The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-13


hugh Lee since he set foot on Ameri-
can soil on his return from Havana,
eliminated tonight in Washington in
what was in many ways one of the
most remarkable demonstrations the
city has ever seen. From the moment
he alightcd in the railroad station in
the afternoon he was surrounded by
cheering crowd that followed him to
the state department. and the spectacle
of army and navy officers and govern
ment employees cheering outside the
very door of the secretary of state was
wholly unprecedented in the history of
the state department. At night the
city turned out in thousands. when
the serenade was given General Lee
at his hotel, and the multitude stood
for hours in the streets, waiting for d
glimpse of him.
NIGHT DEMONSTRATION.
The night demonstration was almost
as quick and unprecedented as that
which had greeted General Lee at the
depot and state department. The Ma
rine band had been secured from the
barracks, and the Seventy-first reSl-
ment band, under the leadership of
OF the Marine band, came over from
New York on the afternoon train.
The crowd assembled without calling,
and by o'clock was 5000 strong in
the streets about the Shoreham hotel,
where General Lee was quartered. Be
fore the close it was twice that size.
1t was after o'clock before he ap-
peared ON one of the small corner bal
comics. accompanied by a committee of
the Union Veteran Legion and the
Confederate Veterans association,
which was jointly in charge of the af-
fair The bands struck up the Star
Spangled Banner" and there was a
burst of fireworks from the neighboring
houses. while mounds of red, white and
blue lights famed at intervals along
the street, throwing the crowd on the
balcony into a sharp relief against a
background of flags. The crowd yelled
itself hoarSe. calling for General Lee
by name, and demanding a speech. The
speech was brief and so much broken
by applause that the crowd caught
probably little more than it's general
drift. General Lee said:
FITZHUGH LEES SPEECH.
After all the speeches 1 have been
forced 10 make in the past two days, 1
can hardly hope to make myself heard
over this great gathering. l can only
assure you. that such a great demon
stration seems to me out of all proper
ton to the simple fact of my humble
presence here, and l am frank to say
1 don't see that 1 deserve it, having
only tried TO do my duty as an Ameri-
can, where circumstances placed me-"
The crowd broke out afresh, and there
were yells of That's it: that's what
you didr' General Lee continued:
i have to thank you most heartily
for this splendid endorsement of my
course. 1t is a thing that can hardly
come to a man more than once in a
lifetime. and it moves me more than
l can put in words
WAR;" FIGHT
You can act pretty quick" cried
man in the crowd, and then someone
yelled, War" Fight" and the cheer
ing drowned everything else.
L have not come to talk war;" con-
tinued General Lee, but If war comes
in a few days, or in a few years, the
present crisis has proved that it will
find us united people, and the only
contest will be as to who can carry
the flag farthest and fastest.
There is one thing, in conclusion. I
want to thank my good New York
friends who have come so promptly to
the front tonight. 1t is only another
she has been in the past, to stand by
Virginia, and If the trial comes, 1 can
assure you all that Virginia will be
found standing shoulder to shoulder
with New York
The speaking and music was followed
by a very brief reception. to which a
few score gained admittance, in the
rooms of Representative Cornell of
Pennsylvania, from whose balcony
General Lee had made his address
WASHINGTON THAWED OUT.
Washington, April 12.-Consul Gene
raj Fitzhugh Lee arrived here from
Havana at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon
A large crowd of enthusiastic admirers
had gathered at the Pennsylvania sta
ton, and when the general stepped
from the train he was greeted with a
tremendous outburst of applause. Wo-
men waved their handkerchiefs and
men their hats, and altogether the dem
onstration was a notable one. Wash
ington crowds. as a rule, are not de-
monstrative, but this occasion was a
conspicuous exception.
CROWD AT THE DEPOT.
Long before the hour set for the ar
rival of the train the crowd began to
gather 1t completely filled the sta
ton and Sixth street. adjacent on the
east, and extended far into Pennsyl-
vania avenue. The general occupied
the last car in his train. and when il
was known that it had reached the
station there was tremendous lush to
get look at him. BY the time he was
ready to alight the crowd was so dense
about the train that. even with the as
sistance of q platoon of police, it was
with difficulty that he reached the plat
form Several friends of the general,
among them a number of ladies.
pressed forward and finally succeeded
in grasping him b. the hand. One of
the ladies presented him with a bou-
ouet of roses tied together by ribbons
of the national colors. and bearing a
tiny confederate battle flag. Immedi-
ately the crowd began to cheer. and
round after round of applause greeted
him as he walked Slowly and uncov-