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the excursionists begin to pour- into Washington by the thousands daily Their numbers Increase till into early April when there is a gradual diminution till the end of that month when the weather becomes so warm as to be bometimes uncomfortable At this particular juncture a large portion of the tourists are school teachers who come to spend a portion of their Easter vacation in Washington and the graduating classes of high schools The idea of taking a trip to Washington in lieu -of graduating exercises has become more and more popular of late years These graduating classes now come to Washington annually in great numbers and of course all the thousands aiTO tens of thousands of such students Jiere on educational trips are anxious to sec the President 51r Taft has decided that if these young visitors want to see the President it is virtually their right Heretofore Congressmen have often had much difficulty in arranging for these visits to the White House It takes up much of a Presidents time as much as an hour or more daily to receive these visitors and shake them by thej hand President Roosevelt used to receive an occasional delegation but the rule against large receptions was quickly put into force Nowadays since President Taft has indicated that he wants to see these school visitors they gaher in tremendous groups almost evoiy morning in front of the White House offices waiting for their turn to come The statesmen near statesmen and politicians who want to talk about governmental matters grumble because the proceeding trenches upon their opportunities to see the President But the President Is going ahead just the same and the high -school classes are having a very happy time meeting him Speaker Cannon and Vice President Sherman have also thrown open the doors of their offices to these visitors and altho their receptions are not as largely attended these two high officials are nevertheless very much in the handshaking business these days THE BULKS COMMITTEE fllust Bo Tried On Before There Are Other Sweeping Changes What the ultimate influence upon the reorganization of the House will be in the recent change of the Rules Committee is largely a matter of conjecture It is far from probable that the talk about a change so that all committees of the House will be elected or chosen by an elective Committee on Committees can be effected in the present Congress or in the next That would be too sweeping a change The more conservative Democrats and Republicans alike prefer to wait and see the result of the election of a Rules Committee If that works well the movement to extend the practice to other committees might eventually he sanctioned The election of CO odd committees of the House of Representatives would be a long biennial task It would be impracticable to elect the committees on the floor of the House The work would in reality have to be done in caucus but that would require so much time and would naturally lead to so much wrangling that almost inevitably the House majority whether it happened to be Democratic or Republican would turn it over to a Committee on Committees for each party The Republicans would elect their Committee on Committees in caucus and the Democrats would also elect their Committee on Commutes in caucus After many days of deliberation- these committees would report back to their respective caucuses where the selections would be ratified as is now done in the Senate and then taken up in the House itself and officially approved The committee system in the Senate works fairly well and gives pretty general satisfaction but it is a more or less cumbrous system even for that body of only- 92 members The committees of the Senate and especially their Chairmen feel no particular responsibility to any one man in the Senate In the House of course it is far different The Committee Chairmen being designated by the Speaker feel a responsibility to him and respect his wishes as a rule regarding legislation If committees were elected in the House or designated by the Committee on Committees system this feeling of responsibility to the Speaker would cease absolutely The Speaker would probably continue to be the leader of his party there but little of his present great power in the House would remain The body now has 391 members and it is a question whether tlic elimination of such an organization as a Speaker now has would in any sense be wise 3Iore discipline is essential in a large body like the House than in a small body like the Senate Without a strong sense of responsibility to one leader who has the power to discipline a majority party there would find it increasingly difficult to execute party pledges and to carry out the will of the people It might happen that the House would speedily resolve itself into groups and that legislation by par ties there would gradually disappear Then it would become almost impossible for the people to fix responsibility and it would be more difficult to hold any one political party to the execution of a particular program PRESIDENT WANTS ACTION Itallioad III1I anil Conservation Measures Pressed by Him Recently the President has been trying to stir up his friends in the Senate to take hold of his railroad bill amend jnents with a little more energy Things were going pretty well in the Senate when the President started away to Chicago Soon after his train chugged out of the station however the Senate Republicans began to show more or less indifference about any legislation save appropriation bills but of course they jnight have done the