New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-12-10
GRANTS TOMB TO REMAIN.
THE SENATE RESOLUTION REJECTED 81
TIE HOUSE
, ZIG MAJORITY IN FAVOR OF RIVERSIDE
STRONG SPEECHES FOR AND AGAINST hh
MovAI.-REPUBLICANS WHO VOTED
NAY-AMOS CUMMINGS'S EF-
uuy TELEGRAPH TO TIE TRIBUNE.

mr TELEGRAPH THE ThIBUNE'I
Washington, Dec. 9-The tomb OF "eneI"i VIZ" .
will remain az Riverside BY No'c Oh loo " D. ''o
House so decided 10 day. when II defeated 'he oe'o
concurrent resolution. The result was Erea' sur
priso a. wcIl As disappointment TO the friends OF Tho
resolution who had been extremely c0nhuchV W suo
cose-,, fact oycr-confdent, the vote showed
Probably II the resolution had been brought 10 Vo'e
three or four months ago the result Woulu na>0 ooo
different but the opponents OF the proposUon haNo
worked with zeal and diligence. and nave won MANY
representatives over their way OF THINKING. All
,he New York Republicans present voted against tho
rcsolnon and they received the assistance OF many
members Of their party from other states, Willie nearly
all the Democrats stood with them The Republicans
who voted against the resolution were McSSrS f'yne
Arnold and Baker New York; Gambler. Greenhage ana
Rockwell Massachusetts,; Cheadle, INDIANA CI'rh'
wyoming; Comstock, Snidcr and llnd Minnesota
Notftt Delano Flood. Laidaw, Lansing and FarQnhar
Ncw-York; Hansbrough. North Dakota; Kerr. Swcene'
and Lacey. Iowa: Mason. smith and Post. Illinois
McDuGe Alabama McKcnna and Nandever CaIl
fona Miles Connecticut Millikcn, Maine: Moore ana
Mute New-Rampshre: Morse Massachusetts, o'Doh
nell. Michigan 0uack,nbnsh Raines sawyer anu
Wallace. New York Scranton, Pennsylvania; stewart
Vermont: 5tockbrdge. Maryland; i TAYLOR ana
Williams Ohio: Wade. Missouri: forty-thrce III all
The debate which preceded the vote lasted ninety
unutes and was both lively and Interesting SeV'Ia'
unusually effective speeches being delivered on oo,i
sides of the question. General Bingham OF Icnn'HE
vsnia and Mr.. Dunne Of Minnesota. both adVoca'eu
the resolution in strong speeches, ana "ehe'A
Cutcheon. of Michigan spoke earnestly on the sano
side The Representatives from New-lork. OF course
I'D the opposon but Mason. OF Illinois ana Moo'c
Of New Hampshire. aided them by Their earnest anu
eloauent remarks against the resolution lhc 'o"
York Representatives who spoke were MesSrS' fIoWeT
cummings Raines Quinn. Farquhar and opnola' MI
Flower declared that the proposition was an insult 10
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tho great city Of New-York. lie made an cioqusns
c.soncc albeit one that needless, Of Ne"-1 orh
against the charge Of pars!mony ana I"ch Vi p"D"0
shirt and mentioned Of the munlhcen' con'I.ou
tons which her citizens have made IN tunes Oh P'oi'0
d,s,ress and calamity. Mr. Flower spoke Win uh'
., .,,.o and aornestncss and it may be said here
Of all the speeches that they werc marked oE oop.
~ feeling and sincerity which is not common ~
tribute Of Congressional oratoTy =
M Ouinn was as earnest as Mr. Flower even II
his spcech was not effective NJ halhe9 u'o n''
Too, we'll pleased because Pennsylvania through 'r'
Repre ,entatives had fathered and become aTuNe ID
nrnnot,,r the resolution In the House, and he ore"
sor,o COMPARISONS between the valor ana PATRIOTISM
~ the volunteer soldiery Of Pennsylvania and New
y,r, on the bloody field Of Gettysburg to SHOW tna'
the Empire state Is easily the peer OF the heNsto0
commonwealth New-Iork, lie said had taken Ho"
her treasury 100000 10 rear monuments 10 'r
memory Of her heroes who fell on Pennsylvania soil
in q
Ton minutes. and Major FsrQuhar devoted haH a.
o,,ch ,ir,o 10 n spirIted attach the resolution
The snccch which attracted the most attention and
r-oduced the greatest efYcCt-the speech or the nc
bate in fact--was the one delivered by Amos C"in
ri,cs who evidently had bestowed good deal OF
time and thought upon its preparation lie heid t'e
close attention Of TIE House, and was repeatedly IN
terrupcd by hearty applause. II was by long ooo.
