The evening world., 1891-12-11
The Dead Generals Ashes to Re-
main in tie Riverside Tomb,
Their Removal to Washington Would
Nced'cssiy Grieve Her.
"l Want Him Here, but Can't Fight
n Nation" Sho Cries pathcticaily.

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knowledge that the work OF erecting splen-
d!d mausolcum iuClosing hts tomb in livcr- I
side Park is progressing rapidly, and ia spite
OF the fact that the project met with dtsap- .
prOval from the people and dcicat In the last .
Congress, senator piumD OF Kansas, has
again offered hi, resolution IN the United /
states Senate, luoklng to the removal Of the .
remains OF the General to Washington
Gen. Charles II. T. COLTS, Chairman Of the .
Executive committee OF III" Grant Monument
Association, has gone post haste, to WASH
inston to try to mead Off the passage OF the
bill.
representative OF THE EVENING WORLD
visited the home Of Mrs. Julia Dent Grant
to-day to ascertain her views upon the sub
Ject which concerns her more than any other
person living.
Mrs. Grant was a trcmulouS plcadcr as she
talked with the reporter. she sud In re-
sponsc to her callers statement, that Senator
Plumb had Introduced his resolution once
more:
Again? | had hoped that should hear
no more about IL. II distreSscs me very
much"
The widow OF the great hero passed her
hands across her eyes and after II moment
continued:
IL buried my husband here because
wanted him near me. ! wanted him where
could go To him. My children are near Inc
here. Jesse, my son, lives with me. My son
Ulysses lives at Salem Ccntrr, Wcstchester
county, from whence he can come TO me read
! lily. lie and his children are with me to-day.
| AIN growing old. 1t Is not easy Tor me TO
change my residence at command.
"But IcaGnOt night q whole Congress. My
husband was public man and have been
scn0oled To lcel that he belonged TO the
public.
"rerhaps the public is entitled to him, even
against me.
/ " II majority OF the people want him re-
moved-l suppose they viii do 1t. cannot
i help iayscl,.'
There was something indescribahiy pathetic
In the way Mrs. Grant expressed her help
lcssness. Then she resumed almost pas
siohatc!y:
why do they do itI Washington lies at
Mount Vernon, and they have built a great
monument 10 him at the capital. Why cant
/ tncy let the General rest where laid hiIu.
"Thcy are building n spicudid munu-
mcnt over the Generals tomb al Riverside
Recently they removed him To that mauso-
leum where had hoped he would rest forever
"Do you think the public wants him re-
novel TO Washington am only his wife.
one woman. can't fight against them all"
Gen. Coils, who has had consultations
with Senators Plumb. Hiscock, washburne
and others, was surprised to lind that there
has grown strong sentiment IN favor OF the
| idea.
! hpfh hIr In. IL On .trln 10
Countcrbaance the wishes OF the wife and
lie companion OF the dead hero remains to be
| seen.
/ Aside from the sentiment OF the thing,
there is anC ther argument seemingly very
strong In opposition to Senator rlumD's pro-
posal.
The Grant Monument Association has al.
ready slG2,00O In hand toward the erection
OF the Riverside mausoeum, seven-cighths OF
which was subscribed by New Workers.
Already $4,000 has been expended In
building the foundations OF the mausolcum.
should the remains cf Gen. Grant be re-
moved TO Washington lawsuits would surely
follow by the subscribers Tor a return OF their
money.
| A few weeks ago the tomb OF Grant was re-
moved TO the pedestal which was Intended Tor
It's fnal resting place.
The site was not merely approved Of but
was selected by the widow and her children
and over and over again, when she has been
pressed into expressing her views, Mrs.Grant
has said that here was where she would have
her heru-husband lie
"It Is extremely distressing to her and he.
family says Gen coils, land In question:
able taste, this annual agitation, and these
periodical efforts to change the location oi
the grave. The mausu!cum viii be completed
by the time OF the opening OF the Worlds
Fair, believe.
This annual agitation /, one OF the forces
against which We have had to Labor n getting
subscriptions % the Monument Fund
In an interview with TUE EVENING WORLDS
Washington correspondent, senator Plumb
said he had 10 Intention " rejecting upon
the people OF New York city, but he believed
Washington was the only proper place for
Gen. Grants tomb, and that that was the
viii OF the American people.
The resolution was laid on the table, but
senator Plumb gave notice that he would call
II up aud press Its adoption In the senate al
nj "A pn n ppu\puIpurp