The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 1, 1897, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, TUESDAY, JUNE 1, 1897 (ALTED THE J CLUBY 0F THE HERDIC DEAD Continued. from First Page. 1al that the exercises were about to mmence, suid that it was fitting to the (casion:-that.the exercises shon'd eom- uce with - praver, and be intro'uced ie Rev. Mr.-Urmy, who offered up an oquelt praver, the veierans and multi- 1de of “people” assembled -around being incovered the while, and.at its conclusion e repeated “the - Lor e ‘was joined by every prayer, in which | one in tne audi- snce. The giris.of 1he Hearst School sang the *Battle Hymn of ‘the Republic,” efter wiiich: Fresi E‘elman made a few | valriotic.remarks and then presented Mrs. | lara F. Siarke, ‘who ina_soul-stirring winer, recited Lincoln’s beautilul. ad- es5-0n the occasion of“the dedication of tie.Sokdiers” - Cemete’ at Gettyshurg, | This was. followed by & Qirge by tlhie band | and the reading of sn original poem by | “Wi-Kyle, the auth The childsen sang *‘Tenting on the Old Campground,” aiter which Mayor Phelan, (hie-orator of the uay, spoke as foilows: inspiration of our success Tue new generation greets you and passes on ‘America” was then sang by the school children, after which the band pluyed a dirge, and while its strains filled the air the loving hands of thé veterans were busy covering the graves of their dead com- rades with flowers of every hue, and when their work of love and sympathy wasover the plat had the appesrance of & meadow in the springtime, from which peep thou- sands of preity blossoms Then came ihe firing of three volleys by the Lincoln Post firing party, the bene- diction and tap: sounded by I. P. Can- ham, and the exercises weré at an end.* The majority of the veterans went to t6 Laurel Hill, Calvary and Masonic ¢em- eteries to strew flowers over the restin places of comrades who are buried there. The ladies o the Relief Corps prepared the majority of the flowers for the graves, and mauny of the members of the corps named ook part in the distribution of flowers, Not only were the graves of soldiers cov- ered with flowers, but thousands of graves in the different cemeteries were decorated with floral offerings. THE HATIONAL CEMETERY the Gariands Were Strewn on Graves at ths Presidio Yesterday. Ladies atid Gentgmen: “Weread in Thuey- dides lint d he. Peloponesian war the Athen ~estnUlished thip ¢ustom of iheir forpTa giving public burigl 1o those 2 N “uin Daitie, aud the parents, | & s of tic heroes roverintly 5 rings As the expressions € 10 dicorate the'graves | sd. | )00 years ago in ancient | il ceremonial in- | i after | lortfied his , winen 0 uS, SuughtNOLD 1 as coo<olation il Is us that at war on in wi Perictes, 1ch 1l 0 h he e handed 55 Upos the minds of me ric! et and becoming 10 die f0r Onc’s CONLRY.” E 1Eis ot g ©VCry Reneration 10 fight and.! wh ves We J0ok upe 1ny falier to r press same glories in fame. up since ihe >per that the ught: belore but that the Ty Of our-revi n %o to ution shall & as ihie Fourth of 's birthday, the only dey Awerican soldiér ‘and gly ebrated. We too {act that what'is an old 5.8 newstory, a revelation, ¢ land, who press up-n 01 and ih are riook on ¥ ( ceive g0 far to mold the 8 c v i the ‘substantial’ value of the ob- 3 s ‘ events, They should ) by their firs on, the deplosable con- k3 | 1250 theirancestars. #s to civil rights at i3 nd - abroxd, before the 53 ey shouid be tanght the 4 {05l and the advaniages w : by thie adoption of t = their conntr 5% 16 mor he Civil War, however, g 4t articnlarly enshrined ‘about the ?l dn mourning aud celebration. Al 3 ¥ ier wiis & fratricidat conflict, yet all #s passed. The brave men who e armics of the North and bond that brings ali ation behold the c d the gray we past. A phil ot one another, bu ich they call.one anr > battie wit-t d 7o be n misundeh- ot be forgotien 1 , | the foliy of thr eir.statesmen ton raté power and elo | e pernicious doce | economy rer. « gener borer should be a bonds- ic XITO DL 8. est duty nly guars Slavery, so repughant s utall times, and eg 1o one’ s everr s lumane an. sagacious Lis treatise ou over 1 ed ideal State could not- t i chi in the lightof sub. e 0'ws how ‘evena good and g ‘ 1isiake ® icd ahd-condemned. Tne | Gi-the human slave—pursved as a | ne . Natiox more tan1 the L men of howed themselves ready tice 1o uphiold humauity, to | deas of freedom and to make. | ¢ e efaplearol human right-. Thej @ iat ihe poore-t object nat 1ing to save iiself from | s respectadle in the i freedom—so- 1se of those, : same Tights 1 tue “irre- 0 pay & passing tribute soldier of frecaom, a man ove of liberiy and He e brii- illustrious e this Erate made 1o the causo of the Edward Dickinson Baker. He cast aside a Senato. i, tushing into the the battle, with that enthusiasm is “the genius of sincerity,” he fight- Not oniy did he bequeaih to us his Dobie exempie. but words of burning elo- quence, which nay be culled Freedom’s clas. sic ring by their truth and fervor the fidenc: of his countrymen with heir cause. rian. in common with 1 Europeais Who gave countenunce to the ath snd expected her arms to triumph, ow admits that the juagment of the Norih vas justified by the event. *Three fatal con- sequences,” says he, “would have foliowed € success of the § uth. Slavery would have been extended through vast territories where it did not hitherto ail. A precedent of | wou.d have been admitted, which