| Show TH THE NEW JERSEY the reception tendered to gen drake and his gallant armmand command spicy speeches by the visitors kalohn the crank stars mars a pleasant meeting by his falsehoods As announced in yesterdays paper general J madison drake and lais bis arrived in this city yesterday afternoon the enviable record of this famous new jersey regiment during the war of the rebellion was such that their visit to this city was looked for with considerable interest the veterans were met by a committee of the local G A R post and marched to their head quarters accompanied by the opera house baud band in the evening a campure was arranged at which to accord them a hearty welcome at p in the opera 1 era house was craw crowded ded and col W H sells called the assemblage to order and welcomed the distinguished visitors to the territory i col E C stahl replied to the greeting for which he felt thankful to the people of utah tiey tey felt amply repaid for their visit to this beautiful mountain re res zion rion in the sights they had beheld they had bet bean n received with open arms and warm hearts on the pacific coast and the highest honors had been showered upon them they represented weil men in every avenue of honorable and industrious life there was among them the shrewd man of business tile the artist mechanic lawyer and all other classes of working people there seemed to be an idea that the abe grand army boys were dying off quicker than other people but this was incorrect in the hour of need they had fou fought nl hard for their count rys flag and ablong 0 ng as they chev lived they proposed to haye the stars and stripes respected and to teach it to their children it had cost lives and billions of treasure and there must be a loyal people throughout the whole republic secretary A L thomas was called and said that he always received with pleasure an invitation to attend a meeting mee ting of the G A E R but he was w as doubly pleased at the pre presen preen en lime to welcome the veterans of new jersey there was here a beautiful city the capital capit alof of a flourishing territory fertile valleys rich mines and a c climate i amate unsurpassed by any part art ot of the rocky Motin mountain taia region itle he welcomed the in the alie name of the people of salt halt lake CUT and of utah territory hou hon john T dunn dann late speaker of the house of representatives df 0 f new jersey was next introduced ile he suggested that as he had been introduced as a speaker of the house that officer did less speaking than anyone else up to a few hours before the started he had not decided to come he had heard rumors about t be treatment the would receive and then determined to accompany them and their brave general und and he would not have the memory of the past three weeks wiped out the new jersey were welcomed as the representatives senta tives of that grand alwy that struck down the rebellion he had not language to tell of the hearty greet greeting lug they had received in the west they came to isalt alt lake where he be was sorry tu to learn that there was as a super of women he nad had one in new jersey aud want any more the fellow who I 1 lad had more was to be pitied as well as blamed where there was more than one wife he thought history had shown it was destructive of if home and of love and was opposed to the welfare of mankind the had found inana new and strange things in the west in the grand army re reunions guions there was an example to the young which the latter to inquire why tile the former met in friendship and to learn that it was because I 1 they were united in the great struggle which saved the country it if the rebellion had bad been success successful lul have had no ao country to love it was worth any expense to teach the children to love the flag as did their lathers who 1 fought for it this lesson was as absolutely necessary as were those taught at the mothers knee kdee for these reasons he reio rejoiced iced in these reunions ile he then recited the old cantes Caute Vu n 11 by miles Oli eilly col M M kaighn was introduced and stated that absence from town and illness prevented him from taking part in the welcome to the ibe G A R on their trip westward he was a native of new jersey a fact of which he was proud new jersey however has no reason to ro reciprocate the comrades 1 of the G A R had been welcomed by the civil authorities in every city except salt lake nothing was said about the local G GA A R shutting utting ift the civil authorities out there were here loyal people and of the other 1 wheless said of them the better for your loyalty the love and honor you yon and for f or this the hate and aad despise you this is cal called led zion As a sample the mayor mavor of this city owes his popularity to the tact fact that he contributed thousands of dollars to open houses of from gl 1 fame into which to allure gentiles from cne che paths of virtue the marshal of this city today loday to lo day holds his pos position ivion because he be was a spy in thes houses of shame of such is the mormon kingdom of god we thank the G A for the ringing resolutions with reference to this crime of polygamy which they adopted as a plank in their platform of principles while in california it is a ref refreshing liere here iti it is a refreshing ref draught from the old canteen chis domination of the church over the state is worse than polygamy it must go down and the laws and constitution of or cr country must br be obeyed in utah god forbid that mis treason may continue until it is necessary to summon the boys in blue to this territory but I 1 say sav if the long call is made for you to come coine to utah to extinguish this barbarism we want you to come and to comet come 1 I 1 he continued his mass of fals falsehoods 16 by saying say ica that e vary speaker ot of the grand army had been abused and villi ded in the moss foul manner be cause they spoke the truth and this meeting would be no exception it was a relief in this stif fling atmosphere of perjury and fraud to meet the loyal boys alio fought tor for the flag the should continue their labors until god blessed but man cursed utah was freed the had carved a name un on the battlefield battle field there might be more work for them thein soon soona there was mexico giving trouble in the south and canada with wita the fisheries trouble in the north sergeant hendricks and major king of tile the Zou aves then sang a doubt in good estyl style le and received an encore after a selection by the opera house band major of new york was introduced he felt a pride in beau being presented to the ardi audience ence the pres present ent journey of the gr A B R was drawing to a close and it had been one of the grandest and most successful that bad ever been accomplished by any military organization As to the Zou aves he would feay ay that in their commander they bad jae the personification of a soldier and gentleman the men were the soul of bravery honor and integrity by their and scars they gave evidence of their devotion to the flag vi t their cuu country they appreciated the greeting they had received aud and would cary cans back pleasant memories of their visit to salt lake city the modern zion he must confess comess gratified at e ni him in the many things he be had seen history story was re peati h g I 1 itself elf the he dawn of day had come thirty hirty five years ago tile the slaves first saw it the he G A K R were gaining a foothold here he would not nol deal with the situation here but would assure the loyal citizens that the lie whole sympathy of the country was with them in eradicating any an great evil congressman harris of new jersey was next announced he said his bis state was perhaps only one tenth the size of utah but had bad 13 times the population ula tion it was the sixth state in manufactures and its land was worth more per acre than that of arty any other state it had bad seat mea into the war and some of them were laere here today to day they did their duty bravely they came west and bad seen what they fought for this was a great country could not understand this without seeing ngit it it ic was worth fighting for of all they had seen was no more beautiful beautia ul spot than utah he loved its mountains and fertile valleys and expected it to be the garden spot of the united states he was sorry to hear bear that the G A R were badly treated by some of the people hele he could not realize that they would beill be ill treated by a people who gave such evidences of thrift and industry in all their surroundings he hat had seen een the Anfe american flag floa floating in the temple it if there mere was adyth anything lacave wrong the people should d have to be taught to respect the laws there should be no misunderstanding as to the power of the united states there was no ulysses S grant to 10 lead the G A R now but there were other leaders if the necessity ari se Hs hi knew the country loved the brave soldiers officer and eriv private ate awl and their fame fame would be imperishable col 1 then came forward and recited an excellent parody on barbara Freit chie 11 the crazy quilt was sung by major king to which an encore was demanded general J madison drake was called for and stated that he was not a speaker he was highly gratified by the reception they had received he called calle d on lieutenant zimmerman to sing marching through georgia Gc orgia but the latter was suffering too severely from a cold and major I 1 ling king and sergeant hendricks sang farewell by request col stahl recited the sleeping sentry and the campfire campf lre adjourned jour ned |