same thing had he been in town The supporters of the bill have not been ready to make speeches and the opposition has been very slow about carrying the debate along There have been several inter ruptions such as the consideration of appropriation bills which have the right of wo and all in all the railroad bill lias been dragging badly This wcejt the President is trying to persuade the Senate to make a little jirogress and is meeting with some success The Interstate Commerce Com mittee which reported it promised to make a few important amendments liut these needed consideration by the President and also the approval of Sen ntor Aldrlch of Rhode Island who has been in New England looking after po litical matters and witnessing the mar riage of one of his sons These amend menu are now to be presented to the Senate and will enable a more Intelli gent discussion of the pending bill Rut the President is passing from measure to measure in his efforts to make matters legislative move -Ho has been taking up the conservation measures which are to be reported to the Senate this week These include a bill to validate the withdrawals -of public lands Xmm entry for homestead purposes and bill to regulate the use of water power aites Senator Sinoot of Utah a very oval Administration Republican has charge of both these measures und is try to Et them disposed of before the bottom drops out of the session Death of Col Bradshaw Col John Bradshaw Cth Mdrdied nt his home The Willows St Marys County Md Comrade Bradshaw went out as Captain of Co I Cth Md was promoted to Major was severely wounded in action four times and frequently mentioned for bravery In oflH ial reports by Gen Warren Keifer brigade com manler He was brevetted a Colonel for bravery A PREMIUM ON TKI5ASON That Is What Placing In Lou Statue In the Unit or Fame Is Dcnouihuitcil Tiiere is no doubt at all thai if Rob ert Lee vV ro living he uld be the first one to nrotest at having Ins or wool hauled in the way that it is pitching it at the present time at the bands of the survivors of those who fought to preserve the Union and all because his friends hart the bad taste to place Lees statue where it was bound to got its just need of unfavorable criticism Lee would have vetoed the placing of his statue in the Capitol All the Grand Army Posts in the country are protesting agumai Congress accepting this statue emu as it is in the uniform of a man whose chief claim to nonor and famo is that ho placed ins own State above all the other States in the nrninst the Constitution of the United States and that he thought it better to involve the country in a hornole war and fearful devastation that the property of his wife and children might be preserved to them i ce nimseu was possessed of very small means but he had married the owner of Arlington and Mrs Lee had a very thrifty mind she had no notion of seeing her property dissipated and her slaves emancipated As it turned out afterwards in order that Gen Lee should have no interest in the property Mrs Lee willed it to her son Custis Lee under the promise that he should take the name Cus tis which was her maiden name and drop the name Lee Under the law of Virginia he should have proceeded to take the name Custis to be able to secure the Arlington estates but this he didnt do The Government finally paid Custis Lee about four times what the estate was worth to satisfy his claim against it and got the title to it Robert Lee had passed the prime ot lire and had got about all the glory and fame he ever could get in the United States Army having the rank of Colonel when he resigned at the age of 5u to take up arms against his country Nearly all the Posts that are sending in their protesU against this statue re cite the above facts The National Tribune would be very glad to give them full space bqt there are so many of them that in qrder to give each a hearing It is necessary to cut them a great deal Wm Sanborn Post 98 Port Huron Mich protests against the Xee statue being placed In the so called Hall of Fame and says that as we asked for no revenge and no reprisals at the close of the war we refuse to be insulted now without a protest against the abuse of the Hall of Fame by installing therein a statue of Robert Lee in rebel uni form Brokaw Adjutant Philip Sheridan Post 10 Oshkosh Wis declares that the issue of the war was decided by the most desperate and bloody struggle the world has ever known and that Robert Leo one of the most prominent characters in that great struggle forsook the Government that had educated him from his youth to take a position of the highest rank In the rebel army and permitted untold suffering of Union soldiers in a certain rebel prison presided over by a fiend in human shape when a word of his could have prevented this Sheridan Post further declares that it is an injustice to George A ashington who gave the best efforts of his life in building up this great Nation for Virginia to place be side him the statue of Lee In the Hall of Fame instead of such men as Jef ferson Henri Randolph Madison and Monroe Andthat Virginia seems to deliberately wish to glorify the doctrine of secession and destroy years of pa triotic teaching by maintaining that It Is as honorable to be a traitor as It is to be a patriot The Union eterans Legion of Rochester VT- are very Ironic in their pro tesU against the statue of Lee being placed in the National Capitol and state that we Union veterans scared in doing the wrong to those great and good men Jefferson Davis Capt Wirz of Andersonvllle fame Gen Robert Lee Wilkes Booth Gen Winder et al and the noble