Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-08-26
kirkpatrIck's Address.

| kIrkpatrIck's Address.
The address Of SAINT Kirkpatrick Is
| complete as follows:
Mr. president, ladies and gentlemen,
and especially the daughters Of the
| American Revolution.
will ask your indulgence for rev
moments by relating two or three army
incidents, and will first explain why l
anne to be with you here today. !
! lad almost despaired of coming, had
exhausted all Of my annual leave OF ab-
sence. and where there Is a want there
8 a will, and necessity being the moth
of invention, found g. way. found
that had to my credit sick leave OF
three weeks, provided was sick, and
I got sick, mean homesick.
There Is no place like home" 80
applied to the authorities at Washing
ton, saying that wanted to return 10
The request was granted, and you can
Judge from external appearances that
am being treated fairly well.
On receiving notice from Comrade
McCue, that I had been assigned 20
the task of delivering an Grafton, or
dissertation Of some kind. he added,
I'VE expect you to fire some heavy
will not be greater than Jail sen
tence. or q seat In the United States
senate" Now there can be no objec..
ton to me occupying q seat In that
body, except on political grounds.
Now, am going to discharge some OF
my part of the wrath In the same man
ner that Quaker soldier did IN bat
Of the enemy, saying as he did so
Johnny, I am opposed to murder, but
If you don't want to get hurt, you had
better get out Of the way, for am
going to shoot at the very spot where
you are standing"
Pays Tribute to D. A. r.
The major has informed me that he
comes, fresh and fragrant from the
hearts Of the people, to be distributed
freely and gratuitously to old soldiers
old settlers, Daughters Of the Amerl-
lean Revolution, and some to everybody
lelse: and If any Of you are not pleased
with this invitation. or treatment, Their
file your grievance with Major Hamil-
ton and get your money back.
These children, these heirs by inheri-
lance, are the legal representatives OF
human liberty and American independ-
lnce, A nation without heroes would
soon be without history. A natior
without heroines would soon become 4
barren waste, and the day Is seeming
lily not far distant when the true
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die, will be regarded as more thar
political ciphers. Already you are ex.
ercising dominion over man and beast
Especially the former; ard I doubt not
but at this very hour, there are within
the radiance Of your smiles and sun.
shine, a thousand cupids lying in am.
bush with poised arrows and bows well
bent.
1 Owing to sex, am Ineligible in your
~ - &<$ eppov, RI.
sons of great grandfather, who was
one of seven brothers who fought from
Bunker Hill to Yorktown, that ane
the privilege Of addressing you here
today, is glory enough for me.
! I have been informed that in your
order there Is no restriction to ages, as
Ito privilege Of membership, otherwise
Mrs. Mary Proctor Of Barlow county
Georgia, would not now be Daughter
Of the American Revolution. She has
Lived In three centuries. when stirring
events were making the history of oul
Icountry. She Is now III years old. The
morning Of her life was spent tn the
eighteenth century; the midday d
Afternoon in the nineteenth, and now
in the twentieth, all her faculties are
we'll preserved.
The loyalty. patriotism and devotion
of our ancestral fathers have never
been improved upon: and your laudible
Iefforts will hasten the triumph of hui
Imam civilization. Then may we not
all rejoice in the inheritance Of the
blood Of our forefathers. Let us emu
late the record of their heroism in war
land cultivate their virtues In times N
lpeace.
I am not accustomed to the use OF
words such as would seem eulogistic
For twenty-five years I have been en-
gagged in war with crime and criminals
and have never studied the art of COM
Iplimenting women but l do say, that
although the first woman was made OF
a limited amount Of material, thai
latter all, that has been said of her and
lhar 0AHaritv. by orators and poets