Eugene daily guard., May 30, 1908, Image 1

THE
EUG
ENE DAILY- GUARD
VOL. 83
KUiKNK. OKtXiOX, SATl KK.IY K VKXI .. MAY 00,
XI). l:t,
jENATOR KNOX WAS
I ORATOR AT GETTYSBURG
Farragut
By ROBERTUS LOVE
PHILANDER c! KNOX.
r, Gettysburg Battlefield, ,. May 3n.
kalor Philander C. Knox, of l'enn-
Evania, was. the orator of the day
the e.ercise3 here. An Imemnse
Dud was present. Senator Knox
Jtd in part:
Senator Knoxa Address.
Friends and Kellow Citizens of
I the Republic:
jln the last daj;s of June 1S03, the
infederate forces, raiding the north
Id east and advancing from (he
s!, were recalled and concentrated
ward this spot tinder the pressure
the Union forces coming up from
the south. On the afternoon of
.June 30. the weary and dustv troop
ers of Hufords vanguard rode
through the village and throw out
their picket lines In readines to
touch the advance from the wet of
; the army cf Northern Virginia,
i On the morning of Julv 1st. at 1
o clock, un officer of another siaff
; came clattering up to Ilufoid and
I was sharply questioned and ord-red
; to return Imme llately to bis com
mand, .lust as he protested "Whv
i w hat's the matter, Central?" the
far-off s Mind ef a sinc'.e cannon shot
.was heard, Huford signal to his skir
:mishers to open on tj enemv. and
Huford said: "That's the matter"
;The battle of (lettysburj bad begun.
'At the close of the p!:lless and ter
Irible July dry the I'nion forces re-C-emoVry
Hidge, and tli. ir brave' an
remetery ltldge. and the brave an
tagonists waited for the morrow and
fought, and again waited for the mor
, row and fought with the result all
; the world knows.
! Let us leave the battle now, leave
I the recital of its tales of
! valor to tongues of those
. whose proud memories of
, their past achievements qualifv
jand entitle them to speak. Let us
i rather s.'ek to find the real reason
i for tlettvsbnru: iHrnv..r If tw.oil.l..
its fundamental cause: find what in
deed was the matter: why It was nec
essary that llettysburg should be;
what law had the American people
broken that they should receive this
baptism of fraternal blood and how
such crises In national life arc to be
averted.
We know that the laws of the ma
terial universe. If observed, so gov
ern and control matter that it con
tinues to develop until It results in
! perfection of form and strength, but
i if those laws are disturbed destruc-
tion follows.
! We also know that In the splrlt
I ual world tile laws promulgated by
Of Famput the brtve
Let us lend a ringing stave
Down the past,
When the fortress cannon crashed
And the admiral was lathed
To the mast,
When the shells ihrieked and broke
On the Hartford'i hull of oak.
St. Gt4mi' Sutu ef rtmfvl
i ir - - - - - r .
the Brave
CopTrijhl. I90S. by Roberlui Low
TAFT WAS ORATOR
AT GRANT'S TOMB
Not in ihipi forged of iteel
All the batteriei of Mobile
Sid he dare.
Yet the glory of hit fight
Scintillates enduring light
On the air,
With a far shining flame
To illuminate hit name.
In Mktliion Squir. Niw York.
iKCt kws. it
I " Tll'll'l 1 w 11 , . TT 1 i.. iMmnmrrrrn ll 'TO'I ' t
the Creator, which are to govern men
in this world, if observed by man,
either consciously or unconsciously,
make him grow In spirit and
righteousness.
They are subject to;ethlcal laws, the u '"""'I ll,W8 hllv0 prevailed or
observance of which means' life for """''"
the nation, and the rejection of which
means death.
Nations have, passed throng)! such
'Man proposes but (lot! disposes."
and Ills dispositions are controlled
by his own Immuttiblo and inexorable
So It is with the nations of earth. ' crises and have survived or perished.
(Continued on Page Klve)
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iMdk WW
Now York, May 30. --An Inuut'siu'
crowd KatluTt-ul Ht 1 runt's Totnti to-,
day for nuinori;it oxtrilst.s ta honor
if ttu mUHtr dead. Si'm-tary Taft
dfliviTt'd l ho prtnelpiil ml dross,
dwolliiiK upon (ho Ufo and raroor o(
lionoral (iranl, and tlrawini; lossons
thoroironi.
