The evening times., 1902-05-30

| ssvcnfoId. while our population has q
| little more than doubled Great have
/ been the strides in all Industries. When
other lands were fauiShiHE We were able
| TO send them millions of bushels Of
wheat and other cereals from OUT abun-
LaEt su-piUSeS With quiet energy our
merchants and manufacturers have con
quered first Of all our own markets and
then assumed d leading place in markets
abroad
Great Material Progress.
Great as has been our material prog
ress, far greater has been our moral
| progress p This is NOT the age when
wealth accumulates auc men decay. It
is the age when wealth s-cUmuIates and
men become better men. Wealth Is
means ICr doing good CoumercialisE
is in the air. and with it that rrCad
/ philanthropy which marks this q gen
cTous Republic Old lines Of hatred
have been effaCcd- 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 tine when one bearing the name
/ Of Lee proudly donned a uniform Of blue
D
/ Stars and Stripes You have lived 30
/ witness the time when IN attempt to
! stir up cid sCctionaIism is treason You
/ have witnessed what is almost without
parallel IN HistCTy-Cuha given up 20
/ the Cubans. A liberal and generous Re
public. in fUIfllment Ct its promise. first
( rescued the people Of this UEhappE ISL
I and from their miseries. restored order
and law. cleansed their places Of an
Cirnt pollution and disease. and finally
/ handed over to them, with the house in
( order and ready for occupancy. the
Teins CT government for themselves.
And the great Republic. with its arms
around the world and holding in its
hands the islands CT the sea on the
otner side Ct the globe. cannot. with
such a record as this. be expected Jo do
/ otherwise than deal fairly with these
misIed and treacaerous wards wh0 have
resisted bllndIy the civilization and lib
crty f1separabIe IrGm american tTadi-
t!Cns and history.
Blessings to Humanity
In our own time and in oar own way
we viii carry to those benighted people
the blessings they need but do nc5 IN
derstaud, and we viii do it because
Providence and the fortunes OF war
have placed them in our keeping. and in
spite Of attacks in the rear and saw
agcry II the front. we viii fulfill the
mission which God has given US to full
fH.
In the midst Of many riches our men
have not decayed. Human hearts beat
as strongly as they did when you were
boys more than a generation ago As,
when a few months since. the cTy for
help arose above the sounds OF car
mage and slaughter at our very door.
and ar cost of precious lives and treas
ure that help was given, so only few
days age when TebeIIioUs nature over
whelmed whole CITY and made desc
late a fair island. noble President and
a generous Congress, representing the
spontaneous desires OF the American
people, gave boUndlulIy from their
lseusule es I0r The relief OF the sufferers
Greatest of All Republics.
There is nothing in the history of
these years since the civil war which
presages otherwise than well for this.
the greatest republic in all times And
on this sacred day, now and forever set
apart TO commemorate the sacrifices and
brave deeds Of those Who took part in
the nations greatest struggle, II Is right
that We. the living, should acknowledge
the great share which they. the dead,
have in the WeII-beIng or the present
They made it possible for all these
great things TO come TO pass
These grassy mounds are the step
ping-stones Of the republic As our
fore5athers won independence freedom
and national existence by the sacrifice
Of life. so these men preserved II By the
sacrifice Of theirs The living would
have been recreant and untrue TO the
dead If they had not achieved the mar
veIs and wonders of these closing days
Of the old century and opening days Of
the new Achievements in the arts the
sciences. in government and humanity
are theirs not less than yours. The
things you DO today for the betterment
and happiness OF mankind are the real
monuments you rear above the silent
ranks that lie before US
Other Features Of Program.
other features Of the program were:
Sounding tire assembly. 1880 a. .BugIer.
sons Of AmeTie,-' '-------S-- Elizabeth Band
Post commander. Dr. y II Miller
Post Chaplain Rev. ". c. Davenport
song, ''slccp, Comrades. Sleep
Pocm-.-----.--.---CeI DE WITT g. SprZgue-
President Llnco,n's Gettysburg address
Cs5uraG- A. s- FriSbie.
sleep Thy Last S-ccp'' -.--St- Elizabeth Band
"TcnunS on the Old Camp Ground"
Bereliction-. The commander
Taps.
The names Of the members Of the
choir are, Leader. E T. Davis,
Miss Quaid. Miss CasteeIe, Miss
Tudgc. Miss Iathrop. Mrs. French. Miss