roor iater wouid have broken up the ed States into several different powers, the wers would have many con- cuiug i ts the European military | hich the New World hns nappily , wouid have grown up in America the cvils aud ail the dangers which | its tra were tne rnd as ; f angers which hung over this land of the free, the hope and vindication of mankind, the Leritage we received from our revolutionary forefatners, sanctified by the | od of heroes and given to us in trust for the | ighest purposes odhumanity, during ail the | dark days of the C1vil War. i We salute tne Grand Army of the Republic | deliverers, and on his day we should prons of joy mingled, not discordantly but harmoniousiy, wita dirzes for the heroic | dead. The reconstrucied Union is their monu- ment. The wounds o1 the war are healed. The dangers_are. averted. -Tne South bas discov- ercd that ber righis are sa.e under the flug; Lier imdustrial iuierexts far more prosperous | with frée 1abor thau with siave, zud il that he contended for, in a larger and better sense, more sécure in defeat than they could ossibly have been in victory. The: soldiers of our. Revolution and of the & Rebellion foughs for great principies, and the fruits of ‘their. valor will be guthered fora thousand vears. The blood of these patriots is now the seal of the republic. Whoever violnies its sanctity and breaks into the treas ure-house of our Iibert es ciiailenges the senti- menis: we express to-day, and action, not words; is the only answer we can make. 1f we revere the suidiers wno died for their Couniry we must see to it that they have not tin vein Veterans of war, you have preserved the fabricof the Unjcn; you have saved from dis- memberment thi¢ nobiest edifice éver erected by man to shelter the ; ersecuied aud -the op- pressed. - When the envyand the hute of otner acds beheld us prostrate, refoicing in our | predicting disaster and giving aid n10rt (0 our eneuies, you were not od, you were 1ot discouraged, bui with preme beliel 1n.the justice of your cause 3 zhi the battles of the Repubiic and 1o- sy we honor you for your valer and -reward ¥ou for yuur sacrifice. The snusiaction of duty done, th* pride you must possess in your American citizenship, Which you so nob.y adorn sud in tie flag ieh you fought 1o save, should compensate ou for most of the :ls of life. When the Republie is agsin in danger, the nington, of Jackson and of Grart, names synonymons with patriotism and vie- tory, shall muster new armies and theu the E'cquent Oration of G:n:ral N. P Chaipman at George H Thomas Post, G A. R, Piat A miultitude of visitors gathered at the National Cemetery vesterday to attend | the interesting Memorial-day ceremonies Post No. 2, G. A. R., and to view also the unveiling of the monument in the cem- etery recently reared by the Regular Army the Presiaio to witness thie unveiling of | the monunient there, while otiiers went | Tecotlection of your exploits shail be the very | brought fece fo face in hostile array 1he very | | { | | under the auspices of George H. Thomas | and Navy Union, Pacific Cors garrisons. It is estimated that 10,000 peop.e visized the Presidio yesterday. The day was per- fect. Thue cloudiess sky, 1he genial t m- | rerature and baimy breezes from 1th acesn ren ered the outing agreeable. As tue years roll on the execcises ¢ mmem- orating the deeds of the lo eat grow ess solemn, without ‘osing in any sense their impressive ¢ aructer. The display of flugs and banners, the artillery saiute, the music and the animation of the vi itors vesterday inspired pair.otic sen ments in the minds of the young and of At the appointed hour the marching | column was formed on the parade piain of the Presidio. The procession moved on time, headed by Marshal Colonel George Stone and alds A. J. Vining, J. B. Lauck and Colonel William- U. Lattie Next in line was the First Uunited States Infantry Band, Then foilowed four com- panies of the First United States In- funiry, commanded by Captain J. J. 0'Connell. Other commandas, as follows, made up the column: First Regiment, N. G. C, Colonel James F. Smith com- mauding; Sons of the American Revolu- tion, Suiney M, Smith president; Society Cuildren of the American Revolution, Valentine Holt; Veterans of the Mexicun War, Ciarles Linge president; Regular Army and Navy Unlon; band of fied music, ¥irst Infantry, N. G. C.; Veteran Guard of California; G. Depart- ment Commander G. A. R., N. P. Chip- man and siaff; George H. Thomus Post, John Tuttle commander; Jares H. Gar- tield Post, Benjamin Hayes commander Colonel Cass Posi, Jobn O'Neill com mander; General George G. Meade Pos | Robert * Graham commuander; Liber Post, S.