Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 5, 1887, Page 4

‘The Visit of the Veterans. To-day Omaha gives cordial greeting and welcome to the veteran soldlers of the Union. With one voice her citizens invite them to the hospitality of Nebras- ka's metropolis, and extend them the assurance that all a people can do to render their vimt happy and memorable shall be done. Among the hundred thousand citizens of Omuha there is not one who does not honor the men whose courage and devotion preserved the na- tion. The boys who wore the blue " will encounter here no hostile criticism and THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSORIPTION ! Dally Morniaz Bdition) including Sunday £k, Ono Yonr...... For Bix Munths for Threo Months ... ho Omaba Sunday B . address, One Year. En A OPYICR, NO, 014 AND 910 FARNAM STREFY. ORK OPFICE, ROON &, TRIBUNR BOILDING ASHINGTON O 0. 513 FOURTREN T 8TREET. CORRESPONDENCE! All communieations relating to nows and edi- torial maiter should be adirossed W the Eok TOK OF THE DR no insulting depreciation. There is BUST LETTERS? ol b none here who will not give them pdilburines lttereAndremtancoshouAhe | tho grocung and the grasp of MAHA. Drafts, chesks and postofce orders | friendship. There is none who will deny be made payabie to the order of the company, them the fullest measure of praise that tongue or pen can render for the loyalty that gave to patriotism a loftier signifi- cance and the heroism that gave imper- ishable glory to American manhood. Here the union soldier may fecl assured of that respectful consideration which is due from a grateful people who do not underrate his sacrifices and tully appre- ciate the value of all that was achieved. The veterans who assemble here this week will represent the contributions made by every state of the mnorth to the mighty . army that conquered the rebellion. They are the remnants of hundreds of regiments that went to the tield from Maine, and Massa- chusetts, from New York and Pennsylva- nia, from Obio and Michigan, and from the other states that were loyal to the union. Some campaigned on the Poto- THE BEE POSLISHING COMPANY, PROPRIETGRS, E. ROSEWATER, Eotron. THE DAILY BEE. Sworn Statement of Olrculation. Btate of Nebrask }’ . County of Dou-las. S . B. Tzschuck, ucteurY of The Bee Publishing companv, does solemnly swear that the actual circulation of the Dally Bee for the week ending Sept. 2, 1857, was, as nd; londay. Angust 29. neaday. August 50 Wednesday, August 3 Thursaay, Sept. 1 Friday, Sept. 2. Average... U Gro, B, TscH Bworn to and subscribed in my presence this 3d day of September, A, D. 1857, L N. P, Frr, mac and the Rappahannock and faced Stat T?P;{\.:..l " Notary Publie. death at Bull Run, and the Peninsula, at l‘h?u';]n}" ‘ffl:n;: :‘“ Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, at Geo. B. Tzschuck, belng first duly sworn, deposes and says that he is secretary of The Beo Publishing company, that the actual average daily circulation of the Daily Bee for themonth of August, 1546, 1° September, 18%, 13,000 copie: 1843, 12,080 copies; for Noverber, 1886, cories; for December, 1886, 13,217 coples; fc Antietam and Gettysburg, through the fearful carnage of the Wilderness, shar- ing at least the glory of victory at Appa- mattox, Some were with Grant at Shi- loh and Vicksburg, some with Rosecranz at Stone River and Chickamaugua, and 'l,’:'!"m‘lr wb!m’r. Ilfi.'. ! a<." l n-hr‘u‘!\:‘m some with ‘Thomas at Nashville. 887, 14,195 coples: for March. X o a 5 ; for April, 1887, 14,316 copies Others were at Atlanta and ful 27 “copies: for June 1897, 14,147 | lowed Sherman in his victorious 57, 1 'S coples; fchul;'. 1887, 14,008 copies, GEo. B. TzScHUCK, Subscribed and sworn to before me this 11th day ot August, A, D,, 1837, [SEAL. N. P. Frrr. Notary Public. march to the sea, whilestill others en- countered perils and privations else- where in the vast field of military opera- tions. Itisa varicd and most interest- ing history that these veterans will have to reconnt to one another in their week of reunion, and though they may have gone over it many times before it will have lost for them none of its freshness or flavor. Many of these veterans became citi- zens of Nebraska through the generosity of the government which their valor helped to preserve, and by their labor and thrift have contributed largely to the progress and prosperity of the com- monwealth, They are proud of Ne- braska and devotedly loyal to her inter- est. There is probably not a man among them who is not proud of the state’'s me- tropolis. It should be the care of Omabha's citizens to justify and increase this sentiment by showing the visitors that with energy and enterprise we unite a cordial hospitality worthy of such a community, Let us show the veterans that we heartily appreciate their coming, and as well for their own honor as be- cause they deserve such consideration endeavor to make their sojourn here completely enjoyabl R;;mn and rowdy rule 1n Omaha must come to an end, —— Birvs of a feather