| Show II 1 fr h hU k gd e The Last Meeting e ing of Three mm Interesting t ti Men 9 mm U H i Surviving War ar Governors to Appear at J Saratoga i dl T O f af rf o e HK national ent nf of 1 THill T the Ih Orand Army nay of the Re RI Republic public will win open at al Saratoga I N y V HEpt 0 old and at least eat l lne I one i ne of Its It s to be of ot unusual loti rut This Thies will 1111 be bo a lc ir s union onto of t the surviving governors of ot war times time At first the lh men Inen who had l been eu 0 governors governor of ot northern northen states Mates tal held hald annual reunions reunion but la Ia I time their I ranks rank became so thinned that the CUll cus custom eu turn tom wa was discontinued That wa was fit nf teM teen years year ra ago and d sine since then the tb number of ha hu grown ec n 1 small Now only tierce of the th these war gov govI ov ovI arc als In tho thu n flesh sh Two of f them Ihm themI I I liY of Vermont and andI I William Sprague u of f Rhode Island I nd J I have lave Intention of being I present t at the Ih opening or ear orI earI I I the encampment and damuel J Craw Crawford Crawn J n I ford rord of f Kansas has h promised to gratify flu tha desire of his bl friends friend to 10 have him i unit amts with It h the venerable New N nd M she In a this I last meeting anee before tb lb final rM oU II III I I f Prom From tK the w r tut M tJ Of Ibis thiMi remaining war ar gr rW v J I 1 arson amor the Ih Kansas man la I the Ih preserved In of ot hi hl hla unusually lg j i strenuous career H took look an active a th thi ii i pan PM In Ih the irta conflict ou on the border und and lindt wa was present t at al t all uli ut of the tha tb numerous battles doe fought fou t In that region recto except uce two H went Into the Ih volunteer army rm M WI I a and left It as a a brigadier t r ral While 1111 still In ins 10 geld field be he b wa was Meted governor of the th lad and resigned nd his hla hi position la is I the army arm to 10 accept the civil honor honorAt At th the tIIa close dON of th Ih the war won Governor went t actively to work to In bUiM up u his bill tat state IU Hs U established an n numeration bureau to encourage th tb the gala to tn 1 of ut soldier sad and he ha haa made mad a his bl scheme so au a attractive that priest numbers Dum of them thither thitherward thitherward ward and aAd took up claim He H wa was at so that h hIP he wa was reelected sad aad lid U It WM during durin bill bis d that ilia ha be n demonstrated that he had nut not the tb arts art n of d war An A II outbreak t tU song flu th U of et the Ibe tra Kan Kaa Kana a rel a plain threatened to 10 put aa as end nd to te teall toeM 4 all eM colonisation In that thaI region llon Th The p 1 re J governor resigned a u chief v I I I 9 i NI NIL L 1 I IY I I J i l CRAWFORD OF KANA EX SPRAGUE OP OF l HODE ISLAND l 1 X nr nv OP executive organised H a regiment of 01 cavalry vr and Joined and Dd Cus Iua Custar us usten ten tar In a campaign against 1 t in the lawless HI Iii His service n went wen w so ao ap appreciated appreciated pred by b hi hie X Kansas friend that they resolved to reward him hie with Ith the tha dignity t of 01 United tat senator to With WIlli that end d In view a majority of 01 the members member of the tat slat state legislature wet went to th the capital Instructed 10 In I II teat at tact fact In those tho early rl Kansas day the th lator lalor grew w native Uve under 1 In th the cue case la point th tM alto dM did not t tar stay Instructed hut but w tile tho track and aad another than Crawford era aas a elected ted TYle wa was quit quite tag tor th tile tbs I H Ha forsook polity IU forever und and II I cn n I gagi gait Of l in th thA of ne the ii I law at al a which he ba ha has h ben been uniformly enters U ful In ID time one onu of or the th il lit h haat heal heat eat eal men ruen la In th the tat state Prom rem the OM M Mountain ital VoM won ar governor recently celebrated hi III his birthday In la spite spit of hi lal advanced age h he be I III still la Is health h and aDd ha has recently at Si the tall th annual aw ual meet mt lair lag of the tho board of dl dlton roc tor of a bank of he lie ha has au boon been president I for fOl years His HI neighbors la is I UI declare that tbt ho he ha never missed u a meeting oti g oi 11 the tho bold since lac he h became a s member bor This aam am med il kl U li In Ie I t to tu h ex cx d 01 i lien n Ius bu o r ln coln In IN 10 