-C. Smith commander; Admiral D. D. Porter. Post,. E. Lancasier coni- mander; Sons of Veterans, school chit aren and carringes. Minuie guns were fired from a section of the Taird United States Artillery, Lie tenant Hains commanding. The erand stand erected on the plat of | George K. Thomas Post, near the ea=iern ine of the cemetery, was appropriately garlanded. Furled tlags, standards and | banners were piaced on the stand. Here ! the band played and the Kunickerbocker Quartet sang. General W. R. Snaiter, U. J 1 | 5. A., commanding the Depariment of | Catifornia, and bis chief & R. H. Noble, occupied seats | form. Past'Commander W. H. L. Birnes, Charles Wilson and C. T. Masteilar, G. A L ; Sidney M. Smith of tue Sons of the American Revolut Major-General N. T. James and Staff and Brigad:er-Genera| R. H. Wartield and Staff, N. G. C.; Samuel Lieutenant M. Shortriige, A. 5. Hubbard and other prominent citizens were present, The exercises were direcied by fohn I'uitle, commander of George H. Tnomas Post. ~ Alter the overiure by the band and The prayer by Chuplair J. H. Macom- ber, U. 8. A., Commander Tuttle spoke as foliows: Comrades and friends, anotber vear nas elapsed since last we essembied ners in tifs beautiful home of the dead. We find that the grim messenger eailed Death hss kept con- stantly thinning our ranks. It zeminds us that ere loig thess periodicai visits of ours will be made by others than ourselves—that Grorge H. Thomas Pst No. 2, Department of Culiio:- faand Nevada, wiil have passed away ‘rom the busy scene of action; that ail 1hat is mor- tal i its members will be Jaid away in tnis and otler cemeteries aad the history of Thomas Postwill be made up. Death loves a shining mark, and the insatia- ble archer has chosen ihese comrades who slecp here in peaceful repose in this beautiful citvof tne dead, overlooking the magnificent aud grandly eloquent Goiden Gate, speaking for usture, as it were, 10 welcoming 10 these stores wilh outstretched arms men from cvery clime—for those who s.eep here hail from various ciimes—and when their adopted country ueeded their se 5, with a true in- centive of patriotism they rcsponded to the call, ready if need be 1o lay down their lives. Al honor 1o the brave, ail honor to the com- rades who lie her cholcest flowers, aid as the grand army of soidiers look down from heaver: may they—we trust—ieel that they are indeed remembered. The Knickerbocker Quartet sung Mem- ories Sacred and Grand.” An inter- esting feature of tue exercises was a re- cital bv the talented young actor, Hol- brook Blinn, of Lincoln’s famous address on the battiefield of Gettysburg. Afier tie cecitation the quariet sang Julin Ward Howe's Batile Hymn. Tue orator of the day, General N. P. Chinman, department commander ot the Grand Army of the Republic, spoke in the-e words to the vast sudience as- sembled : Comrades, Citizens: . The significance of this Memorial day can neither be exaegerated nor adequate.y portrayed. Th - Fourth of July commemorates 1he birth ol-Freedom and the estabiisnment of govern- ment upon tue imper:shable principle that all men are endowed with an _ iralienaple right to iffe, liverty and the pursuit of happiness/ Aud in all ages yet 1o come its ce.ebration will recall to patrioiic hearts the sceues at Bunker Hill, 8t Valiey Forge, at Princeton and Brandywine, as well us those which occurred at Independence Hall, Wasxhingion and his yictor-ous army wiil alwavs be foremost i the he-ris and in the minds of our peop Wien ihey assembie on this auniversary of oy Natiows biru. Mcmorial day s auds related to our Ny A Bist0ry us 00 0iher day can vey s mng 20 A CRITICAL POSITION. Our Government and our countr» were the vers brink of dissoluiion and destr e in, s the precious heritage given us by the inihers o: the Republic was sbout to be ruthlessiy snd causelessly cast away; the keystone of the arch of liberty wes a.ready loobened ana about 10 drop f10m 1ts place; the S.mson 6f rebellioa, in Llind and “futuotis rage, had lnia hoid of iho piliars of our sucred tetupie, and was in the act of commitiing th: most gignne v patriciaal crime ever recorced of any pec- pie. It was at this sapreme moment, when all hat was sacred and desr 16 loya! Awmerican licarts scemed about 10-perish ir. m (he earthy ihere arose a mighty urmy. of wh eh you. my comrades, were 8 part, consecrat d 10 the sine gle purpose of saving the Union and cstab. Lisntng for all time the principle that this is & Nation composed o1 States, sovereign only {1 their proper spheres, but 8o bound togeiher by constiiutions icompnet (hat the rizht to secede or withdraw from the Union does not exist in any one or more of 11 members. It was s Titanic struggle that followed and 1 the plat- | Bedeck their graves with | | snll fresh in the minds of the people: poets | elite-of the North and the South. But thu Union was saved, anG the foundations of Gov- erument were laid deeper and sironger then ever before, BIRTH OF A NATION. Washington and his army of patriots gave us & Nation! Grantand his army of Joyalists saved that Natiou from overthrow and disintegration. . | The Fourth of July was instituied asa tional holidny to commemorate an eveat that occurred hefore the War of Independence had been fonghi, but jts significance ard its mo- | have brusdened out to embrace the entire | slutionary struggie and the subscquent | establishment of our constitutional Goveru- ment. Memorial dsy was instituted primarily as a tribute to our heroic dead. The scars and | ounds of the survisors of our army were not | vet healed; there wes St} actual grief aad | sorrow in tnousands of bouseholds; mourners | went through the streels snd would not be | comforted; widows in weeds and heipless orphans ot tender age filfed the land. Memorial day 1n 1868 ‘was observed as one | vast fuuereal onvocation; selemn requiems | were sung; fervid and exalted oratory por- trayed the Dubic deeds of our deparied heroes, sang of the battle's roar, whose reveriersaiions had scarce died awiy; they sang of the silent camptite, of tne unknown dead, ot the ve- reaved widow and orphaned children, of the dear aid flag end the heroism thst carried it to vietory But a4 time wore on {he significanco and motive of Mewériul