Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1898-05-20
vERMONTERs IN CHICAGO
Are Proud Of Dewey and Don't Care
who Knows II.

who Knows II.
The Sons of Vermont in Chicago met at
the Grand Pacific hotel Wednesday night,
18th inst, to celebrate the victory of Geo.
Dewey of Montpelier at Manila. They
boosted of their state, of their great men,
of Ethan Allen, of the Vermonters during
the Revolution and the war of the Union,
and of the great sea fighter whose guns
they declared "blew the Monroe doctrine
to flinders at the same time he destroyed
the Spanish feet before Cavite." They
declared that they were proud to have
been born in Vermont, proud to have felt
the inspiration of the rugged country,
proud that it was a son of the old Green
Mountain state that placed the United
States in the front rank of nations at home
and abroad.
1t was a genuine old love feast for the
down East Yankees. Some of those present
knew Admiral Dewey when he was boy.
Judge Waterman went to school with him.
Rev. j. j. Lewis married one of his old
playmates atMontpelier, and besides there
was genuine Dewey present-C. A.
Dewey, who came all the way from his
home at Kenosha to attend the celebration.
Although the meeting was a special one,
it was a record-breaker in point of attend
ance in the history of the Vermont society
of Chicago
As a formal expression of the sentiments
of the society the following testimonial
was adopted and ordered sent to Admiral
Dewey at Manila:
The Formal Tribute.
The Vermont association Of Chicago to
the Hero Of Mdnia:
As residents of Chicago we have always
been proud of our native state; proud of
its history, its rocks and its mountains,
its men and women. and last but not least
its heroes of peace and war To these
! there has now been added the name of
! George Dewey, a name this day ringing in
! all the capitals of the world, on the tongue
| of every man and woman who admires
/ heroic deeds honors courage and is moved
/ by exhibitions of devotion to duty As
natives of Vermont, as citizens of the
| United States, as lovers of our country, as
/ friends of humanity we tender to you, Ad-
mral George Dewey, our heartfelt thanks
/ for what YOU have done to succOr the
needy, to free the oppressed and to make
I glorious the American name.
In response to a message sent by the
president of the Chicago society announc-
ing the meeting replies were received from
Senator Morrill,, Governor Grout of Yer
mont, and Congressman Foss of Chicago.
Senator Morrill, said, in his reply:
Among naval heroes Vermont as well
as the world will now claim Dewey as one
of those of the very highest rank Direct
ed to use his discretion, none but the
enemy will think he exceeded it,"
Governor Josiah Grout sent the follow
ing:
vermont greets her children in the
Garden City, and delights with them in
that great Oriental victory of Dewey with
tears Of rejoicing. All honor to the con-
quering hero, modest and brave, with such
taking way his fame emblazons his native
hills and illumines every sky. The Green
Mountain state has a new love for the new
born glory of the gallant Montpelier Com
modore.'
General /. A. Grant, ex-assistant secre-
tary of war under President Harrison,
gave some interesting "reminiscences of the
Dewey family in Montpelier. He said he
knew Admiral Dewey, having met him a
number of times when he was at Wash
ngton. With his brother he enjoyed a
more intimate acquaintance, and DR.. Dew
ey, the admral's father, was wel-known
character in Vermont There is some
thing about the mountains of Vermont
said Gen. Grant, something about its
rlls and its specked trout, that makes ev-
cry Vermonter remember the days of his
youth. There are two important events in
the history of this country wrought by
Vermonters-w Ethan Allen took Ii
conderoga in the name of the Continental
Congress and the Great Jehovah, and
when George Dewey took Manila in the
name of the people of the United States
I and the great doctrine of human brother
hood