Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-28
GENERAL GRANT MEMORIALS
Famous Soldier President is Bulogised BY
Silver Tongues in Various Cities,
SECRETARY SHAW MAKES. AN ADDRESS
Traces veIopment of ant
showing Trend of Thought
I'd Central Gov
eminent.

PITTsBURG, April 27.-The sixteenth
annual dinner Of the Americas Republican
club Of this city in ommemoration Of the
birthday Of General U. S. Grant was held
at Hotel Henry tonight, and because Of
the many bright oratorical stars present
was one OF the most brilliant Of the many
banquets given by this well known organ
ization. Hon. P. c. Knox, attorney gen.
ersl Of the United States, ofhciated as
POSTMASTER, and among those seated about
him were Hon. L. M. Shaw, secretary Of
the treasury; Hon. II. c. Payne. postmas.
ter general; Congressman Charles e. Little
field Of Maine, and Hon. John p. Elkin,
attorney general OF Pennsylvania. Charles
e. Littleheld Of Maine responded to the
toast Grant"
Mr.. Littleield's eulogy was received with
rapt attention and at its conclusion Mr..
Knox introduced Hon. L. NJ. Shaw, secre-
tary Of the treasury, whose response to
the toast 9TH Governmental Evolution"
was greeted with applause.
Traces COuntry's Progress.
Secretary Shaw in a few words traced
the development of the country from
scattered colonies. each independent of the
other and not infrequently "antagonistic,
to Its present commanding position as a
unified sistsThood Of states. He noted the
dangers common to all the colonies,
which resulted in a continental congress
and a Joint enter rise Of resistance to
Great Britain, followed by a Declaration Of
Independence, then articles Of confedera-
ton, and finally a constitution.
THE trend Of thought" said Mr.. Shaw,
has been ever towards central govern
ment."
He referred to the contending and an
tagonistic schools OF political thought that
during seventy years of the national exist
ence struggled for supremacy. The one
taught state sovereignty. the other found
voice in the immortal words OF Webster:
Liberty and union, now and forever, one
and inspearable."
IF the door set aiar in the spring of
1896 by the unanimous vote of both houses
Of congress ever swings wide on its
hinges the United States will police not
only the street on which it lives" he de-
clared, but the entire western hemisphere,
and with 1t all countries and all islands
by the Pacific"
He said we must have the largest
merchant fleet ever kissed by ocean
breezes. and these carriers of international
commerce must be built OF American ma
t~erial. in American yards, by American
labor. They are to be manned by American
sailors, fred by American coal. or more
probable, oil, and they are to float the
stars and stripes.
Memorial in New York.
NEW YORK, April 27.-The anniversary
Of General u. s. Grants birthday was cell
ebrated tonight by the members and guests
OF the Grant Monument association, with
a banquet given at the Waldorf-Astoria.
Prominent military men and national pol
iticians from all sections Of the country
were present. General Grenville Dodge
acted as POSTMASTER. At the guests table
with General Dodge were Senator j, c.
Burrows of Michigan; Congressman J. e.
Watson Of Indiana; Congressman Champ
Clark Of Missouri; General Thomas Hub
bard Of New York; General Arson Nc
Cook, Major General Brooke, Major Gen.
eral Howard, the Rev. DR.. Macarthur,
Thomas Hodge, Colonel A. L. Mills, Major
General James r. Wilson, Governor VIII
liam H. Taft OF the Philippines; Cornelius
N. Bliss and General Henry l.. Burnett.
NEW YORK, April 26.-General Grants
birthday was celebrated in Brooklyn to-
night by a Dime given by Grant post G.
A. R. and the Union League club.
Senator J. r. Burton of Kansas was the
chief speaker, responding to the toast
Grant as u Friend" He said among
other things:
Grants campaign and his work as pres
ident will never grow dim. Men of mar
tial spirit will ever think OF him at Fort
Donaldson and at Vicksburg. Grant, with
a nation weeping at his tomb is a grander
picture than a Napoleon dying in exile.
Nor is 1t the least OF the differences in
the lives OF these great mel that one was
true to his friends and the other thought
only OF himself. The mighty genius OF
Napoleon cut off the day Of retribution,
but that day, prolonged, had at last to
come. The simple faith and confidence of
Grant In mankind enshrined him in the
hearts OF millions no less than did his
great deeds"
At His Old Home.
GALENA, ILL.,, April 27.-The eightieth
anniversary birthday of General U. s.
Grant was celebrated in this city today
under the auspices of the Grant Birthday
association OF Galena This marked the
tenth observance of the day.
The orator Of the day at the first cele-
bration In 1893 was William Mckinley, fol-
lowed in succeeding years by orators Of
national reputation. including Luther a
lin Mills Of Chicago, Theodore Roosevelt,
Charles Emory Smith and others.
The speaker Of the day, Hon. William
T. Calhoun, arrived from Chicago shortly