The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-17
CAPT. MAHAN TRIES
TO MAKE PEACE
Appeals to G. A. r. Men to Par.
ticipate in McCardy Monu.
ment Dedication.

sailors monument next Friday may be
smoothed over and Garfield post and its
auxiliary societies may yet be induced
to participate in the exercises. The APP
pearance in the parade of the St. Paul
companies of the national guard may also
be secured through the efforts of these
peacemakerS.
Capt. Mahan and Mr.. Doran began their
pacifying efforts ea~ly yesterday morning
and a half dozen conferences with prom
inent members of Garfield and Acker
posts were held during the day. The
members of Garfield post, after 1t had
been fully explained TO them that Acker
post had almost no part in the securing
of the monument, but that it was wholly
a citizens affair, showed willingness to
try to influence their post to reScind the
action of Saturday night and participate
in the exercises.
Mahan APPEALS for Peace.
Other members of Garfield post were
brought into consultation, and, after a
final conferences late yesterday after
noon, Capt. Mahan addressed a letter to
Commander Harrison Sloggey, of Garfield
post explaining the misunderstanding
which had arisen. and asking him to or
der the post to participate. The letter is
as follows:
my Dear Commander: I am sorry to
learn of the action of your post in regard
to the dedication of the soldiers monu-
ment on Friday of this week, and trust
you and the members of your post are
broad minded enough to 90 t iie,,n rdgnt
standing exists and it will be righted: IN
due season all things will be made clear.
Permit me to say no slight was intended;
"Acker post and Gen. Kobbe received
the same kind of an invitation through
Comrade McCardy that you received. This
is a citizens affair purely. They con-
tributed the money and made 1T possible
to erect the shaft to be dedicated to the
memory of the soldiers and sailors who
put down the Rebellion. Let US, then,
join hands with the citizens and soldiers
and dedicate the shaft with all the pomp
and ceremony Of brave men ana gooa
who contributed the funds and made 1t
possible. To this end, will you please ask
the members of your post to appear at the
rendezvous selected and announces IN Ine
daily papers on next Friday afternoon
to join in making the occasion one long
to be remembered?"
Issues a General Order.
Shortly after sending the communica-
ton to Commander Sloggey Capt. Ma
han decided to issue a general order
through the papers to all the G. A. X.
men and Sons of Veterans in the city,
requesting them to participate in the ex-
ercises. The order follows:
l.
Post No. s and Acker Post No. 81,
G. A. R., and Camp No. 1, Sons of
Veterans:
''You and each Of you are requested to,
appear at your respective meeting places
on the afternoon of next Friday to take
part in the exercises incident to the ded1-
cation of the monument erected to the
memory of the soldiers and sailors of the.
war for the preservation of the Union.
Must Put Aside Personal Differences.
'"These personal differences must be
cast aside and the Grand Army must
unite in aiding in these unwilling cere-
monies" said Capt. Mahan. 1.-THE mOnu--
ment is citizens affair, but 1t IS for
the old soldiers and they should be- on
hand en- masse. The members of Gar.
field post, think, will all be glad, to
turn out when they have the misunder-
standing which has arisen cleared up.
They all want to do the right thing. :
"Through his efforts, almost alone,
Comrade J. J. McCardy has secured for
the city what organizations and aggrega-
lions of people have been striving Tor put
have failed to accomplish during the paSI
forty years. He deserves great credit
for the work he has DONE and should re-
ceive great credit for 1T. se
"AIl men have their peculiar ways.
The mannerisms of Capt. McCardy, Whoi-
" unconscious no doubt-for he is a
man who does things himself and seldom
asks any one elses advice or counsel and
tells little of his plans until he mas com
pleted things-gave rise to these dlfncult-
les but the members of the Grand army
are men enough to overlook these little
things when matters are explained 20
them Comrade McCardy did not mean
to slight them; it is simply his nature TO
saw very little about anything ne does:
He has done noble work, and should
be honored for it by every Grand Army
man and all citizens"
Mccardy Has Nothing to Say.
While the conference was being carried
on and Capt Mahan and others were en-
deavoring to patch things up, Mr.. NC
Cardy sat quietly in his office letting mat
ters take their own course. He felt salts
fed, he said that he had done what was
right and could not help the unpleasant
ness which had grown out OF his meth
DDS He did not request any aid in
clearing matters up, preferring to let the
Grand Army men and the state militia
do what they pleased. He refused to give
out any statement concerning his side
of the trouble.
F. B. Doran. who spent most of the day
in conference with Adjt. Gen. Libbey,
Mai. c. T. Spear ana other prominent
officers of the national guard stated last
night that the militia would in all prooa-
bility take part in the exercises.
"There has been a great deal of mis-
understanding over the invitation sent to
the governor by Capt McCardy," said Mr..
Doran. .'but some way will be reached
out of it and the national guard will be
in line Adjt. Gen. Libbey stated to me
yesterday that he would certainly be
present at the ceremonies and that ne
had invited all the militia to participate.
He was unable, he SAID to call out the
st. Paul companies, but this may be done
on the governors orders. We will prob
ably get into communication with Gov.
Van SAINT by telegraph and see what can
be done.
eff the state of Minnesota can't afford
to call out its militia for half a day to
participate in the unveiling of a monu-
ment in memory Of her volunteer SOL
diers who fought in the War of the Re
bellion, then the state had better go out
of business. Such a thing would be dis
grace to the state. l think that Gov. Van
SAINT will probably order them out.
.'If he does not, the companies will
probably be ordered out by Maj. Spear,
who has promised to take up the matter
with the captains of the companies. The
national guard feels very kindly toward
the Grand Army, and whatever feelings
they may have toward one man or over
any misunderstanding will not prevent
them from turning out.
Says Mccardy Took Proper Course.
although sending of the invitation to
the governor was a little different than
usual, Mr.. McCardy is wise. He knew of
the fight the militia had made against
him and thought that many might offer