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The National tribune., 1910-10-13
THE BLUE AND TIE GRAY.

Let lIs have "a little cool common
sense about this blue and gray busi-
ness "A whole lot of people In this
country are trying to pick the millen-
mum before it is ripe, and they are in
terestins5 themselves very much in hav-
ing the Union and Confederate veter-
ans rush into each others arms and
do the uiong-lost- brother business. If
these kind people will only attend to
their own business the Union veterans
and the Confederates both North and
South will get along all right. These
veterans have done more without any
| ostentation or theatricalism to bring
about reunion of the sections than
any amount of yawpers, no matter how
excellent. Wherever the Confederate
veteran has come North he has been
treated with the greatest kindness and
respect by the Union veterans wherever
he has met them. AS a rule the Union
veterans have been received in the same
way in the South by those who were
opposed to them in the army. Both
learned to respect and valte each other
very highly, and wherever they have
met have shown this respect. The
main trouble has come from those who
were not in the army and wanted to
rush things one way or the other. The
Union veterans who have taken up
Their homes in the South have been of
lnestimable service in developing that
region, bringing it forward to its pres
ent state of advancement and opening
up brilliant future for it. This is
appreciated without any necessity for
any blue and gray theatricalism.
Anyone who reflects a moment will
see that except as a temporary and very
carefully restrained function blue and
gray reunions are impossible When
ever Union veterans are together they
want to rise and cheer at every mention
of the name of Abraham Lincoln, l. S
Grant. William T. Sherman, Philip II.
Sheridan, George II. Thomas and sim
liar idolized leaders. This tendency to
applaud is irrepressible, but it would
be harsh dissidence on the ears of any
Confederate veterans present and re-
quire all their self-control to keep from
u,
the Confederates are prone to cheer the
names of Jefferson Davis, r. E. Lee.
Stonewall Jackson, n. B. Forrest and
other leaders, and this would be very
hard for the Union veterans to receive
with the decorous silence that must
rule at such gatherings. Thus the
whole spirit of reunions would be lost,
and they had better not be held.
1T may be well to remind some of
those hasty boosters of the millennium
that when the Presbyterians, Method
lists and Baptists, North and South, all
disciples of the meek and Iowly Prince !
of Peace. come together in loving amity !
and forsetfnlnessl of past differences it |
will be quite time enough to lecture US
rude, coarse soldiers of the flesh as to |
loving embraces with our enemies. Let |
the great churches set us the example. |
The National tribune., 1910-10-13
AMERICAN AND FOREIGN PEN.
SIONS.

The Worlds Work is another illus
tration of how figures should not be.
handled by inexperienced men, 1t at
tempts to make comparisons between
the cost of our pension roll and the cost
of foreign pensions and of foreign
armies. In this comparison it shows
a startling ignorance of the facts. The
first fact Is that our pension roll rep
resents more actual fighting, more
hardships endured and severer drains
upon the men than that of all the
pension rolls of Europe. There has
been but one great war in Europe since
Waterloo. That was the Franco Ger
man war. which lasted a little over six
months, and in which the loss was ap-
proximately that of the Army of the
Potomac alone in its last campaign
against Richmond, which lasted Ii
months If all the othef wars in Eu-
rope since the Napoleonic period were
put together they would not exceed the
loss of the Union army in any one year
Of its existence. No one can tell with
any eXactness, just. what any European
'oNerHiieht pHys out Tor pensions, be-
cause the amount that appears in their
budgets as paid for pensions must be
supplemented by a great many ways in
which pensions are indirectly granted.
In Gernlany, for example, no man can
hold any place under the State unless
he has been in the Germany army.
Something of the same practice is fol-
lowed by all of the other countries, and
soldiers are given prefer
ences and advantages in various ways
in lieu of pensions.
Disraeli used to say that there were
lies, damned lies. and statistics" The
given by the Worlds Work
are of the superlative class In MIR.
Disraelfs category.
The National tribune., 1910-10-13
HON. WALTER I. SMITH.

