The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-02-08

Grand Army was composed of men
who had fought on the side of the
union and their cause was glorious
and honorable one"
G. A. r. Is Mentioned.
Do you expect he said, going back
to the contrast of the G. A. r. with
the confederate veterans, that those
who gave their support to the union
cause would sit idly by and say moth
ing when these issues are raised?
They are none the less patriotic now
than they were in 1S62163- ga
Could they be less patriotic and can
they complacently permit the subject
of the war to become jest in this
age? If so. the sooner we know it
the better
At this point Mr. Hepburn received
his ony interruption
1t came from Senator Jeff Davis of
Arkansas, who, even without await
ing the permission of the Idaho SEN
ator, abruptly interposed the question:
Were you in the WARP
oh" responded Mr.. Hepburn, that
is the stock question of the cheap
reporter
Il understand. replied Mr. Davis.
that the senator represents ga mig
gers in his state"
Responding to the last interruption,
Mr. Hepburn said if there We're 264
negroes in his state, he intended to
was not a senator from his state alone,
but a senator of the United States as
well. AS for his participation in the
war he stated that he had been too
young for that, but that he had been
very anxious to enlist while the war
was in progress.
Says People Are Patriotic.
Mr. Hepburn said that if there were
senators who thought that it was
proper that the rebel flag should
wave over the property of the United
States, they could vote for the meas
ure, but he would remind them that
there We're millions of people in the
United States who have implanted
deep in their hearts the spirit of pa
triotsn and who would not follow
them irr that course
From the consideration of the pend
ing resolution MI. Hepburn turned
temporarily to the question Of the wis
dom Of placing a statue of General Lee
in the hall of fame in the national
capitol He did not mention General
Lee by name, but left no doubt that
he had him in mind.
He spoke of the fact that the OBJ
iect of his remarks had been an Of
ficer in the army of the United States
when the war broke out and said he
had done much to render more serious
that conflict which had cost the coun
try millions upon millions of money
and thousands upon thousands of lives.
He appealed to the people of Virginia
and the south to take the statue back.
Should Preserve Sentiment.
I'm sending us figures for the ma
tional hall Of fame, l would advise
you he said not to overlook your
Marshals your Earlys. Lees. your Mon
roes and your Henrys Don't violate
a sentiment which you know to exist
and which exists today as it did in
the SOS.
Il ask yo in the interest of loyalty
and harmony to say to the people who
have sent here this image to come and
take. it away 1t may be dear to you,
but it is not dear to US. Take it and
worship it if you please, but do not
intrude it on the people who do not
want it, AXE him home-place him in
the most sacred spot. Give him the
dearest place in your local temples,
this spirit out of which the terrible
troubles of the past arose"
Mr. Hepburn here declared that he
had no personal feeling in the mat
ter and that it was not his inten-
ton to wave the bloody shirt.
II am te said, "as far from doing
that as any man you ever dreamed or,
s,ut / love NY country too well to see
it drifting en- the shores of discon-
tent and personal strife
Declaring that he would stand
against such legislation as was pro-
posed if his was the only voice to he
raised in opposition. and that he would
vote against it if no other senator did,
he insisted that he did not desire to
be interpreted az imputing disloyalty
to any senator who might differ from
him.