New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-28

i an GENERAL HORACE fOhihH'
.,ront in many walks Of life attended
| Men p'O .,,o, dinner of the Grant Banquet AS
ss hh" held In the ballroom OF the hotei war
| srs.O night. The celebration OF Grant o'r."-
| nj las' "'s manner. which originated with the
~ ~ ~" associat.on. was never more elaborate
4 Wv .,s dinner last evening ,,-. ,.,rad
tsD :" .sre 10 guests seated al 'ap'cS' JAM A,
there ord magnol,as. white rose adorned
nth roses ",a ~ each diner. Extending along
ss Du'O" ,su behind the principal table was
y emu &c field of stars measuring hai me
Gsro nas, room. 1t was fanked on one SIDE
s,.hl ~ the hero OF the celebration ana on
s'pisar BY portrait of Lincoln
-,orr AT THE TABLES.
,.od table General Granville H. Dodge
INC r..,od with him we're Mayors Strong
,ss.ieo postmastcr-Cieneral Wilson, General
nd "us, Governor d. II. Hastings Generai
sora* rsavne General James A. Williamson MA,
wage, aro the Mexican Minister oehe'ai
as K0n,e'y prser General S. NJ. Dodge, Commo-
rsm,s -. Sicard and the Rev. DR.. H. D
ucArthur .so o,ber tables included General
I'0's r Coils Warren NJ hea'ey, =.
.1.'nston. General 0. H. La "rn"s ronnnr
h" .".s General Brooke Pos''ey' "" onnr,
rruam H. Hume, Coione' %
Nn1 WIN, BENJAMIN Wright. ,,.,,,,. ~
wright pe"' pusb Nicholas Fish. William NJ
Aal'a" w,uam T. Lawson. Rastus s. Kan
H'asna"c coleman. Flihu Root. Isaac ~ Sehe-
Hn 'U"s wilson. J. Wolcott, NJ. w. Nolan
r,a n ,, ponss Allen S. Apgar. General How
uar"s W Conant Church, Thomas A. n.
n .al'J davenport. Seth NJ Milliken' Samuei NC
u" care,al George II. Sharpe H. A. va"
ayck Henry Viia'u , n R,odpett. Edwin II.
cornslius ~ Bliss. Isaac ~ Dious W.
N c. D. Borden, stephen baRer' ., W. va"
BaSer' NJ Cornell, Samuel Sloan, Charies ..
wormer W. j. s,mmons. Colonel S. V. r. Cruger,
George Wilson ,, T, Dwight z NJ
Coiohei a. uasges. F. W. Devoe Abraham u.
Grou'' "s george A. Price. Colonel T. p. Ocnii-
MINIS .yo.,I stewart L. Woodford John 1. urah-
~. usnrv w. Hobson, 5. '. White
81 ,,.an, n. Choate William d. Guthrie Juneh l.
80, General Thomas II Hubbard water o
rohrs,on. General Arson q. McCooM' T. - '".
'o'"' General John T. Lockman. r. A. {. smith,
man, uen ".,a., Co,rge p HOPKINS Senior NJ Covar-
rubias. . Henry w Cam
IS S,ao,rrsv " Fay. Looms L. Langdon, W. ~
,,.,,hr Augustus G. Paine Albert q. Hyde' Ooio-
-, frederic G. Wagner A. Van Santvooru' heH's
r valentine, Edward F. C. Young
=, - Amour General John II. Bryant. senator
III. 9 Rrice DR.. F. Ferguson, K b. Hinsdale'
Goo + Hodgman. A L. Hopkins. William u.
yr,ols Morton s. Patton Frank Ii. Piatt' I. -
shaype Horace White.
.sa c,Sar smoke cured upward. Chairman
Dodge delivered the opening address reieiln's ~
hs nrosress in the construction Of General Grant
.ans IN riverside Drive and announcing that 1t VIII
hs ded,ca,ed on next April q, the anniversary OF
Grants birth.
ADDRESS OF THE POSTMASTER-GENERAl
Ths toast, Grant the Pacihcator." was responded
"a nv posmaster-General Wilson. who said IN part.