will flock together. The boodlers that carried on high-handed rascality in the government printing office are naturally bound to hold up ras- cality and boodle methods in the city council. ———— Tne auditor of the Pacific Express company was afraid to meet the business men of Omuha fdce to face. He knows he has incited anarchy and disorder, and disgraced the position of president of the city counci ——— Tur last parliamentary election in Eng- land shows that liberalism is gaining ground among the English voters, In spite of her coercion act it looks now as though home government for lreland will be obtained at no very distant day. ——— Trr Towa democrats declared in their platform that federal oflicials no_longer noglect their duties for the manipulation of party politics. This statement is some- what strange in the face of the fact that such officials did neglect their duties to take part in the recent New York and Pennsylvania democratic conventions. The Baltimore & Ohio Deal. There scems to be no doubt that at last Mr. Garrett has succeeded in dispos- ing of the Baltimore & Obio road. Hav- 1ng failed to accomplish that purpose in this country, after negotiations with several syndicates, the last of which was organized by the now notorious Ives, the president of the Baltimore & Ohio went to England. There appears to have been no suspicion, or only a very shadowy one, regarding the nature of his visit abroad, but it is very clearly ex- plained by the dispatches announcing the transfer of the great railroad to a wealthy syndicate, among the members of which are the great London bankers, the Baring Bros, & Co. It is probable that the larger part of the money required in the deal was obtained in London, bnt it is already apparent that the road is to be conducted in future upon a policy that will be enurely satisfactory to the trunk lines with which it has heretofore com- peted, and so successfully as to hold them to conditions very much to the ad- vantage of the general public, What will be done is as yet merely suggested by what has been done. This points {o a complete reorganization of the Baltimore & Ohio road and a man- agement in harmony with, if not abso- lutely in control of, the Pennsylvania railroad, This corporation was es- pecially hostile to the project of the Bal- timore & Ohio for establishing terminal facilities on Staten Island, N. Y., and it is very significant that work en the ex- tension necessary to accomplish this pur- pose has been suspended. It was the in- fluence of the Pennsvivania company that led to legislative and judicial ob- struction in New Jersey of the work of the Baltimore & Ohio on the bridge over the water dividing that state from New York, although there was the authority of an act of congress for constructing the bridge. The matter was carried into the United States court, and it will be re- membered that only recently Justice Bradley, of the supreme court, ren- dered the important decision against the assumption of New Jersey, and announcing that a state possesses no right to obstruct inter-state commerce. The prompt abandoment of this project when so near completion, with no further impediments in the way, suggests very vointedly that the Pernsyl- vania compsny has found another aud an entirely effective way to muake 1ts in- fluence count. The express business of PriNce FERDINAND has now a cabinet. Its members are named Stambuloff, Stoiloff, Mutkuroff, Zirkoff and Nikiforoft, The priuce himself, it is said, has gone oft, nominally.on a pleasure tour through Europe, but 1n reality to get away from the troubles which have already dark- encd his horizon. —— ACCORDING to McShane’s paper, “‘the council are masters of the situation.” ‘When public servants assume the airs of masters and attempt to dictate to the people instead of respecting and obeying their wishes, it is time that the sovereign citizens assert themselves. In this coun try public servaunts are subjects and not sovereigns. Tue International Medical congress assombles in Washington to-day. This is an 1mportant gathering and in some respects a novel one. Eminent phy: cians from England, Ireland, France, Germany, Austro-Hungary, Russia and Italy_have already arrived. Extensive propirations have been made for this meeung, which in extent and importance will surpass any similar gathering during the present generation, —— NINETEEN suits for damages, involving about $130,000, have been instituted agamnst the Toledo, Peorin & Western railroad. But even if the full amount is awarded the plaintifis, this will be but a small part of the whole cost of the Chats- worth calamity to the company. Heavy daniages may teach railroads that 1t does not pay to kill passengers, even when they are able to throw the blame upon a cheap section boss. —— Justice F1ELD is very generally de- nounced by tee press of the country for his docision in favor of Stanford and the other Pacific boodlers. He may have been couvinced himself, by material arguments, that Stanford need not ac- count for moneys