The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-04-28
WHEELER AND SCHLEY
Represent San Juan and San
tiago at PittSburg.
ONE EULOGIZING GRANT
While the Other GIorifies the
Heroes of the Navy,

Pittsburg, Pa, April 27-Politics CAV,
way to patriotism at the annual banqJe
of the American Republican club, in homo
Of the birthday OF General Grant today
and instead Of the names Of such promi
nent Republican leaders among the speak
ers as Mckinley. Harrison, Reed ant
Sherman, the army and navy had tbs
call and the guests Of honor were Genera
| Joseph Wheeler and Admiral Winfield S
SchIey. The dinner was held at the Hote
Schenley, and in many respects was the
most successful ever given by the club
Covers were laid for 500, and had there
been room probably twice this number OF
| tickets would have been sold. Preceding
the dinner, the distinguished guests held
a reception which lasted more than an
hour, and it was long after the time fixed
for the banquet when the guests filed into
| the banquet hall to the inspiring strains
Of The Stars and Stripes" Hon. c. L.
| Magee was chairman at the dinner table
and Clarence Burleigh. city attorney. was
| postmaster. Major General WheeIer. re-
| sponded to the toast Grant" as follows:
Calm and beautiful the morning of
| July % 1898, dawned on Mount McGregor.
| All nature seemed subdued The ravs OF
the risen sun rested upon the green hills
| and mountains of Vermont, upon the
! placid waters Of Santiago lake and upon
! the cottage where the life Of the greatest
man or the nation was slowly ebbing
away. Ulysses S. Grant was in the inme-
date presence Of the foe whom none may
conquer, the only foe to whose might the
| great warrior had ever succumbed. For
nine long months had he gazed undaunted
into the face Of death, keeping him at
bay with one hand, while, with his pen
in the other he bravely finished the work
that would make provision for the beloved
wife and children he should leave behind
him.
"A few moments after s o'clock the
silver cord was loosed, the golden bowl
broken and the spirit Of the patriot-war-
rior had returned to the God who gave
it. ere the gun had climbed midway to the
zenith. the electric wires had told the
people in the uttermost ends of the earth
that General Grant was dead. Tn every
city, town and hamlet in our land, heads
were reverentIy bowed and sorrow and
sympathy were expressed in every coun-
tenance.
when the announcement Of his death
reached Charleston, S. c., the News and
Courier Of July oath, said: Happy ne was
in one sense, in the time of his death:
had his life ended but a few years since.
the mourning for the great leader would
have been more or less sectional in its
manifestations. Dying as he now dies, the
grief is as widespread az the union. and
the sorrow is as national as his fame
Only a little while ago General Grant be-
longed to the victorious north. In his last
days he was the foremost citizen of the
United States, Of north and south alike.
Nowhere was the discriminating regard
for him more tender than in the states
which used to be described as lately in
rebellion The country IS reunited in
spirit "a in word, and the successful gen
eralissmo Of the union forces is mourned
10y south and north together. 1t needed
one thing to give him the semblance of
content. 1t needed a solemn declaration
Of confidence in him. as a soldier. and of
admiration as such. This acknowledgment,
again while the waves of misfortune were
yet at his feet, was accorded him by the
voice Of the north and south alike when
the dark waters rose to his lipe. It was
as general Of the armies Of the United
States that G neral Grant was held in most
joyous and honorable remembrance by the
north, and by the act of the north and
south alike ne died as general of the
armies of the United States. BY this act
the whole distance between 1865 and 1885
was brdsed over. The north had no
thought save of him VINO told the worn
and ragged Confederate soldiers Of Lees
army that they must take their horses
home with them. as they would need them
for the spring sowing, and who threw his
soIdierly honor into the scale when An
drew Johnson was hesi.at.ng whether he
should. ny arresrinG General R Z. Lee.
violate the terms OF the Confederate sur
render and the sanctity ~ the parole. Long
ago in message to the people of the
United States he used words which seemed
a mochsry. There was then a peace which
was Wor-e than war; but peace has come
throughout the land: peace in the north
and peace in the south. The country IS
one again. In heart and thought and hone.
The great soldier who laid in blood the
foundation Of this second and more endur-
ing union is now at rest. let us have
peace he said years ago and peace his
people have. In their hearts and minds. in
this time of peace. there IS naurht but
regard and regret for him tor whom strife
and disqu.et are no more The good VIII
of ALL whether heretofore friends or not.
was his in agony and Will abide with his
name forever
president Mckinley. two years ago ~
the dedication Of the monument. Heauti-
fully and truthfuUy said If General Grant:
a great life never dies. great deeds are
im0ersha5le. great names immortal Gen
sraI Grants services and character viii
continue Cnd.m.nished in influence ana adj
vance in the estimation Of mankind 50
long as liaarty remains the cornerstone af
free government and integrity Of life the
guaranty Of good citizenship
hut sorrow endu-e.h for night and
JON eometl in the morning and now that
grief and mourning have claimed tbsir
tribute. We meet tonight 10 celebrate tho
birthday II Grant. the macnaninous.
whose memory We .-ht % honor ana
reverence. recognizing him as one Of -1a
nations 5mmo--ar whose ne-cv win -
cherished together with that II -7, father
Of our country.
seventy seven years. almost t7ya--hf-.7s
az the lie time NJ 1ae nation. have c,-r,a
and gone, leaving their records OF sva7-s