The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, May 3, 1906, Page 4

a Mr elt a x i GANTT ADDRESSES VETERANS OF SOUTH. Missouri Supreme Justice Speaks Before Audience of 10,000 in New Orleans. - New Orleans, La., April.—New Or- leaus is packed with the Confecerate hosts to-night, the Army of the Con- federacy having again camped with- in the gates of this historic city, where the Confederacy was born. The railroads estimate that they have brought more than 50,000 strangers into the city. Ideal weather prevails. It is com- fortable cool, and to-night ladies in evening dress are wearing light wraps. From the moment of the opening of the Sixteenth Annual Reunion in the great auditorium, erected for the special purpoge in the heart of the city, until after midnight, there was never & break in the continuous pro- gramme. Governor Blanchard welcomed the hoste on behalf of the State. Mayor Behrman performed the same mis- sion on bebalf of the city. General Stephen D. Lee delivered his annual adoress and Adjutant General Hickle read his report on the condition of the organization. Judge James B. Gantt, Associate Justice of the Supreine Bench of Mis- souri, of Jefferson City, was the ora- tor of the day. He spoke for three- _ quarters of an hour under adverse conditions, the hasty construction - of the auditorium having made im- pcasible any particular attention to the acoustic properties. It was almost impossible to haer ata short distance from the speak- ; ere’ stand, but Judge Gantt stemmed the tide of obstruction and held 10,- QUO persons {n the Auditorlum dur- ing hia address. He was often ap- plauded and cheered to the echo. Justice Gantt spoke, {n part, as follows: ‘The ex-Confederate and the South areglad that peace once more broods over ourentire land, and that out of the ruins of the sectional wall that once divided us, have sprung the flowers of peace and fraternal feeling exhaling the perfume of good will and genuine union all over our reunited country. But we hear every day from some well-meaning people that no good can come from these reunions and the perpetuation of our organiza- ion; that we but delay the coming of that day of universal fraternity that is eseential to the welfare of our common country. Wedeny it. We submitted our difierences with our Northern brethern to the arbitra- ment of arms, the only court to which sovereign States can go when all argument and peaceful overtures fail, and we lost, and have in perfect faith accepted the consequences; but {t can never be a matter of indiffer- ence to any self-respecting, honorable people, that history shall record that they are traitors. We are un- willing that our children shall rest under the stigma that their fathers were guilty of treason. After the surrender the responel- ~pillty developed upon the men of the South to rehabilitate their States, rebuild and restore thelr ruined homes, preserve the right of the Anglo-Saxon race to govern their inatitutions and resume thelr coneti- tutional relations to the United States Government and to their sie- ter States of the Union and preserve untarnished the name and fame of the comrades who died for our cause and maintained the purity of the motives which actuated us in that great struggle, and transmit the truth to our children. How well we have accomplished most of these things, in the face of the moet adverse conditions, the whole world knows to fay. We have religiously kept the paroles we gave at Appomatox, Greensbora and ee een a veloped our mines of iron, cowl and marble; more than this, upon every hillside and inevery valley we have erected churches and schools for our children, and maintained colleges and universities in every State. Of Southern men it may be truly said that they have »lways been makers of history, rather than writers of history. They were con- tent to perform well their partr in every epoch, but were loath to herald their achievements to the world. A short retrospect will be helpful. The Government of the United States is largely the handi work of Southern men. It was George Washington, a Southern man, who beat back the Indian tribes in Colonial days. It was Patrick Henry, the matchless orator and fearless patriot, who first hurled de- fiance at the British crown. It was Thomas