The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-04-28
BIRTHDAY OF GRANT.
Patriotic Celebration at His
Old Home in Galena.
GOV. M'k,NLEv's Eu
EuLocv.
Distinguished Gathering Of Army and
serve the Event in New York.

GALHNA, ILL.,. April 27.-Today was
festal day in Galena, the old home Of Gen.
Grant, the demonstration being in OBJ
servance Of his list birthday. and 10000
people braved the unpropitious weather
to assist In honor,ng the memory of the
great commander. The town made it
holiday and the public Offices, schools and
business houses were closed. All the
buildings were profusely decorated and the
narrow streets almost impossible. Gov.
Mckinley, the orator of the occasion, ar
rived this afternoon, accompanied by
II. II. Kohlsaat, Of the Chicago Inter Ocean,
and others. A parade was formed at the
same time, and Gov. Mckinley and party
were driven direct to the parade line. The
parade comprised all the local military
and civil organizations, with visiting
Grand Army posts and societies. headed
by the Grant fife and drum corps, organ
lied twenty-five years ago. The post of
honor was held by the remnant of Com
pany e. Tenth Illinois volunteers. the first
company organised in Galena when the
war broke out. The original intention
was to hold tho exercises in Grant park,
where his monument stands, but the
weather being bad, Gov. McKinley's
delivered in Turner hall this evening, and
kohlsaat preceded by torchlight pro-
cession display of fireworks.
Gov. Mckinley, in beginning expressed
the honor he felt In being per-
mitted to share in the observ-
ance Of the seventy-first anniversary
of the birth of Gen. Grant. Tho speaker
rapidly sketched the boyhood and early
manhood of Grant, and coming down to
the war detailed his initial work in the
struggle. The speaker then reviewed and
eulogized Grants military career. Speak
ing of Grants civil administration McKin-
ley said:
Could anyone have done better than hsf We
will not stop to discuss It. He committed errors,
but who could have escaped them? His adj
ministrasion was the strongest, wisest and most
patriotic We ever had. Grant won the lasting
gratitude of his fellow countrymen, and
wherever he went among them they crowned
him with manifestations Of their love and ven.
Grafton.
Gov. Mckinley spoke in touching words
of the struggle of the old commanded with
death at Mount McGregor, while finishing
his memoirs. and in closing, said:
We bow in Affection and reverence and with
most grateful hearts to the immortal names of
Warrington, Lincoln and Grant, and will guard
with slsepless vigilance their mighty work and
cherish their memories iorevermore.
This evening another great reception
was held lasting until after 10 O'Clock.
NEW YORK, April 2.-The Grant Ban.
quet Association, organized to celebrate
the birthday of Gen. q. s. Grant, gave its
annual dinner this evening at the Hotel
Waldorf. Gen. Horace Porter presided.
Among the guests we're: Maj. Gen. Scho-
field, q. s. Grant. jr., Jesse r. Grant, Vice
Admiral Sir John o. Hopkins. X. C. b.;
Vice Admiral Kazmakof, Rear Admiral
Bancroft Gherardi, Rear Admiral A. E.
X. Benham, Rear Admiral D. Abel de
Libran, Rear Admiral Magnaglir, Rear
g. Howard and number of other
them being the Earl of Aberdeen
and the Spanish and Brazilian ministers,
Gen. Horace Porter spoke few words in
eulogy of Grant and introduced John S.
Runnells, of Chicago. who delivered a
glowing eulogy on the hero of the civil
war. The Duke of Veragua said it gave him
great pleasure to join in drinking to one
who by deeds, more than anyone
else in modern times, contributed to make
this the greatest country in the world.
Gen. Roger A. Pryor next spoke in highly
eugolistic terms of the qualities and char
acter Of Gen. Grant, and speeches were also
made by Senior Romero, w. II. McElroy
and Rev. William Lloyd.
PIrTsBuRo. April 27.-The seventh an
nual banquet of the American Club. in
commemoration of the birthday of Gen.
U. S. Grant, was given this evening.
Three hundred and forty-eight covers were
laid. Among those who responded to
toasts we're: Ex-Congressman Benjamin
Butterworth. James 4. Garfield, Of Cleve-
land, and John Stew art, of New York,