Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-08
FAMEO OF AE.SAR.DES SPREADS
Unique Work Of ouivera's King
Hailed in Distant Parts.
BAY STATE PAPER PRAISES II
Hyde Park Journal Recites incidents
in the Entertainment of General
Darlington ON His Recent
western Trip.

The fame OF Ak-sar-Ben knows no
bounds, as is shown by the following from
the Hyde Park Gazette Of Hyde PARK
Mass, under date Of August /;
The pre- > nnouncene EFT that w. J. Bryan
was a guest OF the Knight Of Ak-Sar-Ben
the name Is that Of Nebraska reversed at
Omaha, Neb., had no other political sig
n~ificance than usual whenever so d sun-
guished a citizen visits in his own state.
The order itself, as reported at its milf
tary fete. June 2g. now numbers 90 mem
bers of the most influential business men OF
the city and It's annual parades and enter
tainments each autumn are hardly to be
surpassed BY the most brilliant anteCedents
Of the New Orleans Mardi Gras. More than
2OJ.VOO visitors have honored single annual
entertainments.
The Omaha papers Of June 30 note in full
the.r special reception Of our fellow citizen.
General Henry y. Darlington, L. s. a, re-
tired, when he alighted from the train at
the Burlington station enroute TO Sheridan.
Wyo., to attend, as special guest OF that
! city, a memorial celebration in honor Of the
surviving veterans Of his command. when
In conflict with Red Clouds Sioux war;. ors,
thousanos in numbers, he opened that coun-
try for settlement.
Besides the veterans themselves. few in
number there were as participants General
number, notably Samue, Gibson. s. S Pe.eis
and Maurice barnes, there were as partici-
pants General Morton, commander Depart.
ment Of the Missouri; city officials. Gould
Dietz and II. J. Penfold, representatives OF
the governors OF the Knights Of Ak-Sar-
Ben, to receive him as guest, At a military
/ dinner almost mmeQiateiy held at the
Omaha club under their auspices ex-senator
and General Henderson was
and the civil war veterans occupied tbs
center table. General Henderson introduced
their guest by the announcement OF having
received his first commission in the cvf
war at his hands in Ohio and that nc
other one man Lad done more to open tn,
west to civilization In response Genera
Darlington gave in detail his account of be,
ing ordered from the army Of the Cumber
land in 1855 to take OF the cas-
district OF Nebraska, and that on the marcel
from Fort Leayenworth to old Fort Kear
ney. opposite Grand Island. there was no.
a white resident AT that date.
Quotation from The Bee.
The Omaha Bee said: General Caring
toms s. years sat lightly on his shoulders
He gave a vigorous speech, historic, hu
morous and then patriotic and closed viii
a reference to a pledge exacted Of himsel
and schoolmates at Torrington, Conn. il
1886 by a visitor. who afterward proved 4
be John (Osawotomie) Brown. that whei
they became men they would work for uni
versal liberty. The speaker said with EN-
phasis that pledge has shaped my entir
life. General Darlington was cheered {
the echo when he added, John Brown
body is marching on, and Nebraska
among the earliest, took a stand In tn
movement that meant liberty for all tn
world and meant eventually universe
General Darlington was given a specis
seat OF homer by the side of Grand Nun
Thomas and his address was a high tribut
to the progress and enterprise of Nebrask
and to the magnificent spirit OF FRATERNITY
and comradeship Of the Ak-Sar-Ben."
Mr.. Dietz placed the button of the orde
upon the coat lapel Of the general as
fully introduced knight. and General Man
derson, turning as he gave the closing ad
dress, informed his friend that now, /
contrast with 1866. the soil OF Nebrasks
the value of all the gold mined In tn
United states In a single year.