7, was easier for Grant and Lee, with the mutual
respect born OF past experience. TO ADJUST i'e"'
terms at Appomattox than 1t would have peeh lot
auv others |, is to the honor of both that they
nsyer shourhi of Intermediates "A simple ana gen
e.ors note written by the one, in the luli oi In
y conversation, with Its words ana us'a az, ines
SIMPLE and formal note OF acceptance py tno ~ ~
and tie eveniful and alldecisive Transaction
ended: Inc four-years' war and the eighty y eia
controversies which engendered II, WeIs ,'Gn,ors
closed The exultant salute with wnich the ~. re-
attempted to give natural ex syen, was promptly
hushel BY their commander In tender cohsiue. NO .
% II: feelings soS Of ' ana ones SneSe
Northern Virginia gathered up their pm riTa ,,1snshp
and for N hm nn Without
and aid Of comrades to fight sti harder pacoe
and each bearing With him me Drav ,rea inm
nltnn of the brave mans generous urea icou,h
H rSs vears passed on The States OF the Sou,n
rsre reappearing IN the sisterhood OF the o"iJ,'
But when Virginia sought to resume ner pn,G have
dstranchsed her intelligence ana proprrd o.
me- snrsI hui 10 General Grant? And one OF me mrs
acts OF his first Administration was h ai
ton 10 Congress that separate Vute responded
N his advice: Acknowledgement was defeatei ana
when the Commonwealth Of washington ana &c,
no doubt was equally potent with Grant the Con h
monweaith of Lee and Jackson reappeared IN the
SpS at Washnsop sne upon her limbs
Still other years passed on, filled with the noise
and dust and passion OF great poitcai o,b and
North In tenderest sympathy 70 me Victoi
q Appomattox, stricken with incurable disease ana
oasSer Greater than himself He was comforted
and touched by the unanimous sympathy Of M. MS
ss aRe w the ms nt are
he eve OF a new era. when there Is 10 De great
harmony between n FdeTa ana o bs but
feel within me that 1t is TO be So Inc UNI. UNI
vsrsay kind feeling expressed for me at time me
last seemed to be the beginning Of the answer to
a nsss 1t Il dne ana heary
~ spontaneous move l hope this good ieen"s
ny continue TO the end" r,
Eat controversies that came down to the gen
maon OF 1860 from the founding OF our Govern
aasl arrangements s Of the war by which alone it
low seems they could be settled. over Each re,
.uIlence OF this birthday rs a renewed ana sacred
sppeai 10 all American patriots. Let US nave
frequent outbursts of applause had interrupted
''e speaker but at the c.ose Of his address there
vas q tumut OF enthusiasm All present rose TO
'"e'r 'ee'' cheering and waving their napkins.
GENERAL HAsrINGss RESPONSE
~ 'o'eihor hastings Of Pennsylvania then respond.
" ~ tue toast Grant and the Republican Party.
saying in part
emnIs," Grant was the apostle of opportunity, ex-
rnss =, ''S III MS career the man OF the hour who
Wss,tto.ne occasion: He needed only to call on
o,scr uon ior endorsements and listen for the
are r.slohse OF the volunteer hosts crying 1--WE
ixsr ,v', ,ni @oVV strong" He found Sheridan
And N tha nv aiway Sherman to march to the sea.
,ur siion ne "noerness the great commander himself.
isrm sent commander appeared on his logged de-
optorr ra way 70 the City Of Richmond Always the
10 matt the march OF treason was seized.
pn.n. oserhor went on to speak OF Grant per-
au,s- ana some OF his remarks evoked rounds OF
IN. mo applause. He went on:
Ear b,rS stry Of General Grant has been traced as
fathers ds,th me sixteenth century. when his fore
and (yresrsat on the CALIFORNIAN His in Scotland
plary cs,}t.y Grant was known as a most exem-
land na'nsn So to-day, We hear OF clans In Scot
with III "nsas the finger Of pride to a connection
ufdnt clan. and the superb strain of blood