The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-09
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The old soldiers of the state will
soon have home for themselves and
! their wives, mothers and widows at
Minnehaha falls if the promises of
Representative NJ. ID. Flower material
| lie.
Representative Flower was present
/ at the campfire of the G.. A. r. held
| last night at the Peoples church,
which was crowded to the doors with
| G. A. r. members and their friends,
and on behalf of himself and Repre-
t-sentative Roberts assured the old vet
Grams that the bill for which they have
been lobbying for some time would be
| passed by the present legislature. In
explanation. he said:
s"Many bills aiming to better the con-
dition of the old soldiers of the state
have been presented to the legislature.
] myself have had the honor of draw
ing two bills which came before the
present legislature. The first is for the
erection of monuments to the Mime
s0tab boys who fell on the field OF Get
tysburg. The second provides for the
Appropriation of 100000 for the erec-
ton of cottages at the soldiers home to
be occupied by the old soldiers and
their wives, mothers and widows.
Il know that you are all deeply in
terested in this matter and have been
striving for some time to have such
an institution established. 1t is not
right that the state should provide
for the veterans alone, making separa-
tion from their wives necessary in or
der that they may have home in
their old DAYS.
I'VE may not be able to secure the
entire appropriation asked for at this
sitting of the legislature, but we will
secure something which will start us
we'll on the way-perhaps $4,000, may
h. he n OF IA
will not be turned down.
81 am member of the appropria-
tons committee of the house, and
shall use my influence to secure as
much as necessary Representative
Roberts, who by his untiring vigilance
i'm the interests of state funds, has
earned for himself the sobriquet of
the watchdog of the treasury will
not interpose any serious objections, /
have been informed. He is the chair
man of the appropriations committee,
and in matters where the welfare OF
the civil war veterans are at stake he
has ever a kindly word. / can assure.
you that we will have home such as
proposed"
His announcement was met with
cheers and veterans who have been
striving TO secure the favorable recog-
milton of the bill were seen to turn in
their seats and fervently shake hands
With each other.
- Many Attend Campfire
The campfire which began at s
o'clock was opened by an invocation by
DT. Alexander McGregor, after which
Louis Beet, comptroller, welcomed the
veterans to the city on behalf of the
mayor, who was unable to be present.
owing to his wife's illness. An address
of welcome on behalf of the state by
Gov. Johnson followed, in which he
touched with glowing eloquence on the
services of the Minnesota veterans in
the civil war.
Minnesota is a great state; its re-
sources are unlimited and it is fast
.foEgings to the front. 1t has many
things to be justly proud of, but it is
,ppeuder,.of- the services rendered by
its G. A r. veterans than of anything
else"
Department Commander Harrison
White responded to the hearty well
come, saying:
"As the representative of between
five and six thousand veterans, thank
both the city and the state for the
hearty welcome which they have ac-
corded US. We have at this time
special reason TO give thanks to the
state, for we now have a beautiful
suite of rooms in the magnificent new
statehouse in which TO conduct the
business of the G. A. r. instead of
musty old rooms which with we were
with"
|. Judge Collins Speaks
| After speaking at some length of
what the veterans had done for the
state and the union at large he was
succeeded by Judge L. w. Collins, who
greeted the members on behalf of the
national organization, George w. Pat
/ ton, national junior vice commander
in chief, having been unable to be
present as planned. owing to illness.
L He spoke mainly on the late national
encampment at Boston and of the COM
ing eneampment at Denver The COM
ing .encampment, he said, would be on
lavish scale, and the visitors would
be royalty entertained.
Past National Commander in Chief
|. Ell Torrance responded with glowing
tribute to the deeds OF the veterans.
He said that although many of them
| were illiterate they all had diplomas
as valuable and far more so, than any
|. from AN existing institution of learn
ing-their honorable discharge papers.
Mrs Agnes w. Savage, department.
president of the Ladies of the G. A. r..
(! made a patriotic address saving thar
| the most valuable heritage that her
children possessed was the fact that
/ their father, George w. Savage. lost
| two fingers of his left hand while bear
| ing the colors on Missionary Ridge of
| the Eleventh Michigan infantry, and
| was promoted thereafter from private
to. color bearer of the regiment. Her
| address ELECTED great applause. She
presented the G. A R. with an immense
flag, which was displayed on the plat
form, on behalf of the Ladies of the
| G. A. r..
Commander White then presented
Vera McGrath. Luverne; Norman TUT
ly, Grand Rapids. and NJ s. Kearns.
Minneapolis, with gold, silver and
, bronze medals. respectfvelv % f,a