The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1903-02-24
RUMPUS AND 1
ROW IN D. N. c.
Col. A. B. Colt and Charley Debt
Dick Play Star
Roles.
Chaplain BURNS oRATORICAL FIRE.
From a stan Correspondent,


Columbus, Feb. 23.-Two sensational
speeches were. made at the annual ban
Quet and reunion of the Fourth-Four-
teenth regiments, Ohio National Guard,
in this city Saturday night. Rev. John
8. Huett, of this city, the regimental
chaplain who served in the confeder-
ste army during the civil war and
took the oath of allegiance to the
United States after the surrender OF
Lee, in his address made a severe at
tack on the Dick militia bill, whose
provisions he declared destroyed the
individuality of states and made the
government the whole thing.
He said he did not feel like giving
up his allegiance to the state even at
the instance OF the president" His
auditors were amazed at his utter
ances, which were in such full accord
with the doctrine of states rights as
advocated by the Confederacy.
CHAPLAIN REPUDIATED.
Lieutenant Colonel Bargar, toastmas-
ter, and Captain G. w. Miles, refutcd
the sentiments. of the chaplain, and
were roundly applaCded when they de-
clared the national took priority over
the state and that the regiment should
owe its greatest allegiance to the ma
tional government.
The Dick bill authorizes the presi.
dent to call out the state militia when
even necessary.
The other sensational speech was
that made by Colonel A. B. Colt, COM
was known as the Fourteenth before
the Spanish war. He ridiculed the
adjutant general of Ohio and said all
manner of urcomplimentary things
about the department. The speech
was doubtless inspired by the recent
inspection of the Marion company of
the Fourth regiment by Assistant Ad-
jutant General H. M. Taylor, who
found the command in wretched con-
dition and set forth the fact in his re-
port which was published wide and
far by the newspapers.
COLT GETS SARCASTIC
1t will be recalled Colonel Colt and
his officers filed charges with Governor
Nash against Taylor because the re-
port was given publicity. In his
speech Colt gave his hearers to un-
derstand that the force in the Office of
the adjutant general did net know its
business and in trying to be sarcastic
said: "The adjutant general, with his
experience and enviable record in two
wars and long service in the national
guard, has SO many duties, SO many
responsibilities other than the guard
that he should not be compelled TO
look after the details of the guard
and he should have competent OFF,
GERS to relieve him, and with one or
two clerks selected from the deaf and
dumb asylum the adjutant general
would renew his youth"
Colts utterances have caused an up-
heavel in military lcircles. Those high
In the military of the state are as
founded that he should refer to Ad-
jutant General Gyger his superior off,
Ger, in such disrespect. They declare
that for the good of the guard that
such conduct, which they regard as an
unwarranted breach of military disci-
pline. should not be permitted to pass
unpunished. They say Colt slurred
mon in the adjutant generals depart
ment who served their country on the
field OF battle when he was yet in his
swaddling clothes. declaring they had
no military experience and intimating
they are incompetent, and they are in
dignant over the whole affair. 1t will
not be surprising If the colonels re-
marks result in charges being filed