The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-02-26

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T6o valley Force Memorial ussoola.
ton aud thU association ~ tlu buF.1l
Iight Guards, uf Mas-Hthusetts, which
organization iucludes Ia iis moinbor-
ship persons who participated Ia the
laying ~ the corner stone of tho inonll-
mont, aud we're prominent features OF
this division,
The lira department OF the District OF
Columbia brought up the end oil the
line.
The several organizations were
cheerod At various points On the route,
because OF their line marching and MILL
tary bearing.
rouoho with Secretary Frelinghuysen.
The procession did not reach the east
front of the capitol, where IL was 10
viewed by The president, till 20 p. M.
President Arthur, with his Cabinet
Senators sherman and HaNley and
members of the diplomatic corps, ocou.
pied a stand erected directly IN trontol
the east main entrance OF the capitol
aud facing tho statue of Washington.
Between 1000 and 5000 people were as
sembled on the capitol steps aud IN tho
adjacent grounds, and the windows oil
the senate aud the house committee
rooms overlooking the review ground
we're filled with spectators.
immediately after Gen. sheridan anu
his aides passed the president, they
rode To point opposite, from which the
general Also reviewed the procession
The visiting and local military organi-
cations passed In review, formed In no
by companies, aud the spectacle was the
finest display Of the days proceedings
The CLINT of the Winters sunshine upon
the polished arms and the bright cOl0rs
-, liant IN fmuHnGiinm nI
warmth which was refreshing To the
senslbllitius OF the shivering spectators.
The review continued until = o'clock,
when the president and his cabinet re-
paired 10 the Presidents room IN the
capitol, whore they took lunch before
proceeding 10 tho hall OF the house oil
| representatives.
THE HALL OF THE
house of representatives this morning
| presented novel appearance Inc
| desks of members HAD beon removed,
and In their place wore rows upon
rows of chairs, varying in style from
the capacious leather-coNefed arm CHAIR
| 10 the more piebiau chair OF plain pine
wood. The seating capacity oil the ll0or
was 900. Early In tho day the galleries
began TO fill, and by II o'clock there
were few vacant seats TO be found. a
large majority OF the spectators were
| ladies. lho executive and diplomatic
galleries were occupied, which
| is very rare occurrence,
aud the only vacant seats were in the
gallery, and exclusively reserved for
! families of senators and representatives,
and they became filled before she cero-
monies began.
All precisely ll7 p. M. Speaker Car
lisle's gayel called the house TO order
and Saturdays session was opened with
prayer by the chaplain and the journal
of Yesterday read.
Nr. DORSHEIMER offered resolu-
ton Tor the appointment Of committee
ofthree members To notify the senate that
tho house was now ready 10 receive the
senats and proceed with the ceremonies
which wore appointed 20 take place IN
the hail OF the house. The resolution
having bg Gu adopsed
Tbe SPEAKER appointed Messrs.
Dorsheimer, Tucker aud Cannon As such
committee.
At 2:l0 p. m. the National Washington
Monument association was announced
and marched in and took the seats as
signed TO IL in front aud to the left OF
the speakers desk. Shortly afterwards
Gen. Sheridan and staff entered amid
loud clapping of han is, and their brli,
liant uniforms tended to lend an air oil
paiety to the scene.
The president and his cabinet next
appeared, and The large assembiage rose
and heartily applnuded ~ chief execn-
tive, and his advisors passed down the
main aisle and were assigned seats IN
the space directly in front OF the speak
er's desk.
The supreme court, the judiciary Of
district and the diplomatic corps fol
lowed and flanked the presidential
party, and Mt 2:30 the senate, preceded
by It's officers, was escorted to the space
reserved for it. Its presiding officer
Mr.. Edmunds, proceeded to the speak
er's desk, where the gayel was handed
TO him by the speaker.
In calling tho assemblage to order
Mr.. Edmunds said: "Gentlemen
you are assembled, pursuant TO con
current order Of the two houses, to cole
brate the memorable occasion OF til,
completion of q monument TO the mem
. DRY of the irst pres dent OF the United
States. 1t is not Only memorial, bu
an inspiration, that shall live through
all the generations of our p0sterity, al
we may hope, and which we this da.
inaugurate and celebrate by the cero
: monies which have been ordered by tn
two houses.
) PRAYER was then offered by Rev, s. A
Wallis, of Pohick church. near MI. Yer
7 non, Virginia.
Prayer being ended, the Marine band
( stationed in the members lobby, playe;
: "!Iail Columbian" and then Mr.. I'd
munds, expressing his regret that Mr.
} winthrop was necessarily absent, III
= troduced
REPRESENTATIVE JOHN D. LONG,
of Massachusetts, who, having beol
: loudly applauded, proceeded to read MI
5 Winthrop's Grafton.
5 AT THE MONUMENT.
With the mercury down almost +,
t zero and with a northerly breeze which
J bore suggestions of it's Arctic origin
Q the sprinkling of tick It bearers who be
gan to fill up the seats Of the gran'
stand af the base of the Washington
: monument at 10 O'Clock this mornin!
) ure, but with their turnod-up collars
7 mufilad heads and quick, nervous move
ments seemed as If inspired with
stern sense OF duty alone. a rough
board shed, bedecked with bunting
i opening upon the snow covered field;
! shaft of marble as simple as the unspot
ted, majestic and towering character o
the man it commentaries, were the ell
) ements of the early scenes.
1 THE FIRST DISTINGUISHED ARRIVAL
: was an old gentleman, with long white
hair, whose firm, clear-cut features be
traved possible relationship to the fathe
: of his country.
, cricket, SIR"
+ III am one of Washington's kindred
but will show my ticket"
j 1t was Ebenezer Burgess Ball, of Lon
. don county, Virginia.
"My grandmother" he said to'a repor
ter, "was George Washington's niece
3 My Grandfather Ball was Of the famil.
, OF Gen. Washington's mother, Mar,
|. Ball.
, There were military arrivals betimes
3 brass bands were marshalled to thei
: places, and the troops came to a rest.
The chairman OF the joint congres