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Yv VOL. XVII. _ 1 TllK 01,1) YKT8. Columbia Receives Them With Open Hands and Hearts. TOUCHING TRIBUTE TO THE DEAD "Tenting on the <>l?l t'niiip (Ji'ound" AwnkciiH Many Tender Mi ni(tries and Stirs the < >10 Sold lers. The gallant veterans of the S Jiith Carolina Division, U. C. \'., haveoncc more marclied t<> tlielr Capitol City. In tjehalf of South Carolina Columbia gladly and proudly welcomed these defenders i f Southern rights. Foi their sains and in memory of their deeds her gates were opened wide and warm was the welcome that came from the hearts of a people. The stars and bars were seen from the tops of I muses, from windows, on vehicles and, best of all, they were otlioe 'living in the hands of the fair o daughters of South Carolina. Pictures of Jackson, Ilampton and Lee were seen, always surrounded by the battle Hags of tlie Southern Confederacy. Secretary of State Gantt had the State House decorated and Governor Hey ward had ids olllce lloating the stars and bars and the Palmetto Mag. Tlie Governor's mansion was draped in these patriotic colors. They clung, with loving pride around the marble monument to the Confederate soldier in fifiiir i if l.lin nuiilti il find Hmuku laden and beautiful, tliey rested upon the old war cannon that stand silent and solitary around this monument. The notes of the bugle and the drum were heard again and the hand played "Dixie" and the "Bonnie Blue Flag!" Fleet rie lights in rod and white lined the sides of the streets and overarched it at regular intervals. And peace was in the air, while the birds sang and the breezes blew softly for those tiery spirits whose valor gave the doom of battle in the bloody arbitrament ol war. The tents on the State House grounds were vivid reminders of the old lighting days. Adj. (Jen. Frost was busy preparing this camp foi the old veterans, knowing that they would like these resting places. The large tent held over 200 soldiers and the numerous small tents made thing? look regimental here. The veterans came in the first da> in large numbers. Hverjfv .train or Monday night brought squads anc companies and on Tuesday, the lirst and opening day of the reunion, the old veterans were in comnlete nosscs slon of the city. The opening event was the welcome to sponsors at Wright's Hotel from (J to 7::io Tuesday evening. Numbers of the oki veterans were there, "looking after' their sponsors and maids, and score? of sonsof veterans were there "looking after*' their fathers. Music wa? furnished by the Columbia Orchestra, and the event was a very brilliant one. A WA1CM WKI.COMK. The State says there were soul-in spiring scenes at the Columbia theatre Tuesday night of last week. '1 he vasl auditorium was packed as it has not been since last tlie Confederate survi vors met here, and at times those, the youth of whose heart belies the frost of time on their brows, were drawt hack to scenes when love of countrj was dearer than life itself. The organized body of Confederate veterans of South Carolina was called to order iit B.au o'clock. That houi found the opera house tilled, with hun dreds outside struggling to gain admission. The Jam around the door; prevented some of the sponsors from getting into the hall and this prevent cd the exercises beginning promptly ()n the stage were the invited speakers, a number of sponsors and maids of honor and the choir, which so sweet ly sang the songs of Auld-Lang Syne. 'Idie entire lower lloor of the open house was reserved for the veterans and there were perhaps l,f>00 of th6rr present, for in the galleries above among the fair ladies of Carolina were men whose hearts never faltere( in the days of '01 to 'da. MKDLKY OF WAK TUNICS. While the irrcat audience wascrat.h cring the orchestra struck up a raed ley of war tunes. The strains o "Yankee Doodle" lirstevoked a storrr of cheers and then tlic music glider into tunes of the camp lire, quicken ing the recollection of hundreds o brave hearts. Suddenly the sound o trumpets was heard and then "Dixie." When the survivors had concluded cheering the march which had swept them Into the face of death time and time again, the lights were turned out and a hush fell over the assembly Iiugler Lightfoot stepped to the front of the stage and sounded the quid notes of the assembly, a call whict has wakened the sleeping soldiers fronr dreams of home and loved ones t< dash into the mouths of hell-breathing cannon, sounding the assembly t< the great dress parade