| Show 1 J r HOMAGE TO THE DEAD II I I I Salt Lakes Splendid Tribute to the I Memory of General Grant I A Procession Two Miles Long With Every Order and Society Represented Repre-sented The Solemn Memorial Services to I Commemorate the Nations Loss Last Saturday morning was unlike that of any previous day of the past sultry season The refreshing rain storm of the night previous had freed the streets from dust and left the atmosphere as cool and pure as that of an autumn morning morn-ing An indescribable air of gloom was about the streets however occasioned by the quiet marshaling of the various orders into line to participate in the memorial services Before 9 oclock people began gathering about the streets from stores workshops and settlements and the different dif-ferent divisions of the procession began congregating in front of the Opera House and on Main street At 10 oclock the bugle call a sounded and the uniformed uni-formed bands took their places at the head of the different orders in the imposing impos-ing column At 1 oclock the first division under command of Colonel Henry Page was headed by the Opera House Band Marshal of the Day and aides mounted members of Oquirrh and Unity Encampments 1 0 0 F mounted James B McKean Post G A R on foot Ladies Relief Corps in carriages car-riages Odd Fellows societies on foot Daughters of Kebekah in the fourin hand drag Julia Dean the various committees in carriages Representatives of the Press and others In the second division under command of Captain J C Morrill and headed by the Salt Lake City Band were the un mounted Knights of Pythias the Knights of Labor the Federal County and City officials the clergy and invited guests all in carriages In the third division under command of Captain T F Evans and headed by the Sixteenth Yard Band were the Fire Department of over sixty members in their new suits the Deseret Typographical Typograph-ical Union of forty members the societies socetes of the Knights of Honor the Union Club of some forty colored members bearing a draped banner with the inscription We mourn the loss of our Great Hero U S Grant whose portrait adored both sides of another banner heavily drapedand following fol-lowing them were a number ladies and gentlemen in carriages some of which were drawn by 1 four horses and finely decorated decorte The fourth division under Captain B F Whittemore was chiefly composed of citizens in carriages on horseback and on foot In unison with Chief Marshal General P E Connor the aides in command gave the word of march to their respective divisions and t the muflled drum of the Opera House band and the Dead March in Saul by the Sixteenth ward band the procession moved up Main street to First South thence east to Fifth East and south to the Park The sidewalks and balconies were filled with admiring spectators spec-tators of the finest procession ever seen in Salt Lake From the time of marching march-ing until the column had reached Liberty Park the bell on the City Hall and those of the different churches of the city kept up a measured toll which gave additional solemnity to the occasion There was scarcely a break in the crowd that lined either side of the street in the whole line of march The immense concourse was composed of the general public who joined heartily in the momentous occasion occa-sion seemingly forgetting all political and religious differences in showing honor and respect t the dead hero The number num-ber of participators and spectators has been variously estimated from twelve to fifteen thousand The columns of the procession reaching over two miles in a compact body At the Park entrance a double line of mounted Encampment I O 0 F members in full regalia presented pre-sented arms to the passing procession who in turn removed their hats which was again observed in filing between a double column of the James B McKean Post who saluted the passersby within the Park entrance Inside the grounds the occupants of the carriages alighted and the members of orders fell into line I for the grand stand As the column marched to their various positions about the stand it was headed by a flag draped in mourning immediately followed by Governor Eli H Murray and General Connor and Commander Frank Hoffman of the G A H Post A single column was formed and sixty veterans of the late war residing in our city took their places directly in front of the Speakers stand the different orders following and taking I the places assigned to them within sight and good hearing of the speakers The grand stand built for the celebration celebra-tion t have taken place July 4th 1881 was most beautifully decorated with flags and black and white bunting Over the speakers heads was erected an arch tastefully taste-fully trimmed with the same material while the railing of the steps and about the stand were heavily draped and festooned fes-tooned with black bunting In the background back-ground of the arch behind the speakers and facing the vast assembly was Wegge lands large picture of General Grant donated by Judge Gilchrist to the James B McKean post G A R The stand was provided with one hundred chairs I I filled with prominent citizens among whom were conspicuously prominent I Governor Murray Secretary Thomas Judges Zane and Boreman United States Commissioner McKay Attorney Yarian United States Marshal Ireland Utah Commissioners Ramsey Godfrey Paddock and Pettigrew Delegate John T Caine General Connor Frank Hoffman man Major Bradley Rev J AV Jackson Jack-son Rev Dr Putnam Rev G D B B Miller Rev DeAVitt Rev Lamb Rev I Thrall and several other clergymen of the city C AV Bennett AV C Hall Cap j 1 tain E lf Bynon John T Lynch Robert Rob-ert Talker Henry Dinwoodey P L I AVillSams Major Wilkes John M Zane I E n Hoge