Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-04-09

-(and I will quote from the wild
John Alexander, whose marked abil-
ties are such that he can provide for
himself and aid his mother IL neces-
sary. This provision is not made from
want of affection, but because Of my
unbounded confidence in his future sue
cess
What remarkable tribute from fa-
Their to son! That expression of faith
vas enough to quicken the young mans
roblest aspirations and call out the best
that was in him. And how worthily he
yindicated that confldence! To have in
ferited. deserved and fulfilled that COM
mendation from his fathers love and
faith was better than any inheritance of
lands, tenements. stocks. bonds and
money. Beloved of father, wife and
children, beloved of comrades in war
and peace, beloved of his country, his
whole life realized his fathers prophecy,
and Its words would adorn any monu-
ment to mis- fame"
DEPFsw'Ss GRAFTON.
The Grafton of the day was delivered
by Hon. Chauncey NJ. Depew. He spoke
as follows:
Ladies and Gentlemen: The history
of our country is condensed in the reyo.
iutionary and the civil wars. The first
Was the creation of nation which EN-.
bcdied the evolution and aspirations OF
the English colonists from 1920 to 177G
in the experiment of self government.
The second was the triumphant solution
on the side of liberty and humanity. by
the most gigantic and bloody of modern
conflicts. of the problems which the
founders of our government had left for
Trosterity. Since then there has been no
restraint upon American DEVELOPMENT
and no barrier to American progre SIS.
The story of the revolution and The re-
bellion will be read by future genera
tions. not In the narration of their
causes or incidents, but mainly In the
lives of the master minds who partics-
pated in those struggles. We now read,
the revolution in the careers and
achievements of Washington, Jefferson.
Hamilton and Samuel and John Adams
and their compatriots. Our marvellous
material development and the pace at
which we have advanced in every de-
lartment of national activity since 1865
make the great civil strife seem as dis
tant almost as the classic tales Of our
student days. AS Washington stands
out IN the first of our crucial contests,
SO does Lincoln in the second. About
Lincoln cluster Grant, Sherman, Sheri-
dan. Logan. MCPHERSON and a host of
other heroes.
Logan is the finest example of the
volunteer soldier. Around the nucleus
OF little army of $4,000 regulars gath
cred a million of volunteers who formed
in an incredibly brief space of time the
most magnificent and resistless body of
Soldier of modern or ancier.t times.
They demonstrated in II, qu,cknes. :
with which the army 'in .cd and
disciplined. in the So ,s. IS and en-
sdurance which 1t exh!g ed as If trained
veterans, and in its peaceful disband-
rnent andfeturnst to ,thc pursuitAapf peace
after the close of the v at the
strength and reliance of our country
rest upon Its citizen soldiery. This ex-
pertinent also demonstrated that while
the citizen soldiers are engaged in gain
full pursuits and increasing the wealth
of the country, an adequate army COM
posed of those who select soldiers ca
feer can protect the public property,
suppress insurrection, meet Immediate
u
abroad and that we need have no APP.
prehension of militarism or of Caesar
ism. The regular army Is but the pick
cts and the skirmishers of that vast
host who, from the mountains and val
legs, from plains and cities, from ham
lets and towns, are ready to respond TO
the call to arms for the protection of
their liberties from within or the de-
Tense of their country from abroad
Logan's brilliant career emphasizes
the necessity for a military education
In arms, as in art, in the professions
and the industries. the severest train
ing and the best education are the
requisites for success in our day of ter
rife competition. We will not dispute
Logans claim, carried too far in his en-
;husiasm, of the distinction OF the na:u-
raj soldier; but great as were the merits
and the success of our general, If his
genius had been trained, broadened and
streng thened by the drill and discipline
of the academy. the fort and the field ne
would have stood in the front rank of
the commanders of great armies of
modern, times.
The magnanimity and generosity OF
this thunderbolt of war were as marked
as his courage. When Grant became
impatient because Gen. Thomas fingered
at Nashville instead of moving upon the
enemy he sent Logan 10 supersede him.
When Logan arrived at Cincinnati he
learned that Thomas had started He
knew that he could reach Thomas army
before battle and that he had before
him that greatest temptation and OPP
portunity for a soldier--a significant
and decisive victory. But he knew
Thomas. the Rock OF Chickamauga."
He knew that Thomas had made the
preparations with such care that failure
vas impossible. He knew that the hon
ors were due to the organizer of the pro-
spective triumph, and he delayed pluck
ing the laurels that We're within his
grasp, that they might adorn the brow
of Thomas. So again In the bloody bat
tie or ATLANTA. Mcpherson fell at the
beginning of the fight. He was the idol
of the army and one of the most brill
liant, accomplished and promising off,
GERS of the war on either side. The
command devolved from the West
Pointer to the volunteer. 1t Is the tes-
timony of Grant. Sherman, Howard and
of all of his superior officers and con-
temporaries that in no conflict OF the
war were the troops more ably and
skilfuliy handled than by Logan Not
only was he the directing genius. plan
ring and ordering the execution of the
complex details of widely extended