Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-06-01
Nebraska
REAVIS ORATOR AT LINCOLN
Falls City Man Delivers Address to
Veterans at the City Audi
torium.
BEsPEAKs NEUTRALITY FOR ALL
(From a staff Correspondents

From a staff Correspondent
LINCOLN, May ST. Especially Con-
gresham c. F. Reavis Of Falls City was
the orator at the Memorial day services
held az the city Auditorium this after
noon. The building was crowded and
the audience was charmed by the elo-
quence of Nebraska's new representative
in Washington.
In the morning the Grand Army OF the
Republic Spanish-American War Veter-
ans, Sons of Veterans. Women's Relief
Corps and Ladies' of the Grand Army OF
the Republic gathered at Grand Army
of the Republic hall and we're taken to
the cemetery in automobiles and special
street cars.
At the cemetery the usual order of ex-
ercises was observed. Fourteen squads OF
veterans and their sons, Jointly in charge
OF a representative of each organization,
decorated the graves and then gathered
at the ''circle" and the exercises of the
decoration was observed. At the close
taps were blown by Bugler o. c. Bell
anu the participants in the ceremonies re-
turned to the city.
During the exercises survivors Of the
Spanish American war decorated the
graves Of their falle comraden and then
Joleu IN the eAefciSes around the circle.
COnEressman's speech.
In his address at the Auditorium in
the afternoon Congressman Reavis dis
cussed the civil war, causes and meaning
Result of civil War.
Concluding, he said
1T was TO determine whether man had
progressed far enough on the road to
his destiny, whether civilization had
reached that advanced ground where
government dedicated to human liberty
and founded upon the rights of man
could endure There are tirnid souls to-
day who doubt the peoples ability to
govern themselves and who. unmindful
OF the lessons Of this great conflict, are
demanding a government too strong for
the complete liberty of its people
Mentions Present War.
In speaking of the European conflict,
he said; individual neutrality is inn
possible The activities of the human
mind, the passions of the human heart
cannot be detroyed at the word of COM
mand. But such activity, such passions,
when crystallized into words and con-
duct, must be tempered by national OBJ
legations so as to be in harmony with
the n1BneHL IueddB OIL CfANi-
else no man for loving his native land;
it would not promise well for his citizen
ship in the land of his adoption II ne did
not love the land OF his birth. But 1
feel that patriotic impulses should con-
troll all our citizenship go that 1t would
abhor any word or act that would In
volve us in the appalling conflict"
barton mt Grand Island.
GRAND ISLAND, Neb., May a.-(Spe
clal.l--As usual there was a dual OBJ
servance OF Memorial day in this city.
the one under the auspices Of the Grand
Army post and woman's Relief Corps Of
the city and the other under the auspices
of the same organization of the Soldiers
heine members. The veterans OF the cts
held their memorial sermon at the Trim
ity Methodist Episcopal church this morn
ing and Decoration day service at th'
First Methodist Episcopal church THU
afternoon. Rev. Tompkins, the pastor
and Hon. s. r.. Barton, former congress
man, being the speakers. The decora
lions Of graves will proceed at both tn
Grand Island and the Soldiers honn.
cemeteries in the morning at 10 o'clock
and in the afternoon the city veteran
will Join the veterans Of the home I
decoration day services. when ReV
schick OF the Trinity church and Mayo
Ryan VIII be the speakers