day bromdened and iis meaning became enlarged until it is now a great National hoiiday trpifving loyalty to country and to flag; und 1t is a day not only consecrated 1o the haliowed memories_toat | cluster around the heroie dead of the Union army and niyy, but 1t is 1o be the occasion in ali time to come for & rededication 1o the prin- ciples und pusposes for which our army and nevy <o nobly fought. It is the dey ot all days on which to prociaim National unily end Natioual supremacy. A HERITAGE OF ALL THE PEGPLE. Memorial day no longer b:iongs alone 10 comrades of the Grand Army of the Republic, | mor to the surviving Union soldiers, sailors and marines not of that organization. It be- longs also to all the patrioric men and women of America who bore so Colispicuous a part in | sustising the Union soldiery in the field, and who sitce the close of the war have in & | thousand ways testified their love and grati- | tude; {1 belongs to the youth of our country, who Wil ever find in the iuspiring pages of | that great struggle examples of the loftiest petriotism and oi the mosi exalted heroism pages, 00, in which are written the new dis. L) % o U.SA | distingu shing | trnds to weaken | sltow opp loyslly and sincerely surrendered at once? Who could say that the boy: in blue might not be again catied to the frout? In the enrly history of the Grand Army it had & political purpose, and its infinence was pronounced ail over the country in support of that politicel party which Lad supporied the seldiers in the field. As time passed the South became recon- ciled; the issue of secsssion passed out of political - consideration, and w loyally yieided up by its former adherents: love'of ihe Union possessed the hearts of all ihe peo- ple; distrust of the South disappeared; the Grand Army eliminated polities utterly and entirely, and boeame & purely social organiza- tion, as 1t is to-day, but With this one single purpose, diffring irom all other social OrFAnIZalions in the couutry. That purpose, as formulated and made part of our regulations, 13 “To maintain trie sllegiance to the United States of America, bused upon 8 prramount re- spect for an fidelity to the National constitu- tion and laws; to discountenance whatever oyeity, ncites to insurrec- tion, treson or rebellion, or in any manner imypairs the eficiency permanence of our institutlons, aud to encourage the spread of | universal liberty, equal rights and justice to | ail men.” NO PARTISAN PRINCIPLES. But while professiug thes: nobie sentiments and avowing these exuited purposes we are forbiad n irom using the OIZanization to pro- mote the suceess of any political party. Our regélation on that sabject isclear and unmistaksb.e and deserves to be made known upon all_proper occasions. It is as follows: “No officer or comrade of the Grand Army of the Republic shall fn any manner use tais or- ganization lor psrtisan purposes, and no ais cussion of partisan questions shail be per- mitted at any of 1ts meetitgs, nor shall nomi- nations for politicsl oflice be made.”” There is a. Gisposition to-day to hold our or- ganization responsible {or & condition reiating to peusions, against which 1 protest, iu the vame of the iiving of the dead, of the Union army and navy The truth is thet the two great political parties of this country have sought 1o outstrip each other ‘n_generous legisiation toward the | suryivors of the Union forces and their widows and orphans. I wiil not call in question tne motive that actuated our legislaiors iu enwct- ing laws the result of which has been to largely iucrease the annual expense of the Government. Neither will I impeach the sin- cerity of the peojle or of the puulic press that encouraged and spproved this leg But I warn legislators and the press not to brium to fall upon the recipients of this bounty, thrust upon them under the guise of National gratitude toward the Na. Tou's defenders, because in the adminstra- tion of the laws iraudulent pensions are known to have been granted, and because the pession roli has rescied ulexpeciedly large proportions, 1 usk you 1o reac forms of the parti his legislatio ars. Y Fhe Republican party at Baltm. deciared *Tue Nation owes to aud sailors of the Army and Nav: 1 the National political plat- that have been responible for the past , in 1864, e soldiers . who have 7 JILMACOMBER 7)) — ¢ pes Cemetery. lation. | thirty oad | THEY HAD A VERY NARROW ESCAPE Two Men Caught in the Tide Rip and Nearly Drowned. Tke Boat Was Waterlogged When Picked Up by the Sausalito. An English Birk With Her Fore- Yard Gone Sighted Off the Farallones. | @ The squalls that blew on the bay Sunday afternoon caused more damage than was reported. Crab-boats and fishing-yawls suffered, as already reported, but others bad a tale of woe to tell. W. P. Stout and Alf Boudin were out in a reconverted whaleboat and nearly lost their lives. When off Arch Rock tne full sirength of the tide rip was encountered and the boat filled with water. For an hour the men clung to the hall-submerged boat, | expecting every moment to have her appear from under them. At 6:30 ». M. Captain Wilson of the Sausalito saw the predicament they were in and at once made for them. When the Sausalito got alongside Bou- din quickly clambered aboard, but Stout | would not lenve the boat. He toli Cap- tain Wilson that he wouid sink or swim | with Ler. He was brought aboard willy- nilly, and then the whalebcat was taken in tow and brought o San