leaders who espoused it are coming to the front to be honored by the vandals who conquered them McCook Post 51 Iola Kan declares that without warrant of law the Commonwealth of Virginia has presumed upon the magnanimity of a generous and forgiving people to place the statue of Xe in the Hall of Fame Mc Cook Post declares that to do this would be to extol a rebel by placing his statue alongside of or even under the same roof with those of Washington Lincoln and Grant thus saying to the rising generation and to representatives of foreign countries See we Americans commend to the world rebels against our Government McCook Post urges the Kansans In Congress both in tire House and Senate to use all honorable means to secure the immediate removal Lof the statue John Fremont Post 729 Alliance emphatically protests against the return of any of the Confederate flags which are now or may hereafter exist in any of the loyal States north of the old Mason and Dixon line and also protests against the display of the rebel flag at any patriotic demonstration or in any public place within the United States Fremont Post is also opnosed to the placing of the Lee statue in the Hall of Fame or in any other place north of Mason and Dixons line Stanton Post 55 Los Angeles Cal declares that the placing of the Lee statue in the Capitol clothed In Confed crate uniform is an insult to the loyal people ol tne country and Is an Incentive to disloyalty of the coming generation as it honors a man false to his oath of allegiance to the Government and therefore urges all Congressmen to vote against Its acceptance Edwin LIbby Post 1G Rockland Me most emphatically protests against the placing of the statue of the Confederate General Robert Lee in Statuary Hall in the National Capitol John Thomas Post 2 San Francisco Cal declares that as a patriotic duty it protests against the acceptance by Congress of the Lee statue and the placing of said statue in the Hall of Fame Gen Washburn Post Dana Ind declares that to thus honor the memory of Robert Lee is virtually to honor or respect his principles and those principles are repugnant to the tastes and convictions of a largo majority of American citizens and that the boys in blue have done nothing to merit the discredit that is being thus thrust upon them The Post further proposes that tho statue of Lee be returned to the donors and that all the other statues in tho Hall of Fame bo disposed of In the same way and that the vacant room be devoted to other objects Bronson Post 482 Bronson Kan denounces the placing of the statue of Gen Robert Lee in the United States Capitol declaring that it is an Insult to all old soldiers living and dead who sacrificed their all that this Nation Hoods Sarsaparilla Leads all other medicines in the cure of all spring ailments humors loss of appetite that tired feeling paleness and nervousness Take it Opt It today In usual liquid form or tablets called Sarataus 100 Doses 1 THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE WASHINGTON THURSDAY MAttdff 31 1910 might live and that the Stars and Stripes might forever float over our land that Robert Leo tried to destroy The 9th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Organization and the First German American Volunteer Turner Regiment Cincinnati adopted strong resolutions against the placing of the Lee statue in the National Capitol They also deprecate and regret that the portrait of the leader of the rebellion was allowed- to bo placed on the silver service of the battleship Mississippi and consider that it would be but just and proper to expunge the same Livingston Post 423 Rlchwood believes that treasons uniform should not be placed upon a pedestal in Statuary Hall and appeals to our Senators and Representatives in Congress -to vote against its acceptance The records- in Washington show that Robert Lee threw down liis commission as Colonel Union and the Constitution of Virginia Ln the United States Army April 20 1861 and before his resignation was acLcl unon by the War Department he had accepted a commission in the rebel army Merriam Post Meridcn Conn enters a most vigorous protest against the erection of a monument in Washington to the memory of Lee and tho it honors him for his service previous to 1861 yet It cannot find words to express its abhorrence of a man of his standing and education and fine character who should so far forget hlmsolf as to turn traitor to tho country that had made him what he was They had a rousing old time in Chicago at Memorial Hall recently when Maj Gen Frederick Grant and other high officers of the Grand Army were present and Comrade Gray championed the placing of the Lee statue in the Capitol at Washington Scores of veterans jumped to their feet and shouted at Dr Gray Infamy You are no good soldier and other similar remarks A resolution had been introduced protesting against the presence of Lees statue in the Hall of Fame as against the policy of the Republic and Dr Gray was the only member to vote against it Another exciting incident of the day was an attack against the Daughters of the Confederacy made by Col Jasper Darling to 1000 veter ans in Memorial Hall He declared that it was enough when tho Daughters of the Confederacy a short time ago un vailed a monument to memorialize the vilest murderer of the AVcstern World and was roundly applauded den Bunlett Past Commander-in- Chief does not favor the removal of the Lee statue from Statuary Hall In a speech in Boston tho other night he said It would light a flame that would set our whole firmament on fire Why object to Lee anyhow He was the second