The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-29
NILES TRIBUTE TO HIS CHIEF

Flayel MCGEE and Gilbert Collins
Disagree as to the Great
Warriors Fitness for
Business.
The birthday of General Ulysses S.
Grant was appropriately celebrated by
a banquet at the Union League Club
house Saturday night. The club house
was decorated with taste. there being
flowers n palms in profusion. The
| American flag, in graceful festoons, was
everywhere. A string orchestra furnish
ed music for the occasion. The most
| prominent guests of the evening were:-
Major General Nelson A Miles, John
w. Griggs, r. C. Horr and the Rev. J..
C. Jackson. OF the club member there
were about seventy present. among them
be:ng:-Mayor Wanser, City Collector
Simeon H. Smith, Aldermen Hill, Dusen-
berry, Henry and Warren, Flayel MCGEE,
ex-Judge Seymour, Harry Holmes, Gen
era1 Ramsay, Robert B.. Gray, William
H. Vermilyea, John A. Walker, r. s.
Ross, o. H. Lobsen, Charles D. R.dgway,
JOIN A. Young, Franklin 3. Jones. FL
lott Greene. Jr., George Halves, Mr..
Murray, s. D. Mackey. S. F. Swezey,
James S. Mackenzie, A. ]. Newbury,
William E. Pearson, George Miller,
Frank Stevens, John S. Menagh, C. w.
Allen. Frank Stevens, Theodore K. Veg
| man, p G. Van and and Samuel Linn
erick, Jr.
The dinner was prepared by Carl Blue.
ex-steward of the club, and this was the
menu
Oysters.
Blue Points. Sherry.
Queen Olives. Radtshes. Celery.
Green turtle.
Fish.
Boiled Salmon, Lobster Sauce.
Paris!enne Potatoes. Sauterne.
Entrees.
Sweet Bread, Tomato Sauce.
French Peas.
Fillet of Beef, with Mushrooms.
Cream Potatoes. Asparagus. Claret.
Philadelphia sauab, curranf Jelly.
Green Salad.
Terrapin-union League Style.
Champagne;
Cheese. Coffee. Cigars.
GENERAL MILES SPEAKS.
General Miles explained that it was
| necessary for him to retire early. He re-
GREETED leaving, he said, and expressed
a wish that he wouI be afforded ar OPP
portunity to meet his Jersey City friends
in a short time again, when it would
be possible for him to make a longer
stay. Briefly he spoke of his u~nbounded
admiration for General Grant and of the
.nnumerable good qualities he possessed.
He euolgized him as a citizen, soldier
n statesman.
| Senator Griggs spoke of General Grants
courage and integrity, and his ability to
see the end from the beginning. He
never wasted energy or effort; his wis
dom, sndoIn.table will and withal his
kindness of character mad him n of
the great commanders of the world. The
| speaker drew from hts uprightness of
t puDTc nfe a lesson for public men to
| follow, claimed that the time would
| yet come when dishonesty and corruption
in the management of public affairs would
be punished, as It ought to be. in the
| same manner as the robbery of a bank.
He referred to the other Generals who
| served their country with Grant, naming
Sherman, Hancock and others, all bril-
liant men, and paid a need of praise to
| the Generals from New Jersey, among
| the bravest of whom was the Chairman
| of the committee by whom this celebra-
ton was made SO successful, General
John Ramsay. General Grants char
acter, he continued, was stainless; he
made no outward show, made. no buster
A SUBLIME SPECTACLE.
r. g. Horr made a speech teeming with
| nf General GRANTS SI1rcnGS WAS the fact
of his always doing things. His cap
ture of Vicksburg was the practical end
can people began to think America was
| worth fighting for. Like all great men,
| Grant had his detractors; men who mis-
understood him, but before he got through
and those who were not got left. In
reference to the Generals book, Mr..
aorr s SAID fSa it was was pretty pgt !, early bfs o Yet to
it would stand alongside the memoirs of
\ Caesar IN future ages, and be regarded
81 H,s the he, sgpSg : s 6ook Of ! II thi a@fS g%eqerat nas
unsurpassed. Although suffering with a
terrible disease when he wrote the book,
he showed no evidence of n anguish
Hallock (and that the speaker thought
praiseworthy)s but, on the contrary,
spoke well Of al, III his bordiaat HIS
s eRbnIgase ana wan power were ina0ml'-
The speaker drew a pretty picture of
/ the Angel OF Deatn coming TO summon
the General from the earth, saying, II
have come for you and you must go now"
| but Grant replied, 81 cannot; my family
is destitute; L must first provide for
| them" The Angel insisted, but the Cen
| eral waived his back, and told him to be
seated and wait until he had completed
his book, and the Angel, impressed with
the earnestness of his purpose, waited.
| 1t was "a pathetic scene-the General
dropped up in bed doing his great and
| his last work while in agony, and then
lying down to die. It was the most noble
exhibition of moral courage the world has
ever recorded.
FiaveI McGee was the next speaker.
| He first referred to the excellence of the
dinner, which, he said, was an .nterna-
| tional affair, as it was prepared and
| served by "a member of the United States
| Government, referring to Prince Blue,
who IS a letter carrier and stew ard Of
the club. He was not only a member of
the Government, continued Mr.. MCGEE,
but also a Prince, while the dinner was
| not at all blue. The principal character
| istic of the success of General. Grant was
his deftness of purpose, which. together
with his other great qualities, contributed
to the results achieved. 1t was eminent
ly characteristic of him when he under
took to do a thing IN military lines that
he never allowed himself to be diverted,
Ebut kept stsadfastly at that thing until
| he ~ove~easne all obstacles. Mr.. MCGEE
said he had had a slight acquaintance
with the General in his later life, and
spoke OF the feeling of respect, admsra-
tton esteem and confidence which he