Francisco. | | Stout and Boudin had a narrow escape. | | The steamer Emma mist find the busi- | | ness betaeen San Francisco and Oaklaud | | profitable. - Hereiofore one trip a day is «ll | | Captain Jonnson has considercd the trade | demanded. Business has increased, how- ever, to such an extent that in future the Emma will make two round trips a day. Racing between San Francisco and Eureka is ail over and done with. R. Sweasey, vpresident of the Humboldt Steamshin Company, has issued a notice 10 the effect that the Humboldt will in future go on her way at ordinary speed and will not attempt to make more than the regular rate. NP CHIP MA. pensation of onr free government, the second | coming of the Messiah of human liberty; pages | on which are recorded the marvelons chenges iz oar coustitution, gi¥ing A meaning to Deetaration of Inaepende: » and making it a | consisient foundation on. w schieme of government. My comrades: Your share in thisglorious epoch of American history will never be for- gotien. Memorial lay has made your fsme secure. As the years roll on you and L will'| have passed ont of the personal reco.lection of men. A few immortal names will forever remain &5 household words. Toe names of Liucoln and Gra.t aga Farragut will'never die. Around that of Lincoln will be grouped the staiesmen who s100d by his side, and the | ioh 10 rest our mighty host of loyal men who supported b and the noble women who sustained by their praversand gave him their fathers and hus- bands and sons a willing sacrifice upon the altar of their couniry OBIECTS OF ORGANIZATION. And now, my comrades, let me speak briefly | of the objects and purposes of our organiza- | tion, and of some of the duties devolved upon | 1S a8 members and as citizens. | In tne stupendous conflict of the Rsbellion | over three mullions of soldiers of oue blood aud one kindred were engaged. That portion of this vast army in which you bore o honot- able a part carried the flag which typifics the grandeur and g0y of the American Usion to & final and lasting vietors. In that great | struggle over 8 quarter of a million brave men | laid down their lives in defense of the Union, | while many thousands returned to their homes shattered and broken in heslth, und soon aiter joined their brave comrades’of the baitie- field. Tuis wes & michty holocaust—an unprece. | dented sacrifice to country and to principle. | ‘The Revoiuiionary War cost in blood ana | treasure less thun the single campaign of the | Wilderness and the investiture of Richmond | by the immortal Grant. Looking back along the thirty-two vears which have elapsed since the closing scenes of the Rebollion at Apomattox it 1s difficuit to | rescue that glorious period from the ovlivion to which a third of & century of most remark- | ab.e material development has tended to con- | sign it THE G. A. RS WORK. 1 will not 80 iar impeach the pairioiism and the gratitude: of the Americai peop.e as 10 say thut without your organized effort the Rebei- ifon would long since have ‘pas-cd out of the mermory of man, except as & bistorical episode. ButIdc say that bui for the Grand Army o the Republic and its associated muxiiiarics, | and, more than ail, the annual memorial which we here tc-day ceiebrate, the Americau | youth would heve had but littie conception of ihe true significance of the Wost remarkable | page in the wor.d’s history. ! 1t was u logical sequence that out of a com- radeship of lour years around the campfire there shouid wrise an Organization such as ours, and it was aiso logical and na‘ural that some memorial should Le instituted to keep | fresh the memory of those who had given their | lives that the Nation might iive. | It is common history tuat the Rebellion hud | its rise in ihe fundamental misconceytion that our Government was & voluntury associstion or confederation of Siates, any one o which | cou d, on its own motion, withdraw from the compaci, and that the General Government ossessed 1o power to compel obedience fo ederal laws against an vnwilling peop.e, or 10 coerce a State to remain in the Union. After fighting —oUT years (6. overthrow this destructive and dangerous herery, at the end cf which the South sielded ovLly to s numbers, bu: did uot then viid the prix it was natural Lhat the soldiers of tne Union who hea boine the bruut of the siruggle, should desire to mmintsin a civic organiz. L0y, Dot only to- perpeiuate associations of comradeship, but lo keep alive a sprit of ioyalty to the Government. | AFTER DISBANDMENT. Who could foresee what migat follow the dis- bandment of our armies & 1d the return of 1he rebel soldiers to Loeir homes, where the uni- versa! sentiment was one of hostility 10 1l.e Union? Who cou'd predic: that & vrinciple deeply imbeddea in the populsr minds of the cople of the Sou:h, and that had crystnllized n the Confederaie comstitution, would be | the dication of the honor of its flag, reco, )l of their patriol- 1 ampleand permanent « of (he survivor's who have and bonorable wounds In e count and that the who have fallen in_its de. eld in gratetul and everlasting imperiled th try aud the v s0ma perma 1m provision reccived dissblin ser of t DGMENT BY DEMOCRATS. prrty at Chicago, in 1864, e decluring the war & faiiure, yet did not overlook the ciaims of the army and navy upon the gratitude of the Nation.” In its plai- form itsaid: ympathy of the Democratic party is tuly and earnestly ex'e ided to $0l- diers of our army ana