spent in Washington and Sacramento, but there are many people in the country who still think this n matter of publio concern, and Mr. Field may yct tind thatatis a haz ardous thing to defy public opinion. Caver TAYLOR, whois the sleekest job- ber that has ever struck Omaha, has at last shown his hand. When Rothacker ‘was editing his paper he always professod to detest his rowdy style, but he legged with Rothacker might and day to manip- ulate the council and set up schemes of of plunder for his concern. Rothacker was ‘‘a bold, bad man,” accordicg to into the hands of the United States com- pany, and its telograph business will be speedily disposed of, though this will de- pend somewhat upon the anxiety of Mr. Gould to get hold of it and the willing- ness of the syndicate to make terms Taylor, but Taylor's conscience was not | which he will consider favorable. It is in the least disturbed in pocket- | not very uncertain, however, that sooner ing the chestnuts which were | or later 1t will fall into the grssp of the pulled out by Rothacker through | Western Union. It is mot incredible that the finanoial position of the Balimore & Ohio is such that a deal of this kina had become nec- bumming with the council combine. » When the bold, bad man had gone Tay- lor pretended that the paper would now devote itself to encouraging decency and good goverument. He ook pains to as sure Mayor Broatch that in the future he would tind the Republican out-spoken against Hascality. This was three days ago. Now, he bus taken anotner back- slide into the rowdy camp, where he naturally belongs and outdoes Rothacker ia inciting public disturbance = and encouraging reckless detiance of public WN the eouncal. Garrett to bring it about indicated an ur- gent pressure. But so far as the general public is concerned the change will be unfortunate, The competition aggres- sively waintained by the Baltimore & Onio against other trunk lines has been very groatly in the public interest, and equally 60 has been its express aud telegraph competition. In all these respects it has been iustrumental in checking and ro- the Baltimore & Ohio has already passed. essary. The apparent eageraess of Mr. stralniog the rapacity of other cor- porations, . which Swill mnow be free to carry out any poliey uvpon which they may agree wholly regardless of con- slderation’s affecting the public and lim- ited only by the question of how far they will be permitted to go under the gen- eral law. It is entirely safe to predict that ultimately the public will pay the whole cost of the deal to the purchasing syndicate and corporations. e e e . HascALL 18 at hisold tricks again. Years ago when a public meeting was called at the Academy of Music to dis- cuss local issues to the workingmen of Omaha, he tried to break up the meeting by piling up a bonfire on Douglas street, opposite the Caldwell block, howling and yelling like an Indian and had & bired brass band play & noisy accom- panyment while speaking was going on inside the academy. Buthe utterly failed to stampede the meeting,although he suc- cceded in annoying it. This time he tried to create a diversion from the bus- iness men's and taxpayer's meeting with a brass band and brazen chegk at the council echamber, His bear dance at- tracted the hoodlums, sluggers and vaga- bonds, who approve his policy of starv- ing and demoralizing the police. —_— THE action ot Custer p ost,Grand Army of the Republic, in regard to public dec- oration, was decidedly ill-advised. At demonstrations like Grand Army parades it is not customary to decorate with pictures of civilians,however promi- nent they may be. But even if some ad- mirer of Grover Cleveland should hang a picture of the president on the outer walls, there is no occasion for a spasm of indignation. Anything that tends to disturb harmony and good feeling on this occasion should be discouraged and avoided. Now that the blunder has been made the best thing to do is to drop the controversy over it. Everybody has a right to decorate as his own tastes may dictate. TuEe congratulations which the Republi- can tenders to the busindss men in one breath while it insults them outrageously in the next, come with very bad grace. The concession which the council bosses have made in confirming the special police was not a voluntary peace-offer- ing. It was a concession forced upon them in the: face of the impeoding cyclone of popular resentment. Hascall saw the black cloud gathering and he rushed for the cellar. The course of the Republican in this mattor is beneath contempt. In its anxiety to cater to Hascall and his band of barnstormers for the sake of a little patronage, the paper prositutes itself to the basest uses, and labels itself as the tin can tied to the tail of the councilmanic bell-wether. HascAvrL and hisdupes and dammies in the council have decided to turn ostrich. They propose to bury their heads in the sand and leave to public view whatis left outof the sand. In thisridiculous posture they imagine that they can conceal themselves