The Washington times. (Washington [D.C.]) 1901-1902, 1902-05-31

100000. Last year the value OF our pro-
ducts sold abr DAD reached almost ST.
| ooO.OO0.OOO. an increase OF more than
seyenfold, while our population has a
little more than doubled. Great have
been the strides in all industries. When
other lands were furnishing We were able
to send them millions OF bushels OF
wheat and other cereals from our abun-
dant SURPRISES. With quiet energy our
merchants and manufacturers have con-
quered first Of all our own markets. and
then assumed a leading place in markets
abroad
Great Material Progress.
Great as has been our material prog
ress. far greater has been our moral
progress. This is not the age when
wealth accumulates and men decay. Il |
is the age when wealth accumulates and !
men become better men. Wealth is n !
means for doing good. Commercialism |
is In the air. and with 1t that broad |
philanthropy which marks this a gen.
erous Republic. Old lines of hatred |
have been effaced. You men of the civil
war have lived to see that glorious
time when our former enemies in arms
rushed not less eagerly to the defense
of the common flag than you did your
selves. You have lived to see that
happy time when one bearing the name
OF Lee proudly donned a uniform of blue
and fought under the banner OF the
Stars and Stripes. You have lived to
witness the time when an attempt to
stir up old sectionalism is treason. You
have witnessed what is almost without
a parallel in history-Cuba given up 20
the Cubans. A liberal and generous Re-
public. in fulfillment of its promise, first
rescued the people OF this unhappy ISL
and from their miseries, restored order
and law. cleansed their places of an
cient pollution and disease. and finally
handed over to them. with the house in
order and ready for occupancy, the
reins of government for themselves.
And the great Republic, with its arms I
around the world and holding In its
hands the islands of the sea on the
other side Of the globe. cannot. with
such record as this, be expected TO do
otherwise than deal fairly with these
misled and treacherous wards who have
resisted bl!ndly the civilization and lib
lions and history.
Blessings to Humanity. IA
I'm our own time and in our own way
we will carry to those benighted people
ierstand. and we will do II because
Providence and the fortunes of war n
nave placed them N our keeping. and in
;pite of attacks In the rear and saw
lgery in the front, we will fulfill the
mission which God has given us to full
Ill.
I'm thr midst OF many riches our men
iave not decayed. Human hearts beat
IS strongly as they did when you were r.
Joys more than a generation. ago. As,
ghen a few monthe since. the cry for VI
Ielp arose above the sounds OF car sc
age and slaughter at our very door, M
nd al cost OF precious lives and treas m
re ths help was given, so only a few
avs ago when rcbcllious nature over "
Inclined whole city and made DESC &c
ate a fair island, a noble President and
generous Congress, representing the In
pontnneous desires of the American or
eopie, gave beautifully from their o
oasures for the relief OF the sufferers.
Greatest of All Republics. ~
There is nothing in the history of sc
lese years since the civil war which in
resages otherwise than well for this, 1o
be greatest republic in all times. And ~
n this sacred day, now and forever set
part to commemorate the sacrifices and
rave deeds OF those who took part In
ne nations greatest struggle. It Is right
nat we, the living, should acknowledge Vi
ne great share which they. the dead tot
ave in the well-being of the present.
hey made II possible for all these we
reat things to come to pass. l.,
These grassy mounds are the step
ing-stoncs OF the republic. AS our en-
,refathers won independence, freedom wo
nd national existence by the sacrifice It
life. SO these men preserved It by the Nv,
icrifce OF theirs. The living would ga
I've been recreant and untrue to the gre
lad IL they had not achieved the mar yoi
lis and wonders OF these closing days glo
the old century and opening days Of "a,
e new. Achievements In the arts. the
iences. in government, and humanity
e theirs not less than yours. The wit
tugs you do today for the betterment AMI
ID happiness OF mankind are the real 10
onuments you rear above the silen:
INKS that lie before US" re-
Other Features Of Program. III,
''hei ie' "a INV oei'i WIRE me
,nding the assembly, 1890 a. m..... .BugicT.
ening remarks E.
Post commander. Dr.. n. H. Miller.
ocntion ma
Post chaplain Rev W. G. Davenport a \
,s, ''siocp Comrades, Sleep
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rn. .............Col. he Witt e. sprssue d"
sident Lincoln's Gettysburg address ia
Coinradc A. .. Frisbie -
eep Thy Last slcep"....st. Elizabeth Band ere
entins on the Old Camp Ground Iivj
ST Elizabeth choir NV
The commander. gre
Taps sph
The names of The members OF the II
Dir are: Leader, z. T. Davis; mos
SIS Quad. Miss casteele. Miss mug
dgc, Miss Lathrop Mrs. French. Miss gift
uger. Misc Dodge, Miss McGrath, DR.. Al
rk, Mr.. Leonard. Mr.. Conrad. Mr.. Gro
loom, NJ. Thorne. and
he committee appointed to conduct men
exercises was as follows: Car
II Miller nos. oon- A
nder cba,rma, Iobn Ins,n pos, Schi
IA "a Fri.bje I u noney nv Der
win II. Grant. Alpheus Dawson, Ar
r Schatz. William II. Peck. Clarence -,
Smith, Charles f. Watson. Thomas j. IL
nam, =. S. Gertman. Henry W. Emo by T.
n A. Logan Corps, No. Mrs. Jane pi
Mclean, Mrs. Margaret B. Tev, Mrs was
lily Fris bic, Miss Annie Anderson, r.
!, En.ra Emo. Mrs. Mary Simpson
. Eliza Watson, Mrs. Edwin II. Grant. ers
]. Mary Crawford, Mrs. Anna Peck cont
raj committee-Mrs. Emily A. Fris- Pr
president of John A. Logan Relief ,cy
rs. chairman; Mrs. Jane S. Mclean.
. Julia A. Doney. Mrs. Anna A. Peck, teh''
Sarah T. Grant. Mrs. Eliza r. Wal son.
Mrs. 3. Dawson. Mrs. Carrie S. hob,