Jefferson, of Vir ginia, who wrote thatimmortal doc- ument, the Declaration of Indepen- dence. It was in Charlotte, N. C, in 1775, that other great declara- tion, the Mecklenburg Declaration, was promulgated by Southern men. And when GeorgeIII sent his armies to repress thecolonies, it was George Washington, of Virginia, who com- manded the American armies and secured @ recognition of the indepen- dence of the thirteen original States. While the Confederate soldiers must forever stand pre-eminent for dauntless courage in battle and un- murmuring patience and fortitude on the march and in camp, the true historian will record how bravely the daughters of the South bore with sublime faith the desolation of their homes, the burning of their cities the loss of their husbands, brothers and kinsmen and smothered every sob of despair and anguish lest it weaken the nerves of our tat- tered legions in the field. Women of gentle birth, who had never known what hardship wae, bravely endured every privation that was entailed by thas war. With their own hands they cut and made uniforms for their husbands and fathers and encouraged them to go forth to battlefor their homes and loved ones, Their letters teem- ed with love and courage, and it was this incentive that nerved the hearts and arms of cur soldiers to cheerful- ly undergo all the dangers of that unparallelled struggle. But when at last the end came, when our match- less leader, Robert E. Lee, was forced by overwhelming numbers to sur- render his little army of devoted pa triots and when the men of the South were brought face to face with the great problem of restoring their State governments under a new order of things, the splendid character of our women was demon- strated. Bereft of property, thelr homes made desolate by, a relentless foe, their servants taught to distrust them, the problem seemed absolutely hopeless. Then it was that they proved themselves worthy of their high ancestry. We returned to our ruined humes and desolated fields in ragged old unfforme, and when the fron entered our very souls, and the heavens above us were as brass, and nowhere in all the earth was a word of sym- pathy extended to us, then it was that the mothers and daughters of our Southerland showed in a eu- pernal light. It mattered not to them that our fortunes were gone, our uniforms in rags and our bodies crippled and emaciated. With open ame they met us and their words of sweet sympathy, hope and confidence kindled anew our hearts within vs. Without a murmur they shared with us all the privations of that wretched period. Not only did they sustain us with thelr loving ministratione, but it small means 1s positively debarred pense service as our ambassador to France, able quarters; tells that it took him two months after his arrival in Paris to find a place in any ways suitable for ap offitial residence. A man who is called upon to give entertainments at which over a thousand guests may be expected, has to be provided with an establishment of size. Much diplo matic intercourse, and of no little im- portance, ie carried on in drawing- rooms, the social side of diplomatic life our diplomatic system, and found it no A POOR AMBASSADOR}A POLAR CONTINENT, TT COSTS MONEY TO OCCUPY NEW ARCTIC EXPEDITION TO THIS POST. SET FORTH. Salary Inadequate to the Demands— A Danish Explorer the Leader—In The Houseless Condition Most Search of Polar Continent or Embarrassing—Only Rich Archipelago—Natives of May Enter Here. the Stone Age. We have held down the salaries of our ambassadors, doing this supposed- ly for the maintenance of our vaunt- ed republican simplicity. But we notice it has been the custom of late to choose for foreign embassies only men of large wealth. Which makes us think the bill submitted by Mr. Nich- olas Longworth to congress asking for an appropriation of $5,000,000 to build American embassies in Paris, Lon- don and Berlin is a bill that may have been needed this some time back. It would seem a poor man, no matter how able, is practically kept out of the field, and a rich man does not care to stand the drain on his income very long, sooner or later shows willingness to relinquish bis post of honor. If a man receives a salary of say $17,500 @ year and is called upon to spend say Is there a great polar