and escape public resentment. This is exactly their position in refusing to meet the business men and taxpayers of Omaha at the meeting to which they were inyited. HAsCALL and hh_dupeu are afraid to face their outraged constitueunts. STATE AND TERRITORY. Nebraska Jottings. Now for fair weather. There are 400 incandescent lights in use in Schuyler. The Burt county News, published by L. H. Warner at Craig, is out, John Johnson, u Crete liquor dealer, was tn%ped for $100 for selling the need- ful on Sunday. Polk county was thoroughly showered last week, Each drop was worth a dime to the cracking corn. The corn crop in the vicimty of Craig, Burt county, is good, and business fil town is consequently very lively. “The History of Our Times,” is a tita- lar gexaggeration ‘‘The Age of Steal,” is the blazing title of the period. The new Grand Army hall at Cameron, Hall county, will be dedicated October 5 with a reunion, camp fire and ball. Allen Howerton, a_three-year-old, liv- ing nine nules from Holdrege, tackled a barnyard mushroon and died the next day. Harry Warner, a young man from Missouri Valley, h.‘ died suddenly at Hastings, last Thursday, where he was |- visiting relatives. Broken Bow has sold $20,000 worth of school bonds at a premum of 24 per cent, and the walls of a fine school build- ding will soon begin to rise. The Hastings Gazette-Journal has turned Out a boom edition of 50,000 copies, and the Plattsmouth Journal has performed a similar service for that city. George W. Maury, a younf man of Broken Bow, was thrown out of a buck- board by a jolt, a week ago Sunday, and was instantly killed. is neck was broken by the fall. Mr. and Mrs, 8: W, Coon celebrated their golden wedding at Republican City on the 31st ult. As such events happen but once ina matrimonial life time, it was happily celebrated. The fortunate couple were married 1n Allegheny county, New York, just tifty years ago. Residents of towns along the Elkhorn valley road are moving as one man on the high freight tariff of the company, The present efort is directed at the coal rate, and a reduction must be madé or a howl of indignation will smite and sting the ears of the corporation. Though a strong prohibition town, Wahoo does not take kindly to water- works. A number of citizens object to the building of the works because too much direct pressure was used in ob- taining the franchise. They have ob- taned an injunetion and will block the wheels of progress with every legal cob- ble in signt. ‘The champion chump dispenss forty- rod and other chemiculs ata licensed Iaboratory in Beemer. Bill Whitcomb dropped in to settle an old account last week, and tendered a $30 relic of the confederacy in pavment. The c. c. ac- cepted it greedily and returned forty gennine bills to Whitcomb, who left town on the first train. The barkeeper discov- ered his verdancy in time to overhaul Whitcomb at Denison, Ia. The final chapter inthe McCouley mys- ll.;(j' i Hastings has developed. he body that was shipped from the St. Thomas wreck, to James McCou- ley, supposed to be that of his son, turns out to be that of a son of Thomas McCouley of Phillipsburg, Kan. After the body had been buried at Hus- tings, the genuine son of James turned up shve and well, and now another branch of the McCouley family will remoisten with tears the remains of the dead. The Plattsmouth Journal claims that ‘“‘the cost of living for mechaniocs is much lesg here ti in a larger aity.” The claim {4 true in theory only. i Platts- mouth mechanio recently stated: ‘'l can tuke my ‘month's wages, and with my wife and children spend & day in Omaha buy grogeries, clothung sud T RECes: and save or - the lay into the will un- ries for the coming mionth, 00 in addition to my uyf oft.'! ‘If the Journal will pr{ credit system in vogue there, it earth somo startling figures. The clmrnmu [ gemn[hdellghllully warm in Polk county. F. Holigren has announced himself ‘as a candidate for a second term as county treasurer. Peter Peerson and S, A, Haddeen are candi- dates for county clerk. George P. Rea, the present incumbent, is candidate for another term as county judge. . K. Erickson is out for sheriff, he 1s the pres- eat incumbent. On the 17th of Sevtem- ber the farmers aad laborers will have a delegate convention at Holdrege, which is attracting considerable attention and some anxiety among the stalwart office hunters. Catherine Dornetshouser arrived with her name intact in Madison last May. The odors of the fatherland clung to her and charmed one Adam Foltz, who hun- gered for a.helpmeet. On the pre- tense of getting her work he took her to & squire and had the marriage cercmony performed. She did not understand the ianguage nor the solemn dcclarations of the amorous Adams, and when explained to her she rebelled and refused to reside with her husband. These facts she states in a po- tition for divorce just filed in West Point. The Blair Rarublicnn denounces the Beatrice Mutual Insurance company as a bare-faced fraud. The farmers who were insured by bogus