Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-28
BECK EULoGIzEs GRANT.
Assistant Attorney General Chief
Speaker at Pittsburg BANQUET.

A dispatch from Pittsburg Pa, last night
says: The annual Grant banquet given BIZ
the Americas Club at the Hotel SchenleY
was equal in brilliancy to any of the i'm.
portant events in the history Of the club
In addition to the noted speakers from
Washington, some 800 of Pittsburg's most
prominent business men gathered around
the tables. Letters of regret were read from
President Roosevelt, Secretary Cortelyou,
Postmaster General Payne and Gen. Fred
Grant and Mrs. Sartoris. representing the
Grant family. Congressman John Dalzell.
who was POSTMASTER, introduced the sevA
eral speakers in happy manner. and cone
tributed much to the enjoyment of the ooA
casion.
To Assistant Attorney General James NJ
Beck was assigned the principal speech OF
the evening. His subject was Grant" and
although Mr.. Beck had left his sick bed to
be present, his speech was mastery effort
To Lincoln and Grant, above all men, hA
gave the credit for the united republic OF
today.
After paying high tributes to Attorney
General Knox and President Roosevelt, Mn
Beck, continuing, said:
Il am here, however, by your gracious
invitation to speak of Grant Grant is one
of our immortals. His cause was the most
holy that ever led warrior to unsheath a
which, as we can now increasingly see, the
hopes of humanity must rest Grants sus
preme SERVICE however was not in hurting
the dread thunderbolt of war. To insure tho
perpetuity of the republic, it was not enough
to crush the south. 1t was essential to win
their warm hearts. What wonder that a
confederate general stood by his bedside id
his last days of anguish, and that two
others acted as his pallbearers in his last
journey to the grave. There never was a
war so terribly fratricidal civil wary
and there never was a reconciliation so
quickly achieved and SO sincere and lasting
In spirit.
The same generation that witnessed tha
war, In which on one side alone 100000 me6
had gone down to death, beheld latet
President, himself a gallant officer of tho
Union army, appoint two confederate gem
erals, Joe Wheeler and Fitzhugh Lee I'd,
battle for the flag which symbolizes forevef
our common and united country. This exs
traordinary reconciliation is chiefly due "a
the tender memory Of the martyred Lncolft
and the chivalrous courtesy of the magnanis
nous Grant"
Secretary James Wilson of the Depart.,
ment of Agriculture made statistical ado
dress on matters pertaining to his departs
ment, and told Of the great strides the
United States has made in the past century,
in the matter of food production
Civil Service Commissioner William D.
Foulke spoke to the toast, The fruits Of
republican administration" He lauded thu
party leaders and predicted a grand future
for>the country If republican principles con44
tinue to dominate its political policy
The weather" was the toast assigned to
Willis L. Moore, chief of the United Stateai
weather bureau
A dispatch from Boston last night saysf
Grant night, SO termed in honor of the sol2l
der and statesman, was observed by thA
Middlesex Club. a republican body, tonight
at the Brunswick. The guests and speakers
were Gov. John L. Bates, Secretary of tho
Navy William H. Moody. Lieut. Gov. Harry
L. Gordon Of Ohio and J. c. Manning OF
Alabama. Congressman Ernest L. RobertS
OF this state was POSTMASTER. The welcomed
to the old bay state by Governor Bates wadj
In happy vein, In which he touched upon
the part she had played in the great unioU
of states.
Secretary Moody responded for the ada.
ministration Speaking of his own particuS
lar department, he said:
Il am proud of the navy it's officers and
men. Never in the history of our countrYi
has 1T been better than it is today. Dub;
world. The navy is now at peace. and u
predict that 1T will be long at peace