Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-05-07
AT THE TOMB OF GRANT
DEDICATION OF THE LAST RESTING
PLACE of THE GENERAL.
President, Cabinet, Foreign DipIO-
matists and Citizens of All Walks
of Life Present.

New York, April 2s.-Never before In
the history of the United States. has
such tribute been paid to the nopie
dead as when. with the wondrous pageant
by land and sea, the nation dedicated
the tomb that now holds the body OF
Ulysses s. Grant. 1t was an occasion
more of triumph, eulogy and national
pride than of a funeral rite, for in those
IL years since first the nation mourneo
for Grant, the keenness Of grief has worn
| off and there lives in the hearts or men
the hero worship which found such tu-
multuous vent today.
The greatest of our citizens, our SOL
diers and our sailors stood side by side
! with men of fame of almost every nation
of the earth and paid, without regard TO
race, or creed, or party pre1udice, the
| last and long delayed honor OF the living
| to the dead, while the greatest throng
that ever filled the city of New York
| added it's surging peans to the roar OF
| the belching guns and the tramp of mar
| ching soldiers. And in that throng there
was no north and no south, for since the
| soldier president had said: LET us have
| peace the gray had blended with the
blue.
When the tomb was reached a strange
| sight met the eye. All around the oval,
in the center of which stood the monu-
ment to Grant, were what seemed to be
black hlllocks. This soniber background
was formed by thousands of spectators,
who filled the stands, built up from the
ground on both sides of the tomb to the
level of the steps that lead to its massive
doors.
President Mckinley stood bareheaded
| in the wind, speaking to the thousands
who stood in the circle in front of him:
| General Grants services and character
| will continue undiminished and advance
| in the estimation of mankind so long as
= @f (rAn
! government, and integrity of life the
| guaranty of good citizenship. Faithful
and fearless as a volunteer soldier, in
| trepid and invincible as commander-in-
chief of the armies of the union calm
and confident as president of the reunited
| and strengthened nation, which his
| genius had been instrumental in achiev-
ing, he has our homage and that of the
world; but brilliant as was his public
| character, we love him all the more for
| his home life and homely virtues, his in
! dividuality, his bearing and speech; his
! simple ways had a flavor of rare and
unique distinction, and his Americanism
was SO true and uncompromising that his
name will stand for all time as the en-
bodiment of liberty, loyalty and national
unity" These words give the keynote of
! the presidents address.
General Porter's grafton in honor of
| the hero seemed to impress the crowd
less than the sight of the pale-faced.
bareheaded president standing beside the
| widow of the dead general, ex-President
Cleveland and the gray-haired statesmen
| and soldiers
Surrounded by his cabinet, his generals
and his friends, President Mckinley stood
and reviewed the grandest military pa
/ geant ever seen in this city. There were
| regular soldiers, regular sailors, national
! guardsmen of the sea and land forces,
| Grand J-etSr1nz "a r.
Grams, and the striplings who in the fu-
| ture may fight as CALAMITY as their faith
ers did.
With General Dodge and his staff rode
Chief Joseph, the Nez Perez Indian, and
! Buffalo Bill.
some time after the parade had started
for review there were between $1,000 and
0.000 men in line. OF this aggregate the
United States regular and naval forces
numbered 1000; National guard of New
York, 13,000 and National guards of other
states, 1850. The G. A. r. veterans in
line were computed at 10000.
When the cheering was at its loudest
and when the wind had somewhat died
away, touching scene was enacted
which was seen by few. Silently Mrs
Grant stole away from the president s
reviewing stand, where she had been
watching the gallant troops go by. and
leaning on the arm of her son, Colonel
Grant, made her way to the tomb, fol-
/ lowed only by the members of the Grant
family. The bronze doors were opened
and the widow of the hero passed from
the noise of the outside world to the quiet
OF the tomb. For 10 minutes she stayed
there, and then with her face hidden In
her hands she left the scene.
Soon after this President Mckinley
went aboard the Dolphin amid the boom
ing or guns, and reviewed the great war
ships that lay in the shadow of the tomb
The foreign men of war in the process
sion were: English warship Talbot
French corvette Fulton. Italian cruiser
Dogali, Spanish cruiser Infanta Isabella
Spanish cruiser Maria Teresa.