agents, recently sent to the penitentiary, have been ‘called upon to make good their notes. The Republi- can says: ‘“‘There were five or six in the gang working this county. George Dresven, one of the victims, says they fixed up papers for himself and wife. He signed them. Then the agent foled them over and asked him to sign again. One of these signatures no doubt is nprnnded to the alleged notes which the policy holders are now called upon to pay. They range from $75 up to 150, The agents represented that there never would be more than two assessments of about $1.50 to § each year; instead, some of them paid $6 to $3 on the first call. The notes are entirely bogus and a most infamous fraud connected with an imfamous company. If their agents or collectors ever appear in this county they ought to be treated to a coat of tar and foathers. We trust that no one will be intimidated into paying a single cent on such claims.” lowa Items. Fletcher boasts of a medical spring. The normal college at Shenandoah hag opened with the largest attendance 1n its history. The Tibbles Sewing Machine company has mado arraugements to move its fac- tory to Burlington. The Eastern Iowa Veterans' association will hold its ninth annual reunion at An- amosn September 7, 8 and 9, Keokuk is to have several new manu- tactories, among them a starch factory to be removed from New Haven, Conn, After a two day’s session at Guthrie Centre, Senator Caldwell was renomi- nated on the 144th ballot. ‘Two years ago he was nominated after 1,100 ballots and at the election ran ahead of his ticket. The trustees of the insane asylum at Indevendence ask the legisiative assem- bly to appropriate $6,000 to finish and furnish the rear county building; $10,000 for better water supply; $6,000 for addi- tional land; $3,000 for enlarging chapel: $2,600 annually for ornamenting grounds, £3,000 for greenhouse; 5,000 for cisterns; $3,000 for passen, elevator. The ex- peases of the institution for the piennial period have been $251,649.68. Sioux Uity is working up a new and novel fall "exhibition. It is naed a “Corn_ Palace Jubileo,” and will be opened early in October. The buildin, will be 100 feet square and 100 feet high from the ground to the tip of the fluf staff. There will be four eorner pavil- lions 16 feet square and 55 high, These will represent lowa, Minnesota, Dakota and Nebraska. Over the second entrance on Jackson street there will be a large platform, on which will ‘be an allegori- cal figure of a hog-kiiling scene. This glullurm will be 40 feet from the ground. Still higher up the building will be four pnnacles with flags on bearing the name of the four great packing houses located in that city. On the corners of the prin- cipal dome are four turrets, with appro- priate inscriptions. The entire exterior of the building will be appropriately dec- orated. Grasses, wheat, oats, barley, ete, will be tastefully interwoven with corn in ear and stalk. The interior of the building will be arranged witha view to accommodate exhibitors. Dakowa. The trustees of the Yankton Insane asylum have contracted for an artesian well to be sunk on the grounds. John Shuler, near Aberdeen, has threshed 3,300 bushels of wheat from 142 acres of grownd, making an average yield of nearly twenty-four bushels per ro. The jury in the case of Ira Jacksonson trial for murder in Deadwood, retired on Saturday nifhn last and wrestled with the case until ‘Monday morning, when it ap- peared in court with the statement that its members were unabie to agree upon a verdict. ‘The jury was then discharged and a new trial ordered. During the thunderstorm at Rapid City Monday afternoon the barn of Mr. La- Flemme, on Elk creek, was struck by lizlnnmf. Six horses were in the barn, three of which were killed by the bolt. The others apparently sustained no in- l:::i' A son of Mr. LaFlamme had his in the barn and was reclining upon it when "the storm came up, but had arisen a few minutes before the shock. The bed was completely wrecked. - A good illustration of the Dakota push is shown in the case of Mrs. George H, Walsh, ot Granda Forks, wife of Ho: George H. Walsh, the well-known_polil This Iady, in her husband’s ab- sence from home this season, has run the farm, hired all the help, put in and harvested 800 acres of grain of splendid yield, has paid the entire expense of the’ work, including seed, etc., from the pro- ceeds of the sale of chickens, eggs, but- ter and vegetables from the farm. Cheyenne is enjoying free mail de- livery. Laramie hotels are crowded beyond their capacity. Snow fell on the mountain tops near Buffalo last week. A company has been formed in Lara- mie to break and train horses by the wholesale, ’ The trial of McCoy for the murder of Deputy Sheriff Chas. J. Gunn, near Douglass, is in progress at Cheyenne. A band of Arapahoe Indians enter- tained the people of Rawlins with a pro- longed howl and g war dance, one day lust week. Mrs. M;rick, of Cheyenne, is the hero- ine of Crow creek flats. She blazed away at a retreating chicken thiaf but failed to hit hum. Her intentions were &ood but her aim poor. ‘The territorial university at Laramie was formally dedicated Thursday even- ing. It 18 & magniticent bujlding, a model institution, a credit to Wyoming and an ornament to Laramie. _The struc- ture was erected at A cost of $50,000. The old graphite mines in Plumbago olninn are to be ovened again and thor- oughly worked. The locality is sixty-five miles from Cheyenne and seven miles from the Union Pacific road. Unuhoi& is marketable at all times, Over $276,f warth of the mineral was imported into the United States last year. A plant to work the products wall be erected in Cheyenne. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 5. 1887, THE ANNUALG. A: R, REUNION Gathering of the 01d Nebraska Boldiors Who Fought for theeFlag. A WEEK IN THE METROPOLIS. Camp Joho A, Logan—The Origin of the Grand Army—The First Post —Brief History of the Order and Iits Ohjects, Origin of the Order. 1t 18 impossible to overestimate the im- portance of the gathering of old soldiers 1n Omaha to-morrow. The name “‘Grand Army of the Republic' possesses almost a religrous signiticance to him who was an active participant 1n the deadly and heatt-breaking scenes between 1860 and 18606. No one knows what originated the idea of forming such an_organization. Like the birthplace of Homer, which seven cities claim, the origin of the Grand Army 18 attributed to numerous theories, nil indefinite. It is claimed by some that at a camp- fire one night during a Mississippi cam- paign several officers discussed the fu- ture when the war should cease and the army be disbanded, the question was considered, what should then become of the soldiers, the widows and fatherless children of the war, and a suggestion of an association was made which afterwards was developea into the present Grand Armyof the Repubhe, Another story is that the organization was first formed 1n the border states after the war,on account of frecbooters and southern adherents, who were unwilling toaccept the result of the war, and comnntted depredations on their individual responsibility. Still another account of its origin, is that it was started in rebel prisons, by the pris- oner to secure mutual confidence. Its carly history 18 shrouded in mystery. The first veritable fact that pops out from the baze of conjecture, is the mus- tering of the First post in Decatur, IL on April 6, 1808, by Colonel B. F. Step! enson ot Springfieid, Ill., who was afte: wards adjutant general of the order, He therefore enjoys the distinction of be- ing the direct organizer af the Grand Army of the Republie. Colonel Stephen- son was aphysician and as surgeon of the Fourteenth Illinois Infantry. He pre- ared the ritual and Capt. John S. Phelps had it printed at the oftice of the Decatur Tribune,the proprietor and com- positors having been union soldiers. Post No. 1 developed considerable en- thusiasm, which became contagious, and Post No. 2 was shortly afterwards or- gunized in Springfield, IlL, and posts sprung 1nto existence with gratifying rapidity in Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, Missouri and Ohio. Colonel Stephenson was everywlere recognized as the head of the order and he exerted himself suc- cessfully to increase the membership. A few mouths after the organization of No. 1, such was the growth of the order that a department convention was called, which met 1n Springficld, July 12, 1866, where Comrado Johin M. Palmer was elected department commander. The following resolution was then :\nlnl‘)ml: : Whereas, We, the members of the Girand Army of the Republic, recognize in Mayor B. F. Stephenson, of Springtield, 11, the head and front of the organization; be it therefore Resolved, That for the energy, loyalty and perseverance in organizing the Grand Army of the Republic, he is entitled to the grati- tude of all loyal men, and that we, as sol- diers, tender him our thanks and pledze him our friendship at all times and under all cir- cumstances, Colonel Stephenson organized new posts in all the states as provisional com- mander-in-chief. The order became ex- tremely popular among the veterans. It offered them a way to continumng the acauaintanceship made under the most grim and dreary circumstances, also a s{u!amnuc plan by which the legitimate claims of themselves and #amilies should be presented for recognition. On Octo- ber 21, 1866, Colonel Stephenson issued a call for a gencral convention, to be held in Indianapols, Ind., on November 20. There were delegates here from Iilinois, Missouri, Pennsylvania, New York,lowa, Ohio, and the District of Columbia. Gen- eral Palmer presided, and a three days’ session was held, and the present organ- ization was effected, regulations, and a ritual adopted, and the following na- tional oflicers elected: Commander-in- chief, General Stephen A, Hurlbut, ot 1llinois; senior vice commander-in-chief, General James B. McKean, of New York; junior vice _commnndcr-m-chlef, General Nathan Kimball, of Indiana, adjutant general, Colonel