One of the candidates for reelection
who is eminently deserving of support
by the veterans of his district is Hon.
the Council Bluffs Iowa) district in
five Congresses and has made increasing
reputation in all of them as a legisla-
tor of unusual ability and influence.
He is a man of the highest integrity,
thoroly devoted to Republican prin-
ciples. and the soldiers have no bet
ter friend in Congress than he. His
standing among his colleagues in the
House is shown by the fact that when
the Rules Committee was reorganized
ne received the largest vote of any for
membership in the new Committee.
Mr.. Smith has always been especially
helpful to the veterans of his district,
gade hold him in special affection, and
ne has come out unqualifiedly for an
increase of-pension along the lines of
The National Tribune pension bill.
The veterans need just such men as
he in the House of Representatives, and
make a special effort to secure his re-
election by an increased majority.
AS to his position on pensions, we
give the following extract from a let
ter from him to Maj. II. C. Macarthur,
the. well-known veteran who was a
member of Belknaps Staff when he
commanded Crocker's Iowa Brigade:
"One OF the insurmountable difficult
ties in recent times has been the large
deficit in the Treasury. We now have
a moderate surplus, and the time has
come when Congress ought to more
literally provide for the soldier and
especially for the older and presump-
lively therefore for the ones more
needy and helpless. / think Congress
should provide for increased pensions
TO the amount of about $50. .000,0 900, and
along the general lines of The National
Tribune pension BILL
The National tribune., 1910-10-13
OUR GLORIOUS ORDER.

The Grand Army Of the Republic is
men in it. Let us put behind US any
personal resentment or partiality that
may be felt, all jealousies and differ
ences, and work together for the up
building of the arand Army of the Re-
public precisely as we did in the war
of the rebellion for the salvation of
the Nation. We are far from strong
ranks. in the face of people who are
only too glad to take advantage of the
least dissatisfaction. to attempt to break
up the solidarity of the veterans. The
duty of every comrade is to stand front
face with his Post, his Department
and the National Order with all the
firmness and resolution he can muster,
to make every effort to bring in the
comrades who are outside the ranks
and to line up with them in solid and
lunyielding support of the Order and its
objects. At our age we cannot afford
to waste any time in bitterness of spirit
against our comrades. The membership
coming year. and we want to show the
country that everybody entitled to
membership is within its ranks sup
porting everything that is done in the
name of the order and enthusiastic for
success. With $500 men on the PEN
sion roll who have gained a place there
solely thru the efforts of the Grand
Army of the Republic, there should be
at least 100000 members in good stand
ing by the time that Commauder-in-
Chief Gilman's term ends at Rochester
next year. This can be done if we go
at it in the right way, with every man
imbued with the spirit of Fraternity,
Charity and Loyalty, and doing what
ever lies nearest his hand to increase
the membership of the Order and unity
it's spirit.
The National tribune., 1910-10-13

The National Tribune does not go out
of its way often to mingle in the cleo
ton OF Congressman from the South,
but it has a very kindly feeling for
John Lawson Burnett, of Gadsden, Ala -,
who represents the Seventh Alabama
district. Mr.. Burnett is a genial, gen.
erous man from whom the Union vet
Grams have received many favors, and
he seems always willing to do these. He
is bright, entertaining speaker and in
request at the Union veteran gather
ings in Washington. We feel the more
favorably inclined toward him because
his opponent before the Democratic
primaries is a certain M. w. Howard,
who as Populist represented the dis
trict in two Congresses, and who is the
author of as vile a book as the last
decade saw. It was sacreligiously en-
titled IF Christ Came to Congress"
and was full of undertaking and false
hoods of the most shuddering kind
1t is to be hoped that the Democrats
of the Alabama district are not hesitat-
ing for moment between such a man
as MIR. Burnett and such another man
as Mr.. Howard.
The National tribune., 1910-10-13
THE GA. r.. PENSION COMMITTEE

We have received large number of
letters more or less strongly criticising
the report of the c. A. r. National
Pensions Committee at the National En-
campment We do not think it wise
or just to publish these The comrades
composing that committee are good
comrades, who have labored hard and
effectively in the past to secure pension
legislation, and their efforts have been
crowned with success. There is now
only n question of judgment between
them and us as to whether any further
extension of the pension system should
be made. The Pension Committee
thinks that we should rest where we
are. while we think that there should
be an increase in proportion to the age
of the veterans. This is the whole
question at issue, and it is just as
wrong for us to impute motiyes TO
these excellent comrades as il was for
them in their report to impute motives
to the editor of The National Tribune
for differing from them in desiring fur
ther pension Legislation. The National
Encampment decided against the Pen
sion Committee and The National Trib-
une accepts the verdict of the Encamp-
ment as the supreme law and direction
for the order, and no doubt the COM
rades on the Pension Committee will
do the same and fall in as heartily as
we have. Let us stand firmly by one
another, and not give aid and comfort
to the enemy by indulging in censorious
criticisms of one another.
The National tribune., 1910-10-13
The 18th VT.

