipment. proceed
In ed members of A. F. Haradon Post N,
tosI1g affav. v mo Mat r'u % a m