great figure in the greatest epoch this country or the world has ever seen I have never believed that Lees heart was in the fight on the side where he offered himself He was the victim of a cult wjjich had taught the Southern people mat mere was not anu suouiii not be a Nation but that to the State the supreme allegiance belonged Past Commander-in-Chief Tanner at the same meeting said of tho placing of the statue there It is the law and we who imperiled our lives In defense of law will do nothing but talk in oppo sition to its enforcement whether we agree to it or not Lee statue makes no motion but as It stands there it is an eternal witness of the power the magnanimity and glory of the great Na tion which he tried to destroy and failed And so I say let it stand To be continued The Confederate Banner There Editor National Tribune In The National Tribune of Jan 27 Comrade Talbot of Berkley Va writes under the caption Feeling in the South JIe says when the President came to JNonoiK a few weeks ago he went everywhere and could sec no rebel flag The Confederate veterans about 100 of them with their battleflag were in the parade About 100 Union veterans came over from the Soldiers Home and were escorted to the speakers stand by a delegation from Worden Newel Post A When President Taft came to the reviewing stand his auto passed between the lines of ex Union and ex Confederates which stood facing each other with Old Glory and the rebel flags in juxtaposition The Union color bearer dipped his flag in salute to the Presidents and Johnny Reb followed suit with his Mr Taft alighted nearest to the rebel line and when the wind caught the rebel flag it was whipped around the President nearly knocking his hat off Was that the first time that a President elected by Republican votes has been saluted by the rebel flag I have been the Soutli 29 years and must say Comrade Talbot has much to learn about the sentiment in the SouthWhile the feeling is not so Intense as It was it yet exists and undoubtedly will exist as long as their rebel organizations continue There is much less flaunting- of tho rebel flag in this section of the South than formerly The good sense of the people Is prevailing The A is doing a noble work here in a quiet way Without brag or bluster they are compelling the respect of their one time enemies and that with little help and less recognition rrom the National body The Southern Departments are bearing the heat and burden of the work that the A was organized to do and yet there are many single PosU in the North which have more money given them to use than whole Departments have in the South With many votes in these Southern Departments wc have scarcely any National offlcors to make known our needs Comrades come South on a flying trip or stay a short time into jomraue Talbot and going back think they know all about tho feeling In the South Now you cant compel patriotism It must be done by teaching and example and you can neither teach nor exemplify patriotism a thousand miles away In the name of Justice either give us a rest or a square deal John Stebbins Past Department Commander Department of Virginia and North Carolina A II Norfolk Va Comrade Stebblnss report of the Norfolk affair fully agrees with the representation of the visit of the President to Norfolk For one week tho pictures were thrown on the screens of the moving picture shows In Washington just following the occasion under discussion and Confederate flags were everywhere in evidence in the decorations and President Taft stood under tho folds of a Confederate Hag while speaking At least that was the case in tho passing show as dertioted with every detail In the photographs Editor National Tribune Ex Prisoners of War II Dunbar Candor thinks that the 30 days limitationon prisoners of war will work a hardship to many deserving veterans When Mc Clellan was making his masterly retreat In front of Richmond he was so busy getting to a place of safety that he made little effort to rcmovo his wounded Several hundred fell into the hands of the enemy and were taken to Libbey A month later an arrangement was made by which an exchange of prison- ers was effected Those who were wounded at Mechanicsville June 2C will get tho 2 a day and others who wero in two or three more fights and were wounded a few days later will be left out This is not fair Taken on the Weldou Railroad Ed Love Tucson Ariz is much Interested in the Wilderness Campaign He was in the fighting from the beginning until Aug 19 lSGt and was taken prisoner on the Weldon Railroad with some 1800 others- He beat Grant Into Richmond and was a prisoner for nearly eight months FOR The Indorsements of Grand Army Posts of Voters in National EncarHpmeritj and Other Per sonal1 Indorsements Continue to Come inlBattalions I Commander Ilejjry Johnson and Past Commandpr Edwin II Holbrook of the Department of Potomac desire to state thru the columns of The National Tribune their gratification for the splendid indorsements which they are receiving front Posts ot the A members of the House of Lords and hundreds of personal indorsements of the candidate presented by Department of Potomac A It for Commander-in-Chief Department Commando Johnson says that he believes that there has never been anything like it in the history of the A nnd sava that it doesnt seem to him that there can be another living man whose personality has so wrapped itself about the hearts of the veterans as that of John McElroy who for file past 35 years first as editor of the Toledo Blade and later of The National Tribune has given all the energy of his life to