Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-09-20

CIVIL war, until he was taken from
the west and given command of all
the armies of the United States. Like
almost everyone else had the great
est admiration for his manly and SOL
dierly qualities, so of course I was
greatly pleased to have this oppor-
tunity of meeting Mrs. Grant and her
daughters. Fixing upon an evening
for my call, | invited my chum, the
Rev. ]. It. Crippen, who had also
served in the army as chaplain of
regiment from New York state, to &C
company me. We were kindly re-
ceived by Mrs. Grant and her daugh-
ter and spent a delightful evening
with them, for they did everything
in their power to make it pleasant
for us. Nearly all the valuable pres
ents General Grant had received
while abroad on his trip around the
world had been presented to the
government and were on deposit at
Washington, but there was a mag
nificent picture of General Philip
Sheridan which had been painted by
great artist in France, that had
been highly eulogized by connoisseurs
and indeed by all who had seen it
when it first reached this country.
Mrs. Grant called our attention to it
quietly saying: when the General"
She always spoke of her husband
as the General turned over the
other things to the government, l in
sisted that this picture should be
reserved, for General Sheridan was
his favorite officer and | could not
part with it," Then while DR.. Grip
pen was being entertained by Mrs.
F. d. Grant, she said to me: Now
draw up your rocking chair, and we
will have comfortable visit togeth-
er." She had much to say about her
experiences in Virginia at the time
of the later campaigns in that state,
where she quite frequently went to
the front to be with her husband.
Immediately following the election
of DR.. j. P. Newman to the episco-
pacy, there was some talk about the
means which it was said had been
employed to bring it about. Some
went so far as to say that he could
not have been elected except through
the influence OF General Grant, who
was his warm personal friend. It
was urged that DR.. Newman had on
one occasion declined to serve as pas
tor of church to which he had been
appointed by the authorities of the
church, and that alleged insurbor-
dination was used against him when
his name was proposed for the epis-
copal office.
Just before the election of bishops
| received a letter from one of the
preachers on my district, urging me
to do everything in my power to pre-
vent his election The letter reach
ed me just after my visit at Mrs.
Grants home, and | speak of it only
because it express a feeling, however
mistaken, which existed among some
of the preachers. That Mrs. Grant
was interested in the election of Dr..
Newman is true enough, indeed she
greatly desired it, for he had been
her pastor while they were at Wash
ington, and also afterward in New
York. OF course they became at
tached to him and to Mrs. Newman,
who was one of the elect ladies of
Methodism, Mrs. Grant freely eX-
pressed her hope that he might be
chosen as one of the new bishops.
She asked me if l thought there
would be any improperly in making
her interest in the matter known to
the delegates. / assured her that
in my judgment it would be very
proper l said: Mrs. Grant, you are
a member of the Methodist Episcopal
church and you have the same rights
in the church as have other men,
bers; We all have our choice in these
matters, nor can any one reasonably
object to an expression of this choice.
There are two men whose election |
greatly desire because | believe they
are worthy, and l propose to do what
l can in an honorable way to bring
1t about. One is DR.. A. j. Kynett
and the other is DR.. ]. p Newman"
well" she said, Il am glad to hear
you speak so. for l am expecting the
members of the General Conference,
who were soldiers to spend an even
ing with me, and / should like to
have them know how we feel toward
DR.. Newman, but / should hesitate
to do so unless / was assured ii
would be entirely proper"
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