sailors of our navy who are and have been in the field and on the sea under the flag of their country, and, in the event of its uttaining power, they will receive all the care, protection and regard that the brave soldicrs and sailors of the Republic have 0 nobly earned. THE PE ROLL. There are over thirty millions of people in the United £taies who were not here in 1860, The contemporaries of the war period are rapidly diminishing and oon ihe inhabitants of this country will know of-that great war ouly through our hislorical archives. We would not only be ungrate.ul and un- patriotic but it would be S10) of the Union were actusted by motive than versonal gain The pension roll was created as a roll of honor, and soshell it ever remain, be it large or small. Tuc law proclaimed it to be & grateful offer- ing of & grateful people, and it was so ac- cepted by its beneficiaries. It the offering is 1 be withdrawn let it not be accompanied with obloquy heapel upon iis recipients. DUTIES OF THE CITIZEN. Of the duties and responsibilities of citizene ship, & consideration of which the day fm- pressively suggests, ] cannot stop at length to speak. They are muny and important. To maintain the purity of the baliot-box, the only meuns by whick- the voice of our peo- ple cun be maae known, I8 of the highest and most commanding importunce. Through it elote nre we tolook tor ail intelligent reforms, end upoh it Tests the protection of our liy our liberty and our property, A Repubiic presupposes the absolute free- dom of wi.l of the individual in giving direc- tion to the governing power, Comrades, think not your work is done. Born in 1776, this Government did not reach its majority uptil 1865 at Appomatiox. In the pruudest page of Anierican history it has been your glory to be knowi gs actors, Be it your duty to guard ihe porials of that sacred tempie you wrested irom the hauds of the de- stroyer. May the God who watches over all Govern- no higner | meats and ail peoples give us hopeful ana hearts to say: . 100, sall a1, O sb1p of State ! ~uii on, O Unlon, stronz and erea. ! Humanity, with a1 its fears, Wih all 185 hop 8 0f Tuture Years, Is 1 auging breatiless on thy fai-.” The programme concluded by the singing of “America.”” The audience arose and joined in the singing. Early in the day (he graves in the cem- etery were decked with flowers, The beautiful monument of George H. Thomas Post was also approvriately wreathed. W ile the columt was forming on the Piesidio +luin Troops B and €, Fourth Cavaly, p riormed he duty of keeping visitors 1a proper limits und preventing accidents. vrayerfu “1ho R AN Colone! Baker’s Grave. Tie grave of Colonel E. D. Baker, in Laurel Hiil Cemeiery, was during the day visited by veierans who laid tbeir offer- ings upon it, and it was also visited by a dele.ation from_Starr King Council, Jun- icr Order of United American Mechanics, who strewed the tombstone with choice flowers and decked it with American flags. | n defense of their coun- ittie less than brutal | 10 teach posterily to believe that the soldiers | Captain Doran of the Pomona savs on | no occasion has there been any racing, and thatin tne future as in the part the Pomona will run on schedule time. Picnics were the order of the day yester- |day on the water front. The Southern | Pacitic emnloyes went to Fairfax. San- | born, Vail & Co.’s emploves to San Rafael | Park, Holy Cross P.rish to Guerneviile, members of the Younz Men's Institute to Schuetzen Park and St. Brendan’s Parish to Shell Mound Fark. With a general holiday alonz the front the ferri s and the Mail dock were the only busy spots from Meiggs wharf to the Mail duck. The schooner E venia is again on the mud fats. After being brought down | here in a waterlogzed condition she was dircharged in Oakiand Crees. Then she was towed over 1o this side and put on the | drydock. The big hole 1 her botiom was | putched up with canvas and an attempt | made to tow - her to_the ways near Hunt- | ers Point. It was a failure, however, as anotier leak started, and in order to save the wreck she was run ashore on the mud flats neur the Pacific Mail doc | The sieam schooner Coquille River will | be laid up for a few davs; water tanks are 1o be put into Ler. 1n order 10 cross the { bar at Coquille the steamer has to be on an even keel, and in order to make time to 8an Francisco she has to be down at the stern. This has necessitated a great deal of labor in the shiftin. of cargo, but once the changes have been made the for- ward tanks can be pumped out and no more trouble will be experienced. Tne Pac fic Mait Company’s Peru ar- rived from Hongkong via Yokohama and Houolulu yesterday. All the steerage passengers were sent to Angel Island, and United States quarantine officer Dr, Biew made a rigid examination of the cabin passengers before they were allowed to land. The sieamer was anchored in the stream, aud it was after6 ». . before she was alongside the dock and people were aliowed 1o board her. Tne Peru brought 107 paciages of mail from China and Jupan, and City Quaran- | tine Officer Chalmers ordered them taken to Angel Island, the quarantine grounds, in order to have them fumigated. Dr. Blew, the Federal quarantine officer, re- fused to allow them to be sent there, and they were brought to the dock, where Dr. Chaimers ordered them held unt.l ne could confer with the Beard of Health. Finally, in order not to discommode the assengers the mails were allowed to