the upbuilding comfort and welfare of the veterans of the civil war Thru personal letters Col Holbrook-who is Chairman of the John McElroy Campaign Committee finds that a great many Posts have indorsed the candidacy of Comrade McElroy but have failed to send these indorsements either to The National Tribune or to the Commander of the Department of Potomac In view of this fact and being desirous of keeping a complete record of all indorsements Comrade Holbrook asks that the following letter be printed in The National Tribune Department of Potomac A It Washington Dear Comrades Having made the discovery that numbers of Posts- thru out the country have Indorsed he candidacy of our comrade John McElroy of Department of Potomac for Commander-in-Chief and that these Posts have failed to report said Indorsement to this Department I desire to make it known that the John McElroy Campaign Committee Is making a complete record of all such indorsements By vote of the Campaign Committee I hereby respectfully request that tho Posts that have indorsed and have failed to send in their indorsements and all other Posts that are desirous of indorsirig the candidacy of Comrade McElroy will kindly forward the action of their Posts as quickly as possible to these head quarters Yours In and Ed win II Holbrook Chairman James Shields Post Department of Kansas has resolved that the Delegates of that Post to the Department Encampment to- bo held at Hutchinson Kan be -instructed to only support Delegatea to the -National Encampment favorable to John McElroy for Commander-in-Chief Geo Friend Adjutant Fair Oiks Post Department of New York most heartily indorses the candidacy of Comradq John McElroy editor of The National Tribune for Commander-in-Chief and earnestly hopes and prayj that he may be elected by a good majority at Atlantic City Shlpman Commander Abbott Adjutant James IL Glbvftlny Post of Pennsylvania unanimously indorses Comrade John McElroy and knotai1 that he Is fully capable of filling theoffica Jn every respect and we are refidy to jo anything we can for him standing shoulder to shoulder to work in the same spirit that led us on from 61 to C5 James Martin Commander James A Garfield Tost California unanimously Indorses John McElroy for Commander-in-Chief Karmiusky Adjutant John Arnold Post Pennsylvania has unanimously indorsed Comrade John McElroy for Commander-in-Chief of tho A James Schaffer Commander Kinsman Post Ohio indorses Comrade John McElroy for the office of Commander-in-Chief and earnestly recommends Ills elevation thereto Ethel- bert Tobes Commander A Thomas Adjutant Boomer Post Neb believes John Mc Elroy to be both worthy and capable and unanimously Indorses him Chas Barker Commander II Gill Adjutant David Porter Post Missouri in dorses John McElroy for Commander- in Chief and The National Tribune pen hlon bill and wishes success to both Grantham Adjutant Gregg Post Bellefonte Pa most earnestly Indorses the candidacy of Comrade McElroy for our next Commander-in-Chief and will use all honorable means to secure his election Gregg Post also Indorses The National Tribune pension bill believing It to be the best measure that has yet been suggested and urges Its representatives in Congress to use every effort to further tho passage of the bill Emanuel Noll Adjutant Turley Post Missouri indorses Comrade John McElroy for Commander-in-Chief and will send Delegates from their Post to the Department to enforce the wishes of their Post II Corbln Commander Levi Slinger Ad jutant Ingham Post Pennsylvania heartily Indorses tho candidacy of John McEl roy Past Senior Vice Commander-in-Chief for Commander-in-Chief in 1910 and states that its membership of 140 will press hard for his election Daniel Fitzwater Commander Bardwell Adjutant Thf Pnuf nt Kahlnfl Pnw to Trt cldedly unanimous In its indorsement of John McElroy for Commander-in-Chief It eonsistspf GusjHigby First Lieuten nnt On TC YiPnv la tmn dealer in gcncralmcrchandise on that iar tuuiufu uMn itfr ul me uniteu State Hejniovesipeconds and declares allopted anijsolutipiy favoring John Mc Elroy for Nfc Pitt3Post Tennessee unanimous- ly Indorse John McElroy for fc AV Goff Commander ij Brandon Adjutant BryantoRuart frOiasler il rt Peter Mdler Pist Pennsylvania unanimously indorses John McElroy the editor jof TheNtion tI Tribune for Commander-in-Chief and will put forth fivery effort to secure his election II Myers Commander James Speal man Adjutant Morton Post Washington Department of Washington and Alaska unanimously indorses John McLlrov for Commander-in-Chief 11 A Davis Commander uy Adjutant Col Ellsworth Post Wisconsin unanimously indorses John McElroy for Commander-in-Chief and also are a mil for The National Tribune pension bli John button Commander A Rosco Adjutant Davison Quartermaster Mansfield Post Brooklyn unanimously indorses John McElroy for Kow ioGet Rid of Catarrh A Simple Safe Reliable Way and it Costs Nothing to Try Those who suffer from catarrh know Us miseries There is no need of this suffering You can get rid ot it by a simple safe Inexpensive home treatment discovered by Dr Blosscr Who for over thirty five years has been treating catarrh successfully Ills treatment is unlike any other It is nota spray douche salve cream or inhaler but is a more direct and thorough treatment than any of these It cleans out the head nose throat and lungs so that you can again breathe freely and sleep without that stopped up feeling that all catacrh sufferers have It heals the diseased mucous membranes and 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make a fine team to run the A It and