The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1903-06-05
HONOR TO NATIONS
SOLDIER DEAD.
Splendid Observance Of Mem
oriaI Day Held at the
National Capital.
GRAFTON BY GEN. SMITH
Former Head Of the P~ostofice Depart.
Ment Eloquetly Urges That tho
Country Rise to Meet New
Responsibility.

washington, June 6o1S11N
M impressive ceremonies, Memorial
day was observed in the national cap
ttal on a moro elaborate scale than ever
before. Business was suspended not
only in the departments of government
but also throughout the city. People
pf all classes united in perpetuating the
memory OF the heroic dead who In
countless thousands sleep peacefully In
the eight national cemeteries of the
district. The soldiers monuments n
statues on the government reservations
were flag draped; flags on all public
buildings were at half mast. and the
national colors, with the folds caught
In bands of crepe. were displayed from
hundreds Of private residences.
Tho Days Orators.
The weather vas perfect. The pa
rade, which moved at 10 o'clock. was
composed OF hundreds Of veterans OF
the civil and Spanish wars and military
organizations
The orators Of the day at the several
cemeteries were:
Arington-Sharles Emory Smith.
Soldiers, Home cemetery-Edward p.
Congressional cemetery-capta,n Thos.
aienwood. Prospect Hill. st. Mary's and
Yerkes, commissioners OF revenue.
a Hill-Hon. II. W. Miller, assistant
secretary of the interior.
St; Elizabeth's cemetery-Rev: Dr. Asa
mortal church.
Battle Ground Cemetery-chaplain c. c.
Pierce, United States army.
b Harmony Ce1netery-John c.. Dancy, re-
corder Of deeds, District Of Columbia.
In the afternoon the monument and
bust Of the late senator Cushman X.
Davis Of Minnesota were unveiled with
appropriate ceremonies.
General Smiths Address.
In his address at Arlington, General
Smith, after paying a high tribute to
b g. A. r. and pointing out that the
Assues which bred the strife between
north and south nave been settled.
said:
The old issues have passed away.
There are new questions OF deep Inn
port; questions which come in part as
legacies Of the old, and which may tend
In some to excite the old feel
ing. There is the problem dealing with
from slavery and vet not admitted to
the privileges Of freedom. The educa-
tional. Industrial and in some degree
the political aspects Of this subject de-
mand the most serious consideration.
The burden OF responsibilities Toes not
belong alone to either section. We may
not all agree on the elements. Of the
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may we not approach the question In a
spirit Of mutual forbearance? May we
not discuss 1t in q temperate and ra-
tional frame Of mind? May we not
seek to understand each others point
OF view and each others relation to
the subject, with q fair and reasonable
consideration Of the various aspects
which are entitled to weight?
a The New Nation.
We have outgrown the old condis
lions and old animostties, why should
we not outgroW the old&narrowness and
the old one-sidedness? Reunion does
not mean the suppression of individ-
ual conviction, or he Sitting Of frank
expression; but why should 1t not mean
a larger liberality Of spirit, q greater
breadth of understanding, and higher
effort for just, enlightened and patriotic
action?
The war for the union had to come
before we could enter upon our great
national development. The conflict was
irrepressible until cause should be
eliminated. The wer was necessary to
make us a true nation. Our subse-
quent history with all Its respondent
advancement has been q natural evolu-
ton. We had to have a war Of the
sections before we could wipe out sec
tionalism and enter upon real national
ity. We had to have real nationality
before we could become a real world
power. We had to have broad world
interests before we could sit at the
worlds council table, and we had to
become q true world wv before we
could become the worlds best peace
maker and most potent influence, as we
are, for. arbitration, humanity and
civilization.
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