St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-15
IN GLORY Of GRANT
GEN. BAKER READS A GIGWIyG
EUL0GY BEFORE THE LOYAL
LEGION.
GOV. MARSHALL IS PRAISED.
THE DEAD GOVERNOR IS REMEM-
BERED BY HIS COMPANIONS IN
SADNESS.
Booker #. Washington, the Negro
Educator, Is an HonOred Guest
of the Commandery.

One more stated meeting Of the Min
hesota commandery Of the Loyal
Legion passed into history last night
when in the ordinary Of the Ryan
hotel over 100 members of the order
and a score of invited guests partook
of substantial dinner and afterwards
listened to a most interesting paper
on Gen. Grant, and in addition heard
number of excellent speeches. AS
usual, the dinner and speech-making
were preceded by a brief business SEES
sion, at which three new members were
added to the order, to wit: William
Henry Murphy, captain Second Ohio
heavy artillery, U. S. volunteers, to the
first class, and Henry Van Boyer, and
Gustave Albert CoykendaII, eldest sons
Of Illinois and Wisconsin infantry Off
GERS, second class. Fully 125 covers
were laid for the banquet, and there
were no empty chairs when Command
er Henry A. Castle lifted his gavel
The big dining room was decorated
with the stars and stripes, and also
with portraits of several famous war
heroes. The great American flag which
hung directly opposite the command
er's seat was draped with Grape in
Difference to the late eX-Gov. William
h Marshall, an honOred member of
the legion. Perhans thirty guests
were present, including Rt. Rev. M N.
Gilbert,Archbishop John Ireland James
j. Hill, eX-Govs. L. F. Hubbard, A.
r. McGill. and J. S. Pillsbury George
X. Finch, Theodore L. Schurmeier,
Charming Seabury, DR.. John F. Full
ton, ex-Mayor ". II. Eustis, Col. John
H keatley, c. B. Bowlby, J. r. Con-
n II
Il Carleton, Col George Esmond, Capt
a A Kelly, Rev. Mckinley, Prof.
Booker Z. Washington, Rev. w. r.
Lord, Prof Jewett, Charles II. Pratt.
Edward c. Gale, Charles w. Ames and
Alex n Cathcart
When the viands had been discussed
Capt. Castle announced Gen James II.
Baker, who read thoroughly inter-
estlng paper on Gen. U. S. Grant His
Military Character and Position in
History"
The speaker, in his opening pages.
considered the hero of Vicksburg from
a purely military standpoint, and as
signed him to d position in the war
annals OF this country far above any
OF his fellow officers.
Tracing from his American origin the
Inherent honor and integrity of the real
man, Gen. Baker thought Grant a liv-
Ing example of all the characteristics
most to be admired in men, and spoke
OF the warriors love of horses from his
youth, his career at West Point He
advanced the belief that Grant, al
though he made famous soldier, gave
up his citizenship reluctantly. Grant
was not an inspiration, but a develop
ment. His pOise and excellent self
control under trying circumstances were
his prominent characteristics, and, con-
trary to the habit of other fighters, he
never descended to profanity His
modesty was innate and genuine, and
no act Of his life, even when at Vicks-
burg, or AppomattOX, or Chattanooga,
where a reasonable amount of pride
would have been pardonable, was
marked by the slightest suggestion of
pOmp or Ostentation.
His magnanimity towards his enemies
indicated the greatness of his soul, and
his treatment of Lee when the latter
surrendered won the love and admira-
ton of all. Touching on Grants pub
lie life Gen. Baker pictured his extreme
simplicity, honor, and manner of living
or the battlefield, at home, or in the
White house. His memoirs are indi-
catiVe of simple firmness and brevity,
and, like Caesars commentaries, will
endure not only for what is told in them
but on account Of the lucid manner of
telling which, Gen. Baker said, makes
them equal to Thucydides and Plutarch
Grants kilograms, like those of Well
lngton, were noted for their terseness,
accuracy and integrity of statement,
and his dispatches and orders bore evil
denceS of his terrible earneStneSS. He
felt that the rebellion must be carried
to an end, while others waited and fig
ured, he hunted the foe, and his gen.
erals, like the marshals of Napoleon,
knew how to die, but not how to disobey
do o;e.{1 10
lection of his men, and the fact that
there was no misunderstanding between
himself and his officers was due to his
courtesy, his knowledge of men, and
their recognition of his sterling ability
The sword of Grant was the most cog
ent factor in the suppression Of the re-
belliOn. His was a long line of I'M
broken victories, with never a lost bat
tie to mar his proud record. He was
the best captain of the age, and the
true hero of the civil war.
In conclusion, Gen. Baker spoke of
Grant as a president, and, while allow
Ing that the intrepid general had been
much criticised, explained that his
terms had been periods of construction
at the time when matters were at their
worst, and that While Grant may have
been elected out of gratitude for his
war service still it was also a recogni-
people. In spite of discouraging pros
poets Grant had accomplished much
good, and while he was its chief eXecu-
tive the country had been put upon
years of great prosperity.
After those assembled had sung
''Marching Through Georgia" Gen. J.
3. Sanborn offered a set of resolutions
on the death of Gov. William r Mar
shall, copy of which appears in an
other column, and Capt. Castle called
upon several of the friends of the de-
Reased to speak Of the dead governor.
Judge Collins, of the Supreme court,
spoke feelingly of his old war compan-
ion, and added to the eulogy contained
in the resolutions. EX-Gov. Hubbard
paid tribute to the man whom, after
some years, he succeeded as chief ex-
ecutive of the state, and James J. Hill,
when called upon, recalled many Incl
dents in the early history of St Paul,
end told something of the character of
The man whose name was synonymous
with all that was fair and honest and
upright. Mr.. Hill even recounted as
shoWing the mans disposition. how
long years ago young Marshall had
walked all the way from ST Anthony
to Saltwater, whipped a bully known
as big Joe" and walked home again.
all the same day, although the distance
between the two places is twenty-eight
miles
Then, speaking seriously, Mr.. Hill
said that from the time he was a
banker on the corner of Third and
Cedar streets Marshall always mad a
well developed sense of right and
wrong, and was never known to do a