In conrhhllni; Mr. Taft said:
"Ti.o history of (irant'.-f rolat iotis
to thoso of hts iub.nHniitis l whom
he ravo omf Meiu'o and w luuu ho had
himsolf sfloolt'd. ts a fasrliiatli.ii omv
The rolatl'.uis whit s oxlsti-d li'iwiM'ii
him and Sh -rii'an tt ' ploanatu ;o
dw.'ll upon. Tlio uttor ah-trnco ot
Jial.Hisv hotwiM-n him and t 10 pi -ns-u
ro w liich I'Hi'h t iioli in t he sn. h
oi tho othor. at i1 in doliclit f til as I hoy
ar' raro. CunNI w 1 li hii; ii nt ..ro
1111 1 mi t than i ho his! nf Slirr
mimf; wri" tan a hum pi:isi to t ho
a i' nVpat-1 nirnt iu:alnt ( wisdom
of (ho rampaUn oas( ul 'l-,kslniru,
wliUh Is oasily t ht sroati'st strato
Kls siu'fosrt uT iho wni, and of drain's
pioon-holini; ami nMuruliiK (o Sher
man tho pr-o'i-M aflor (ho nitupalmi
wart won." Thou Shorman's hWor tti
(Irani wlion tliant was appointed to
command -of t ho army, hts evpros
t;lnns of admiration and confhlonco,
all mako us think umro of our human
kind, ln'causo wo onroitntcr ho f ro
(Itiotllly tho small jealousies between
tho Kreat which aro Hnniei lines por
inltlod to Intorforo with tho success
ful promesa of events In tho crises
of our national life.
"Tho lovo that exinled between
(Irani and Sheridan la another enob
Huk relation that It Is ploipunt to
contemplate, Tho mutual confidence
which ouch reposed In tho oilier was
so abundantly Just I Mod, furnlshliiK
another Instunco of tho course of
true friendship between tho ureal In
which no yellow npnt of JealouHy
touches thn eye.
lie said (Irani differed from tho
WILLIAM H. TAFT.
other generals In this respect that
he look w .nit he bud and went ahead
and with those things be did what ho
could and what was to lie done. He
gave an Instance: He said be had
l.,mni cavalrymen nt Harper's Ker
rv without horses. He had attempt-'
cd to get horses and could not se
cure them. I'rovlinisly generals had
said to hi in that If they could have
had that K..01MI cavalry they could
accomplish great HiIuxh and win n
victory. What (Irant said was:
"With your aut horlty I will arm thoso
men and make them Infantrymen or
1 will send them home."
"The maguiriceiu mausoleum on
I lu grand site upon the beautiful riv
er furnishes such 11 hero a fitting
renting place. May it forever remain
to Inspire his countrymen to patri
otic thought and efforts."
MEMORIAL DAY
SPORTING EVENTS
AND THEIR RESULTS
'MARINE PARADE
AT TAGOMA ON
MEMORIAL DAY
Dost on, May 30. Harvard won
tho olDCht-oared boat race from Cor
nell. Homo of Cnrnoll'tt crow wore un
able to row on account of Illness, but
tho crew put up u plucky ooutost.
Time, 10; I7 Un- Harvard. ,11:24
for Cornell. Tho dlHtauco was a tri
fle under a mllo and suven-clnht hs.
ai; i tor i. am-:
votti.iH
ici'H'oiti) is m:Ti:
I Homo, May ijil. Do r.HKriiiiHo, an
aeronaut, boat, tho world's aero
: piano rec ord today by flyliiK 12,75(1
uieters and romalnliiK In tho alt- 10
minutes and 2(1 aeconds,
j I'urls, May 30. Wilbur WrlKht.
I tho American noroplanlsi , said I to
1 hoKranKo'a performance did not wor
ry htm iih ho and his brother Iimvc
tripled tho distance made by lo l.a-
: K" UK".
T.voiua, May 30. Tho prnsonre of
n division of tho Atlantic battleship
i fleet In (ho harbor of Tacotnu today
mid -d Interest to tho observance of
' iMentorlal dny. Twolvo hundred Bail
ors and murines from tho men of war
fumed a feature of tho parade
t'.rotiKh the prlclpal stroeta of the
city, Tho procosslon consisted of
, four dlvlHlons, tho naval brigade, (i..
A. It. veterans, National (iuard and
' fraternal uinanlxutloiu.
f Thn KroaloHt crowd of tho wopk
vIcw.mI Iho parade, a holiday boliiK
oh.iervod Koiurally.
TURKISH TBOOPS1
GUILTY CF MURDER
AN
ami:i s r it ri -it
WINS I.IXMONT ST A K KS
Belmont Park, May 30. hi tho
Itelinoni stakes oT $2.. 00M fur throe
yar-olds for i mite and three-i-lKhths
Colin was first, Kalr IMay kocoihI, and
Kluic JameH third. Colin was an
addeil starter.
