Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-31
LIVING REMEMBER THE DEAD
Decoration Day More Generally Observed
Than Ever Before by the People.
ROOSEVELT IS THE ORATOR At ARLINGTON
Beautiful Flowers Are Strewn
over Both Union md Confederate
Graves, while A~nimosities of
the Past Are Forgotten.
BOSWELL is THE ORATOR At ARLINGTON
CONTINUED from First Pase.)

But keep in mind that these cruelties in
the Philippines have been wholly excep-
gerated. We deeply and bitterly regret
mat any such c%ruelties should have been
ter under what provocation, by American
troops. But they AFFORD far less iustihca-
army iG than t fReaerfl yn eRRnaemn andP9 for Sd 4 fSe
condemnation of the communities in which
they have taken place. In each case i
also to refrain from including both guilty
and innocent In the same sweeping con-
1t behooves us to keep a vigilant watch
to prevent these abuses and to punish
| Of them we finch from finishing the task
on which we have entered We show our
selves cravens and weakings, unworthy
There were abuses and to spare In the
civil war; Your false friends then called
Lincoln's h1ireiiRng%s.ss Your me open foes-a as
Congress S1e s' IN ootoBBe eT'f isss 2y eGe sSdnf yoei af
great length and with much particularly,
Of "eontemptuous disregard Of the usages
m mem and sndIq death'@@ of " "maTder." Of ia% PPPpine.7
cruelty. OF '''perpetrating atrocities which
would be disgraceful to savages," and
espscisi attacks aias0I Beoa wss 81 sflnEElls s spirit Eqt fo Of
E SI1 thus fouliy slendered You hsye their %sP
armies in the Philippines, who fix their
eyes on individual deeds of wrong SO
the great work Of peace and freedom that
mas already been accomplished.
Fighting for Peace and Freedom.
Peace and freedom-are there two better
objects for which a soldier can fight? Well,
our soldiers are fighting in the Philippines.
When there is talk of the cruelties COM
mitted in the Philippines remember always
l that hX far the pTapfar nrnnnrffor, af thaco
c%ruelties have been committed by the in
surgents against their own p~eople-as we'll
the surest, but the only eTectual way of
stoppins them is by, the progress Of the
American armY have rne bes N1ct f5s really Tf t afe
fectiye means of putting a stop to cruelty
In the, Philippines. Wherever these VIC
tories have been complete-and such is now
the case throughout the greater part of
the islands-all c~ruelties have ceased and
the native is secure in his life, his liberty
and his pursuit of happiness. Where the
insurrection still smolders there IS always
a chance for cruelty to show itself. The
abolition~of cruelty, the bringing of peace
and the rule of law and order under the
quered to create irresponsible military rule.
We conquer to bring Just and responsible
civil government to the conquered.
Art of seIf-GOvernment.
The slowly learned and difficult art Of
seif-s9Ysrnment, an art which our people
day ~ a people only just emerging from
tory dawnea. We believe that we can
islands not only how sOtt to enjoy but now te
make good use OF their freedom, and with
sseir r1%In knNSwlsdSe their growth IN
When they have thus shown their capacity
for real freedom dom by their power Of self
Be. possible to decide whether they are TO
exist independently of us or be knit to us
When that day will come it Is not in
human wisdom now to %foretell. All that
be put back an immeasurable distance IL
we should yield 10 the ~counsels of unmanly
weakness and turn loose the islands, to
voting. cruelty our betrayed friends and
shed the blood Of the most humane the
wisest and the best of their own number@e
for these are the classes who nave already
learned TO welcome our rule.
Not n Party Question.
This should no more be a party aues-
have been a party MSr q IUI Lne uRion his should mH1
ment the man in the highest ONCE in
s3eor PhlaIiPpine Islands Is the vice Tow
see, who calamity wore the gray in the
Philippines. ,Adna Chafree, Who in the ci WI
war CALAMITY wore the blue. Those two.
anu the men unOer tnem, from the north
and from the south, in civil life and in
tors; IS soldiers, are iabOriRg nightly for
black sheep are to be found among them
put taken as a whole they represent as
q great work for civilization. a great VWorkE
nation, and above al" for the welfare "a .n os
the Inhabitants Of the Philippine Islands.
al son to- u n9 Il fhs We ts ana to sh SDPs,,a thrice tS.is
hands! $3.50 ~
The applause accorded the president as
lie concluded was long and continuous and
as he took his seat someone In the crowd
cried out: Three cheers for our presi-
dent" whereupon a mighty shout went UP
from the threats OF the thousands who
had crowded into every available space
to hear him.
Services at other Places.
General Ell Torrance. n-chiet
Of the Grand Army OF the Republic, fol-
lowed the president with a few remarks
and then the services were brought to a
close with the playing OF America" by
the band, the choir and assembly joining,
and benediction by Henry S. Stevens, de-
partment chaplain.
Immediately after the memorial exercises
at the amphitheater the monument erected
to the memory Of Colonel Edgar o'Connor
OF the Second Wisconsin regiment was I'M
yelled in the presence of a number of his
comrades. The address Of the occasion
was delivered by Representative John j..
jenkins Of Wisconsin.
At the Soldiers home. at Battle Ground
cemetery. near the site OF old Fort Stevens,
and at st. Elizabeths, where lie countless
numbers OF veterans who lost their reason
as a result of the military service, and
who were buried in the asylum grounds
and at other places, services were held.
Secretary Shaw delivered the grafton at
Battle Ground cemetery. while his assist
ant secretary, Hon. NJ. Z. Allies. made the
memorial address at st. EliEabeths.
Representative Washington Gardner OF
New Jersey was the principal speaker at
the National cemetery at the Soldiers home
where, too, there was an immense gather
Ing Of comrades and relatives and friends
Of deceased ao1diara