El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-04-27
A Grand Pageant Witnesses
the Ceremonies.
so, 600 PEOPLE IN LINE.
"a Very Imposing Sight at the Memorial
Exercises Held To-day in New York
Half a Million Strangers Witnessed the
Ceremony Transferring Grants Re
mains to the New Gausoieum.

: NEW YORK, April 27.-Fhe Gran
/. memoria, day is e5o mo Isly successfn
! in point of pOmD. ceremony, p3rad
: aud human interest, but The weatberi
!. not agreeable. a cold wind is BLOWN!
!. and tue thermometer at 9 o'clock rec.
]. istered thirty-e ght-
. Presto, n McK nley, Mayor Strona
and distinguished party lift for Riv
. ers de park before 10 O'Clock "a did tht
: ent re Cant fam ly; Tremendoo'
crowds y ere ali q ION the line. 1t i.
! estimated that If mill on stranger.
. pre in attendance Nnnr the tomb i a
mass of humanity extending for a NJ lie
: il all direc iD1 5. Tae Ger monies be,
. gan promptly on tm-. Mayor Strong
in 70 uced President Mckinley who
scoEe briefly but r es rly.
Pres; dent Mchin ey said:
Fellow Citizef s:-A great life. 6edi-
Gated 70 The ". lfLre of the nation here
finds It's ca thly corOuutio7. Even if
thi~ day lacsed the impressivene-s of
the GER mOny, and vas devoid of p g
eantry, l. would still b a M mortal be-
cause t is tee anniversary Of the birth
Of one of the most famous. best
beloved Of American soldiers
Arch lecture has pad a high tribute
to the leaders Oi mankind. bat never
was a memOria. more wOrthily bestow-
ed or more gratefully accepted by a
free people than the beautiful struc-
ture before which we are gathered
In marking the su cessful compile
zion Of this work, we have
as witnesses AMI pa~tici pants. the re-
| personalities cf Il the br nches # our
government, the rcpresen ativcs Of
foreign patiOns. governors of sta e5 ana
the sovereign people from every SEC
| tion of cur common country, all of
| VIII ch viii joiu this august tribute to
the soldier. p4tr 1t and { tizen.
Almost twelva yrars have passed
since the heroir vigil ended and III
brave sp'rt of General Ulysses $. Grant
TOOK its Higtt. Lincoln and Starton
pre- eied rim, but nj he miLhty cap
taius o toe wa CIR ut was the first To
b. called Saerm a $ -ri1 al sur
vi.ed uim, but i--ve since jo d him
N the oth-r side. The great heroes of
the civil s1ri.e On land and sea a. g /
most pas, AMI are now no more |
Thoma-. II H,ncuck, Logau, M:Pners1n, !
FarraguJ. DLrO ami PO~t-r. md - |
oos o O5h,rs oev- p - q f-Cevtr from /
human siaht T4o-e ren@inIng grow |
d-arer to Us, ana from them, and me- :
mory OF the-s who ha q departed !
Genera ions yet unrOrn VIII dr. "
jhe = inspira ION ana Gather strength .
for pt,rl tic purposes 4 great life
never lies Groa desds 4 ~ Impe i5d-
able, great am mn, rial.
Ge.esai CIR nt's services and chardc-
ter II cOGtinUe uldiu n ~hei in IL
hrer ce nd aGvauct N the estim alton
of ma kind ae io1g a. l.bertY remains
tie corner stone Of Il free government
and the iut-grity OF ife, ana = gu&ran-
ty of good citizen hip. Victorious
in the work 50 hich uId + divine prov
idenCe he WAS called upOn to do, cloth
ed with almost lmiJlcss
power he was yet one Of
lent, patriotic and just
Surcess old not dissarb, while f4me
was p1werless to s"rrve him from tle
p lth Of duty. As gr-at a. ne was in i
war, he owed peace, and Told the world
I'll al b hanUrdbie arb tCatiOp of q tfere nee
was the best hope Of civilization With
and Lincoln, Grant has
an eXa It'd place in history, and the
aft ctiOns of the people.
To-Day his memory is held in equal
esteem by those w ON he led to vic-O- :
~, AID y thrse who tccpt=d his gem
erOus terms of peace. TIE veterans If
the b ue and the gray are here to meet
not 0nIv to n nor the name of The de-
pared q an. but TO testify 10 living
reality of traternaiitF o. spirit wh'ca
has triumph over d Itferenr es of past
and trascends limi atiOls of
sectional lines Its completion which
grca est glory. 1t j. right then that
Gei al Grant s. Ould have IN ,rnorial.
Sc ocnty mill OU5 OF \ t.erican citizens
will guard sacred the heritage for
ev-r and forever.
At the conclusion of the presidents
speech, tn re were addresses made by
Mayor ST.. org and an alton by Cen
eral Porter, ard tn singing by an i'm
mense chorus ended ded catory SER
vices.
The the presidents party, with five
citizens retired to the pavil-
lion in Claremont, just back of the
tomb where lunch was served, during
the Interim while wa t ng for the mi
litary rag ant which bad started from
Madison square at l0:3O u. IN. With
prec' son hey arrived on after noon.
p, e5i d Mt McKInley then took Il place
on the reviewing stand. Tae DIrAde
was in three divisions and most im-
posing epec acle. 1t took four boufS
to pass Il given p"in5 nd there were
30 900 men in line. Prosidrn5 STAYED
to see 1t out. When it was ove- the
president drove to the foot I295h street
where he boarded the Dolp4in. The
cruis New York will fire the pre-
sident's sa ute OF twertV-Ona guns ard
the president VIII then revi w the
nava' parade Two hundred ships Of
all natiocs are in line.
TONIGHT'S BANQUET.
NEW YORK. April ETH event of
to sy will b. n. ought to Z. itiug close
by tn b. quct ich Is 70 be givea
Ibis eve.jrg by he Uniop Ic,.t5ur
wf ich, i cleimed. will sorp - any
thing 81 . sim lar n u~e ev e ere
att ,upt.d ia New Ip K. Pres CO.'S
Mex GIey ana VIC -Pre-iGens H 'bart
will e Sic guests If honor. but the
inVi a on lit ,a1t@ils tie aatDCs o. D. .