The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-04-26
Gold GUARD REUNION.
Remnants Of the Famous 1906"
Gather in Philadelphia.
NOW A PERMANENT ORGANIZATION
Ex-Governor Boutwell,, of Massachusetts,
the First sssssident of an Association
Formed to Keep Green the Memories Of
Grant, Logan and Conkling.


tho First sesident of an Association
Formed to Keep Green tho Memories Of
Grant, Logan and Conkling.
PHILADELPHIA, April 2s-Stalwart Re-
publicanism was glorificd and extoled and
It's leaders eulogized last night Mt re-
uliion here Of the "Old Guard" the REM
nant Of the famous 1907 whose unwaver-
ing lines withstood the shock of thirty-six
ballots at the Chicago convention of 1880
and went down with Grants banner float
ing defiantly before their triumphant op-
ponents. Some time ago number of gen
tlemen who were numbered among the
"306t' thought of forming a permanent or
.ganization of the men who had voted for
General Grant at the convention of 80.
Naval Officer Thomas j. Powers, of this
city, took the matter in charge, and after
an extended correspondence he found that
about eighty of the '30G'' had Joined their
chieftain among the silent majority. OF
those that are left the greater number sig
nficd their readiness to join in the forma-
tion of permanent organization. The re-
suit Of the correspondence bore fruit in the
meeting here yesterday afternoon of about
sixty eight OF the delegates and the forma-
tion of the '306'' Old Guard association.
Ex-Governor George S. Boutwell,, of
Massachusetts, was elected president for
the ensuing year; Ex-Governor John H.
Routt, of Colorado, vice president; Thomas
j. Powers, of Pennsylvania secretary, and
Andrew j. Kaufman, of Pennsylvania
treasurer. The sixtyeght men present ut
the meeting represented nearly every state
in tho Union, tho soHtheiIiers especially
showing up in strong numbers.
The real object in the formation of the
nSSQeia inn W a tn bt,h Ic .,f ali
acqnaintances, to keep green the memories
of Grant, Conkling and Logan, and TO
foster the feeling of comradcshp, and
these objects were enthusiastically carried
out at dinner last evening at the Belle
vue hotel
Gray heads were in the predominance
among the l50 gentlemen who sat down to
dinner. The room and tables were lit
orally decorated with flowers, running
plants and the national colors, as were also
bust and portr ait of General Grant.
Ex-Governor Boutwell, presided, and
seated on his right was George w. Childs
and on his left Ex-Governor James A.
Beaver, of Pennsylvania, chairman of the
dinner committee. During the dinner
Ex-Governor Beaver read kilograms and
letters from the following persons, regret
ting their inability to be present, and say
ing that although absent they were present
in spirit: Ex-Secretary of the Navy Ham
ilton Fish, Hon. William f. Villas Secre-
tary OF State Gresham, Lewis y. Payne of
New York, exMnister to England Robert
I. Lincoln, Minister to Austria Fred D..
Grant and Mrs. John A. Logan. The
toasts and those that responded were
"The President of the United States"
w. S. White of Virginia. Ulysses S.
Grant" General George A. Marden of
Massachusetts,; 1.-The Union" Hon. Wal.
ter Evans of Kentucky; 1.-The Stalwart,"
General John McFulta of Illinois; Penn
sylvania, the Keystone of Republicanism,"
Hon. William II. Armstrong of Pennsyl-
vania; The Army and Navy" General
Stewart L. Woodford of New York; 'The
Old Guard, Hon. w. w. Hicks of Flor
ida; "The Press" Colonel John A. Cock
eri!l of New York.
The Old Guard had restrained itself
throughout the dinner, but from the time
Ex-Governor Boutwell, arose to inaugurate
the speech making, and in a voice trem-
bling with emotion referred to Grant and
Conkling, the enthusiasm broke out, and
from that time on every reference by each
speaker to the great soldier and the elo-
quent Conkling evinced cheers and ap-
plause that were almost uninterrupted.