277 General Grant, a biographical sketch accompanying account of the dedication of the Grant Monument... LEADING TOPICS OF THE QUARTER. The Transvaal Legislature. 357 357 358 ..... Treaty of Annexation Signed 328 The Tariff Question... Protests against Ratification. 333 The Bill in the Senate. The Cuban Revolt..... Military Operations. The Postal Congress.. United States Politics.. The Work of Congress, Appropriation Bills. AFFAIRS IN AMERICA. 385 Labor Interests. 360 360 338 Currency Reform. 368 338 International Bimetallism. 368 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS. ... gress 382 379 Miscellaneous. 382 404 Business and Industry. Failures..... ONE of the grandest funebral commemorations in the world's history was that which in New York city, on April 27, signalized the transfer of the body of General Ulysses S. Grant to the mausoleum in Riverside Park. The general's wish-intimated a few days before hist death, that his remains should rest in the city which had been his residence in his later years-caused the setting aside of what would have been the claims of Washington, the nation's capital; and five days after the general's decease in July, 1885, Mayor Grace called a meeting of prominent citizens, at which was initiated the movement to erect by private subscriptions a monumental memorial. In the following February the Grant Monument Association was organized, and subscriptions to the amount of $114,000 had been received, the city having engaged to supply a fitting site. In September, 1890, as the result of a competition by prominent architects, plans submitted by J. H. Duncan of New York were adopted, at an estimated cost of between $500,000 and $600,000. Under the auspices of the Grand Army of the Republic, Department of New York, ground was broken for the foundations on the anniversary of the general's birth, April 27, 1891. The fund had risen only to $155,000; many complaints were heard of the tardiness of New York in fulfilling its engagement; and a bill for removal of General Grant's body to Washington had been introduced in congress. The bill failed to pass, but did not fail to stir the neglectful city; and in February, 1892, General Horace Porter was elected president of the Monument Association, with James C. Reed, secretary, and Frederick D. Tappen, treasurer. These officers cheerfully assumed Vol. 7-19. Copyright, 1897, by Garretson, Cox & Co. |