The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-10
IN CAMP
SOLDIERS WHO FOUGHT FOR
THEIR COUNTRY IN IS6I-65
GATHER AT CLEVELAND
CzoLGoaz's ACT rs DENOUNCED
Men Who Wore the Blue Forty
Years Ago Would stide the An
archists Who Are the Di-
rect OR Indirect Cause.

CLEVELAND, Sept. 9.-The city to-
night was a blaze of glory, a crystalliza-
ton of all the living memories of the
stirring days of 1875 memories to which
but mere fraction of the present popu-
lation is personally familiar The aged
feet that once trod the bloody fields of
Shiloh, of Gettysburg and of a hundred
other hard-fought battles, surged around
Monumental square, located in the bust
ness heart of the city, with slow but
steady trend. The center of the scene
was the soldiers and sailors monu-
ment, which stands in the center of the
park.
Every radiating street was this even
. ing congested with a stream of humanity
and far out Euclid avenue to the spark
ling electric fountain in Wade park the
crowds coursed necessarily to and fro.
Away beyond on Euclid heights, the Gar
field monument stood, to which thousands
of veterans today paid their respects.
There is now no longer any doubt as
to the effect of the attempted assassina-
ton of the president upon the present
gathering. 1t has stirred the patriotism
of the people to the Utmost recesses Of
the hearts emotion and the veterans
and their friends are coming to rejoice
or to sorrow as the will of Providence
nay dictate.
Gen. Daniel E. Sickles today gave ex-
preston to a sentiment which is reflect
ed in the heart of every patriot pres
ent.
Gen. Sickles strobe into national G.
A. r. headquarters and, lifting his cap
to Gen. Leo Rassieur and the other dig
nitaries, bowed and exclaimed:
Comrades, let US thank God for the
news from Buffalo The Lord has
heard the PRAYERS sent up by the civil
zed ana 9ncivlll5ea woGla Ghr nadae
have united with us in prayer that NC
Kinley might be spared to us. That
PRAYER is answered. Blessed be the
great personality to u.s.
Then, dropping his impressive manner,
the general added:
I'm back McKinley's luck every
time. The God of BATTLES stood by him
during the war. The god of good for
tune has remained with him ever since.
He cannot die at this time and under
such circumstances.
Senator Henderson, of Nebraska, also
sounded the keynote of the encampment
at the reunion today of the First Ohio
volunteer light artillery.
"Tempering every breath of happiness
at this reunion is the fearful tragedy of
last Friday said Gen. Henderson. II
example set by you for forty years has
been one of patriotism. You have train
ed your sons to be sons of America, to
know what it is to uphold the flag of
our free institutions.
There remains to- be tramp1ed under
foot an element of our population coun-
tenanced and sustained by an unbridled
press, an unprincipled rostrum, preach
ing the gospel of discomfort. 1 do not
say too much when I assert this element
delights in condemnation contempt for
the powers that be.
81 can find no words in which to fitting
ly refer to the wretch who has done this
thing, but I hold him harmless conf
pared with those who prompted such
sentiments. 1t is for us and for our
sons to stamp out anarchy and socialism
as we stamped out secession"
At the conclusion of a meeting of the
citizens Grand Army committee on
Presidents day held this afternoon the
following statement was issued:
while our beloved president is en-
during with sublime fortitude the suffer-
ing caused by the unSpeakable crime OF
Friday last, it is appropriate that all
functions connected with the reunion of
the Grand Army in which he was to
have participated shall be either omitted
or modified.
LAS a substitute for the public recep-
ton which was to have been extended
to the president on Thursday evening,
a mass meeting of citizens and visitors
will be held in the Central armory on
Thursday, Sept. IL, at 8 o'clock p. m.
I'm view Of the Improvement in the
presidents condition, for which we are
all so devoutly grateful the meeting
will be one of praise and thanksgiving:
1t is expected that citizens of national
prominence will attend. A programme of
the exercises, to consist of prayer, mu-
sic and brief addresses, will be an
nounced later"
The seven corps of the Women's Relief
Corps of Cleveland gave a reception
tonight at Rose building in honor of the
national officers and delegates to the
convention of that order.
The presidents of the local corps pre-
sided at the reception