The 22d Annual Reunion of the 18th
Vt Regimental Association and the
dedication of a soldiers monument pre-
scented his native town by Carmi L.
Marsh, of Enosburg Falls, VT. took
place at Franklin, VT, Sept s and 9.
Mr.. Marsh was seriously i'll and unable
to attend the exercises. The business
meeting was called to order at the Town
Hall by the President, John G. Farwell.
of Montpelier. The deaths of ID COM
rades were reported since the last Re-
union, and letters were read from abb
sent comrades.
The officers, elected by acclamation,
are as follows: President, NJ. W.
Thompson, of Colchester; Vice Presi-
dent. Henry Butler, of Buena Vista;
Secretary, Eli n. Peck, of Burlington:
Treasurer, H. w. Allen of Burlington:
Executive Committee, II. o. Clark, of
East Orange, n. j.; C. S. Palmer, of
Burlington; G. G. Blake, of Swanton.
A campfire was held in the evening,
when an excellent address was given
by Col Albert Clarke, Secretary of the
Home Market Club, Boston, and short
addresses, anecdotes, songs and stories
were given by others.
The National tribune., 1910-10-13

The character of the comrades who
are going to St. Cloud this Winter is
such as to give the highest hopes of
strengthening and advancing the colony
into a community of such high order
as to focus the attention of the coun-
try upon ii. From all over the coun-
try good. solid, practical men, who
were good soldiers during the war and
have made success in civil pursuits,
men of the highest standing in their
several communities, are signifying
their intentions of casting their for
tunes with st. Cloud. The best guess
is that approximately 5000 people will
go down there this Fall and Winter,
and the greater part of them become
permanent settlers. We hardly risk
anything in predicting that at least
5000 high-elass men and women will
be permanently settled in st. Cloud by
next Summer and the town take a
higher place than ever in public opin-
The National tribune., 1910-10-13
THE NATIONAL F,NCANIPMENT
RIITL

The National Encampment having
spoken on pensions, it is our duty as
comrades to concentrate all our efforts
to secure the passage of the bill which
the National Pension Committee will
formulate in accordance with the action
of the Encampment and present to the
coming session of Congress. This will
remove the limitation on widows who
have been married since 1890 and lived
three years with their husbands, will
give SIS a month to those veterans
who have reached the ageJ of Sc, $40
to those at 20, and $25 to those at rs.
Probably a similar provision will be
added for the benefit of the Mexican
veterans. If we will all unite solidly on
this bill we can reasonably hope for
its passage, and we conceive it the duty
of every veteran and friend, of a veter-
an to do SO and press his support to
the bill upon the attention of the can
didates for Congress. Let US make
these candidates understand that we
are intensely in earnest in support of
the bill end will expect them to vote
for it if elected. In this way we can
make sure of its passage.
The National tribune., 1910-10-13

1t should be kept in mind by all
comrades that the officers retirement
bill is in no sense a pension measure
and should not be confounded with pen
sion legislation. 1t stands on an en-
tirely different basis, that of good faith
and proper treatment of the officers by
the United States Government. A tao
tical mistake was made when somebody
patched on to the bill a provision for
the enlisted men at 20 years of age.
This was a blunder, because the pen
sion provision had no place there, and
it tended to- bring the officers retire.
ment bill into collision with the PEN
sion bill. There is no collision between
the two measures; there is no need of
any feeling between the advocates of
either, and every effort should be made
to keep them distinct. The volunteer
officers deserved much greater pay al
lowances than they received, and this
bill is an effort to adjust this matter
upon an equitable basis. 1t has moth
ing more to do with pensions than
would be an effort to have rectified
something in regard to the rations,
clothing or horses allowed to the vol
unteer officers. Let us keep the two
things entirely separate and work for
the success of both.
The National tribune., 1910-10-13
INDIGNATION MEETING.
of ST. Cloud in a Body Denounce Colony.
(From Tribune.)

