The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-01-26
HAYES AND BUTLER.
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The personal regard in which Mr..
Hayes was held here was always very
high. He had carried himself klnoly
and considerately towards everybody
while President, and the home nfe az
the White House during his term had
been beautiful and was well remember
ed. His manners were pleasant and
simple, and whether In office or out he
was always approachable and obliginR.
This feeling was strikingly manifest
ed last September, during the parade of
the Grand Army of the Republic. Mr..
HAYES, whose interest in his old com
rades in arms never knew the slightest
abatement, had come to participate In
the ceremonies. Pennsylvania avenue,
along which the possession moved, was
lined for its full length with thousands
of people. Many of them were visitors
from a distaI- ce, but the large majority
were the residents of the city, familiar
with the faces of men of distinction in
the line.
AT the head of the Ohio column
walked man whose hair and beard
were snow-white, but whose color was
high and whose figure was erect as that
of man In middle life, He marched
with the precision and firm step of a
trained soldier. This was Mr.. Hayes.
The Washingtonians soon recognized
him and they gave him an exceedingly
cordial reception. The crowd all along
the line took up the cheering and the
ex President'was kept busy bowling his
Acknowledgements.
The cheering increased in volume
until by the time the reviewing stand
was reached it was mighty roar. The
soldiers in the line joined in and Mr..
Hayes found himself the hero of the
day. Vice-President Morton, in the
Presidents absence, was reviewing the
parade, and observing that Mr.. Hayes
was going on past the reviewing stand
with hts men he sent one of his aides
running with orders to invite the ex-
President to take place on the stand.
The Invitation was accepted, and MIR.
Hayes was escorted to u place beside
Mr.. Morton, when he was again roundly
cheered.
The circumstance is recalled now
that the next most popular man in the
line that day was Gen. Butler. Unlike
the ex-President, Gen. Butler was
obliged, because of infirmities, to ride,
and the carriage containing him and
several friends was driven at the head
of the Lowell posts
The reception accorded him was also
very cordial, and when he passed the
reviewing-stand the demonstration was
most enthusiastic. Mr.. Hayes Joined
cordially with others in the greeting to
Gen. Butler, and subsequently the two
men met and exchanged stories over q
camp fire. 1t was their last march with
their old comrades and both have gone
to their last review almost together.
Although he was looking and feeling
perfectly we'll at the time; Mr.. Hayes
spoke IS If he might not live to meet
his friends at the next annual encamp-
ment. Some of them rallied him about
his low spirits, but he replied that when
man reaches seventy he ought to
make few calculations for the future.
He expressed thankfulness, however,
at having been spared to participate in
the Washington meeting, which he
pronounced the greatest in the whole
history of the order.