Morris tribune., 1913-07-11
TRIP TO GETTYSBURG.
Outsiders MonopoIized Some of
the Best Places.

~. ou4s NSpSCloI.J III Tie dDSSuCS
of facts fair play at this time will not
permit of any criticism bearing on the
men in charge of Minnesota's end of
the Gettysburg celebration or the
method of selecting those who at
tended at the expense of a grateful
public; still it is not out of place to
mention the fact that criticism is in
the making and those who feel
aggrieved will be on the job when the
time comes to pay the bill. Who
made the trip, who did not and why
outsiders monopolized some of the best
places on the train de luxe will be
burning subjects at more than one
gathering of Civil war survivors for
some time to come. Already there is
a growl, and it is increasing in vol
ume. AS you possibly remember the
last legislature appropriated $4,000
for the transportation to the Gettys-
burg battlefield and the return of all
living members of the First Mime
sofa and others who had participated
| in that memorable conflict. To the
list was added medal men, department
commanders of the G. A. R., a drum
corps and others. The governor and
his staff were included and it was this
latter addition that came near putting
the whole thing out of business. Only
by the hardest kind of fight was the
appropriation gotten through the
house with the governors staff in
cluded. How those in charge of the
excursion to Gettysburg, including
Governor Eberhart and others with a
supposed pull, have been bombarded
! by persons who never smelled powder
or saw scrap more lively than dog
fight with requests to be taken care
Of is only known to those named.
Every mail brought them and they
appeared in person. The greatest care,
it is claimed, was taken in arranging
the list of those entitled to participate
in the legislative appropriation, but
there are now persons unkind enough
to say that a number of ringers" got
by and they will scan the bill when it
comes up for settlement by the state
auditor. Another story is that several
members of the staff took their wives,
and another that a member of the
/ governors staff, unable to go on ac-
count of business, substituted his bet
ter half. One member of the First.
peeved because he was overlooked,
passed the hat and grateful commu-
nifty sent him at its expense. And SO
the story runs.
When the Gettysburg special left
for the famous battle-ground it CON
sisted of two trains of thirteen cars
each and they were all filed. Every
veteran had berth and sustenance
from the time he started until he re-
turned. The same provision was made
in the case of the governors stafi
and, others entitled to participate in
the appropriation under the terms OF
the bill. If there were any ringers
they were not known to those in
charge. However such might be takeI
from the fact that number were
aboard the train who paid their way
and who appeared in the published list
ais making the trip. 1t is pity that
/ every, Civil war veteran in the state
could not have been the guest of the
state on this occasion and also thai
i provision was not made for those
physically incapacitated, but who could
have made the trip had attendant:
been provided. 1t naturally makes
the others feel bit sore, and so yol
can readily see what is in store fol
those who engineered the trip anC
named those who should participate
The men who will disperse the none!
expect kicks, but / gather from thei
talk that the bill will be paid withou
question when it is handed in by tn,
celebration committee. They are al
men of honor and integrity.
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Several laws passed by the last leg
islature have become effective, among
them what is known as the five-sixth
Jury bill. Under it's terms ten mel
can return verdict when the jur,
has been in conference twelve hour
or longer. The new act is supposed tt
sound the death knell of disagree
metts. Another law of interest t
farmers of the state is that relatin
to the sale Of seeds. Seed package
under the act must be branded as t
contents, including a full history as t
growth, age and whether they hav
. been tested as to purity. Still othe
. laws which became effective are prt
hibition of the public drinking cuI
compulsory fling of chattel NOR
cages with the register of deeds an
, the abandonment of directed verdictI
, \ !. i
} Unless the insurgent members {
: the Modern Woodmen who were RI
sponsible for the passage of a bi
last spring permitting them to organ
! ize new association can overcom
+he recent rulings of Attorney Gel