The National tribune., 1901-10-03

Congress and Presidents of the United
States, and in no other country could thai
, be truly said. There are some of these
I boys wearing uniforms here tonight that
have barred their breasts to the enemy
bullets" :
Division Commander Frank ]. Clinton
expressed the heartfelt sorrow felt
through his command, and speaking fol
/ them, thanked the COmmandery-in-Ch Chief
for its appreciation of their efforts at en-
tertainment.
Rev. ]. j. Woolley. Chaplain of the De
partment of Rhode Island, G. A. R., de
plored the horrible conditions attending
the assassination of the President, and
said he hoped Congress- would pass law
banishing every anarchist to some lone Is
land. DR.. Woolley lavished enconiums on
: the beautiful character of President Nc
Kinley, and he lauded President Roose
; welt, saying that the mantle of Elijah had
fallen on Elisha, and with the extremes
| of society thus represented by the Presi
dent and the anarchist, he compared the
importations from foreign lands with
such men as America breeds.
''In Teddy Roosevelt, President of the
| United States" he said, "and in the Sons
/ Of Veterans, we have the utmost conf
dence in the future of the United States
of America"
: Ex-Lieut- Gov. A. W. Jones, of Ohio
, an acquaintance and personal friend OF
the late President Mckinley, said he
knew of no more fitting place for such a
Memorial than here in the home of Roger
Williams, the father of the American Con
stitution. He said: Il shall never forget
the shock with which the news was re,
, ceived in his own home. where private
, William Mckinley went out in the I'D
: Ohio to fight for his country.
81 knew him as a boy, and | was in
/ the first convention that first sent him tc
Congress. | knew him when he was Gov
ernor of my own State. He is gone, and
today we are Nation of mourners about
his bier. In every direction we see the
) habiliments of mourning in memory OF
that man that has gone. The time is ripe
that calls for vengeance. That poor
miserable wretch of an assassin was only
/. the executive tool. We have allowed this
talk i'll our streets too long. l don't care
/ whether it comes from an anarchist OF
} that Sunday school of anarchy, the Social
; lists. If we can't find some law that will
stop it, let us make some law that viii
3 stop it. We must take our stand and say
that kind of talk is not to be INDUCED in
) against the old flag md the Government
that we love-"
Gov. Jones was greeted with tremend
Gus applause and cheered until the band
started playing Nearer, my God, tC
Thee" when the whole audience rose and
stood at attention.
Rev. George McClellen Fiske pro
nounced the benediction, and taps were
sounded by the cornetist of the band.
; During the evening the following pro
gram was rendered by Reeves's American
Band: ''Angelus," Massanet; overture
William TELL" Rossina; Prayer from
Der Freischutz." Weber; dirge, from
; peer Gynt Suite Greig; march. Col
Goddard" Reeves; paraphrase, Nearer
: My God. to Thee" arranged by ID. w
Reeves: Taps.
; After the concert at Infantry Hall the
band journeyed to the Narragansett Hotel
; where a short concert was given, the selec
tions being Reeyes's Second Regiment
: March," Chopin's Funeral March," and
The Star Spangled Banner.
WEDNESDAY MORNING SESSION.
The morning session ofWednesday Sept
10 was occupied pricnipally with two com
. rlittee reports, those of the Committee or
Fraternal Relations and the Committee or
|, Constitution, Rules and Regulations. The
former is one OF Importance by reason OF
, its fixing the bonds between the Sons OF
Veterans and the parent organization OF
the Grand Army. Past COMMANDMENT.
Chief William Z. Bundy, of Ohio, for the
Committee on Fraternal Relations with
, the q. A. r., reported that the Com
, Eittee has during the year been in com.
munication with a similar committee OF
the q. A. r., and at a joint meeting OF
the Committee held in Cleveland during
G. A. r. Encampment, report was sub
mitted to the Council of Administration
of the G. A R., which had been
: authorized to act, the substance Of which
follows:
I'm order to establish closer relations
between the Grand Army of the Republic
and the Sons of Veterans, U. S. A, which
; seems to be essential and desirable and
for mutual benefit, and so that the life
work Of this organization in the teaching
of patriotism, the promise of good Govern
ment and the observances of MEMORIAL
Day, and, above all, that the legitimate
lessons of the great civil war may be per
petuated in truthful history for the sake
| of future generations, your Committee re-
specially recommends:
81. That the Sons of Veterans, L. s.
A, be invited to hold the annual meeting
of their Commandery-in-Ch at the
same time and place fixed for the Ma
; tional Encampment of the Grand Army OF
the Republic.
so That the courtesy OF the auxiliary
organization in admitting comrades to its
! camp rooms be Teciprocated, and that oul
Constitution be so amended that the mem
berS of the Sons of Veterans, u. S. A.
: in good standing in that Order may visit
[ Posts in session as their guests, so that
our sons may better appreciate the pur
pose Oh the bTdHu ARMY, may receive IN
structions and may become better quail.
fed to carry on and continue the patriotic
work of their fathers, and may feel O
deeper interest and higher sense of duty
in performing any service that may be
assigned to them. To this end the Sons
, of Veterans shall be requested to com
[ municate their annual and semi-annua
= password and countersign TO our Com
> mander-in-C Chief, TO be promulgated by
him, and all Sons presenting themselves
for admission to post rooms shall be re
qnired to give the same as an evidence OF
good standing in their own Order, anG
shall be obligated upon their first visit al
the altar TO keep secret and inviolable al
the proceedings Of the Post and to pro
mote The interests and objects of the
Grand Army of the Republic.
%. We congratulate the Sons of Vet
: Grams upon the noble principles and oh
jccts of their Order, upon their patriotic
efforts of the past, and upon the evidence
, of progress and Improvement that are now
j apparent. We especially commend then
= for the establishment OF the great Ma
{ ticnal Memorial University at Mason City
[ Iowa, dedicated to the Grand Army OF
e the Republic as Il memorial OF the mer
and women of war times, and appreciate
+ this signal recognition and this movement
. to perpetuate truthful history and sacri
y fee Of our comrades and of the LOYAL wo
t men of 1861 to 1863
: I'm making this report your Committee
l. wishes to be understood that the Sons OF
: Veterans shall not in any sense become
: members of the Grand Army of the Re
e public, now or hereafter. and that organi
e cation has never asked nor desired sucl