Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-05-31
Memorial Address Of Iowa's Ex-
ecutiye Heard By Audience
Overlooking Assembly Hall
WAS a MAsTERFuL EFFORT
Address Was Extemporsneous, and
Greatly Pleased the Larsa Number
Of People"A Friend Of the Soldier"
Is the Way commandant Horton
Refers TO Him.

for the principal exercises OF the az
ternoon to be held under roof.
The program had been arranged for
Cottage Grove park, but rain began
falling about Q o'clock, necessitating
the change to the assembly hall, much
to the disappointment OF many who
were unable to find seats or standing
room.
The rain fell freely, while atdeta'b
headed. by the Soldiers Home band
decoratedlthe graves in the cemetery,
and the large number Of people in at
tendance covered themselves with um-
Brellas as best they could, awaiting the
arrival of the decorating detail. When
the assembly hall was opened it was
quickly filed to Its utmost capacity.
5Commandant G. C. Horton, president
of the day, spoke for a few minutes.
particularly to the old veterans, re-
calling an affecting incident wherein
the color sergeant Of Col. Horizons
own regiment exemplified the true sol
dier,s conception of duty, and gave his
life In the act. He then introduced
the speaker OF the day, Governor A. B.
'Cuminins, as one who had guarded the
honor Of the Iowa volunteer and was q
friend of the soldier. The governor
was received with prolonged applause.
When the demonstration had subsidized
the governor recalled that on such q
day last November he HAD Helped to
dedicate the monument erected by the
state Of Iowa to the boys who died in
Andersonville, monument erected not
to acclaim but to commemorate the
saddest and noblest pages Of American
history. He had no regret that the
clouds wept and the tears OF heaven
and Of earth commingled on such oc-
casions.
Tears Of America Perfume Sod.
The common charge that republics
are ungrateful is not true, said the
full to its defenders The tears of mil
lions Of Americans are pertaining the
sod where these men rest, and the sad
and sacred service In which we are en-
gagged Is in progress today over the
entire nation. sForty-six years have
passed, but the nation has not forgot
ten. America remembers as it did In
the first decade. The men and women
Of America are not ungrateful to you,
nor will they ever be ungrateful to the
men who perpetuated free institutions.
AS constituted, the government cannot
do all it should for you, but is doing
all it can to prove its love for the men
who yentured all for it's integrity.
Hopes for Universal Peace.
Referring to. the sentiment in favor
Of disarmament and to the peace con-
ference lately held, the governor ex-
pressed the hope that the time would
come when 1t will not be necessary to
offer men and women Of any country
on the altar Of war. Still his faith in
this outcome was weak. Until God
changes the character Of men, war will
continue to be the final arbitrament Of
some disputes and controversies too
deep for other arbitration. There are
some indignities that can only be
avenged by war" The question Of
secession, he said, was beyond tsuch
settlement. The dignity Of the consti-
tuition would not bear arbitration Of a
dispute that affected Its own integrity.
The southern view was wrong. It was
necessary to fight out the settlement
as such questions have been fought out
since the beginning Of time.
Insult to Flag Means Fight.
Arbitration may take the place Of
war to q great extent, but there will
come times when men will rise in
strength and dignity and, give their
lives for the right When blot is
placed on the flag by any country un-
der the sun, the American people will
fight. It is, this spirit that DEFENDS in
war that makes men lofty in times Of
peace. It was the greatness of his
causeNand his sense of duty that lifts
the American soldier above those
OF every country. The oriental
is brave. because his phtlos-
iophy and religion have taught him
q contempt, Of death. The American
wins battles because he is afraid to
run away. There are no other soldiers
like those Of the civil war in all the
5000 years Of history. +
1.-THE north settled In the civil war
the weightiest problem ever settled as
to human government. The soldiers of
the civil war wrote the most brilliant
page in the history Of the world. be-
lieve that thru the example Of the Tn
tied States, all men and women, shall
come into the freedom and liberty we
enjoy"
cummins, Friend Of the Soldier.
The governor said he took justin
able pride in the term applied to him
by Colonel Horton as "the friend of
the soldier He had been glad to
serve them. 1t had been his extreme
Joy to appoint to civil office more old
soldiers than had any other governor OF
Iowa during the past quarter century
He said this is not in self praise, but
because he deemed it his duty to make
these appointments, and that Justice
demanded that they be made, The men
of Iowa should see that the gratitude
of the state to its soldiers Is expressed
in a material way. III
Prayer at the opening OF the exer-
cises was offered by DR.. e. B. Jones,
and the closing prayer was by Rev.
William Pence James. The Soldiers
Home Glee club, composed Of twelve
young women, sang America" and
"Tenting Tonight" Mrs. Cummins ac-
companied by Mrs. F. F. Cummings, oc-
cupied a seat on the rostruTn