B. F. Stephen- gon, witt headquarters at Springfield, s. On January 15, 1867, the National en- campment was held in Philadelphia, which continued for three days. There were delegates from twenty-three staces, where department had been formed, rep: resenting about 200,000 veterans as they claimed, but it is_thought these figures were inaccurate. Iu less than six months from the mustering of the first post, 40,000 veterans had been enrolled. Op- position was offered to the progress of the order by a certain class who claimed it would serve to keer alive the bitter feelings of the war, and that it was a re- publican organization. ~Post Com- mander in Chief Merrill, in 1868 claimed “‘that the utter lack of organization and the intrusion of politics, left the order, almost as speedily 8s 1t had sprung into existence a complete wreck. On January 15, 1868, a critical period for the order, the second encampment was held in Philadelphia, and General John A. Logan was elected commander- in-chief. His majestic cnergy and xecutive ability soon placed the organi- zation in such a light that the public at once recognized its grindeur as well as utility. It was he who on May b5, 1868, issued the famous memorial day order which has been annually observed since, and will pe during theexistence of the re- public. The Omaha encampment has testitied its high appreciation of the dead soldier and statesman by giving to the camp s name. The followiag are the lists of commanders-in-chief chosen and dates of election, after 1868: Cincinnati, May 12, 1809—John A, Logan, re-clected. Washington, May 11, 1870—John A. Logan, re-clected. Boston, May 10, 1871—A. E. Buraside, Rhode Island, Cleveland, May 8, 1872, A. E. Burnside, re-elected. New Haven, May 14, 1873, Charles Devens, jr., Massachusetts, Harrisburg, May 13, 1874, Charles Devens, jr., re-elected. Chicago, May 12, 1875, John F.-Har- tranft, Pennsylvania. Pnhiladelphia, June 80, 1876, John F. Hartrantt, re-elected. &rovidence, Juue 26, 1877, John C. Robinson, New Yerk. Soringtield, Mass., June 4, 1878, John C. Robinson re-elected. Albany, June 17, 1879, Willliam Earn- shaw, Ohio, Dayton, June 8, 1880, Louis Wagner, Pennsylvania. A N Indianapolis, June 15, 1881, George S. Merrill, Massachusetts. Baltimore, June 21, 1889, Paul Van- dervoort, Nebraska. Denver, July 25, 1833, Robert B. Beath, Pennsylvania. 3 Minneapolis, July 23, 188, John S. Kounts, Onio, Portland, Maine, June 24,183, 8. 8. Burdette, Washington, D. C. £ San Francisdo, August 2, 1886, Lucius P. Fairchild. Objeots of the Organization. The objects of the order are to aid jn ‘maintaining the honor, intregrity and supremacy of the government; to pre- sorve and strengthen those kind and fra- ternal feelings which bind together. the soldiers, sailors and marines who united to suppress the rebellion and to perpetu- ate the mamarl and history of the dead; to assist such former comrades-in-arms as need help and protection, and to ex- tend needful aid to the widows and or- phans of those who have fallen; and to encourage the spread of universal liberty and equal rights and justice to all men. No post can be named after a living person, Soldiers and sailors who served be- tween April 13, 1861, and April 9, 1865, in the war for the suppression of the rc‘n;l- lion and who have been honocably dis- charged, ecither in the United States army or state.forces shall be aligible to membership. No person shall be eligible who has at any time borne arms against the United States. There are no honor- ary memberships. No officer or comrado of the irand Army of the Republic shall in any manner use this organization for partisan purposes and no discussion of partisan questions shall be permutted at any of its meetings, nor shall any non\k nation for political oftico be made. .relief fund for the assistance of needy soldiers and sailors is established by the several posts and any donations to the fund are heid sacred for that purpose. The following resolution was adopted by ;.he vsm.ionnl encampment at Proyidence n 1877: “Inasmuch as there have have been some diflerences of opinion as to the - tent and meaning of memorial day, this encampment hereby calls attention to the language of chapter 5, article 14, of the rules and regulations; therefore Resolved, That the Grand Army of the Republic seeks thus to preserve the mem- ory of those who fought in defense of national unity. A The following was adopted at Spring- field, Mass., June, 1878, § “Resolved, That all flags hoisted on Memorial day be at half mast.” Discipline offenses cognizable by the Grand Army of the Republic be 1. Disloyalty to the United States of America, or any other violation of the pledge given at the time of muster. 2. Disobedience of the rules and regu- lations, or of lawful orders. 8. The commission of a scandalous of= fense against the laws of the land, 4. Conduct unbecoming a soldier and a gentleman in his relation to the Grand Army of the Republic. 