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The National tribune., 1910-10-13
IN FLORIDA THE FARMERS ARE
ytTBIIANT

The National Magazine of Boston for
October contains messages from the
Governors of the various States con-
corning present conditions and future
prospects in their particular Common
wealths. Gov. Albert w. Gilchrist
writes as follows about Florida, under
date of Aug. 20:
FLORIDA is producing one-haIf the
phosphate, one-half the turpentine and
one-half the long staple cotton of the
United States. Thru its thousands of
train loads of vegetables and fruits it
is sending Joy and happiness thruout
the various portions of the United
States. Altho not corn-producing
State, so to 100 bushels of corn per
acre is often produced. Florida is a
great cattle. timber and fish producing
State. 1t is the most healthful State
In the Union: it has within 5000
square miles of the area of all the New
England States put together. Florida
is rapidly increasing in population,
wealth and education. You know that
Boston. Mass. to New England repre-
sents many features worthy of the high
est civilization. Yet many of your
people leave those favored regions to
find health. wealth and happiness in
Florida. Many New Englanders are
numbered among our best citizens. The
fact that they continue to reside in our
state and do not return is enough said"
The National tribune., 1910-10-13
Wisconsin at Vicksburg.

Editor National Tribune: The Wis.,
consin- n-Yicksburg Military Park Com
mission has just received information
from the contractors that they would
be unable to complete the Wisconsin
State Memorial, SO that the dedication
could take place on the 10th inst.
The Commission has therefore decid-
ed to dedicate the State Memorial,
monuments and markers on a date to
be named hereafter, and of which We
VIII give you prompt information.-A
G. Weissert, Milwaukee, Wis.
The National tribune., 1910-10-13

Hon. P. P. Campbell, member of Con-
gress. sends up a clipping in which
the veterans of his district heartily in
dorse and urge the passage of The Ma
tional Tribune pension bill Mr.. Camp
bell says:
Count on me and on many Of the
other members from the West to push
The National Tribune pension bill. with
or without the National Encampment's
Endorsement
The National tribune., 1910-10-13
18th Ohio Battery Reunion.

The 26th Annual Reunion of the 18th
Ohio Battery was held in Mansfield,
Ohio, On the 18th inst Fifteen of the
old boys responded to their names at
roll call, and general good time was
had. Five deaths were reported dur
ing the last year. The next Reunion
will be held in Plymouth, RichLand
County, Ohio. the week following the
National G. A. r. Encampment in 1911.
The following officers were elected for
the ensuing year: President, Capt. A.
Noecker, Plymouth, Ohio; Vice Presi-
dent, w. d. Banks, Mansfield, Ohio;
Secretary Treasurer, J. NJ. Bellman,
Chicago, ILL.,
The National tribune., 1910-10-13

The project for an inland waterway
paralleling the Atlantic Coast from Bos-
ton to Key West and extending thence
by the way of the Gulf of Mexico TO
New Orleans is being steadily worked
out. tho little has been said about it.
The work Of surveying the route has
been assigned to the various engineers
commanding the districts covered By
the route of the canal. So far the sur
veys have shown that a practical route
exists between New York Bay and deep
water in the Delaware. which does not
cross any trunk line of railroad The
distance will be 80 miles from the docks
at New York TO the wharves at Phila-
delphia, 25 miles of which lies thru the
open waters Of New York Bay, 80 miles
across the state of New Jersey and Is
miles thru a channel dredged in the
Delaware River. A sea-level route can
be constructed thru the entire length.
and II is believed that the freights from
Che number of great factories along the
route will pay interest upon the invest
nent, which will he about sSs s,725, 900.
The National tribune., 1910-10-13

The Portland Oregonian says that the
whole pension business is honey -combed
with rascality. This phrase was bor-
rowed from Cleveland's message II
years ago, and President Cleveland
spent several million dollars in trying
to prove what he said. with the re-.
suit Of giving the pension system the
greatest vindication that any Depart
ment of the Government expenditures
ever received.
The National tribune., 1910-10-13

Past Commander Bryant, of Wiscon-
sin, who Is a lawyer of high ability,
showed himself alert and quickly COM
pretending by the motion he made in
reference to the court of inquiry for
John McElroy. 1t came at the prop
er time. and was such an excellent sug-
gestion that the National Encampment
at once adopted 1t.
The National tribune., 1910-10-13

