The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-02
G. A. R. ENcAMPMENT
DEDICATION or THE TORT MErGs
 MONUMENT.
Forty Thousand Journeyed ny Trcfssv And Boat To The Historic Spot At PerrysburE, Near
 Toledo.

Toledo. Ohio. Sept. LA street pa
 rade of civic character prefactory to
 the O. A. k. parade of veterans to-
 morrox. and the dedicating of the Fort Meigs monument at Perrysburg. twelve miles from Toledo, divided interest to- day in the forty-second encampmsnt
 of the Grand Army of the Republic. Forty thousand journeyed by trolley and boat to the historic spot where
 General William Henry Harrison In 1Sf2-lS checked the ambitions of the British General Proctor. Many speech es were made, chief among them be- ing the utterances of Senator J. B. Foraker, Governor Harris and General
 Bennett H. Young. who represented Governor wiilson. of Kentucky who
 was unable to be present. Generai Young said in part
 What marvellous thing 1t Is to be able to stand In this distant State
 and say. It is our country I came from the State of Kentucky to thank the people of the Maumse Valley for this magnificent monument to our dead. There were only i,su0 men killed in the war of 1872. and of that
 number fate put 1t up to Kentucky to
 sacrifice one thousand of her sons.
 My kinsmen were in that fort on that
 day of May 5, 1siA and fougat in the
 battles which saved this valley from
 conquest.
 Tt makes heap of difference how you come to Ohio. came to Ohio
 once and you all took me and put me In the penitentiary. I am ners now as q happy guest. I thought 1t was
 hardship that God should decide that
 our cause should fall. but I have since come to the conclusion that God Knew better than I did, for this is
 the greatest grandest and most pro-
 gressive haton in the worlf. | VIII
 say now that thank God for the re- suit, although 1t was bitter pill at the time.
 T have come to bear to you the sratefui thanks of Kentucky. You men who have for forty years persevered with zeal In the work of commemorate ing this ground. deserve the gratitude not only of Kentucky. but the grati- tude of the whole country.
 It was the spirit generated by the men who fell here in defense of the Ohio settlements that made the armies or the North and South the grea test volunteer armies that ever rallied around flag and cause. braving deatb with courage which only free iuen can feel and that has made this the SteAtest HdtlOn or history
 When Governor Harris and his party aIIiVed on the ground shortly after il o'clock this forenoon, the Governors salute of seventeen guns was thun. dered from the field pieces of Battery F. under command Of Captain Grant ?. Tayior. When the bunting which oraped the newly completed monument was drawn by the hand of David f,ob- inson, IT, four guns of the battery gave another salute and the band burst into patriotic music, which was eI. most drowned by the cheers from sey- eral thousand throats.
 The gubernatoriaI party ineIpsaa senators Foraker and Dick.
 Senator ForakerS after Rneakin1 oe the growth of the country since the hat- ue al Fort Meigs. and euloxizing thosa wno took part in 1t, proceeded to am pnasize the dangers that must attend any encroachment by one of the three co-ordinate branches Of the govarns ments on the rights or duties of either of the others.
 Worse than legislative and ,ud,c,a1 discord," said he. would be an inyasior, or either Of the other departments by the executive. All the powers If thai aepartment are consolidated in a single individual. He Is the commander-In. chief of the army and navy. He has m his own hands all the tremendous power or public patronage. He not only will, so far as their tenure ia concern- ed, thousands of ofice-holders, but he has even more immediately under his command constantly increasing army or more, at the present time, than 3, ,00a special agents, inspectors and secret service men, whose highest law Is his bidding.
 Under bold, aggressive. unscrunn- ious and designing executive, this pow CT of encroachment and these armiea of appotntees could be so exercised and as to destroy the independence and impair the usefulness and efficlency of both the other departments.
 Such practices are of such serious character that they are not likely often to occur. but nevertheless, we should be ever watchful to rebuke them when they do occur, lest in them we find our 
 All the teachings of history pro. claim that there Is no safety except where there is eternal vigilance. lf there should come necessity for changes In our organic law let us mako them In accordance with its provisions. hav- Ing the requisite patience and patriot Ism therefor, and ever remembering and believing that what Washington and his associates. with the help of that grand old union army perfected. Is good enugh for you and me and for all who are coming after us"
 The contest for the honor of the en- of the next annual encamp. ment of the G. A. R. today narrowed down to Atlanta, Ga, and Salt Lake City, Utah. with representatives of the latter city claiming the victory.
 /"Salt Lake has got 1t all hut the Vot- Ing" said George B. Squirss. secretary of the Salt Lake Invitation Committee. today Settle never was after 1t se- riously and has been working with us heart and soul. Pittsburg does not want 1t until her new memorial hall is finished in 1910. Atlanta Is a fine city, but sentiment is in favor of holding the encampment in the North. although there is no sectional feeling in the mat