of eternity When the notes of the bugle had diet away the curtain rose swiftly and i choir of fiO voices on the stage begar singing the Long Metre Doxology This, too struck a responstve chord ii the audience, and hundreds of voices terror laden when giving the "Itebe yell," were softened in singing "Prais< God from Whom All iilesslngs Flow.' CAPT, STARLING AT Til K OA VET,. Capt. W. D. Starling, a man wh< loved and fought for the Confederacy and the man who for his faith in Co m lumhia and his willingness to labor for her has been made commander of Camp Hampton and general chairman of tlie reunion work, advanced and 1 called the meeting to order. < ilev. W. D. Gordon of Camden, a distinguished preacher of the Episcopal church, offered a prayer straight from his heart, for he was a gallant i, l'";hter among the Matchlessoldiers of ( North Carolina. Ills reference to the dead on Ileitis of battle was part leular1' ly beautiful. The choir warmed the hearts of the , old soldiers by singing the "llonnie i Itlue Klag," each stanza oi which pro! voked prolonged applause. UUSINKSS MKN'S WKU'ltMK. Mr. \V. A. Clark, president of tlie Chamber of Commerce and a Confederate veteran, welcomed the veterans to the city in behalf of tlie business i men of the city. Mr. Clark said: I Mr. Chairman and Veterans: It af- ( ,; fords me real pleasure, fellow veterans, . speaking for th chamber of commerce ' .: and ror the good people of tills city, to ; ' extend to you a most cordial welcome i , i and to wish you a happy and pleasant ! , reunion. Our doors are thrown wide I , I open and by their authority and re pre- ' tentative 1 invite you to cuter and be our guest. I In extending you this invitation al- . low nie, friends and fellow veterans, , | to say that any community should , I esteem it a privilege to bo your host 1 1 and we, 1 assure you, so esteem it. As the surviving heroes of the Lost , j Cause you are rightfully entitled to our esteem, admiration and gratitude, . I for veterans indeed you are, veterans 1 in age, veterans in experience, veterans in war and veterans in peace. Few of you there he who havrf- not < , already passed tlie sixtieth mil * post i in the journey of life and can now 110k , hack with experiences pregnant with j I great issues. It has fallen to i lie lot I of few to have borne such vicissitudes as you. Von are the remnant of a war al- 1 , most without a parrnllel in history, j and yet the peace that followed i in - 1 i possed trials even more severe than I j the cruelt ies of war itself. These I trials you have borne with more than Spartan fortitude. This time lias j bei n set apart to celebrate the triumph , of your efforts and 1 speak no idle ' ; words when 1 say, we esteem the -; honor of the occasion. ! 1IKUOKS OK A OUKAT ?' VUSIi. You arc the heroes of a great cause. You with your comrades, many of , ' whom gave up their lives on the field of battle and many of whom have since : met the last enemy and have come off ' more than conquerors, made battle Tor the cause of right and principle. The great war in which you were I tlie actors, unlike many others which 1 are called great, was altogether deI Tensive, fought in defense of rights i j more dear than life itself. History ' records but few waged upon the same plane of exalted principles. In the ( ' | conquests of Alexandei the underly<! ing principles were the subjugation of J tiie world, in the campaigns of the I ; Caesars the underlying principles . were new and additional territory for > the Roman empire and the enslave[ ment of entire communities of civll > ized peoples. In the wars of the first i Napoleon the underlying principles > were nothing more elevated than a selfish purpose to subordinate all to the indomitable will of a remorseless ambition. , Not s<> with the war waged by your.. It. like its great forerunner, the American revolution, had higher aims " and nobler aspirations. , Constitutional rights and personal liberties were the great questions at j issue and over which the great battle , was joined. The line was drawn and the battle , YYiiKL'u ueuween me iwo aistinclive peoples who had settled in this country r and by whose intelligence, industry and courage it soon took its place among the formost nations of the civi. li/.ed world. Peoples, each distinj guished for tlieir intellectual vigor, their high standard of moral and religious aims, and their unbending loyalty to the cause of truth and jus> tice. The puritans of New England on the one blind and the