The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-05-31
Judge Powers, in Memorial Address
Here, Refers to Latter as Need
less Destroyer Of Lives.
SLAVERY NOT CAUSE OF WAR
Declares Preservation Of Union Was
Real Reason, Emancipation Be
ing Mere Incident.
RAIN FAILS TO STOP PROGRAM

RAIN FAILS TO STOP PROGRAM
Carried Out in City Hall Despite
Steady All Day Down Pour
Names of Dead Heroes.
General u. S. Grant came In fo1
criticism, being held up assoIie who
caused the needless death sof many
soldiers, rather than the brilliant
general which history paints him, In
the Memorial day address here yes
terday by Judge Powers. of Granite
Falls, Wh0sdeclared that Phil Sheri-
dan was the greatest general Of the
Civil War.
\ Speaking of the generals of the
war, the Judge was outspoken ii his
declaration that Sheridan was the
greatest in the service and should
rank with Napoleon and Alexandel
the Great, while Grants place llhis.
tory should not be thats0f a graat
general, but as one who won at the
cost of a great and unwarranted sac
Erifice Of men. ~ s g sss:ssss
Pleases His Old Comrades. s
4 AS the orator of the day Judge
Powers, himself a veteran and for
"a years a district. Judge, pleased
not only his comrades of fifty years
ago, who frequently indicated their
assent The views expressed BY
him, but his other auditors as we'll,
all of whom gave eager attention to
the story of the war as told by one
who took, active part in it,
He prefaced his address with pleas
ing reference tothe gratifying growth
and present Importance of the City
of Bemidji and remarked that des-
pite reports to the contrary which
had occasionally reached him, he
was convinced that Pluvius was de-
termined to keep Bemidji "wet."
Slavery Not Cause of War.
"Slavery was the cause of the
Civil War;" he said, "but the war
was not waged for the purpose of
giving freedom to the slave" He
explained that this is rather popu-
lar but altogether erroneous idea,
for, as matter of fact the emanci-
patton of the slaves was but an in
cident, natural result, of the war,
and not the original purpose sought.
The cardinal object of the war he
said, was to preserve the Union.
The Judge closed his address with
reference to the effort now being
made through the Hague tribunal to
insure world wide peace and ex-
planned his opinion that the future
will be safe from the blight of any
war of great proportions.
Rain Doesn't Stop Program.
Yesterdays rain did not interfere
with the Memorial day program
more than to do away with the par
ade, as the program which had been
arranged for the cemetary and park
were given in the Odd Fellows h:.ll
and city hall, respectively.
In the morning the regular ritual
service was gone through with, ser.
vices being held in honor of the fol.
lowing dead soldiers buried in the
Bemidji cemetery:
Freeman Doud, Co. F. 18th Wis
Inf.
sergt. R. H: Carr, Co. F. srd
Mich, Cav.
Joseph Shaw, 18th Wis. Inf.
S. E. Trask, Co.@F. 46th Iowa Inf
Thomas F.. Joy, 10th Wis. Inf.
Charles Pierce, Co. F.. 14th Ohio
! Inf.
| Charles Hixon, Co. r. 4th Mich
Cav.
John Hunt, Co. ID. Mich. Cav.
Abel Rogers, Co. H. Wis. Cav.
Zadok Day, Co.. r. 18th Iowa Inf
D. E. Thomas, Co. Fl. 36th Wis
Inf.
Corp. Levi obudier, Co. L. 9Th Ill
Inf.
William A. Oakley, 65th Ill. Inf
M. Hart, Co. G. 123rd N. Y.sInf.
G. e. White, 5th Mimi. INF.
G.. Villemin, Co. H. lst Wis. Inf.
Corp. Lewis st. Thomas, Co.. A
49th Ill. Inf.
Alex Perry, Co. A. End Mich. Cav
Corp. Tracy BardWell, Co. A. 5tl
MINI. Inf.
Corp. George A. Bardwell, Co. 2
GRID Mimi. Inf.
Program at City Hall.
The afternoon program opene,
Continued on Last PaEe.)