Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1902-02-14

suffering In his great heart because he
believed that the country could not en-
dure half slave and half free. He was
too great for the small purposes immedi-
ately following the war as he had been
too great for some of the small disputes
leadinng to 1t. When he died at the hand
of an assassin his sympathies were al
ready thirty-five years ahead OF popular
sentiment He was the one American
in whose heart there ever lived thoughts
OF the Blue and the Gray.
But the uniication of the Republic,
tho restoration OF the Union. of hearts
and hands did not come when the5attles
of 1865 were ended. But in $685. when
the spaniards blew up the Maine
BY that shock the country was electri-
fed and the work of Lincoln and the
boys in blue was complete. The old flag
once more became the flag Of the S3ulb
as we'll as the North.
1t f.pated over the trenches In Cuba.
and over the sons Of the Blue and the
Gray. The fathers were at VicksburS,
the sons were at Santiago In memory
and in tradition they heard this bands
play Dixie, and the Bonnie Blue
Flag; 1--WE are Coming Father Abra-
ham 100000 More; while the new bands
of the new republic played 1.-THE Stars
and Stripes Forever" and There VIII
be Hot Time In the Old Town; but
whether in memory or In life they were
"Tenting on the Old Camp Ground. 1t
was the old camp ground OF nationality.
There was no complete restoration OF the
Union until the men and women of the
north and south gathered together around
the graves of our Spanfsh-Amertcan dead
In the War Of 9S. Out Of all our wars:
out of all our strifes and contentious
have come triumphs and tho glories OF
the new republic Every American gun
for one hundred and twenty-five years
has hit higher than aimed. The great
range finder has been unerrins This lana
is Civilizations experiment station; hui
manity's nursery where the race ia tt
be improved Lincoln passed away at the
hour Of his triumph. He had lived to see
the blight removed from the great pant
of freedom; he was not spared until the
verdure had been restored to the leaf.
Lincoin's place in history is secure.
His name even is sacred. He is so en-
shrined in the hearts of his countrymen
that no American audience has ever re-
| ceived with favor, his counterfeit pre-
sentiment on the American stage.
One historian relates that in the great
war a young soldier, who had been sem
post was pardoned by our great
countryman. Soon thereafter the body
of the young soldier was found dead on
the field of Fredericksburg. In the poe
ket Of his blue coat was found picture
Of the President with these words writ
ten beneath it in the soldiers own hand
God bless Abraham Lincoln" The
American people believe that Lin
coin was called for the duties that
came to him; that all his life work pre-
vious to 81 was marked out as an edu-
cation fitting him for the duties that
should come upon him when true de-
mocracy should be put to the test.
Civilization and nationality required the
abolition of slavery. The war was UNI
avoidable. Lincoln has gone to his re-
ward. The country is in it's glory.
Through all the coming centuries wher-
ever freedom has a hope: wherever true
manhood Is admired the world will say,
| God bless Abraham Lincoln"
The fellow who gets the reputation
| of cheap skate doesn't cut much
ice.
One of the worst fires that has oc-
Cured in Boone for many a month,
almost ruined the entire stock of fur
| niture of the Mann Bros furniture
store a few days ago. The loss will
be about $4,000. The entire stock
was valued at $4,000. The insurance
is about $4,000.
Three men have been arrested for
| completely in the whitecapping raid
on the Emmett house at Estherville.
The men are Charles Peterson, WM.
Sanford and L. Young. Peterson and
Sanford were given preliminary ex-
| aminations and were bound over to
the grand jury. 1t is probable that
more arrests will be made, as the Of
ficers have clews to the identity of
| the offenders. The public is much
wrought up over the affair, and de-
termined Eight will be made to push
those implicated. The offense was
| taking Detective Downey. of Chicago,
! rom his room in the hotel, horsewhip-
ping him and driving him forth onto
the prairie, where he nearly froze to
death. He was suspected Of being a
"spotter" seeking evidence against
the saloons.
Harry Fields was fined $125 and
costs by Justice Hildebrand of Water
loo for violating the state game law
Fields killed six quails and the pen
atty was the maximum, $40 each. He
admitted killing the birds, but as he
is a taxidermist in the employ of the
state normal school at Cedar Falls,
claimed ne had a right to kill them
for scientific purposes. It Is the first
case of the kind ever brought up in
Iowa, so there were no decisions to
guide the ruling. The law provides
cimens, but makes no provision for
game birds. Fields has served notice
of appeal. He is being backed by the
directors of the normal school. Three
of the birds were spoiled in mounting,
SO that the three specimens will cost
the school $44 each if the Justices
ruling is not set aside.
BY vote of nine to eight tho
house judiciary committee decided to
make report recommending the
anti-pass bill for passage, and the re.
port has been made. The fight will
now come on the floor of the house.
1t is conceded that it will pass as few
of the legislators desire to go on
record as opposing a measure of this
character. Those favoring the bill
are not disposed to be SO sanguine Of
the continued life of the bill after
it gets into the hands of the judiciary
committee. Some idea Of the differ