Omaha daily bee., 1902-05-31
THE OLD VETERANS
Chancellor Andrews Delivers the Memorial
Address at Lincoln.
BANKERS MEET TO TALK OVER BUSINESS
Policeman Interferes with Assault of
Man Upon Divorced wife In Time
TO Prevent Serious
Injury.
From a stan Correspondent.)

LINCOLN, May 30.-(Special THE an
nual Memorial day address before the Lin
coin posts Of the Grand Army OF the Re
public was delivered by Chancellor An
drews in the Auditorium this afternoon.
He spoke OF the old and the new soldier and
said that until recently he had believed that
the veteran Of the civil war would have to
give way in the hearts Of the people to the
veteran Of the spanish-American war.
In the morning the two posts. escorted
by Company F Of the Second regiment Of
the Nebraska National Guard. marched to
wyuka cemetery and decorated the graves
OF the soldier dead. A feature Of the cere-
monies was the unwilling Of the Grand
Army monument, erected a few weeks ago
by the Lincoln veterans.
At the meeting in the Auditorium this
afternoon Chancellor Andrews spoke in part
as follows:
Chancellor Andrews' Address.
The Old Soldier and the Young Soldier,
Comrades OF the Grand Army of the Re
public: None but those used to suffering
would now consent to make a formal adj
dress on Memorial day. Everything nat
ural to say on such an occasion has been
said, eloquently and impressiyely, a hum
bred times over. Casting about for ma
terial to construct an address today / can
think of nothing original, The best 1 can
do is to present thoughts as little thread
bare as possible. These will relate to the
enduring regard the country has for the
soldiers Of the civil war, Notwithstanding
the Intervention of the Spanish war with
an Exception, aid iheir war duty nobiy.
During the Spanish war and at the end
OF II there was an impression. In which
popularity Of the civil war soldier was at
an end. said, We old fellows who bore
S SsGi IF from M 81 I, to ,eI i ca tps r AMY longer sys W SSe
have had our day. A new order of pa
triots. younger, finer looking, able to make
to the front. These will now be the peoples
heroes. We must be content to be forgot
ten. / said this with the best of feeling,
quite willing on my part to be forgotten
for the country's good.
But the prophecy has not been fulfilled.
While the new, soldiers are honored as
character istic hero Of the time. Somehow
he will not down-not because he is OBJ
people insist on liking him. This persist
ence of kind feeling toward civil war vet
Grams is q phenomenon needing to be ex-
When the Spanish war came on the life
OF this fepublic was absolutely assured.
eigner dreamed that spain could materially
harm the United States. Nearly all ex-
pected that Spain would make a better
whole world knew tina neither Spain alone
nor any combination of powers which she
could get to Join her could infict on this
therefore, the soldiers of the Spanish war
ran, the possibility OF coming home with
out a country was not one of them. Far
otherwise in the civil war. The continu-
ance of our republic in its integrity was
then a matter of grave doubt, Those who
enlisted distinctly faced the possibility Of
coming home w~ithouta country, II they did
not die as part of a forlorn hope. The
dier with extra patriotism for this peculiar
risk he ran on behalf of a country that
might conceivably soon cease to be. They
AWA1HN ~. a. AI1 80 $500 >sNlAA~l
on which many historians of the civil war
have paid praise to the bankers and wealthy
people cav who pd led the way = lnyessins, IN the the
the old soldier still hoidsS his plncdtn popu-
lar esteem.
Great as were the sufferings and priva-
lions of the Spanish war soldiers, and 1
should be the last to discourage them, 1t
must, I think, be admitted that they were
hardly worthy to be compared with those
undergone by the men of 81 and IS. The
food which the Spanish war soldiers ate
was better and more plentiful. Their cloth
ing was better. When they travelled by
rail they had upholstered seats, and sleep
ing berths, Injuries almost unknown to US
sanitary service In the later war were of
the best. Wounds which surely would have
were in the later war hasrdIy serious. Hos
pital nursing had been reduced to an art.
would not minimize the pain borne on
lows In southern and Cuban lamps or
hattie fields, In the holds of vessels, but l
cannot suppose that much OF this expert:
men now before me while they were in
active service. This tougher probation as
soldiers lie another entry which the country
keeps on the credit side of its account
book with yon.
in Session.
Group No. 2 Of the Nebraska Bankers as
ISOLATION met in second annual session at
the Lincoln hotel today. Morning and aft
arr0an raaakan.o - AoIS 20 kAo 1t.an.
sion of various subjects in the banking
business and at 1880 p m. supper was
served at the hotel TO all members OF the
group.
The morning meeting was opened with
prayer by Rev. DR.. Stein. Chancellor An
drews made a brief address of welcome and
then the regular business Of the group
was taken up. Secretary Royse Of the State
Banking board read a paper on Asset
Currency" and was followed on the pro-
gram by JaI. Moore Of Clatonia, who spoke
OF "a Few DifieultIes Encountered by Coun
try Banks and How Shall We Meet Them
At the Afternoon meeting these papers
were read; Our State Banking Law
George l. Messlner. Liberty; "our Bills
Receivable" c., b. Anderson, Crete; "Ex-
press Money orders" F, b. wslpton, Day
kin. Several other subjects were treated
IN general discussion.
These orfcers were elected: c. >B. An
derson. Crete. president; John b. Wright.
Lincoln. vics-president; c.. W.. wechbach.
Crete, secretary; H.. s, Freeman, Lincoln,
treasurer.
Resolutions were adopted urging Chan
cellor Andrews not to be tempted by offers
from any other educational institution.
Policeman just IN Time.
The timely appearance OF a policeman at
Tenth and o streets at Z o'clock this morn
ing prevented 0 continuation of what might
have resulted In a murder. The trouble
was between William Knight. a helper in
the Burlington yards. and his divorced wife.
They met'at the junction OF the two streets
as they were on their way to work and after
passing a few words Knight made a lunge