ve | landed, but the Board of Health recom-. | mends that all persons fumigate with dry heat all letters from China and Japan, varticularly Shangbai; Kobe and Yoko- bama, The Board of Health appointed a com- mittee to confer with the Federal wuthori- ties in order to avoid any iurtber clasbing of authority. It may resuit in establish- ing.a State quarantine station, Among those who came over in the cabin were Pritchard Morgan, M. P., and hisd ughter. Morgan represents Merthyr Tydvil, one of the Jargest mannlacturing districts_in Waies, in the British Parlia- ment, Sir Alfred Croft, chiet of the Eiu- cational Department in India; Dr. Neu- stadt, who has been exploring 'China and Japan for curios in the naturalist’s field; 8. B, Harsant of Cape Town, South Alrica, a mine-owner and mill operator, and Gov. ernor H. T. Mutiniun of Siberia were also passenge! The borkentine 8. C. Allen, which ar- rived from Honolulu last night, reports a British bark off -the Faraliones with Ler -oreyard gone. It had been biowing hard off the coast for the past fortnight and the chances are that an inward or out- ward bound vessel has been caught in a gale. The following has been issued by the branch Hydrographic Office: DANGEROUS LOG AFLOAT. BRANCH HYDROGEAPHIC OFFICE,) Sau Franeisco, May 31,1807, '{ Captain D. Kobmson of the barkeatiue Skagit reports having passed on-May 24, sixty miles southwest o the Faralione it ands, a large log, or spar, about eighty feet in lengih, dangerous to passing vessels. SHAFIER HONORED, The Brigadier-General Dined by Major- General Jumes and Staff. Major-General James and staff gave a dinner to Brigadier-General W. R. Shafter, U. 8. A, last night at the Baldwin Hotel, the new headquariers of the division, N. G. C. The following officers were present: Major-General N.-T. James, Colonels J. Gallwey, H. P. Bash, J. C. Currier, J. F. Smith, F. W. Sumner; Lieutenant- Colonels T. Cluff, F. C. Pott, W. Edwards, George Stone, P. L Bush, L. Barrere; Majors G. Wethern, H. Sime; Capiain J. | Keileher and Grand Marshal Whiteside of the G. A. R. Several officers were called upon to deliver addres-es. This Tiad been the first time that the Major-General_and “staff had paraded mounted at a Memorial day parade. The major-general and staff accompanied the parade to the Odd Fellows’ Cemetery, and from there reached the National Cemétery at the Presidio in_time to take part in the services there. The entire staff of the major-general was on duiy, wi.h the ex- ception of Lieutenant-Colonels Miles and Nerney, who were absent from the City. THE CHOSEN FRIEND:, They Ce¢b ate the Eighteenth | Anniversary of the Found- | ing cf the Order. There Was a Cosc:rt by Day and Oe | by Nighi—Display of Fir-work | ard a Grand Ba!l, Yesterday the members of the local councils of the Order of Chosen Friends celebrated the eighteenth anniversary of tie founding of the order by a day and a night at the Chutes. During the afternoon the attendance ex- ceeded 2000, and in the eveniug there was still a greater number, for there were edded attractions in the nature of fire- | works and a grand ball in the casino.- In the afterncon there was, in addition to a number of games for the little ones, a concert, when the following zumbers were renderea: March, “Shooting the Chutes” (Chapin): wailz, “Prisoner of Zenda” (Witmark); erand ction, “Chimes of Normandy” (Plan 1te); mazurks Russe, “La Czarina ; overture to “Piqué Dame” (Suppe’ E danzs, “Manzanieillo” (Robyn): water scene, “Nascissus” (Neyin); relection from “Robin Hood" (De Koven); waltz, *Wang” (Morse); song, “Lulu’’—May Irwin's latest— (Hecht). | In the evening thers was a short ad- | dress by Past Supreme Councilor C. M. Arnold, who briefly told of the Chosen Friends, the organization, rise and. prog- ress. The order was founded in Indisnavolis, Ind., eighteen years ago, and in 1880 the firat council was organized in this State. Snce then the membership in California has increased until now 1t numbers 6276 distributed in 133 councils. Since its or- ganization the order has paid out a little more than $11,000,000 to beneficiaries of deceased members. The following were the numbers pre- sen‘ed during the evening concert: . *Belle of New York,” Clark; over- /ittle Tycoon,” Spencer; banjo dance Princess Bonnie,” Spencer; selection | from “Norms,” Beliinii “‘Coceanut Dance," Herman; waltz_“Drean Faces,” Meisslor; ph- Quit Yer Kiddin.” Rosenieid; mazurka, “Mi’ Uniima Liusion,” Hernander; song, Want Yer. Ma Honey,” Templelon; galop, Vento,” Viola. The fireworks consisted of batteries of rockeis, exploding sheils of gold, silver and vari-colorea light<; a piece in latce work showing *'1879-1897, eighteenth anni. versary 0. C. F.”; u laree seven-pointea star surrounded by seven linksin the yari- | ous colors of the order's badge, and an- other pi-ce of lance work seliing forth the name of the order. Then there were ani- matoscope pictures thrawn on the large screen, after which tuete was the ball, | which ‘was continued until a late hour. All the grand officers of the Grand | Council who reside in the City were pres- | ent, and all in all the celebration wasa complete success. | T He Reminded Her. Mr. Gadley—My dearest, in that dress, with that cluster of rosebuds in your hair and that dreamy, tender light in your eyes, you look as young as you did when I first saw you. Itseems to me that every vear brings some new charm, some addi- | tional grace to your manner. I tell you | thers are few women in the worid who could retain the freshness, the beauty, th, Mrs. Gadley (wearily)—I had forgotten | that the lodge meets to-night, Henry. Piease be careful of the milk pitcher wien you come up the_ steps in the morning, | will you?