Clerk McMillan M C 1 I j Phillips Judge C C Goodwin Judge < Kirkpatrick E Ferry W C Wallace j Recorder McMasters John I Young J I I F Evans Dr Hamilton S S Walker 1 D W Perlcy Colonel Henry Page John I H Burton Major Bird several ladies I I and a number of the City Council Shortly after 12 oclock counr1I COMMANDER FRANK HOFFMAN i Of the Grand Army called the large gathering to order and announced and an-d opening piece by the Opera House Band j I I I earer my God to Thee which sounded > i sound-ed beautifully amid the surroundings i John AV Jackson DD chaplain of the I day then offered a most touching and j i i earnest prayer befitting the solemn occa sion and closing his elouentappl wih I the Lords Prayer in concert by many present 1 pre-sent The sight of over one hundrd Federal soldiers arrayed in full dress and grouped together in unison during the services was pleasant to behold The ox > I tensive regalia of tho Knights and vari Ious I-ous banners and symbols of the orders f 1 t J o added greatly to the fine effect of the demon ° tration Commander Hoffman then introduced GOVERNOR ELI II MURRAY Acting President of the day who delivered deliv-ered the opening address Jfy Friends Our country clad in the labilhnents of woe turns to the banks of the historic Hudson river and to an open grave which wait to receive the dead body of General Grant The moments mo-ments of this passing hour are marked by the hear throbs of the American people peo-ple A devoted wife and loving sons and daughter have looked upon and touched ior the last time the pallid brow and icy lips of their precious dead and have given his tired body as he gave the energy of his best years to a grateful country whose people stricken with the i calamity which bows their faces to the dust will consign him to the grave into which leaves seared by the summer sun of grief from every hillside and from the lands beyond the farthest of the seas and bourne by sympathetic winds will fallThe The speaker paid a beautiful tribute to General Grant a a faithful soldier a worthy President and a true American citizen His domestic life was also I touched upon and the last moments of the struggling hero were pictured as he lay watched over by the white winged Angel of Peace In the ceremonies of this day sectionalism section-alism is forgotten contentions are hushed and rivalries are abandoned old age halts to hear the solemn dirges that tell of death even t the greatest and the lips of young manhood quiver a fond farewells for our dead are spoken Let the history of this life fall in easy recital from the lips of our children and lessons of this occasion make deep impress upon the hearts of the women and men of America At its conclusion the President of the Day announced the Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Services and Commander Com-mander Hoffman asked Post Adjutant F I Bishop For what purpose is this meeting called Adjutant To pay our tribute of respect to the memory of our late comrade Post CommanderHave you a record of his service in the cause of our country and in the Grand Army of the Republic AdjutantCommander I have I The Adjutant asked that Comrade Eli H Murr President of the Day be allowed to read the record which Governor Gov-ernor Murray did in a clear manner addressing himself to the sacred record of the dead hero while the Grand Army people remained standing The record was a most complete history of Genera Grant giving his geneaology birth schooling early life and first military career ca-reer in Mexico amI at the opening of the last great war in America The speaker very graphically portrayed the attack and capture of forts Henry and Donelson at the commencement of the great struggle strug-gle which made him immortal The two armies were described one under Lee and the other led by Grant Daring undertakings under-takings and miraculous achievements of the great American were recounted by Governor Murray Then the peace of the whole country Grant at the head of this free Republic his public and private life his quiet and unostentatious demeanor de-meanor his stubborn will and strongest characteristics and the trials impositions imposi-tions and all which at times he bore secretly as all great men do Nothing of the day was more intently listened to than the record of General Grant Inclosing In-closing the long but interesting history of Grant the following beautiful verse was read Mourn for the man of long enduring blood The Statesman Warrior moderator resolute reso-lute Whole in himself a common good Mourn for the man of amplest influence Yet clearest of ambitions crime Our greatest yet with least pretense Great in council and great in peace Foremost Captain of his time Rich in saving common sense And as the greatest only arc In his simplicity sublime Let the sound of those he sought for And the feet of those ho fought for Echo round his bones forever more At the conclusion of the record of the I dead the Post Commander said The record is an honorable one and ira i ir-a few appropriate words the ritual of the G A R was read and taken part in In the members of the order At the conclusion con-clusion of these exercises the Opera House I Band played Grants March composed for the occasion byProfPedderson Governor Gov-ernor Murray then introduced I COMMISSIONER RAMSEY Who said that the most forcible impression impres-sion made upon his mind by the death of General Grant was that the world today I was not what it was yesterday since the moral power wielded by him had been removed for ever and that there was not one man in our millions who could should the emergency demand it wield such a I beneficial influence That the power and influence of his name had extended far I beyond the limits of his native land and