cavaliers and Scotch of Virginia and the Carolinas x on the other; each lighting for constitutional liberties, as they each for ! themselves read and interpreted the law. it was indeed a battle of principles, J waged by giants. It was desperate and it was destructive. It also, from the verv nature of t.hn the horrors of fartricidal war. Frat ricidal not only In the broad sense that we, while one people, were dividf cd and fighting the one against the 1 other. Hut true in the narrow sense. I Yes, It not unfrequently happened - that those so near and dear as brothers f enlisted upon different sides, each risf ing to distinction and high rank in the army of his choice. It was indefed the case of a divided house. I It has but recently been my privilege to see a lx)ok of the genealogy of I one of the distinguished families of this country, who grew to greatness in the great State or Kentucky. FOB TIIK BIGIIT. j The record shows that the family j furnished to both the federal army and , Confederate army soldiers of distinction and of unquestioned courage. , The name appears among the major generals in each army. From one j house hold alone of the name three , sons were soldiers in the federal army , and two sons-in-law were soldiers in the Confederate army. Nor can either, J be charged with being traitor to his country. Each fought for the cause | as appeared unto him right; and as he . saw it, it was to him right. ^ For theko as well as other reasons it was a desperate war. It was aconilict between a great people and upon > great principles. [(,'ONTINUKL) ON l'AOK FOUll.] * I * i |M CONWAY, HAPPY WORDS S t I Of Welcome Extended to the Old Confederate Veterans by I g I SOVERNOR D. CLINCH HEYWARD ' t t A IlitmlHoiiio Tribute to tIn* Women. ' Tim (ironI l>cetlH of Arm* J; Wrought l?y Carol Ii?i?'h t llrnvc Soiih. The Columbia State says eyes have J Dover seen nor has canvas ever purLrayed a scene more inspiring in its t environments than that which erect- < 3d Gov. I). C. I ley ward as lie arose to 1 .uldress the Confederate soldiers Wed- j iiesday ^cronon. lie sto id at the t Toot of the steps of the State house I uid ^ave South Carolina's godspeed ' to the veterans massed In front of v i 111 in on each side of the remnant s of y Smith Carolina's splendid battalions > was a line of younger soldiers, on 1 guard to prevent t lie profanation of the space reserved for tit.- men who ' fought their way to immortality. ( Iteyond the martial scene and Its conjuring inllueuces the Confederate sol- ^ iller on the monument stood at parade rest. Hack of the speaker the faces and forms of children gave brightness ( to the picture and the old "licks" lived their lives anew in gazing on the t teens of young fac.es Hushed wit h the . happiness of having literally bestrewed "| with Mowers the pathway of the army whoso unprotected feet have felt the sharp Mint on Virginia highways. ( Cheer after cheer rent the air as the ( veterans gathered before the stand, cheers for the governor of (heir corn- j monweajth, cheers for the children j who will be the queens of Carolina ( principalities in the years to come. lust as the governor was about, to ^ begin speaking a shower drove many ( of the younger folks under cover of umbrellas, but the veterans stood their ground. ' I am reminded by { this shower and by tire presence of the Georgians of an incident which ( happened on the Carolina coast," said ( Gov. I ley ward to the eager listeners. ( "A Georgia corporal who knew nothing of tides stationed a private and ( forbade him to leave the post. When the corporal of the next relief came along he found the poor fellow standing in water up to his neck, with his gun held high in air. 'What the i thunderationarc you doing out there?' >> asked the corporal. '1 was told not ' to leave my post,' was the response, ( 'but say, haven't we had the diekens < Di a rresnei up the river'/'" Guv. I Icy ward declared that tliero had been a freshet of veterans this week, J pouring into Columbia and refreshing 1 and reviving hy their presence, the ? memories of the days gone by. < The little story and its application ' pleased the soldiers, who bared their < beads to cheer despite the rain. ' Many times during liis admiralile I speech, delivered with much earnest- 1 ness and feeling, the governor was , forced to suspend on account, of cheering. At the conclusion of his address , lie was the vortex of a surging cm vd, each of whom wanted to grasp him by the hand. Some out of consideration for Gov