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Show mr, nut m.uh MiiiutMirit. So more ilrlklng IncMent ever hap-lened hap-lened In tho political history of America than thu one whlo'i was commemorated com-memorated by a banquet In l'hlla delphla on Tuesday evening l't. April Slth. Thli viasa reunion of the "Old "(loan," the name by which their ct temporaries dlitlmiulsli the famous Urant p'ulanx ot 1S9J and by whloh Ihey have chosen to distinguish dis-tinguish theumlver, Alout eighty survivors of thu "Uuart," which originally numbered find, met around the festal heard in the Ully el ilrother-Ir ilrother-Ir I,ove and ullrr listening t) s etches and toasts and lonllmenla one of the latter coming In poetlo form from the noted Mr. 1'lanngao of Texas they proceeded toclTVicta permanent organisation, organ-isation, with (Jeorgs H. Iloutwell of Masssahusslts as pmlde t Itli worth while to note that the Idea of a third term for a 1'iettdenl of the United States', no mttler how to-loved to-loved or conservative he may be, limit no lodgment now In themlnJiof any considerable part ot our tlllzeni, nut even with the remnant of the "Old Uuard" themselves. Indeed there Is no rcsson to think tho lattir were at Ihe eailler tlmo won to Ihe Idea lu Ihe abitract, or that they were less cognlt ant than the rest of their countrymen of tho perlln of "Cromrlim" or a "dictatorship" "dic-tatorship" crltt that who used with profound (.licet aialnst the ciuto they champlouof. Hut they were devoted admirers, almost worshipers, (if (Ion-eril (Ion-eril Grant. He lis J had two terms ot efllco almost without with-out seeking on tile part, had then retired to private Ufa for four ytari, during which tlmo he hid Journeyed around Ihe world and received a royal weloorao In every land, aud had then at an opportune moment riturned to lilt nillvo ihorre, easily the meet distinguished dis-tinguished American of his time, lluthutlssm piece led and clustered about him, and It wai thought that by a great wave of acolnmetliu he would again be named as his lariy'i ttandird-bearor. Hut Ills frlenJs In an I out of llio llepulll-inn llepulll-inn convention rockoned too lightly on the power of the opposition. With their brat ellorti they were ahlo til mustor only nod votei for him a strong following, It Is true, but not enough to nominate, ltow, ballot after ballot, that valiant band ttjoJ unbroken under partisan prt'sure and excltcmont and lu defiance of wirepulling wire-pulling such as Amerloin politic! had never before known all thli li matter of history. They wero made of stud that knew no wavering and their tubbonineis In tho faot of rertaln defeat de-feat has surrounded them with something of admiration even from opponent!. They knew how to face an onalaught, to stand steadfast lu danger, and In that they were ready to ill but would not liaru how to lurrender they represented tho heroism of Itepubllcaulsm and wero looked upon at among the belt types It had produceJ, One by one they are passing away, following the oourio sxt by the illent trader round whom tbey Milled again and again, and whom they did not desert at the Int. l'robably half of them, during Ihe thirteen yeara ilncethey met comrades upon the stricken field, hive gone to Join thu great majority. Hut while even one ot them Is led, and while there li resect for either gallant ca tain or uiilaltirlng follower In a cause nheru devotion plays eo atroug a part, tin re will always be warm and reourrli g tnterttt In tho battle no bravely fought by them In the great convention of IBiO. |