—Detrait Free Press. i —_————— When lions and ugers are born in cap- tivity the greatest care has 10 be exercised to keep them for several days in the dark | and undisturbed, as otherwise the mothers will almost invariubly destroy them, i | | streecs should be cut throu WHY THEY 0PPOSE CEMETERY-CLOSING Many Retailers and Other Business Men Are Objzcting. C. Mohrmann Asserts That the Health-Menace Theery Is Mythical. Statistics Githered by Sup:rintend-nt tcher—Obj ction to Any Controversy. It seems that the proposition to remove the cewmeter'es outside the - City and County is not meeting with unanimity. In fact, the opposition to it among shop- keepars and small dealers generally in Richmond is very pronounced. Their objection in the main is that, while the cemeteries have been nurcliased specifically for the burial of the dead, and under Sta:e laws can be used ior no other parpose, it is not their removal that is { wanted so much as to have them closed, which, it is asserted, amounts 10 a virtual confiseation. “Suppose it were legal for the Board of Supervisors to pass a prohibitory ordi- | nance,” one of them states hypotheti- ly, “why couid not the San Ma'eo County Supervisors pass a similar ordi- nance? Why could not all the counties as far as San Diego do tae same thing? It they snould so sce fit, what wouli become of ihedead? They couldn’t be buried at al hongh the deaiers and shopkeepers in genera! are pronounced in the objec- tions 1o the closing of the cemeteries (hey Liesiiate to avew themseives in public print for the reason that many of their customers ake the other side of the gues- tion. In general they express themsels in the same way C. Mohrmanu, a grocer doing business at'ihe intersection of Fifth avenue and Clemen: street. Mr. Mohr- mann says: **The cemeteries, in my opinion, are not a detriment to the district. In a business way they are positively a good -thing. Providing that they are not injurious to health nor an obstruction to the advance: ment of Richmond [ wish to see them stay. Now, are they a detriment in this way ? | I think not, and I will say why. “1n the first place, we have more Jand here than will be needed for building purposes for twenty years to come. “In the second place, some say that them. Well, we huve plenty of streets to travel on now and #s much street railway communica- tion with the heart of the City as any body could desire. IIstreets were cut through they would be no use to anybody. but the railroad companies, becanse the grades would necessarily ve 100 steep for vehicles and would mosily be avoided by pedes- trians. “As for the charge that they are a ren- ace 1o the public heaith I want tosay right here that this is one of the health- iest parts of the City. The death rateis as smail as anywhere else. ~Allin ali I, with | people generally, can see uo reason 16r o mucu cenetery agitation. T men who are fighting ‘against these - cemeteries the hardest, I think it will be found, are interestei in Cypress Lawn Cemetery as a burial-place. I herr motive, in my opinion, is a velfish oue,” That the Odd Fellows believe that noth- ing will come of the agitation 1s evinced by their building as an adjunct to'the crematory a buiiding for storing the urns contaiminz ihe a<hes of those cremated: It wiil cost $20,000. Superintendent George R. Fietcher has ot late been investgating the matter very closely. He said yesterdav: ~The precinct regisiers show that the Eleventh Ward, which lies near here, had in 1895 as many as 22,005 voters and.about 110,025 inhabirants. “Yetonly 1263 deathbs occurred in that year, 11}{ to the thoasand, or alittle over 1per cent. Comparatively speaking, that is an excellent showing. “Take the Twel:ty Ward, in which alf the cemeteries complained of lie. - fn 1595 it contained 18921 voter , or about 94.605 innabitants. There were 787 deaths dui- ing that year. “This gives a ratio of eight to the. thous- and, or four-fiiths of 1 per.cent, Thisis the best record for the year in the City with the single exceotion of the Third Ward. “It has been estimated that the cost of cutting Sutter street through will bs $50,000. The Fair monument, which cost over $100,000, lies directly in the path. If the land be condemned who is going-to pay these tremandous amounts? If con- demned under the law of emineat domain the whole burden would iall on tue City and County. “The grades if cut through would be entirely too steep for vehicles and could not be used for driveways at all. “This isa'l I have to say in the matter. I care to enter no controversy. But expediency and justice both are on the side of those cpposed to closing the cemeteries.”’ IT BUILDS 0P VITAL ENERGY CONSIDER THE ADVANTAGE that comes to the man whose. whole system is filled with vital energy or nervc power ; the force that wards -off disease, tesists the evils of changes of climate, food or drink, and keeps the system free from malaria and the host of other poisons that find an entrance to the weak man’s anat- omy and make his life a burden. storing up in youth of a reserve force of vi tem through all the hardships and expos against the encroachments of old age. 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