Hey ward's welfare lifted him upon their musket knighted shoulders | and carried him into a place of refuge. , Jn addressing the veterans t he governor said: GOVKKNOJt HHYWAUD'S WELCOME. Gen. Carwile, Confederate Veterans, 1 Sons of Veterans, Sponsors, Ladies 1 and Gentlemen: 1 To the people of Columbia this is a week of sad and sacred memories, and also of great joy. Its opening days have been spent in honoring the dead ?In placing wreaths on soldiers' graves; its remaining days will lie given to the living?In greeting and In weaving garlands for the veterans of the armies of the south. The week lias been like an. April day, so quickly lias the sunshine fol lowed the shadow so quickly has Joy 1 followed sadness. While the bells tolled, with bowed heads we thanked Lite Lord God of Hosts for those who ' in their lives and in 'their deaths advanced the south in glory and in ( honor; and now it Is our pleasure and our privilege to welcome with happy 1 hearts and with outstretched hands, to this the capital of South Carolina, 1 those men who in years gone by also wore the Confederate gray. Although It has been H8 years since ' the southern Hag was folded at Appomattox, find 12 years skioe the guns of Sumter and of Moultrie thundered forth over Charleston harbor, yet the people of the south cannot forget. They still cherish the Stars and liars that glorious battle (lag, around which once rang the "rebel yell," and 1 beneath whose folds the sons of south i yielded up their lives in defense Of 1 their constitutional riglVts-^they still 1 love the southern Confederacy?the young republicivhitJuicosc so spotless and which fdfll so pure/ ' ^ 1 Once again thft weOft.^tCthe city i Of Columjblai a*.city whhliphoenix- 1 like has jaHkcji. front Its fURies, the i bands art {playing I>fxT8**a'tid once < again those* soul-stirring strains arc I sinking deep Into.thC hearth of white- 1 haired <men who fought and bled, for ) Dixie. Once again cherished relics I of the past have beep brought/ ffarth, I and bedeath a "southern sky^tlSo^c i floats, as proudly fU of yore, those be- > loved, blood-stained and bullet-torn ' banner# of the old Confederacy. Once < again arc marching the men who I wore the gray, and again baa the sun- ' shine played upon their ragged gray mm i* . . m ! S. C? TIUJHSDAV, aps, upon which as Henry (Jrady ' iai'1, "The Lord (Jod Almighty laid die Sword of His Impcrlshahlo Knighthood,'' Til K LAST M KKTI NO. You liavo met, some of you, porta ps, for the last time on earth to ;hakeeach others' hands. You have some from every part of Sou til ina -you have eo n4 from Georgia, ! o i, to mingle again as comrades, and ,o do honor to the memory of your sot- i lier dead that vast army of patriots vho, having crossed over tlie river, ire awaiting you on the further diore. You have met again in this, die twentieth century, to record the 'act that the Confederate soldier lias 10 apologies to make ?that he is not ishanicd of the part he played in the lays of 'til and '(>">, and you are here, tlso, my fiiends. to attest the fact /hat when the liod of Hat tics decided igalnstyou, in good faith you accepted /hat decision. The great privilege, the distinguslied honor, has been conferred upon lie of welcoming you to this city, in lehalf of the people of this State.; iCt me say to you that, although, 1 velcoaie you gladly, heartily and lovugly, that you need no welcome to /his, your own capital. You need no iVelcomc here because Columtiia is murs it belongs to you and I may old that there is no spot of ground in kiutli Carolina or in the south to vllich vou arc not. welcome Thnw iv ! io patriot heart in our grand and (lorious commonwealth the comnonwealth which produced su di men is yourselves that docs lint heat with iride at the rememhrano" of your iceds, and which does not gladly wel:oine you to home and liresi le. In /lie years gone by you shed Imperishihle honor and lustre upon your be* oved Stale, and gratitude and love mm its people is yours forovermore. As you gut Iter each year at your reiiilons your ranks are growing thinler -your heads are growing whiter, ind your footsteps more inlirrn. One >y one the private is again following j lis commander not now to the Held ?f hat tie, hut to the great reward. Since last you met in this city in ,'our annual reunion, another great I diieftain has found that reward, in mur quiet churchyard, under the dome ?f the cupitol which he saved; beneath Confederate Hags and Mowers fair, deeps Wade Hampton. 