that no better men can be secured Adolph Ernst Commander Geo II Bryan Ad jutant Henry Van Aernum Post New York unanimously Indorses the nomination of Comrade John McElroy for National Commander and urges the P03t the Commander and the Delegates to use their influence at tho State Encampment to elect Delegates favorable to McElroys nomination at the National Encampment John Langhans Commander Thomas Sharp Post New Jersey declares that it will use every endeavor to have Comrade John McElroy elected Commander-in-Chief at the National Encampment at Atlantic City Theodore Birch Adjutant James Mix Post New York unanimously indorses Comrade John McElroy fcr Commander-in-Chief Reuben Gee Adjutant William Minor Post Connecticut announces with great pleasure that it unanimously indorses John McElroy for Commander-in-Chief Myron Simpson Adjutant Houghton Post Washington Department of Washington and Alaska unanimously indorses Comrade John McElroy for Commander-in-Chief Charles Pelmer Adjutant Walter A Wood Post New York Indorses Comrade McElroy for Commander-in-Chief and pledges itself to use all honorable means to Insure his election to that office Wood Adjutant Thomas A Parker Post Massachusetts unanimously indorses Comrade McElroy for Commander-in-Chief and declares that it prizes The National Tribune as the best soldier paper that Is printed and thinks Comrade McEl roy would be a fine looking fellow in uniform of our Commander-in-Chief and will do all that it can to tput him there George Tarbell Commander McGregor Post Connecticut most heartily Indorses Comrade John McEl roy for Commander-in-Chief of the A in 1910 A Potter Adjutant James Brownell Post Iowa jmously indorses the candidacy of Com rade McElroy for Commander-in-Chief Hurd Commander Wallace Post Massachusetts unanimously indorses Comrade McEl roy for Commander-in-Chief In 1910 Henry Davis Adjutant Phil Kearny Post Oregon most heartily indorses Comrade John McEl roy for Commander-in-Chief Craig Commander Phillip Bier Post West Virginia indorses Comrade John McElroy for Commander-in-Chief knowing his past devoted service in the interest of our comrades and our Order and recognizing in him a comrade fully competent and thoroly fitted for that position in everything that pertains thereto Stlne Commander Roberts Adjutant Maj Chr Woerner Post New Jersey unanimously supports the candidacy of Comrade McElroy for the honored position of Commander-in-Chief knowing the confluence of the Post will not be mlsplaced in year looking after the welfare of the veterans as your past efforts are sufficient to prove to us John Tighe Commander II Stewart Post New York de clares We Indorse the candidacy of our grand old comrade John McElroy for Commander-in-Chief in 1910 We also desire that our Delegates to the Department Encampment of New York be Instructed to use all honorable means to promote his nomination and election and earnestly hope and pray that one so deserving and so well qualified as Comrade McElroy will be elected to this highest position in the A It and in view of his many acts of loyalty to our Order and believing him to be the right man for the place we pledge him our support We also fully indorse The National Tribune pension bill as only doing justice to the veterans of the civil war who will soon be beyond the reach of help by Congress William Thompsw Post Pennsylvania heartily Indorses The National Tribune bill in its entirety and John McElroy for Commander-in-Chief Thompson Commander Ress lcr Adjutant Batavia Post Illinois unanimously Indorses Comrade John McElroy for Commander-in-Chief and also indorses Tlie National Tribune pension bill The Post earnestly protests against the placing of the statue of Robert Lee in the Hall of Fame or any other efiigy of one who fought to destroy the Union of the States Don Joslyn Commander James Fredendall Adjutant Wntrous Post of New York Resolved That in recognition of the long and faithful service of John McElroy that stanch and true friend -of the boys of 01 to we cordially indorse him for Commander-in-Chief and also believing that The National Tribune pension bill provides for the greatest good to the greatest number we eorrt ally in dorse the fame and urse its favorable consideration by our members of Con gress Alexander Monroe Adjutant Robert Oldham Post of Pennsylvania unanimously Indorsed John McEl roy for Commander-in-Chief in 1910 and instructed its representatives to the Department Encampment and National Encampment to use all fair means to secure his election Charles Horn Adjutant Conrtland Sanders Post of Philadelphia Comrade John McElroy has been unanimously indorsed bv this Post for Commander-in-Chief John Fowler Commander Robert Hall Adjutant Brandywine Post Pennsylvania By unanomius rote of the Post our Delegates being present they were Instructed to support John McElroy for Commander-in-Chief at the next Department Encampment and do all that they can to assure his election Heck Adjutant John A Anderson Post of Kansas Our Past unanimously Indorses John McElroy for Commander-in-Chief in 1910 as he has always stood bv the soldiers and has been true to the old Flag and we all Indorse Tne National Tribune pension bill hoping it will be come a law for it is what all the old comrades need Frowe Com mander John Dodgion Adjutant James AVhecler Post Indiana Reso lutions were passed in dorsing The National Tribune pension uill and John McElroy for the next Commander-in-Chief Wm Kimball Commander John Luther Adjutant Kenny Post Minnesota Our Post is all harnessed and ready to pull John McElroy into the Commander-in-Chiefs chair II