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Show UC. (Ill 1VT-S ItEJI ll.NS. The Coudlllon or Their ItemoTal Mated bj 31 rs. (Irani. Wasiiinciton, Aug. IS. Congressman Con-gressman John Quinn today received re-ceived from U. S. Grant, Jr., a reply re-ply to his letter to the widow of General Grant, requesting that she state her wishes regarding thu proposed pro-posed removal of the great warrior's remains to Arlington National Cemetery here. It is dated Salem Center, Westchester County, Augu-t loth, and Is as follows: Horn. Jnkn Quihh: Dear Sir. At Mrs. Grant's rcqu.at I bave the honor of replying to Our courteous letter of August llih, asking ask-ing for an expression of her wish" in relation to the removal of deneral Oram's remains to the tii'tally of Washington, as proposed In a concurrent concur-rent resolution ottered by Senator Plumb. Colonel Grant wrote a letter for publication, pub-lication, with the intention of saving her, if possible, from the affecting an-novance an-novance of being intervieneu by tbo newspapers on the subject, in which he expressed her Is via and the views of tbo famllr inretrardta this. In that letter Colonel Grant said. In substance, that audi removal rested with Congress, and not with General Grant's family. If tho people, by act of Congress, choose to remove General Gram's remains re-mains to or near Washington Mr. Grant will refuse her consent only In . case no prot ision be made fur her ' family resting by his side. This sho wishes to emphasize. s,ue vi be f;Iad to ace a monument liegun, at east, whleh wilt mark the last lest-ing-placeof her husband. Very respectfully youis If. s,. Gkaxt. Jr. Mr. Qulnu Intends, if poss.hle, to bold tlie 1'Iumb resolution in committee com-mittee until the New York delegation delega-tion shall determine whether it will light the-plan to abandon the tomb at Riverside. A meeting will probably prob-ably be called within a day or two. |