Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-06-11
Monday, June II, 1906.


In speaking of the observance oil
Memorial day in Washington a cor
respondent makes the interesting state.
ment that IF the members of Congress
who fought either in blue Ct gray were
to proceed to Arlington, there to strew
with brave impartiality the graves OF
Union and Confederate dead, "a
senators and As representatives would
compose the little band. while if the
. veterans of the Spanish-AInerican war
were included the column would be
augmented by one senator and eight
representatives" 1t is striking fact
that although more than 40 years have
passed since the close of the Civil War
more than onc-fourth of the Senate $
membership is made up of civil war
veterans, the Confederates prevailing,
Is to IL. About one ninth OF the total
membership of the house took part in
the great struggle 81 for the Union and
IL against All told As ex-Union
are now serving the reunited country
in it's legislative body. Pennsylvania
leads off with six veterans in it's de'ega-
ton Bingham, Dale. Deemer, Mahon,
Graham and Palmer; while New York
comes second with fve,-Goulden,
Bradley. Ketchem. Wadsworth and
AIexander-Iowa is third with four
Hull, Hepburn, Lacey and Hedge.
Only three of New England's 20 re-
representatives. were in the war. Lover
ing Of Massac husetts. Capron of Rhode
Island and Hoskins of Vermont.
In the Senate the Union veterans are
Buckley of Connecticut. Burrough and
Alger of Michigan. Nelson of Min
nesota. Warner of Missouri. Foraker
Of Ohio, Proctor of ermOnt, Scott and
Elkins of West Virginia. Spooner of
WISCONSIN and Warren of Wyoming.
Coburn the newly appointed senator
from Kansas is also Union veteran.
All Of these IL are Republicans just as
all the L. confederate veterans in the
Senate are Democrats. They are
Peters and Morgan of Alabama, Berry
Of Arkansas, Mallory and TaIiaferro of
Florida, Bacon of Georgia. McCreary
and Blackburn of kentucky. Nc
Emery of Louisiana. Mooney and Nc
Lanrin of Mississippi, Daniel and
Martin of Virginia. 1t is of interest to
arc veterans of the war.
The Spanish war contingent in Con
gress is made up of. Senator Dick of
Ohio, who was. with the Eighth ohio in
Cuba, Representative Wiley OF
Alabama. who as lieutenant colonel OF
volunteer immunes. served in Cuba on
Lawton's staff; Dickson of Illinois.
Ames. Gardner and Weeks of Massa-
chusetts, the first two seeing service in
Cuba and Porto Rico: DENLY of
Michigan. who was a gunner's mate.
third class, on the Yosemite: Hum
phreys of Mississippi. who served under
Fitzhugh Lee. and whose father was a
Confederate general. and Aiken of
South Carolina. Ames and Humphreys
typify the spirit Of the reunited
country. one and indissoluble. 1t was
Ames' father. Major General Adelhort.
who forcibly elected Humphreys
father. Brigadier General Benjamin G..
Humphreys froirf the executive; lnaH-
sion of Mississippi in '65 and succeeded
him as military governor of the state.
Anes is also the grandson of that
Union general who in the heat of war
was the most intensely hated OF all
Union commanders-Benjam F.
Butler The Spanish war contingent in
the next Congress will have notable
addition in Hobson Of Alabama.