The Cairo bulletin., 1904-06-05

| injustice Is often done to able men.
who have been chosen by their fellow
citizens to represent them In congress
are worthy men, and when we dispar-
age them we disparagc the citizens
who elected them. The first great bat.
ties are not fought ont with sword and
! cannon, but with tongue and pen i'll
! legislative assembly. The civilized
word knew Spain was doomed long
before Commodore Deweys guns spoke
/ in Manila haibor, When, on June 13,
/ 1898 congress authorized the secretary
/ Of the United States treasury to issue
/ S400,000,000 worth of bonds for ma
1 tional defense, all the ultimate outcome
| of the Spanish American war was de-
/ rided, except how the treaty of peace
| should be signed. The outcome Of the
! terrific conflict of 1861 to 1850 would
| never have been the maintenance Of
| the Union if congress had not Loyalty
supported President Lincoln during
that eycntful period. Aye. there We're
! giants in those days But the giants
upon Capitol hill, whose moral courage
I and answering loyalty were tried and
| proved, deserve our honor MS much as
do the giants fighting Mt the front.
Which Most Deserved Honort
Place side by side, if you will, those
two master personalities, John Sher-
man and William I. sherman, They
were brothers, they were both gen
fuses. AS we look over the pages Of
history 1t is very debatahle question
which should be honored the more and
who did the more valiant service for
his country, John or William, one
was a giant in guiding and creating
patriotic legislation the other Il giant
in military strategy yet today in al
most every city you can see fifty pic
lures Of William +. Sherman where
you will find one of his patriotic broth
er, who was senator Of the United
Importance Of the work done by our
national legislators can never be bet
ter illustrated than In the life of James
A. Garfield, He was one Of the most
brilliant volunteer soldiers Of the war
From the presidential chair Of Hiram
college in 1861 he stepped into the mil
itarv camp and donued a soldiers uni
form Within two years he Wore the
shoulder straps Of a major general
Yet Abraham Lincoln placed his hand
upon the brilliant chief of Rosecrans'
staff and said: Garfield, | need You
more in congress than do in the field.
Resign your soldiers commission and
as a congressman come and help me.
Thus today | not only honor the sol
dier. but also the legislator. | honor
James A. Garfield the general | also
honor James A. Garfield the Ohio con
gresham. In both positions he did
valuable and heroic service.
On this Memorial day the brother
who stayed at home and worked the
farm should he praised as well as the
young man who went to the front and
was mentioned for Il heroic deed in the
commanders dispatch. he young
tman who sank his personality in the
more common but equally necdtnl du-
ties of home life might have been even
drawer and more unSeltlsh than the
soldier boy who marched down the
main street of his native town or city,
keeping step to the strains of martial
music and whose train pulled ont of
his home depot amid the shouts and
huzzas Of admirlng friends who came
to bid him goodby.
The Boys who stayed at Home,
Let me illustrate what | mean Ivy
praising the boy who stayed at home
to work the farm Some time ago
was attending soldiers reunion Il
was most impressive spectacle, that
assembly Of aged men. YES the
ranks of the old soldiers are thinning
very rapidly We shall not have them
with us long. But, though these yeter-
ans were very old when they began to
tell their campfire stories. rs their mar
ratiyc proceeded they seemed to he
come boys again. Among the stories
told was one | shall never forget. Did
you have any brothers in the army
| asked an aged soldier. Yes one"
was the answer. There were three
boys Of us. We all wanted 10 60, but
father aud mother were Getting old |
and some one had TO stay 1T home and
look a6er the old folks and orr rouu-
ger sisters. So one night we had a fam
ily couYoc1tion. After the family talk
We three sons and mother and father
decided that two of Ms boys could 20 |
10 tie war. bat that one should stay ut !
home and work the farm. Who were
TO 60? Who was 10 stay ut homcf
We nlI wanted to 60 and fight and so
We decided 70 draw lots. Mother held
the book and put ilE the .hrec Slips of
paper with one marked Stay ut home.
We drew John and myself went to
the front. Harry stayed at home.
Did your brother regret that he had /
10 stayf" ooh, yes Bat some one had F.!
10 stay. and 81 he simply swallowed
his disappointment Yes, we two boys
could mover have gone to the front but
for Hafry's faithfuness to the Old
folks" Was he not i':F. pas patriotic
~ the two who vent forth to battle?
Let us. then, place n flower over his
arnre rs Well as nnnn tho grnvcs Of