The daily critic., 1890-12-09
Z RESOLUTION no REMOVE
GEN. GRANTS REMAINS
THE IREOF THE new WORKERS
Denounced as Unpatriotio and Against
The Wishes Of the Widow.
Tbs RESOLUTION FINALLY DEFEATED.
So the Grave Of the Distinguished Cen
eral Will Remain at Riverside,
Without a Monument

eral Will Remain at Riverside,
Without a Monument.
The resolution looking to the removal
Of the remains of Gen. Grant from
amid the horse stables and billy goats of
Riverside Park to Arlington came up
in the House this afternoon. Repre-.
sentative O'Neill Of Pennsylvania called
It up. Immediately the New York men
got upon their feet and also got ramp
ant. They raised such a row that it
was some minutes before the Speaker
could get the House into anything re-
sembling order. They howled Ike
sChOolboys.
The first speaker upon the resolution
was Mr.. Quinn of New York. lie said
that General Grants dying request,
request that he had also made some
time before his death, was that he be
buried in New York-the State In
which be died and which he loved so
well. To remove his remains would be
TO painfully stretch the heart strings Of
his widow. lie did not think that his
time honored friend, Mr. O'Neil
really knew whathe was about in ad.
vocating the removal
Mr.. Flower, also Of New York, spoke
against removal. Hepulled Napoleon,
Jackson, jefferson, and nearly every
body else who Is dead into his speech
He said that New York was gOiug to
build q magnificent monument over
General Grants remains II they were
allowed to stay where they are Aud
az an earnest Of that intention, he re
ferred to the contribution that New
York had made TO the Johnstown sui.
f6rers. II would be uupatriOtic to re.
move General Grants remains; itwould
be cruel to his widow, and Il would be
in the interest of an Arlington real
estate boom. Representatives Rainer
and Amos Cummings, both Of New
York, came along then They spoke
Of the atrocity Of Mr.. O'Neill's resolu.
uun. and about the decoration OF the
graves Of the eminent dead.
AZ one point Mr.. Cummings said: 81
pause Tor a reply" Bat he did not
pause. This was one of the features OF
Mr. Cummings speech. The other ono
was his quotation of the epltaph upon
Shakespeare tomb about cursing him
who disiurbs my bones" Mr.. Cum
mings said that Shakespeare wrote that
epitaph bimself, which showed that Mr..
Cummings was but a tyro Ia Shakes
pcariana.
Mr.. Cummings was also lab0ring I'M
der the deluslon, apparently, that some
body wanted 10 monkey with the dust
Of Garlbaldi and others.
Mr.. Cutcheon Of Michigan said that
he would vote for the resolution. lie
would do 50 for national reasons.
General Grant belonged 10 no particular
locality, but 10 the whole country. His
resting place should be the Nations
CAPITAL, aud where, also, repose the
dust of Sheridan and 5000 other
heroes whom he commanded.
Mr.. Mason Of Illinois was opposed to
the removal II would be barbarlsm 20
do such a thing Mr. Mason went
back to the Crusader and worked the
phase sacred dust" for all II was
worth.
lie made the hearts Of the New York
men glad by saying that he did not care
whether OF not the people over there
built a monument 10 General Grant or
not.
Representative O'Neill made a good
speech in which be showed how pub
lic sentiment and the feelings Of the
survivors of the war were ia favor Of
removal. He also demonstrated that
the members Of the dead Generals
family were In favor of doing I'm the
matter as the people through their rep
resentatiyes in Congress might think TO
be advisable.
Mr. Kerr Of Iowa proposed rcs0lu
tion that The remains be removed 20
some place ia Illinois 10 be selected
by the Legislature OF that State, but ID
was not entertained.
Mr.. SDinOla startled the House By
saying that there was not a single
member from New York IN favor Of
the resolution. lie also told about hog
many men from New York were ia the
Union Army. This was not exactly
relevant, but Mr.. Spin0la seemed to
think 1t Was.
He said also that the removal would
be grave Tobbing He thought that he
could hear General Grants voice FROM
the clouds. calling forth: Charley
O'Neill, let me alone / am resting
peacefully. ON, Charley O'Neill, lei
ne be- This was somewhat saCre-
ligious, but the New York people ap-
plauded il.
Mr. Bingham Of Pennsylvania was
for the removal, and he rebuked the
New York plea that those over there
were going 10 build d Grant monument
because they had subscribed % the
jOhnstOBn relief fund.
Mr. Cannon Of Illinois was in favor
of the resolution.
Mr.. Moore of New Hampshire held
the resolution 90 be uuWlse. unseemly
and unpatiodc He hinted thai a real-
estate boom was al the bottom Of The
proposed removal
AIr. Dunuell said that the resolution
ought % pass, for many reasons, uue
OF which Was that more people would
visit the grave Of General Grant were it
al he National Capital lhan If it was al
any other point
Mr. F4rluLar Of New YORK protested
against the resolution for Ne8 York
reasons The reason the monumelt
fund hal DOT been raised bF New YORK