The Plymouth Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1878-1901, 1901-09-12
VETERANS REUNION
GRAND Army IN ANNUAL CON-
VENTlON AT CLEVELAND

ment of the G. A r. began here
yesterday and last night the city
was a blaze of glory, a crystalli-
zation of all the living memories
of the stirring days of 1876,
memories TO which only a frac-
ton of the present population is
personally familiar. The aged
feet which once trod the bloody
fields of Shiloh, of Gettysburg
and of a hundred other hard
fought battles surged around
Monumental square, located in
the business heart of the city,
with slow but steady tread. The
center of the scene was the Sol
diers and Sailors monument,
which stands in the center of the
park in mute and silent sympathy
with the living veterans, to the
great majority of whom it must
soon speak as to those who have
passed away.
Every radiating street was
congested with a stream of hu-
mainly, and far out Euclid ave-
nue. to where the sparkling cleo
trio fountain in Wade park shed
it's radiant glories upon the night
the crowds coursed necessarily
to and fro. Away beyond on
Euclid heights the Garfield mon
ument stood as grim and silent
outpost, to which thousands of
veterans today paid their re-
spects.
There is now no longer any
doubt as to the effect of the at
tempted assassination of the
president upon the present gath
erlng. 1t has stirred the patriot
ism of the people to the limos
recesses of the hearts emotion
and the veterans and their friends
are coming rejoice or to sorrow
as the will of Providence may
dictate.
General Daniel E. Sickles gave
expression to sentiment which
is reflected in the hearts Of every
patriot present. Tall and sturdy
as though the SHOWS OF more
than seventy winters had not
sifted their powder into the scanty
locks, and erect upon his crutch-
es, General Sickles strobe into
National G. A. r. headquarters.
Lifting his cap to General Leo
Rassieur and the other dignitar-
les. he bowed and then exclaim
ed:
Comrades, let US thank God
for the news from Buffalo. The
Lord has heard the uplifted
prayers of the civilized world.
Christian, Mohammedan, Chinese
and all people have united with
us in prayer that Mckinley
might be spared to us. That
prayer is answered. Blessed be
the name of the Lord, who pre-
served this great personality to
u.s.
Then, dropping his impressive
manner, the General added:
iii back McKinley's luck
every time. The God of battles
stood by him during the war.
The God of good fortune has
remained with him ever since.
He cannot die at this time and
under such circumstances"
Senator Henderson of Nebras-
ka also sounded the keynote of
the eucampment at the reunion
of the First Ohio volunteer light
artillery.
"Tempering every breath of
happiness at this reunion is the
fearful tragedy of last Friday, :"
said General Henderson. 81 do
not~exaggerate when l say that
the example set by you for forty
years has been one of patriotism.
You have trained your sons to be
sons of America, to know what it
is to uphold the flag of our free
institutions.
There remains to be trampled
under foot an element of our
population, countenanced and
sustained by an unbridled press
and an unprincipled rostrum,
preaching the gospel OF discon-
tent. 1 do not say too much
when l assert this element de-