The Agricultural Department says
that polishing rice is ruinous to its food
value. The polishing removes the out
er skin, which is nearly twice as yalua-
bic for food as the starch contained in
side. In 100 pounds of unpublished rice
there are 7.2 pounds of fat, while in
100 pounds of polished rice there is less
than half that amount.
The National tribune., 1910-10-13

Lettuce is another very profitable
crop in Florida, and the more desirable
because of the short time necessary
for its growth. If planted in September
it can be harvested and marketed in
December in time for another crop be-
fore March.
The National tribune., 1910-10-13

President Cleveland's unpopularity
and much of his troubles were attribut-
ed TO lot Of what are called out West
smart Alecs" who surrounded him and
were excessively proud of their literary
ability. They wrote his awfuIly smart
pension vetoes and other documents
just cunning enough to weary and ex-
asperate. people 1t is believed that the
same parties are doing the same ever
so.l ute work for the Worlds Work.
The National tribune., 1910-10-13

Always something to trouble us.
French scientists think the supply of
oxygen in the air is diminishing. They
may have been attending Socialist
meetings, where all the oxygen is con-
verted into hot, highly carbonated
froth.
The National tribune., 1910-10-13

1t is urged that Irish potatoes is the
best crop to plant on newly-cleared
Florida land. If they are planted in
October or November they will be ready
for market in 80 days, and new po-
tatoes in February or March will bring
a fine price in the Northern market.
The National tribune., 1910-10-13
Reception by National Daughters,
C. A. X,

A reception by the National Daugh-
tiers, Grand Army of the Republic. will
be given at the home of Mrs. Clyde
Adella Henry, 5S2S Indiana avenue,
Chicago, Ill, on the evening of Oct. 18,
when it is expected that an unusually
enjoyable time will be had.
The National tribune., 1910-10-13

Wichita, Kan, that only few years
ago had the reddest liquor and the
whoopiest cowboys to be found on the
plains, is now a staid. respectable city
of 52,450 people, having increased 112
per cent in the decade 1t has been
attractive enough TO draw $4,000 ten
derfeet in 10 years.
The National tribune., 1910-10-13

San Diego, that jeff Davis planned
and labored to make the great Pacific
port of the projected Southern Con-
federacy; San Diego, that John Phoenix
made as comic as Artemus Ward did
Skowhegan, is really becoming a good
deal of a place. 1t grew from 1900
in 1900 to 3s.57S in 1910, an increase
of 123 per cent.
The National tribune., 1910-10-13

Portugal has population of 5,o0o,-
900 in a country about the size of In
diana, but with less than the wealth of
that State. Yet she has a debt of
sS65 100000. No wonder there are
revolutions.
The National tribune., 1910-10-13
NOTICE.

When you send in your subscription
always state whether renewal or new
subscriber.
When you renew from another post
office give former address as well.
When change of address is desired be
cure to give former address.
The National tribune., 1910-10-13

The strawberry men in Florida are
getting their land in shape for the COM
ing season and greatly increasing their
acreage. Strawberries are a much big
ger money crop every year in Florida.
The National tribune., 1910-10-13

The highest livers in this country are
the people of New Mexico. Scarcely.
any part of the State is less than 1000
feet above the level of the sea, with
the rest running up TO as high as II, 600
feet
The National tribune., 1910-10-13

The Florida papers report that q
party of settlers from the West made
a tour OF, inspection and finally pur-
chased 100000 worth Of land between
st. Cloud and Kissimmee.
The National tribune., 1910-10-13

There is great danger of The revolu-
uonists in Portugal going TOO far. This
is characteristic of revoIutionists in
Latin countries. The expulsion of all
the priests is an instance. The break
ing up of the monasteries and seques-
tration of the rich lands they have ap-
propristed will probably receive the
popular approval that that measure has
received in all other Roman Catholic
countries, but to a people like the
Portuguese priest is as necessary as
physician. The parish priests have
had comparatively little to do with the
greed and tyranny of the high ecclesi-
asts. The most Of them are undoubted-
ly plain, sincere men, who have the
confidence and affection of their fiocks.
and their expulsion will arouse a strong
reaction against the revolutionists.