M I ItlH i: TltlAI, .11 It V
I'AIL TO A ; 1 c k i-:
Now York, May ;to - The Jury trial
nt J'Tney City r I hendor H. hlt-HM-n,
chaiK'd with iho inunbT of
hltt wife, dlsiiKr t, but wire sent
baeic fur fiirt. or dellliciathins
"or 'Hvttnuplo. May St).- -Ai offi
cial 1 'Mgri'iit rr.ru AtheiM reports
Iho arrlv.il at Hyrn, one of tho Isl
am' f the "yr!ad")i t?roup, from tho
I isla ud of K;nii')K, refii';ot.n who ro
porl the I'trlval nt Vathy. tho ctpltal
i.r tho Maud, f i battalion of Turk
ish trnio T ioi,o tr'mpA f'rerl Indls-crlmlii'-iely
anions tlm puuplo. kill
liu and wounding innnv.
'Tht dory li dlhcredltod har?, but
Iho ti "ok Kiiviirtinietit Is urchin
Krartf , Cn at Itrltaln and Uu sla. un
der whfii'e prjU'ctlnn SamtM has beoii
slnco Js.l.', to send warships to tho
Island.
II. MoMltt, (f
oil y oil busliioHH.
Medford. Is in tho
The three-ringed circus, with its gorgeous pageant, its funny clowns, its pretty women, and
fine W?m mav come and give us a day's pleasure; we're all glad to see it come and go.
" c , 3 J . jj hc ,imc. doesn't com; (or today and gone tomorrow; it stays. If you'uc a suit cf our Hart, Schaffner &.
But we ve got a snow going a vmirsclf- and n: of the best advertisements we can make is to have people sec the clothes we sell.
Mam Bra you're a part oi our Krcct parade yoursui, ,
.u.. Emission charged: and it doesn't cost vou anything to ect out. You mav buv
l mrrm rn inn iuyvi -" m - o v . ,
Dc!tcr take a lock at some of our new model Varsity sack suits.
O
OVtHCOATS SUITS
Slf.00 to
Hampton Bros.
? Thisstorcislhc hcrreo! Hjrt.Sc
55d-564 Willamette St
here Cash $3cats Q-cdit
CURRENCY BILL
PASSED BY SENATE
THIS AFTERNOON
Wmlilnn'ini, Muy 30. The
rullciill nan Ijkuii nt 4:27
'rl(M-k. All or tlit' affirm-
allvi viit', wri. rant liy Ito
4 piiljllrHiiH, hut Hfiiiatora Ho-
rah. Hrnwiif, lluurii and
I Icy l.ii r n. H'lmliHi nn, ruled
with tlm litMiwx-raU aKiil'iKt
tho 1)111 l.aKnlli'iti vnivd In
Ihi' aftlrmntlvH fur the inr-
Iiom. uf inovlnK f'r a ri-ion-
nldi'ratlon, whl h h atiMiiit-
cd Ininii'dlati'ly aflcr tin r'-
milt had hern alinnuiK im, hut
ll" WUK mrt W.lll UlMMlt If III
4- lilMl lilli.'I
o
q'. i.l.i,s.m. v.iy :t'i
I , nr.-. ri.li li . If !(m
.1 ill
II I .... I - -. t
li 1 lli.it a
ruin would bo rojrhdil lato In the
ilu, hut It In now ri'ii)r:eil t bat Sun
lit, r J.-lf IihvIh will li'iure t.lttlo Kuck
thin urtcriiiiun In ri'nunM to a uiea-.
Mjim friiln l.aKolli-lto llrKlnx him to
Join In thu flllhiiHtvr. He will appear
In th HHiiat Monday with the In
l. '11111111. It U mild, of Dpi'iiking two
day.
iiui who fnlluwi'J I.aPollettp,
will Khe way liitur In thu pro
ci'imIIiiki to (.'liiv an mirMi.
Hir.--M. r Mwim.
' a.-ililliKlon, Tliiv 3t-.ll lrep
inaii rillliiixii.r nalil IV asf.ptlon
hy Ihi a.'nalo of ! (-(firiMirn r
linrt on the coiiiproinlHe i-urriMiry hill
hi. li hi-iiim at noon yi'iterduy Ia
-till In pnuii-i-- In that h (! . Iw.-nty-f
inr lii.iHH iilh-rwanl. utti Q.i oni
Htlli h ill h (1 1 h v or rotli'.ii;!' i.iuld he
( ' '.ur liitid 011 I'ai' eUlit.t
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