continent or archipelago to the north of the Ameri- can continent? Indications point to such existence. “Next to finding the North’ Pole itself the greatest Arctic discovery yet to’be made is that of a vast unknown Polar continent or archipelago, which, from soundings, driftwood, thickness of ice, currents, etc., is thought to exist in the Beau- fort sea to the north of the American continent. Here is an immense unex- plored area which may contain land and people of great interest, of which nothing is now known.” What mystery, what adventure in the quest of such a land and people! A journey to Mars, the Martians, seem scarcely more unreal to the layman. But to the geographer, to the ex- plorer the matter takes some tangibil- $75,000, he ts apt to weigh the honor | ity of shape; and forth in pursult of pretty carefully before many years) this vision presently a band of hope- have made their reductions. Not that} fu) men is to set forth, the leader, we would argue our supply of rich} Captain Mikkelsen, a Danish explorer men may fail—there seem to be plenty | and Arctic traveller. Captain Mikkel- willing to assume the losses for & 808-| sen served with Andrup in Greenland son—but in the name of justice would | ang was with the Baldwin-Ziegler ex- the present state of affairs emphasize pedition. The Danish explorer starts that the ambassador from even & re-/ on this new venture under the author- publician country must want hts coun- ity of the Royal Geographical so@ety try to have prestige among his col-| of London, the American Geographical leagues. And if we attempted to ar-| society, and the United States govern- gue, it appears to us the strong plea! ment. If the new land fs attained, 7 Captain Mikkelsen will raise on its for distant shore the stars and stripes. Captain Mikkelsen contemplates an absence of two years. The leader will have for assistants Ernest Leffingwell, geologist, and Ejmar Ditlevsen, nat- uralist and artist, both with experi- ence in Arctic travel. His companions are to leave Athabasca Landing, B. C., at the end of May for the Mackenzie river, and by one of the Hudson Bay steamers descend this river to the mouth to the Polar ocean, The captain expects to start with the supplies and scientific instruments early in, August, sailing from San Francisco in a whaler, passing through as an , the Behring sea and straits, making OUR AMBASSADOR TO THE COURT occasional stops on the Siberfan and OF 87. JAMES. Alaskan coast to procure a couple of lies ia the fact that an able man of ~ eng aga aisialhcihadate dt tearhag The party plan to meet about the Jast of August, and attempt to reach Cape Neslon and there unload the out- ane reed ee poe fit. Then a boat capable of carrying three or four tons of provisions, will be loaded and a party start for Cape Prince Albert or some island off the coast; here game will be hunted and catched for use the follpwing spring. In the meantime the dogs are to be trained to develop utmost speed and endurance. (The plan here given is as outlined by Captain Mikkelsen be- fore the Royal Geographical society.) In the early part of February the whole party are to start northward. traveling on the ice. Several Esqui- Maus are to be added to the company of white men. Food for 140 days will be carried for the men and for two ponies and 30 dogg. Captain Mikkel- sen has considerable faith in the Si- berian ponies, having made uge of them in Franz Joseph Landa, but counts most on the dogs. By taking soundings the explorers expect to find whether or not the con- tinental shelf has been crossed. The from @ position entailing so much ex- considerable information was given concerning the demande made on our representatives abroad, and concern ing the many annoyances they experi- ence. Gen, Porter reports that one of the chief annoyances ts the houseless condition of an ambassador, and the difficulty experienced in finding suit- is necessarily a large part of it. Gen. Porter spoke of the defects of difficult matter to enumerate a num- ber. Among the many loom the follow- ing—insufficient salary; no extra ex- pense account allowed; men appointed who cannot speak a foreign language; a smaller office staff than any . other embassy, with twice as much work to be done; the slight preparation of sec- retaries