Show GEN GRANTS BIRTHDAY 1 ANNIVERSARY OBSERVED AT OLD HOSIE OF GENERAL r Gov Roosevelt of New York the Grantor torHe Delivers Eulogy on the Sol r dierStatesman c I Galena III April 27Gen U S here was observed Grants birthday Grnls l j I today Tho event had been celebrated I annually for ten years with sonic I speaker of national reputation as prfi today was on lor but the celebration I than horetoiorc u more elaborate scale Gov RooseVelt of New York delivered Ils were run oration Specials the principal Ilrlncpnl oraton Sj by ihe railroads und the announcement lht ralroa be I that the fighting Governor was to present brought thousand of people I into the city which was for years the home of Grant Nearly every business block and hundreds of private residences ad dences wero ablaze with flags and bunting The special train bearing Cow Roose Mrs Nellie Grant Sarloris heron S velt Nele Sartorls her daughter Vivian jon Capt lnushter I Capt r I ian Sarloris and other distinguiShed I visitors arrived from Chicago shortly Turner before the exercises began at I hall Alter few lntroduhtory l cniarks Jjy President Spare Rev Dr J W Spens i Ipy of Albany N Y delivered the Invocation In-vocation vocatnn alter a song In Libertys Gov eel Name by n male quartet Hoo veiL was introduced amid treat applause el plause Ho spoke at some Ipngth delivering de-livering u brilliant oulo y on Gen Grant andclosing l as fQllows Part of Grants great strength lay I In the fact that Ja fjiwd I fricls as ihey were and ifot as ho wishcrf tirey rnIjht bo Ho wn not originally an abolitionist aboli-tionist and he probably could nol have I defined his views as lo State sovereignty sovereign-ty bill when the Civil war was on he paw that the only thins to do was to I flghllt to finish and frabusb by force or arms the constitutional right to putdown I put-down rebellion I Is Just the same I thing nowadays with expansion I has come and it has come to stay whether we Wish It or not Certain dullus have fallen to us as 3 legacy of the war with Spain and we cannot avoid performing I thorn All we can decide is whether we will perform them well or ill VVo cannot can-not leave the Philippines We have got to stay there establish order and then give the l Inhabitants as much selfgoV ornmont as they show they can use to advantage We cannot run away If we would We have got to see the work through because we are not a nation I of weaklings We are strong men and we Intend to do our duty I To do our duty that Is the sum and substance o the whole matter We are I not trying to win glory wo are not trying to do anything brilliant or un usual We are selling ourselves vigorously vigor-ously at each Insk as the task arises and we are trying to face each difficulty diffi-culty n Grant faced Innumerable and I eminently greater difficulties The sure way to succeed is to set about our work I In the spirit that marked the great soldier sol-dier whose life this day we celebrate the spirit of devotion to duty of determination de-termination to deal fairly Justly and fearlessly with all men and of Iron I resolution never to abandon any task once begun until 11 has been brought to I a sion successful and triumphant conclu S I |