5. Conduct prejudicial to good order discipline. - Sec. 3. Penalties shall bo cither: 1. Dishonorable discharge from the Grand Army of the Republic, 2, Dogradation from oftice. 8. Suspension from membership for a specified period. 4. Fine; or 5. Reprimand, at the discretion of the court, subject to the review of the proper officer. On much the same bhsis as the Grand Army of the Republic the WOMEN'S RELIEF CORPS is founded. This was organized by mem- bers of the Bosworth Post of Portland in 1869 in those dark da; ssucceedmfg the war when thousands of widowed women and orphaned children had full need of all the assistance and sympathy which loving women could give them. It was not, however, until 1879, at Fitch- burg, Mass., that the first state constitu- tion was framed. In 1830 in New Hamp- shire and in 1882 in Connecticut state constitutions were framed. In 1881 a resolution was passed at a Grand Army encampment at Indianapolis, endorsing the Ladies’ Relief corps and authorizing the use under its title of Auxilliary to Grand Army of the Republic. Although this body will not participate in the coming reunion, their ettorts are rreatly apprecisted by the Grand Army oys. It is now aquite strong, being firmly established in all the states, having at the present titwe over nine hundred corps in the United States. Nebraska has ciizhlcun corps, The following are the oflicials: Lyde Bohne, president, Grand Island; A. J. Liveringhouse, secre- tary, Grand Island; Gertudo H. Connel, treasurer, Grand Island. The Grounds Yesterday, Yesterday afternoon not less than ten thousand people visited the reunion camp and inspected the excellent ar- rangements which have been made for the roat gathering ~of soldiers which begins to-day. There are now about 1,300 tents in vlace and the appear- ance of the same is beautiful in the ex- treme, Yesterday afternoon two companies ot the 21st infanty from Sidney under the command of Captains Boyle and Exstein, The command comprises 120 men. There are now 150 of the 8th infantry in the camp, and to-day eight companies of the 2d infantry from Fort Omaha will stake their tents for the week. Notes, Applications for tents must be made to T.'S. Clarkson, quartermaster, immedi- ately upon arrival in camp, as no tents can be occupied without his written order. Those who desire quarters in the city will apply to the ‘‘committee on public comfort,” Chamber of Commerce build- ing. The city oflice of the reunion com- mittee will be 1n the same building, The camp oftfice will be near department headquarters. Information has been obtainéd that uniformed bands, whose members will go and come together, will be trans- ported free. Application should be made by letter to the general passenger agent, at Omaha, of the road over which they wish to go, stating that they are uniformed and number of members. The department commander, desiring that the Sons of Veterans shall take a part in this reunion and have a place in the procession, Mr. Moses P. O'Brien, one of the oldest members of that order, and son of lamented comrade General O'Brien, is appointed special aide-de- camp, who in connection with oflicers of that order, will attend to all matters re- lating to it during the reunion. Soldiers’ Rally Song, “Reunion,” [Time, * Battle Cryvf Freedom.™) Dedicated to the brave boys who wore the blue, and are now beginning to wear the eray. Butitisthe gray of a loval life; the gray mist of the “*passing army,” the gray of the eternal morning: the gray that warns us to honor them with the real tributes of , and not wait for the dirge and empty amation of to-morro:y.—Lu B. Cake. On, fling out the dear old flag, boys; play fife and druin again, 4 Shouting the rally cry, Reunion, Though our battle deys are over, we're com- rades now as then, Shouting the rally cry, Reunfon, CHORUS:. They won’t be forever, Oh, come, comrades, come | We'll all eap together, Flag, tife and drom, And will pass the old canteen, boys; Pasa it once again; Shouting she rally ery, Reunion. ‘We will answer to tharoll call, as we have done befol Shouting the rally ery, Reunlon, And we'll muster out the comrades who answer “'llere"” no more, Shouting the rally ery, Reunion. Oh! we'll tell the stories o'er, boys, sing ev'ry dear old song, Shouting the rally er‘. Reunion, And we'll’ down the heans aud hard tack with coffee battie strong, Shouting the rally ery, Reunion. We will keep the camp-ire burning, we'll call the pickets in, Shouting the rally ery, Reunion, Aud we'll never ask tha' straggler for what, or where he's been, Stouting the rally cry, Reunion, On! we'll shake the soldiers hand, boys, and see tho face we know, Shouting the rally ery, Reunion, Wear the gray of tiine fogetuer, as once we wore the blue, Shoutiug the rally cry, Reunion, LADIRS, THIS LOVELY COMPLEXION IS THE RESULT OF USING HAGAN’S Magnolia Baim. 1t 18 & delighttul LIQUID for the FACE, NECK, ARMS and HHANDS, Overoomes Heat, Sunburn, Sallowness, Redness, Moth-Patclies and every kind of SKIN Disfigurcment, Applied inamoment. Cune not be Detectod. 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