The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-21

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surprised the Germans by waIti e
from his hotel to the palace Il al
On Prince bismarck, and nrines saa
are told, met him at the doo.' e
stead of waiting to receive bi- u
state. He met the queen oF ~
land, the ear of Russia tbs -ss-
peFor of Japan, and the kin, =.
Siam in the same way, conforms
to the etiquet of the courts I'M s'
himself never dropped the rsle !,
the plain American gentleman ~
might have appeared in the co, =
of Europe and Asia Wearing
four stars of a general, worn Tisb,is
by no man from Washington 9'l
to his day, but he refused 10 sns s'-ls
in the uniform which gave ~ ~
greatest distinction in the erss ~
the world" "
Target of Many Critics.
Hordes of critics leyeled tb.,.
shafts at Grant from the tina !,
his advent on the national staes ~ y
til his death on Mount McGrego.
Mr.. Cannon says. These crii;ail
could see nothing good in Gram
no military ability, no patriots A.
Yotion, no moral courage in Inc sof
der while his battles were in Nv
gress, but were forced to Join IN n.
praise heaped on him when his Viz
tories We're won.
General Grant refused to have II.
surrender at Appomattox common.
GRATED in a historic painting renTs.
senting him as receiving the sWor5
of Lee, as General Gates is reprs
scented in the surrender of BurRoyns
at Saratoga, in the monster paipt.
ing which hangs in the rotunda n
the capitol here. Mr. Cannon is an.
thorlty for the statement that Grant
never touched Lees sword.
you are aware" says Mr.. Can.
non, that the federal government
has never commemorated in moup.
ment or picture the fall of the con.
federacy. 1t never will. 1t has Bro-
vided for the preservation of Tho
most historic battlefelds and there
mingle the monuments to the hero.
ism of both armies" MIR. Cannon
believes that there is profound wis
dom in the policy of not making
monuments to the end of the var
between the states.
Fruits of Federal Policy.
This policy has Obliterated the
scars of war more completely than
any other policy could have done
Mr.. Cannon believes, for it has
spread the Industries once confined
to New England ito the south and
west, and although New England
has multiplied her industries many,
many times, she has now but q
minor percentage of the great IN
dustrial output of this country
The criticism and opposition 70
Grant came to a head when the
Liberal Republican party was Or
with Horace Greeley, the
famous New York editor, trying 70
the party of Lincoln and
unseat Grant. The Democratic con-
of 1872 was persuaded viz
tually to hide the identity Of the
party and swallow hook, line and
5inker the platform of the new Or
ganization with Greeley at its head,
The Democratic party officially vas
on record as supporting
4 radical protectionist-for Horace
Greeley was that-in order to down
Grant. The platform of this Curl
lus coalition contained such terms
as "treachery" and "usurpation" in
the actions of General
Grant. Mr.. Cannon says that near
" every newspaper of any size and
influence in the country was behind
Greeley and against Grant. The
.rouble with the coalition, accorU-
ng to the veteran of scores Of 20
itical battles, was that the Repub-
lean boilers, the Democrats I'D
others opposed to Grant had little
ii a constructive nature on Whhl9Sss
my of them agreed, being united
in their disIikes and
The fight resulted IN
Grants election by the largest pop
liar vote ever given a presidential
candidate up to that time.