The Washington times., 1922-04-30
HardingS @Of Return
From Celebration of
Grants Centennial
Visit to Ohio Prevents
Participation i'm
Ceremonies.

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TT was rather q disappointment
to Washington that the Presi-
dent and Mrs. Harding should
not be here for the unveiling Of
the Grant Monument, which has
been so long a-building. but the
engagement to attend the cere-
monies at Point Pleasant was Of
long standing. and 1t was per-
haps rather a matter of State
pride that the gentleman from
Ohio. who is at present President
OF the United States. should go
out to do honor to the first of a
long line Of Presidents. who
chose the same auspicious birth.
place. OF course, when it comes
to choosing between Washington
and Ohio, well, Washington
couldn't expect to be in it!
The Presidential party started
off Wednesday afternoon and in
cluded most Of the Ohio people
who are regarded as especially
in the Administration "set." At
torhey General Daugherty, the
only member of the Cabinet who
halls from Ohio; Brig. Gen. and
Mrs. Sawyer. the former would
naturally be one of the party as
the Presidents personal physi-
clan. even IL he and Mrs. Sawyer
were not leading citizens Of Ma
rion. Ohio: Mrs. Frederick Dent
Grant, widow Of General Ulysses
Grants eldest son. and the only
one Of his children who followed
in his fathers footsteps and EN-
braced a military career. Con-
gresham and Mrs. Longworth
and Congressman and Mrs.
Kearns, the Secretary to the
President and Mrs. George Chris
tian, jr.. Mrs. Henry Corbin. Mr..
and Mrs. Edward Beale Mclean,
Col. julius A. Penn and Jesse
Smith, of Columbus, every one
Of them. with the possible excep-
ton Of Mrs. Fred Grant. OF
strong Ohio affiliations even II
some of them. like the McLeans,
now register from elsewhere.
Mrs. Grant, OF course, went
along as the representative of the
Grant family.
The party went to Cincinnati by
train. and was Joined there by Con-
gressman and Mrs. Stephens, also
from Ohio. of course, and Col. T.
Q. Ashburn. There they took =
river packet down to the tiny viii
lage of Point Pleasant, and took
part in the celebration near the
site of the tannery which Jesse
Grant, pioneer, and father OF the
great civil war leader, established.
and adjacent to which he lived.
But all that has been so thoroughly
exploited in the last few months,
that II you don't know about II, 1t
must be because you are not inter
ested-so l won't bore you with
the details.
THE Vice President stood proxy
for President Harding at the
exercises here and made the prin-
cipal address, with scores Of nota-
bles looking on and a large proper.
ton Of the populace lined up along
the line OF march to view the pa
rade. Princess Cantacuzene,
granddaughter Of General Grant,
unveiled the memorial, assisted by
her young daughter, Princess Ida.
The parade was long and time
fleeting. so didn't see much of 1t,
except the West Point cadets,
marching like clockwork and with
delightful swank. and the fine up
standing battalion Of middies in
their wake. Then the thin line of
Grants veterans. bent and totter.
ing a bit. pathetic yet brave in the
uniforms of another day. And
marching in their midst a few old
fellows In Confederate gray. There
was the high light of the whole
picture. anything else, even our
stalwart lads in olive drab, would
have seemed anti-climax to me,
and was glad enough to slip away.
choking down a bit of a lump in
my throat.