Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-09-06
A Great JUBILEE.
V'ce-President Fairbanks Addressed
aLargs Gathering at Osawatomie's
Semi centennial Celebration.
OTHER SPEAKERS THERE.



osawatomie, Kan, Aug. 31.-Tlurt.
day morning dawned clear and fine,
and by the time the sun peepei ovel
The trees along the Maries des Cygne,
the roads leading into the city were
crowded with teams.
BY o'clock It aas estimated that
1000 people had arrived. Even as late
as e o'c.o16 wagons and carriages
,ere 1t arriving, many people having
rlIcA rs to so miles At noon he
..owd was estimated by many at t..
900. The largest number of persons
aver gathered In the history Of Miami
county heard Mr. Fairbanks, Senators
Benson and Long and Governor Hoch
speak from the platform at the picnic
grounds Thursday afternoon.
Mr.. Fairbanks was well received,
and when he started for the carriage
that was to carry him. back to his
train, his way was blocked by the
hundreds who wanted a chance to
shake his hand.
A visit was paid to the old John
Brown cabin a short distance from
the town, and the remainder of the
time was devoted to speaking. Vice
President Fairbanks was much inter-
ested In the John Brown cabin and
the interesting relics Of Brown about
the town and county. He examined
the old cabin carefully and asked a
of questions about the IA
nous Brown from survivors.
The vice president addressed the PEG
pei at the battle-ground at 2 p. M, fol-
lowed by Senators Long and Benson
Among other things Mr.. Fairbanks
said:
This occasion takes our minds
Jack to period of dramatic interest
n American history; to a time when
he passions among the people were
Ieeply stirred. The times then were
'minous. The people could see the
asst gathering clouds Of an impend-
ng contest between the friends Of free
ION and slavery for ultimate suprem-
ICY. 1t was day of acrimony, Of
bitterness, of sharp impeachment OF
he motives, the purposes and the pa
riotism of men.
1--WE have not come hither to awak-
n in any ungenerous sense divisions
which made this spot historic but
ather to contrast the present with
he past; to recall the heroic service
4 men in the interests Of home and
ountry; to klndle anew our patriotic
cal and to glory in the triumphs of
reedom In America.
1.-THE contest which followed the
assage of the Kansas-N Nebraska bill /
n the soil of Kansas was unique In
ur national experience, The war /
hitch waged here was its natural :
'uit, The engagement was a sporad- 7
, outburst--a stray shot upon the 9
lcket line and truly presaged the larg- v
+ engagement of the mighty armies i
the north and the south. 81
"The shadow of disunion has passed (
Id the north and the south are n
1itted together by mutual respect
I'd love of a common flag. Those W
no opposed each other in the great pl
nfiict glory in its providential is
Q. bv
1--WE face the future radiant with n
lden promise, resolved to make our
untry greater than 1t Is, greater in h,
aterial power but greater than all
the splendid character. Its citizen- %
ipI q country where a dominant u
ito shall be fair play for all the Il
rces which make for the advance q
mt Of a great, righteous people" y
Mr.. Fairbanks left late in the day v
! Dodge City, Kan, where Friday =
Is to speak at a G. A. R. reunion. v
ON Dodge City he will go to Boise u
", Idaho, as the guest Of the Ma n;
nal Irrigation congress.