'That spirit if his which was your Inspiration in he hour of battle, and your hope in he days of reconstruction, thrills, 1 enow, your hearts today, as we pause o do him reverence. Peace to Ids ishes. Carolina's great captain! A W A KM WKLCOMK. I welcome every South Carolina ,'ctcran here today. 1 welcome every ion of a veteran. I welcome every air sponsor -and the women of the Jonfcderaoy, you arc welcome, wcl:ome thrice welcome! I welcome you too you (Jeorgians right gladly do I welcome you to south Carolina! Shoulder with our irave hoys you stood, when those old I Jims of yours Mashed forth in defense >f southern rights. When the hitjlc was liereest you stood l?y the sides )f Carolinians as you stand hy their sides today. You too were soldiers of ;<he Southern Confederacy what norc can he said: "That you fought well and bravely, too, and held your country dear; We know, else you had never been a 0 co r g I a vol u n tec r!" What an impressive scene is this! We stand here honoring and welcoming the living, while yon silent monument commemorates the dead! It, Is the history of the world that when a war is over it is the victors who build triumphant arches, honor their great generals and their conlucring troops that the vanquished erect no monuments to commemorate their defeat. The south is an exception to this rule. Today there is scarcely a cemetery, from the blue mountains of Virginia to the brown and far-stretching plains of Texas, in which sleep the Confederate dead, where there is not to be found some monument, though it lie only a simple diaft, erected by poor but loving hands, upon which are engraved words which declare that the people of the 40iitil honor the men who fell In defeat, valiantly battling for a principle, just as much as any nation ever honored her sons who fell in victory. And those monuments have heen erected hy the women of the south! It is needless for South Carolinians ever to ask what has woman done for the State what lias she done for her country what lias she done to nurture patriotism? We know too well ?we know that more than anything else it has heen our women, who wince tne days or old, Have kept the lamp of chivalry Alight in hearts of gold." GREAT DEEDS OK ARMS. It was hy their Inspiration, and for their sakes that great deeds of arms have been wrought by Carolina's sons, not only upon the soils of South Carolina, but In other States, in foreign lands and upon distant seas. And when those sons returned, whether In victory or In defeat, when they laid their armor by, they could always rest assured that their bravery, their sacrifices, their privations would be commemorated by the women of South Carolina that the women would see to it that posterity should know of all they had done through enduring brass and imperishable marble. The heroism of the Confederate soldier has found no truer historian than the women of,the Confederacy, who suffered to much while he fought so well. Those old ragged gray caps of yours 3an find no more loving custodians than the fair daughters of you, men, who wore those caps. And now let me add, may your lives 4 fimti i. ) MAY 21, 1DOH. be spared t?? us for lonn years to come. We need you, and we want you. Your lives have not been spared In vain. < They have been, and ever will be, an inspiration to those anions whom yon live, pointing the young manhood of tin.' south upward t<> higher and to holler things. You, men, who defend- ( ed the rights of south, did all that ex- ? ailed and patriotic manhood could do, (| and as long as the south honors cldv- . airy and holds patriotism dear, so ^ long will loving i i Unite he paid to you. 1 repeat again, you need no wel- j come. From one end of Columbia to . the other n "Welcomes and greetings have been said; Make glad our threshold with your \ tread, ^ Old friends, once more! 'Salve!' is writ, beneath, o'erhead, An open door." r' t llnnycil 11 ousel1' Sniok i n?. ,, At Philadelphia, Pa., Tony Wander, o a baker, handed himself here and s while dying calmly smoked a corncob pipe. When the body was discovered a patrolman was called in and he cut I the rope, it was then noticed that Wander's lips were closed on a new corncob pipe, the teetli being so tight- N ly clenched that force was necessary to pry them apart. Peneath the ( corpse lay a half-tilled bottle of beer e and a partly burned match, itwasje plain tliat Wander had indulged in a a farewell drink and smoke before tak- v ing his life. investigation showed i li that Wander cut a piece of sash cord a from