Case Adjutant Brown Post Ohio Resolved That Congress be urged to take Immediate action toward the passage of The Na tional Tribune pension bill so that the aged an infirm veterans who gave their an to save tne country may not be left to sutrcr for the comforts of life jn their old age and the Ohio members of Con gress are petitioned to stand by tnia bill The Post abo unanimously Indorses the candidacy of Comrade John McElroy for Commander-in-Chief Jas A Gatewood Commander George Perkins Adjutant Brill Post Illinois indorses Tho National Tribune pension bill and urges its representatives in Congress tn ns everv elfnrt tn iria It Thrt Trti nln indorses John McElroy for Commander-in-Chief in 1910 Riley Commander Gott Adjutant Col Dan MeCnolr Post tVachlnrtnn unanimously indorses Inhn iti pirmr frw Commander-in-Chief in 1910 Ira errn Adjutant Freeman Thayer Post South Dakota unanimously indorses The National Tribune pension bill It also indorses John McElroy for Commander-in-Chief in 1310 Hawley Commander Lookout Post Pennsylvania unanl mously and enthusiastically indorses Comrade John McElroy for Command- We also prepared and forwarded numerously signed petitions to our member of Congress and Senator asking for their support of The Nation al Tribune pension bill and have received favorable replies from both Murphy Adjutant Liberty Post Missouri Whereas we feel that John McElroy is one of the best equipped men that could be named to fill th nftlpf nf rnrnTTinnilfi rVilftr Resolved that we as a Post fully and empnaucaiiy inuorse tjomraac McElroy for that high office for 1910 The Post also indorses The National Tribune pension bill and begs its members of Congress to support it Josiah McKinnon Adjutant Lieut Wm II Kinkade Post Penn sylvania unanimously indorses John McElroy for Commander-in-Chief in 1910 Shiftier Adjutant II Aldrlch Post New York desires to see The National Tribune pension bill become a law also the ex prisoners of war bill and the Post heartily indorses John McElroy for Commander-in-Chief II Tdtman Senior Vice Commander Uncle Sam Post Department of California and Nevada unanimously indorses Comrade John McElroy for Commander-in-Chief and urges their Delegates to the Department Encampment to support onlj those as Delegates to the National Encampment in Atlantic City who will pledge themselves to support Comrade McElroy for Commander-in-Chief They also indorse and will do all in their power to pass The National Tribune bill Joe Enderlin Commander Hosea Adjutant Ford Post Ohio The 150 members aro enthusiastically in favor of John McElroy for Commander-in-Chief in 1910 and they also unanimously indorse The National Tribune pension bill Williams Commander A Brown Post of Wisconsin unanimously indorsed John McElroy for tho next Commander-in-Chief Bates Commander A Walker Adjutant James Mathews Post Oregon earnestly believes that John McElroy will be elected Commander-in-Chief and heartily indorses him Beach Commander Gen Sheridan Post Iowa la- dorse Comrade John McElroy for Commander-in-Chief in 1910 George Webb Commander Johnson Adjutant Gordon GrangerPost Nebraska We indorse John McElroy us our choice for Commander-in-Chief and Tve also indorse The National Tribune pension bill George AVhite Commander Moseley Adjutant Robert Henderson Post Iowa heartily indorses the candidacy of John McEl roy for Commander-in-Chief and also indorses The National Trlbns pvnston bill Whisler Commander AAV Dull Adjutant Barrere Post Ohio unanimously resolves That our Delegates to the Department Encampment to be held at Xenia in June be instructed to do all In their power to elect representatives to the National Encampment who will work for John McElroy for and to use all honorable means to secure a solid delegation from Ohio to support this trustworthy and patriotic comrade George AV Barrere Commander AAoodrow Adjutant Almon AAhito Post New Hampshire We heartily indorse The National Tribune pension bill and also indorse the candidacy of John McElroy for Commander-in-Chief in 1910 II AAinslow Commander Gen AV Sherman Post Iowa re solves that Past Department Com mander Phil Shaller a member of this Post be instructed to support John Mc Elvoy for Commander-in-Chief at the National Encampment at Atlantic City in 1910 Comrade Shaller adds to this In reply to the resolution I will say that I will eurry out the wishes of our post I WAS A isavy Drinker gonsumed quart of whiskey every 24 hours mmsm 3 oays If yon Icbow nnyono vrlio drink al Co hoi tn an form regularly or txnodt rally ma nd my FREE bookTontoAlom of an Alcohol SUre I ilrnnk beer nt first Lheo cradnallyderclopM Into a drlnkeruf strong liquor when drinking hraT 11 7 wouldnt heaitate to pawn mj coat or totak Ooon window to gf pints For loop rlodi 1 woc3 arinfc orcr oiurt ct wfcUey rum or gta dally And tonitintxea drinks and bwrr additionally I lainniTffl bu si nous health and social opportunities made family in If era Me Ic rtol friends ind became an unworthy unwelcome burden upon all except the saloonkeepers who cheerfully took my money for the rion ttj care xce For 1G years 1 kept It up ami IwasrepardM as a hopeless raae anwscirrdid me no Kood Hat now I bATe a Joyful xueasuce for drlufcers ana VlA9A a saassKJ vi3ieio AVbllo drifting- from bnd to worse as all ilaTesot King Alcohol do I unexpectedly fouml a true cure It was and lit senoine It saTed my life 31y health xtnn quickly restored 1 camo and am a respectable man enJoytuaeTenr beneSt ot freedom from the accursed alcohol I speedily and catnrally lost all desire for dnnk I took less and lert I becan to prefer tea and other non alcohol