the Ih oJ 1 da following Auts tain I lit Hr It nl i 10 to th the i ie ld nt ad adI I him his i r c cw cd H out gill men without Ho He aj lared r that If th government r i pour poor to t equip Vermont q mats ita ho Would uld do du It him bim himself self elf and wall wah for fOl f N bu un us until til W petite peat 1 can qu Thu Th l leUf eau 1111 in Una tn while be lie wa was In can hi h his cabinet on oa that very vr HM H read road It and then th reread it II to te iv ra It I aol all II h I he be declared There act b la a Vermont Hows WI tar for f half hair of 01 tj pear fear y yet rei 1 I would woul give more molt m fr t hi hl e lon than thu fur for that thai I v I of nil all 11 the 1 Ill lans In Iliene Willie n ad adi Herd i cd I against II it the Iho all for lor rs follow 4 ly I Vermont rill her hr full quota quite un an der the 1 nine months raM u Vh ha also atoo tent ni t the tb Am fiat t i regiment under u th the h three I years call Bo M there warn waa w no go draft In Inthe I Iu Inthe the u Ore arM Green n Mountain gut But lilt sod and her lur war governor raw to 10 It II that tho tM lb troop wore were equipped properly Little UtU Ui War W r eov nor William a of Rhode Island laland I nd I to in rather feeble foehl la Ie health Ith bye but M ho to is de lie determined to 0 meet hi hili two we roa ves rable Mends friends at th I the n At Al tb II the outbreak of lit th the civil war WI h he won waa gov IOV gov un of ur Rhode Island laland but he h entered Dt the tb volunteer promptly par lisle participating IU tia In the first bettl battle of Bull ull I Run and In th the peninsular campaign 4 Fur twelve wIe t year per ra after aft r the he war r I crater P was w In la th lb United That s senate enat and wa was W a loading leading Agur ura uraIn In Rhode Rhod aho Island land and national politic fur a much m h loa lunger period he tau bas o devoted MOM mat of 01 ha time U to 0 sops tins tine research h Altogether there ur were wen w upward of fitly govenor of d northern slat during ura uraIh Ih the civil 1111 war Nearly wary every vel state slat tate had hadI I from two to to 10 three th during daring 1 that trying tr period perl and half halt a doses of them I II had I tour four had only ual one DIM Wit llam Ilam who nerved eel from frolD HU 1151 to I Indiana l r el i t I I Morton shortly II after a i r rand and retained d his in t I it UI 1107 Austin Blair was ft a I n I Michigan fi fm m list t I v i West Virginia rr i 1 u i i u i 1 L Dominion Art tr r I r Borem I governor of th tb the new common and served until 1 Men to t B II Be Be Horatio Seymour was waa wa the on ons 11 I governor who nude made the rat ran an r presidency ncy lie Ile ws was WI II a un t P II I of the tile most moat i rt rd ty t I s l I t I 1 nominated by b hU hh hl puny arty t 1 t I r I campaign against Int 0 In I though thou hll ha hi loyalty hd oe oc n i 1 parent pat In many mun 1011 n m 1 t the draft a it in lea h hUte I Itale Ute tale the grout great eat I M IM I l 1 wept swept pt the lb country 1 like u II tidal I a I Governor Curtin Curlin of or llIn I Ic Ica a noted wartime executive II i J Ja elected elated a month before Un Ilo nn In I Into to tl the presidency Must Most M r f Pennsylvania regiment wn w r I n nI I during hi his bla term teen of t otti wa was an active uj rm r of r n II war wr ine On Of ot 1 tau his cM rib dilt also lage to t mIDI Jiw I foundation of the tilt I lem of ot i I homo homes for f the Ih children of nf ofin tl 11 In battle batU pointed planted to 10 the ell 1 President irant and nun America Am In Ih It Ii to aural i rl I I 0 tar for the ncy Among mon the III noted western croon emura wire ware n r the II famous IOU Ul 11 Ui Yates and A Ab I IRam Ram of Minne 11 iu sea u n u governor of that state and i ported th the war party with givIn If 1 In un 1111 he hr h was HUM sent Melt nt I It to till the t n n i which wh he nerved at two terns Irm f n becoming In K h i h tary tal of Will I K had hd three th war ear r governors I lw h I h c i ln Inn Wean on Thi Thomas m Carney arne and MUM II Crawford l newton During the Ih first II year ear of Hi uI I 1 II all I the northern lIrt governors governor u uIn ear earin In at Altoon IM PI 1 mi it pared par un lin address dr to u Pie ii m III coin coln oln pledging him bum the he loyal luya MU mill H r i their i of 01 th the surviving tri tel of eat f 0 nl at that martin 11 H II III M J I w 11 wee in Ill n Ih 10 I Ithe the I Urn tiro MIIA 1 K |