an entry window, and after ad- a justing one end about a gas pipe in e the cellar had fashioned a noose about I his neck. Then he sipped the beer, 1 and lighting his pipe had calmly putTed away until unconsciousness came. BLED TO DEATH. , tlomiciilr ol*llie Mmt i'l'ciiliur Kind Which Occurred llrccntly. The (Joininl?i:i Stale says Senator T. j II. Hutler of Gall'ney was in Llio city Wednesday and appeared before Chief Justice Y. J. IV)pe to ask for bail for K. A. Upton, who billeted a mortal wound upon his brot her-in-law, George IMiillips, last Saturday. The circumstances of the homicide arc very pcculiai. - The two men were returning from a trip to Spartanburg when Upton became very much enraged with IMiillips over a dispute about 00 cents which the latter wished to borrow. IMiillips, who was intoxicated, chased Upton down the road and was gaining on the llceing man when the latter opened 11is pocket knife and struck backwaads. The blade struck IMiillips in the breast, inflicting a serious wound. The wounded man was up and about on the following day, hut believing that the wound needed attention lie removed the absorbent cotton with which the physician had paced it. As soon as this was done tnc wound began to bleed profusely and all ctTorts to stop the How were in vain. No physician was in the vicinity and IMiillips soon hied to death. The two men, just after the wound was indicted, had a conversation in which they both regretted the unfortunate occurrence to the fullest. After hearing the evidence Justice Pope granted hall in the sum of $500. Upton will he tried at the next term of court in Cherokee county. Many Hilled in lliots. No less than 2()0 are dead or wounded as a result of rioting in the streets here, says t he Valparaiso correspondent of the New York. Herald, it is impossible at present to ascertain the exact number of casualties. Isolated reports of lirearms are still heard in all quarters of the city. A censorship lias been established over all the 1 telegraph lines. 101 Heraldo, the only [ paper that was issued Wednesday, ' severely criticises the authorties, ' whom it holds responsible for the outrages. All the foreigners here are 1 en fo Crn/.eil by Jealousy. At Petersburg, Va., on Wednesday Mrs. Jasper F. Owaltney, a 17-yearold wife and mother, crazed by Jealousy, Thursday killed her U-monthsold infant with morpliine and then attempted suicide l?y the same means. The attempt failed, and Friday night she was arrested by the police and is in jail, awaiting the result of the coroner's inquest. The tragedy is the work of gosslpers, who told Mrs. (Jwaltney that her husband had been seen walking with a former sweetheart. His llaixlH Full. The Atlanta Journal says with New York's smart set busily engaged in "seandalqus" marriages on the one side and Mr. Cleveland irrabbirm olT ovations on the other, Die Hon. I lank ; Watterson surely has to hustle these | days to give the mint i>e(l even the i necessary spring thinning out. 1 " ( (iund Advice, J The Philadelphia Record says since i ex-President Cleveland has pmphati- i cally declared against a third term, i and since the vast majority of his fcl- j low citizens heartily concur with him t (which Is much more to the purpose,) ' it Is well to definitely abandon tin; t subject and return to the order of the day. c Muny HlniiK'itcretl. N Capt. Pershing's American forces in the Philippines have engaged in c several fights with Morns during the t past month. The Americans lost r only two killed and four wounded, but c hundreds of Morns were slaughtered, t t THE CONFEDE"ATE ROLLS. 'ol. Thomas PurulNhrs I nformat Ion on mi Important Point. Col. John I'. Thomas, In a eommnlciitlon to The Columbia State, Ives further Information concerning ho Confederate rolls, the puhlicatlon f which will 1)0 discussed at the i\ !. V. reunion convenlon In Columbia his week. Col. 'I'homas says: (roln|f to headquarters for my facts first addressed myself to Gen. Mains J. Wright, an old (Confederatecollected with the War Department: Florence, s. C., April 23, 1903. Dear General: You will remember he writer as former historian of outh Carolina Confederate rolls. Mease inform me as to exaet mothod f proposed publication of Confederate ools. Will the government, publish he names with tiie descriptive part, r the names only? Send all circulars t' t he War Department hearing on the ubjeet. Yours, .1 oliit I1. Thomas. lerord and Pension Oltlco, War Department. Washington, April 2."