lfqnhlstho craving for Utiuor ceased 1 ooold leep jtertectly my stomach became well ana I recor ereafrom other ailments which I now know wera dot to my lndnlcenre la strQng drink WONDERFUL BIy rare lasted 3 days Jf I tad relied trpoa Vdll power or faith 1 would still ben drunkard beran an alcohol siave has no will power while drinking I rejoiced so greatly at La vtng found a true enra that 1 decided to deTote my life to iernorlm the ccx from others My success has been marrelous Unrlrx eight years I liuvo personally attended to over OOUO men anu women who were ad dieted to drink the list Includes rexy many persons notable la all walks of lire lnclndlrg those of brains and those ot physical energy If 1 were permitted to menrion names of those who hare teen saTed turouKh this quulrpcrmnnent cure the public would be astonished Tley include serators confiTtSAmen public officials great lawyers bankers ciergymtn noted merchants uUUed mechanics trusted managers and clerks fanners and others In all rocattons I tell about the secret In my book which 1 send FUEK to every person or relatiTe or friend who takes alcohol In any form to excess 3ly one purpose in Ilia Is to cure the drunkard I rejoice In every cure each victim has my sympathy Whatl promise absolutely maranteed 3fs remedy is for tuber steady or periodical drinkers Think ot It a complete and permanent home cure between Xrlday nlcht and Monday 3d cht or any other 72 hours 1 Men orU omen Any Ace Quickly Cured Xo relatives txlends or employers I say If yoa wont to cure a drinker in the quickest time and penuaenllr with or without his knowledge and witu fibaolcte safety read my boot changes despair to Joy I roll send yon my book In plain wrapper promptly postpaid It tells ot my own career and the wonderful discovery and rives valuable advice other boos like if Iesperlallyappealiothosewhobad wasted money on treatments or rexneds which have no lasting effect llcinemt er it costs nothing and yoa will always be slsd that yoa wrote Cor respondenee strictly confidential Cut this out if 70tx casaot write to day Address EDWARD WOODS 534 Sixth ays 45T A Kew York Ijockes Songs Isaac Ij Grensel 15S4 Scotten avenue Detroit Mich sends us a couple ol yellow time stained sheets containing the songs and the music sold by Locke over which there had been so much controversy Comrade Srense says that he found them in a Testament which he carried thru the war from Culpeper Va He paid 25 cents for each of them One of the songs is entitled We Will Never Retreat Anj More sung tp the tune of Were Marching On to Richmond Another one is Were JIarching On to Richmond to the tune of Were Marching Down to Dixies Land Free Asthma and Hay Fever Cure Lane a chemist at US Lane BUff St Marys Kan manufactures a remedy fol Asthma nurt liny Fever In which he has miicl confidence that he semis a I bottle bj express to anyone who will write for It nn offer is that he is to be paid for It If It cures and the one taking the treatment is tc be the Judge Consul at Cainpbellton Xow Brunswick Our good comrade Theodoslus Bot kin Past Department Commander of Kansas is now United States Consul at Campbellton Comrade Botkin served In the 44th Ohio and the 8th Ohio Cav during the civil war and was Captain and Assistant Adjutant General of Volunteers during the War with Spain A Veterans Widow Mrs Ellen Williams Corydon Iowa whose husband served in the 2d Colo Cav makes a plea for increased pensions to aged women of her class ohe Is now S2 years old unable to do anything toward her own care and all that prevents her from being an outcast Is that a dear old friend gives her a corner In her humble home She hopes that her sisters may never know what she has suffered Free Book About Cancerr THE LEACH SANATORIUM of Indianapolis Ind has published a book on cancer which gives tnterfstlnc facts about the cause of cat cer tells what to do In case of pain bleeding odor etc instructs in the care of the patient and is In fact a valuable guide ft the management ot any case The book Is sent fret to those Interested who write for it mentioning this paper Washington in Gala Attire Reed 68th Pa West Chester Pa makes a correction In the interest of history The National Capital was not illuminated on the evening of the assassination of Lincoln It was the night before that the city was in a blaze of Comrade Reeds recollection Is that President Lincoln was serenaded at the White House on tho evening of April 13 when he made a speech and requested the playing of Dixie Comrade Reed was on detached duty in the War Department at the time Rockefellers Wealth Homer Jennings Bridgeport Conn suggests ap appropriate use of KocKeieuers money that Is to give every pensioner on the rolls who i3 now past Co years old 40 a month This should be a great joy in doing a pa triotic uuty CURE FOR INDIGESTION Reid What We Will Do for Ail Sufferers of Indieettin i Sick Headache and All Forms of Stomach Troubh Send 10c to cover cost ot mailing etc and we will send WITHOUT FURTHEK CHAHdH a J100 ABSORPTION TEATMENT SpVa ioo fcc wurtia Ke magic on the bolar plexus which Is the center ot the ympathetic nerve system that controls the digestive organs Write us NOW and we wilt save you days and weeks of misery Address Ohio Remedy Co Box 34 Sta Toledo IONS PATENTS BOUNTIES Minirsolillerswh flrew pension under tlieoldlawbat noirdrawunder actor Feb 6 1907 can now go li ck to il I lw and otitsln further lnerew Pensions and hi mtles prorira I Tor soldiers aui wldowa Pa ems irMiiml liruiTeiiton OveriByearssuccessfol practice Vow write him JOSEPH HUNTER Pension and Patent Attorney Washington.