Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-05-31
JUNIOR IOWA SENATOR DElIv.
Frs MOST ELOQUENT Memoir.
IAL ADDRESS.
DRAWS THOUGHTFUL LESSON
FROM MEANING OF DAY
Appeal. to Youth to Remember the
Patriotism of Their Fathers Of the
Civil War-Draws Eloquent Pictures
of War Scenes and Of Great Ae-
compIishments in Battle.

| almost record for the numoer OF
memorial addresses delivered in one
day, Senator w. S. Kenyon, Of Fort
Dodge, spoke at the Cottage Grove
park on the soldiers home grounds late
Thursday afternoon TO an audience OF
1000 or 5000 people. Earlier in the
day he had delivered addresses at
Cambridge, Maxwell and Nevada. In
the evening he completed the strenu-
Gus days work at Iowa Falls.
The train that brought the senator
here frcm Nevada was on time, at 3: IL.
He was whisked TO the soldiers home
by Hon B. E Cummings in an auto
mobile, arriving there at $50, but 1t
was close TO O'Clock before Senator
Kenyon began to speak, as Rev. Mr.
Hawkins, of Agency. had just begun
the grounds.
packed the slopes about the pavilion
from which he spoke saw Senator
Kenyon for the first time. Scores Of
them crowded up into the speakers
stand when he had finished so that
! Senator Kenyon spoke for about for
ty-tve minutes His speeches of earlier
in the day and his recent campaigning
had told on his voice. but he was plain
ly heard by all in the audience
Delivers Thoughtful Speech.
Senator kenyons address was a
grave and thoughtful effort. and
scholarly turnout. He frequently re-
ferred to epochal events OF history and
| 10 the great deeds Of famous warriors
of this and other nations.
/ He referred to the meaning and
memories that the DAY stood for. paid
tribute to the G. a R, the veterans OF
the civil and Spanish American wars,
| and the women Of our wars. With elo-
quent sentences he told Of the nation
being born in war and preserved by
war and he referred with feeling to the
known and unknown dead.
Senator Kenyon said in part as fol-
lows: Established as this day is by
law, and sanctified as it is by the I'M
dying memories of our dead, it is day
productive Of national and individual
virtue. 1t is hard to realize that 60
per cent of our population has been
born since the civil war. There must
be a distinct feeling Of regret to every
!; young man that he can not mingle
with you old men and address you as
| comrade. 1t seems to me that the mos,
sacred privilege would be the right to
wear that G. A. r. button. We younger
men know not the comradeship that
tina. button signifies.
Praises Younger Patriots.
While this Memorial Day is pc
culiarly appropriate to show our ap-
probation for those VINO saved the ma
ton in 81, yet our heart goes out to
those other boys, the boys Of the Span
American war. So today we join
in the tributes to the boys Of 81 and
the boys Of 'ss. brave sons of patriot
| fathers. The blood was ever the same
that flowed in Vickburg's trenches and
on Ell Caney's plains.
Around the firesdes OF this nation,
and from the rostrum and in the school
room. the story of the civil war can
never pc too often told. The story of
the nations birth in 17T6, the story Of
its preservation in 81, the story Of its
EXPANSION in 9s. All who fought or
fell in any Of these wars were
heroes"
A Nation Born Of War.
Taking Ruskin's philosophy that out
of war nations were born, Senator
Kenyon spoke on the theme for a mo-
ment: 1t is a philosophy hard to I'm
derstand And yet thru this web CT
human destiny there has ever been
wover the red thread of war. And Oft
times out OF war comes nation pure,
clean, and purged Of its dross. Oft
out Of the harsh discord of the can
mons roar comes the sweet harmony
of peace.
Thousands Of years ago, UP out Of
the flesh pots of Egypt, there came a
nation to the glory and beauty OF a
promised land. But before they came
they were scourged that they might
be purified. Not unlike this nation OF
thousands of years ago there came up,
like out of Egyptian darkness, ma
ton that wandered for forty years in
the wilderness of slavery to the broad
equality of nationship. But before it
came. and before the constitution OF
the United States could be made a
! truth and not lie. its freedom was to
be written in blood
Justifies Hero Worship.
HI Justifving hero worship because it
kept fresh patriotism and l2ve of coun-
try for the coming generations, he
said: who would take from Scotland
i
q lace; from France the traditions OF
Napoleon; from England Nelson. or
| Wellington? Who would take from our
national life Bunker Hill, Paul Revere;
Hale, who mourned of only one life to
give; Sam Houston, Davy Crockett and
the sacred blood Of the Alamo, Grant
J Thomas, or Logan? And in that same
4 spirit Of hero worship the boys all
around US learn to take off their hats
1 to the old boys in blue who will soon
hear the last tattoo, and who soon
will bivouac in the eternal blue.
Recalls the Struggle.
What visions must come to you Of
this Memorial DAY? There must COM
the recollection of that shot that wa
heard round the world; Lincoln's Sc
cret trip from Springfield to Wash
ingtcn; the village meeting, the hast.
enlistment. the home ties severed
j Mothers gave sons and husbands t
duty and away down the street the.
marched over them. the old flag Wav
ing, and behind them handkerchief
fiuttering last good bye. Some wen
,n.ye, return, die nm battle fields
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