that he had been cloaked with potential I influence even in the distant Oriental I States of Siam China and Japan His name hal been a power among all the Englishspeaking nations of the earth and they had vied with each other in paying him homage That his continued success from the time he first took charge of the troops had won the admiration and esteem of the world and all nations united in sorrowing at his death He I had enjoyed pleasant relations with General Grant and often met him during the period of the war and never not even in the moments of the most intense commotion com-motion heard from him any remark in regard to the opposing force that evidenced evi-denced passion or great excitement He was always the same quiet calm self contained selfreliant man I was so during his Presidential terms when the speaker had come into more frequent contact con-tact with him Questions of the greatest moment were before the Congress and the country in many of which he tookan especial interest but while he sought conversation with members of either House upon different subjects such as the matter of St Domingo the resump tion of specie payments and other equally importanLquestions he never exhibited any unseemly eagerness in imposing his views upon others I Probably of all the pictures that might be drawn none will so strongly appeal to I the sympathies of the American people as that of General Grant in his last declining I dining hours weak from the progress of disease devoting himself with assiduity to secure a competence or his family by penning in the intervals of pain the his j tory of his wars apparently oblivious of the fact that he had a claim upon the I I American eoplefor j the support of that I family he loved so much but who in the i nobilitv of his oul had said T mn i j not one of those who erf n out against the 1n i Republic and charge it with being ungrateful un-grateful I am sure that as regards the I American people a a nation and as indi 1 vidnals I have even reason under timed I j time-d sun if any person really has to be satis fed with their treatment of me Has I not a great light gone out Has not I providence withdrawn from us The pil I i lar of flame by night and the cloud by I yesterday day Is the world today what it was lioN C W BENNETT Was the next speaker introduced by the presiding officer and he paid an eloquent j elouent and original tribute to General Grant I i Sorrowing Countrymen Bereaved Friends The object of these ceremonies I need not state t you what your moist tearful eyes pathetically proclaim He addressed himself most beautifully in words of praise of General Grant and in consoling terms spoke of the great loss the country now mourns He spoke of the dead hero as heroic noble and patri oticas one of the worlds great The Sixteenth Ward Band played apiece a-piece at the closing of Judge Bennetts fine speech and w c HAL ESQ Followed with an address dwelling upon the fraternal feelings of sorrow within the national heart which were being evinced in every town and hamlet of the nation That all sectional feelings were being obliterated ob-literated and the nation once at variance had forever buried the issue engendered in the bloody contest in the tomb of General Gen-eral Grant That this state of affairs had been brought about by the magnanimity of our great Federal commander whose every action even t the most uncompromising uncom-promising foes was tempered with kindness kind-ness That a restoration of the Union with fraternal feelings between the sections sec-tions seemed to have been the hope and reward of his life and now as the solemn cortege passed by we bowed our heads as the blue and the gray placed his remains re-mains in their last resting place At the close of Mr Halls address the Salt Lake City band rendered a fine piece and at its finish SECRETARY THOMAS Made an eloquent speech He said that it did not often happen that a common feeling so completely united governments and peoples official of-ficial and unofficial bodies hostile parties and warring elements in one spontaneous and irresistable expression of sorrow for the loss of any man however how-ever distinguished That the firmness of will integrity of purpose and the deep sense of accountability that had marked the career of General Grant in every important im-portant act of his life presented a character char-acter which steadily and visibly gained not only upon the hearts and minds of his own countrymen but also of the world That he had taken the wore chaplet from his own brow to place it on the graves of the soldiers who had poured out their blood to consecrate the soil of American freedom and as a civil ruler he had established es-tablished the principles of settling by arbitration the disputes which come up between nations rather than by prowes and strength of arms He was a man whom humanity claims as her own and to him as much as to any other man is due the fact that the ship of state was safely piloted among the fearful breakers of dissention and brought into port with colors flying and not a spar lost The President of the Day announced that a bent Sn ion by the Chaplain would close the mces of the day and as the pople dispoised the Opera House band would play The services from beginning to end were marked by most thorough expressions of sorrow and nothing boisterous bois-terous or unbecoming a funeral in which the body was present was indulged in and the various organizations taking part are to b commended for the regularity and order they displayed also the committee com-mittee of arrangements and various officers offi-cers in the fulfilment of their duties deserve de-serve a full measure of praise As a whole the memorial services were a success suc-cess in every particular |