for the service; not allowing traveling expenses to the small sal- aried secretary; all the official enter- tainments given at the expense of the ambassador; the ambassador's resi- dence rented and paid for by himself. Our ambassador to England, Mr. Whitelaw Reid, ie a man of fortune, but one wonders if he relishes paying more than his salary for the rent of his official residence. Mr. McCormick, who represents the United States in France, is possessor of millions, and will find occasion to get rid of his in- come while dwelling in official ‘capa- city in the French capital. Charle A- Modern Romeo. Ametia—@weer net by the moon, the inconstant moon. Augustus—Then what sail I “Swear by that which you hold in- valuable; something which is dearer to you than all things else; something cannot live without.” “Then, Ametia, I love you! I ewear i by my samry."—N. Y. Weekig. Gone Into Mourning. “How long do you think a woman aught to mourn the loss of a hus- “At least a year.” “Well, Mrs. Smith, whose husband has been dead only a fortnight, mar tled Rounder best night.” “Gee! she’. mourn Smith's loss the rest of her liget"—Houston Post. Papa’s Singing. “Do you ever sing the baby to sheep?” “I tried it once for over an hour.” “Didn't it work?” : “It didn’t have a fair trial; my wife asked me if I knew I was keeping the baby awake, and I got angry and stepped; then the baby went to sleep.” —Houston Post. An Original Orthographer. “Are you in favor of spelling re “Yes,” anawered Mr. Cumrox. have always ineleted that my natural way of spelling Is as good as any- body’s. The only trouble has been that ft was not popular.”—Washing- Joker Zohnnie, Dad was puiting up the stove, Pipe fell down from up above, - Johnnie standing there said: :,""Ma, See how nice the pipe soote pa.” —Milwaukee Sentinel. Old Gentleman—Why are you stri- ing along like that, my boy? Boy—Pleave, sir, haven't you al- ways told me to try and walk in fa- ther’s footsteps?—Topeka State Jour- nal, Coukd Mot Break Away. Gunner—I hear that old Mn Tee is so wrapped up in golf he doesn’t take time to eat. Guyer—I should say so! Why, tre is chained to the game. Gunner—Chained? In what wayt Guyer—Link by link.—Chicago ‘Dathy Don’t Let Him. “The Blizabethian ruff is lity to return,” said Ma Twaddles, looking up from the fashion paper she was read- “If he does,” responded Pa Twaddle, with energy, “you set the dog on htm —do you hear?’—Cleveland Leadeh “Dida’t you hear Jones say be was tired of living?” ‘ “Well, the fivet thing he did when-he got sick was to send for a doctor.” “By George} he seems to mem it, don’t he?”—Houeton Post. How Can It Be? “A man in Georgia, according to this morning’s paper, has a hen 20 wars “If that’s ao, tt disproves I've heard about the predatory habits of the southern negro.—Cloveland king. Gunner—Well, old man, I seo that the electric roliing pin is the latest. kind cause a man Yes. 100,000 times each day. Does it send out good blood or bad blood? You know, for good blood is good health; bad blood, bad health. And you know precisely what to take for bad blood—Ayer’s Sarsaparilla. Doctors have endorsed it for 60 years. ase teresa tte Saugesne = open Pile. ANNOUNCEMENTS. ‘Tux Tres is authorized to make the follow- Bg Amnouncements for officer, subject te the democratic primary of Bates county, to beheld on Saturday, May 2%, 1906: VOR REPRESENTATIVE. LAWRENCE M. GRIFFITH,’ .Of Osage township, — SHERIFF. JAMES R, ANGLE, Of Mt. Pleasant township, HARVE JOHNSON, Of Osage township. D, D, PEELER, Of Hudson township, D, A. BEAN, OfMt, Pleasant tewnship, CTRCUIT CLERK, JOS. H, GROVES, OfMt. Pleasant township. J. A. PATTERSON, Of Mt. Pleasant township T. D, EMBREE, Of Spruce township. RECORDER. I, M, SMITH, Of Deep Water township. * = WC. HEDDEN, Of Osage township. * ¥. M, WOODS, Of Deek Creek township ,HOMER W. SIEG Of Walnut township, ED, CRABB Of Orage township. J..@. CANTRELL Of Shawnee township. T. K. LISLE, Of Mt. Pleasant township. F. R. SWARENS, Of New Home township, PROSECUTING ATTORNEY, SILAS W, DOOLEY,: Of Mt. Pleasant township, J.¥. SMITH, * Of Mt, Pleasant. WATT B. DAWSON Of Osage township. COUNTY CLERK, F. J. WISEMAN, Of Osage township. J.B, WILLIAMS, @f Mt. Pleasant township. C. G. WEEKS Of Osage township. . W.H DUNN, Of Grand River township.