?, 1003. I r. J no. P. Thomas, Florence, S. C.: A law enacted at the last session of !onr?rcss requires the depaitmont to oinpile a e unplote roster ??!' the old* ers and enlisted men of the I'tiion nd Confederate armies. Tne form in diich the compilation will lie pubished has not yet been decided upon nd will not h*> decided upon until Iter the compilation shall have been oinpleted. No circular with regard 0 t he work lias been published. ty authority of the Secretary of War. l<\ C. Ainsworth, Chief, Itecnrd and lVnsion olllcc. Addressing myself next directly to Jen. P. C. Ainsworth, War Depart* ii"iit, I received the annexed reply: leeord and Pension ctVc', War l>cpartment. Washington, April 27. 11HK1. Jol. .Ino. I'. Thorna*:, Florence, S. C. Dear Sir: In respoiice to your letor, received today, relative to the reently authorized roster of t he otlicers nd enlisted men of the Union and Jon federate armies, I be# leave to say hat no decision as to the form and cope of the publication lias yet been nade and that, none can bo made unil after tlie compilation of the Conederatc part of the roster shall have 1 >en completed so as to make it ixisslile t,o determine dcliiiitely the extent nd character of the historical infornation that is available for use in the ost.e r. T to, department Is now engaged In ompiling data for the Confederate tart ol tlx; roster, and in doing so it s making use of all orignal contcmloraneous records that arc in the poscssion of the department, or that iday le obtained from the various States or ither sources. Kvery item of infornation that is found in any of llie.se ccords with regard to the service ol ,iiv otllcer or enlisted man Isseparatcy carded, so that when the work shall iave been completed ami the cards hall have been arranged, all the cards elating to that olllcer or man will 1'all .ogcthcr and will shoy .is entire miliary history so far as that history is iscertainahle from the records. You will readily sec that the rcla.lve completeness or Incoinpletoncss of .he histories thus compiled in the case f Confederate ollicers and men will lepend in great measure upon the extent to which the incomplete records n the custody of this department tlia.ll he supplemented by original resords that may now be in the posseslion of the various States, of histor';al or memorial associations or of irivate persons. \'ery respectfully, F. C. Alnsworth, drigadier General, II. S. A., Chief, Record and Pension Olllce. The original publication by the See etary of War seemed to imply that >nly the names would lie published, md not each soldier's record. Hut the 'correspondence herewith given points A) the full publication of our Confedeate rolls, names and records of each dllcer and private. Jf this be the case then the general government proposed to do its duty, tot only magnanimously, hut fully, by die Confederate soldier and South Jarollna will be relieved of her publl:atlou her late foe coming gradually ,o her roller and taking otT her hands die solemn obligitjdoii that rested dierenn. To this complexion it lias come at ast and lot us thank the Lord of Hosts tiiat lie puts it in the minds md hearts of the men in blue to lienor die men in gray. It is the great reconciliation. It will remain, however, for the veterans in convention assembled to ur^t die general assembly of South Camilla to make such an appropriation as a ill enable Col. Tribblc to amend, revise and, if necessary, to purge the rolls so as to present them clean, clear md complete as far as possible to the printing and preserving hands of the record and pension ofllee of the War Department, and especially lion>red be the names of Root and Mnsworth and all others connected -vlth this noble and timely benefacdon that, above all else, puts bn tlie lage of history the names of the privates who composed the matchless irmies of the young Confederacy that 'rose so fair and fell so pure of crime. And let every Confederate aid Col. Pribblc in ids great office so as to have >ur records as fair and as thorough i s ve can. For one I pledge myself Jlo do all 1 can to second Col. Tribblc and loyally .o volunteer for the final war of the oils as a private, seeking no reward except what comes from the sense of luty done. J no. P. Thomas* v, ^Hp'n V ^ NO. 42 \. II AS NO CHANCE \ \ v Of Being the Nominee is What Pryan X* Says of Cleveland. SAYS CLEVELAND WANTS SALVE Kvon ('InvrluiKrH SIoiiiicIichI Krleii<!? Would Not lllnk II11ii hh w t'u iid id ut <? Next Year Snyx llryan. The Newark, N. J. News recently published