The Sentinel=record., 1910-02-08

touHISHdHCe ne VOleu III IdVOf or the | adoption of the resolution against which Mir. Hepburn had so recently been enyeighing.
 Mir. Heyburns speech was delivered in earnest tones, though in well mod ulated voice.
 This resolution refers in terms to a Confederate veterans reunion at a specified time," said, and it proposes that the government of the United States in recognition of its purposes, shall loan the property of the United States. l trust I shall not be charged with bad faith when I say that 1 have today inquired from a senator who is interested in this measure whether or not on this occasion the men en- | gagged ill this celebration would wear the rebel uniform and his reply was in the affirmative. l asked him fur ther if the rebel flag was to be car ried over this property of the United States and he replied that both the rebel and the union flags were always carried at these reunions"
 MT. Hepburn then proceeded to say that, while he did not want to open the wounds of the war of the rebel lion, he still thought the south had made great mistake in that war He had been told that the government was in the habit of making such loans to the Grand Army of the Republic, and he thanked God because. such was the case, because the Grand Ar-y was composed of men who had fought on the side of the union and their cause was a glorious and honorable one"
 Do you expect" he asked, going back to the contrast of the G. A. R. with the Confederate Veterans, that those who gave their support to the union would sit idly and say nothing when these issues are raised? They are none the less patriotic now than they weer in 1862, 63 and 64. 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 bet. ter"
 At this point MT. Hepburn received his only interruption. It came from Senator Jeff Davis of Arkansas, who, without even awaiting the permission of the Idaho senator, abruptly inter- posed the question;
 Were you in the war;"
 "Oh," responded MT. Hepburn, that is the stock question of the cheap re. porter"
 T understand" replied MT. Davis, that the senator represents 264 mig gers in his state"
 Responding to the last interruption, MT. Heyburn said if there were 264 negroes in his state, he intended to try to represent them. He added that he was not 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, young even though he was, he had been very anxious to enlist while the war was in progress.
 MT. Heyburnssaid that if there were senators who thought it proper ths.s the rebel flag should wave over the property of the United States, they could vote for the measure, but he would remind them that there are mil lions of people in the United States who have implanted, deep in their hearts, the spirit of patriotism. who would not follow in that course.
 From the consideration of the pend. ing resolution, MT. Heyburn turned temporarily to the question of the wisdom of placing statue of General Lee in the hall of fame in the national capitol He did not mention General Lee by anne, but he left no doubt that he had him in mind
 lie spoke of the fact that the ob- iect of his remarks had been an off cer 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
 Tn sending us figures for the na. tional h9ll of fame, I would advise you" hea said, not to overlook your Marshall6, your early Lees, your Mon. roes and your Henrys. Don't violate d sentinHent which you know to ex ist and swhich exists today as it did in the six\tie