the best speech that Mr. Cummings has ever oenVe'e"
1, tho Uouse In substance he said
am opposed to this resolution There IS something
ahout lover than the spirit Of envy; something Wa'
sayo,s of savage and rancoous spirit sonculh3 "''
10 sosms 70 challenges every sense OF p'opi'eV ON
thing that Hies in OF tradition and human long
inss: something abnormal and monstfous' Nc"'ioN ""
General Grants chosen lie tried many other places
as a home but finally settled there. nome was sNoi
him here in Washington bu, he abandoned in the mos'
marked manner to buy for himself in New.fofS'
He Thoroughly Identified himself with New.fork HIS
was familiar form upon streets His was familiar
face upon her drives and her elevated roads He pro-
sided at her public meetings and at all times TOOK Al
active interest her local affairs. THOUSANDS upon
thousands citizens knew him personally anu honorcd
him He perfectly home there, and was charmed
With his associations 1t the spot earth chosen
BY himself the most agreeable TO him. He meant 70
live and to die there 1t his home when he died
He closed his without expressing wish
10 leavs IT, but always 70 remain IN t.
When a man Identifies himself with place os the
one above all that best satisfies him. II s desc
Grafton 20 remove his bones rom IT when he il helpless
Nation only adds to tho outrage HIS deeds and fame
hslon 10 the Nation individually hs more belongs
to 10 than any private man. His resungpa ought t'
lie as secure from intrusion HIS bones 90 not piol9
to the Nation The miserable assumption that they o'
o,ld Anon be tomb OF Washington Mount Vernon, tea
Jackson's bones the Hermitage dsenoowel eraN
~ Narshhed uphcave green mound at lexington ant
outrage the national Of proprcty BY breaking opi
anew the marble sarophaeus at Springfield Inc empt!
crypt IN this Capitol protests against this Outrage
was designed by crszy.pated ghouI 70 receive w
benes OF Washington. Which OF YOU dares propose ina
they be brought herel i pause for reply NOV onr
Why? Because you know It would DC an e"ecraDr
nronositIon He his home upon the banks OF I'M
potomac as Grant his home upon the banks o. VI
Hudson !. t.,
There s something too sacred about the grave to be IN
,sad nv rippant and unfeeng legislators. Is Grant
.,omh less sacred than the tomb Of Washington How
dare YOU make this mpious distinction II MIRO 10
,-ong desire Embedded in the human heart IL Il i' u
disturbed in the grave. Shakespeare gave u'Vers"oo
49, ,iver.al nrotest prevailing IN nature when NJ
wrote his cptaph. VIII anybody affirm that thS toeil'
was not as strong in Ulysses 8 Grant as IL was al I
p,,d Of Avon? His silent inhibition is stronger thai
written words make IT, Is inc uesecIa''oH oi
.aye anv the less reprensbe or Is the ohence 70 IN
dead any the less fragrant because you oeace 'he '''
49, n,oytdpo for t9 Is not Law itself degraded By TN
.,t Under what authority are you going 70 bfcaK of
49, .o,hq rbcre must be- and there undoubtedly is
some local guardianship that protects H. Kno" Una
cemeteries cannot he invaded even by relatives WITHOUT
sp.ctal hermit cannot break into graVeY"o VIII
a Joint resolution OF OoheieS" A''0'' '-' ~ 49,
law acting : a BAR
Thi- is not All affair OF Congress IL Is ehastiy ana
I had almost said, a ghostly hnp"rtinence'
The man who Interested here Is oeSo anu can
mot nc consulted. Not a step can be taken with nj
sanction Is there anything that he ever s"a
did from which YOU evoke it Until you can 40 ;
taen vour unhallowcd hands OF his dust. Wouu IL
o,iAca.ion to him % be buried upon the conh-cste
homestead Of the great General whom he oNef"heii"eu
Would he endure III Does not everybody Aho" NA' "
would ~ he could such proposition with Iuhuei
~ Xo,,7 He who aiirrs that would not spur the suR
,o..ion did not know Ulysses 8 Grant With hls !oftcs
reach OF intellect be made to comprehend MN
me man who gave back to the Nanquished thef sue
arms and horses at Appomattox would never make nj
eterna bivouac in the despoed home Of his grand bu
defeated foe
Mr. Speaker men usually buried at their homes
was buried there Lafayette buried there
Franklin was buried :here Garibaldi was buried heIe
(smbeta buried there sad Ericsson was buried no
at the capital Sweden. but at his own home II "fa
IA 10 be dragged his grave what is to MAKE tafasu
securei II one dead heroes IS 70 be disturbed wa