the following from its Lincoln, Ncl>., correspondent: "William .Jennings Hryan received the News correspondent very cordially Tuesday at his country residence, four miles from that city. A typewriting machine was clicking busily in the upstairs room and the farm hands were at work in the adjoining ileitis. Mr. itryan's redbrick house is more modern and more pretentious than uic somewnai oui-iashinncd old home of Drover Cleveland at Princeton. Mr. Itryun would not sulur.it; to an interview unless the questions wore written and I lie answers recorded verbatim as he spoke them. "Is it possible for G rover Cleveland to receive the Democratic nomination next year, Mr. Bryan?" "There is not the remotest possibility of Mr. Cleveland Ijccomlng the nominee. Kven Ids staunchest friends would not risk him as a candidate," said Mr. Kryan. "hut Mr. Cleveland bus apparently eotno out of retirement and many suppose he Is seeking re-nomination," remarked the NlWR man. NOT IN 1IIH CONFIPKNOK. "I am not in Mr. Cleveland's conlidenee," said Mr. hryan, "and therefore give an inside explanation, tint as an outsider I venture to say that Ids purpose Is to positively refuse to be a candidate after a while and then allow his friends to say that he would have been nominated and elected had he not refused to run. This might alTord Mr. Cleveland some satisfaction as a salvo for the bruises which he has nursed since 1MU0. There isa tail of the Democratic party which was very nearly pulled outseven years ago, that is just as monopolistic in its tendences as the Republican party is. There are also a number of newspapers calling themselves Democratic that are as monopolistic as any Republican newspapers, and I will name a few of them: The Chicago Chronicle, Nashville American, Louis ville Courier-Journal, lloston Herald, Philadelphia Ledger, New York Times, Brooklyn Ragle, and some dthers. This class of newspapers can be Veiled upon torfmpport any Republican policies the financiers of the country are interested in. They keep up an attack on minor things and some times attack individual Republicans, but they are so closely allied to organized wealth that they simply deceive the people. If there was a law compelling these newspapers to carry the names of the men who dictate their policies at the top of the editorial pages, the people would know that the supposed editors had little or no voice. These so-called Democratic newspapers can he depended upon to defend any Democrat who betrays his party and his constituents and abuse any Democrat who cannot be corrupted. "This class of newspapers represent as public sentiment that which they desire the people to think Is public sentiment." Mr. liryan said this in a way which made it plain that he thought this Is just what was done in the extensive comments of the ovation given Mr, Cleveland at St. Louis on dedication day. Mr. liryan also made It plain that he did not consider the reception given Mr. Cleveland as being connected, so far as the people who made the noise were concerned, in the least with a presidential boom for the sake of Princeton. "Who is to Ihj the savior of the Democracy in 1004 and from what section of the country inus* become?" Mr. I try an was asked. "1 cannot discuss any available Individual for the nomination," lie said. "The geographical position of the candidate will not llgure In the advantages. It matters not what state he is from, lie must have the qualities if we are to win. lie must be in sympathy wiCh the masses of the people and possess the moral courage to i defend their rights and integrity to resist temptation." "On what issues will the Democra* tic party base Its hopes for success next year'/" '' A party platform cannot he outlined so far ahead. Conditions are constantly chantflnK and something is liable to arise to place an entirely new phase on the situation from What it ; appears today." "What do you think of the idea in some quarters that the powerful Wall street interests are to oppose President Roosevelt as the Republican nominee?" "There is no evidence of it out of the news that is controlled by Wall street. The bureau of commerce and the Klkins bill, which is said to have l>eeu drafted by the president of the Pennsylvania railway, are an lnslgnitlcent I response for anti-trust legislation." "What do you think of President Roosevelt's efforts toward a settlement hy arbitration of the coal strike?" "1 think they were laudable. I have always believed strikes should be settled in that way."