The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1885-02-25
THE WASHINGTON OBELISK.
Dedicated With Imposing Ccrcmo-
MES.

MES.
WAsHINGToN, February 2l.-With
the mercury dow almost to zero and
with Il Northern breeze which bore n
suggestion of its Arctic origin. the sprink-
ling Of ticket bearers who began to fill
ZIP the seats of the grand stand Mt the
base of tho Washington monument Mt 10
o'clock this morning did not appear to
he bent upon pleasure, but, with their
uptmrnGa collars, untitled chinS and
quick, nervous movement, they seemed
aS il Inspired by duty , long. \ rough
board shed b"rirckcd with limiting,
opened upon the Snow cuvrir.t field, II
shaft Of marble as simple, as u%n<p"ttri,
as majestic and towering as the ]c,larac-
ter of the man ii commentaries, were
the elements of the early scenes.
III" first distinguished arrival was an
old gentleman with long white hair.
whose firm, clrar-cut features betrayed
Il possible relationship I" the Father of
his Country. "Tickrt. sir =" II am one
of W~a>hington'> Kindred. hu, ] will
show my Ticket 1t WAS E.brn"zrr
Burgess Ball OF London County, Virgin
III. My grand mother" he said to Il re-
porter, was George Washington niece.
Ny grandfather. Bail. WAS Of the family
of George Westinghouse mother, Mary
Ball.
Senator Sherman, Chairman of the
Joint Congressional Commission from,
the center stand, at IL o'clock, called
about 500 people to order. and after
some remarks suitable to the occasion,
and music by the Marine Ean,l. the Rev.
Mr.. Sutrr. Of Christ Church, Alexandria.
VA, Offered nn appropriate prayer.
DI. J. G. yelling. President ~: %
lumhia University, thcrcupon read an
address prepared by Mr.. W. W.. Cnrco-
ran, to whom had been assigned the
honor nr representing the parts taken
i'll the initiation of the project and
construction of the monument Of the
Washington Monument Society, o:
! which he Is First Nicr-prrSidcnt.
til" Masonic ceremonies, hy tn,
Crane Lodge OF the District of Column
bia. were then performed. the Grand
Master, III the course of the mystic Ger
emonirS, bringing into It's. certain his
toric relics with which t:"u.rI Wash
inGton WAS intimately connected.
Among other things, the wav..l :>.,l bv
Washington as ti:and Master warn lay.
ing the corner Stnan of III" ::a,ioual
capitol the sacred volum" r;,un which
he took his first vows OF Masonry; and
also thu Bible upon which he took the
oath of office rs the first President OF
the United States.
+ At the conclusion of tn" Masonic ccrc-
monies Colonel Casey made his address
delivering the monument to the I'rcsi.
: dent Of the United States.
President Arthur was greeted with &
round of hearty cheers. II" rad hi.
remarks from the manuscript, in a clear
strong voice. to which the au,iirncc lis.
trstcncd more eagerly than to the word:
Of any other speaker.
The military who took part in the pro
crcdingS, under the command Of Gen
Sheridan, were reviewed by the prcsiicn
and his Cabinet. The review continue,
until = O'Clock p. III.
At 30 p. III. tho National WaShingto,
Monument Association WAS annnuncr,
in the House, and. headed by judy,
Bancroft and President yelling. O
columbia University. it marched in an,
took the seats assigned to it in front an.
Il little to the left of the Speakers desk
Both houses. presided over hv Senate
Edmund>. were present. IA were also til,
President and Cabinet and Genera
Sheridan and staff.
The address Of Hon. Robert Winthrop
was read by Congressman Long, Mi
Winthrop being necessarily absent. N
Mr.. Long ceased the band struck III
"Cn,Imbia, the G~:"I 81 .1ne ocean, an
"~Nhe strains Of the air ended NJ
EdmundS Introduced Hon. John "
: Daniel, who was greeted with long col
tinurd clapping Of hands.
Mr.. Daniel proceeded to deliver HI
Grafton. Though having his manuscril
OH the desk before him Mr.. Daniel RI
frrrcd to it but once or twice during tn
course Of his Grafton. llc spoke in !.
easy manner. his voice being finely mo,
ulatcd to suit the meaning of his Sc,
tcncc, and his speech was ~nccrntuatc
and emphasized by graceful gesture
Many times was he interrupted by rnun,
Of applause. elected hy his clear cut IN
wcll-balanccd periods and by his clt
Tuent style Of uttcring them. As i
closed Senator EImundS and Senate
Sherman, Speaker Calisl and R"presel
tative Lon" warmly congratulated hir
while once more the audience ~trstitic
thcirapprcciat:on of the or1tor's ~al,lrcS.
After the ~bcncdiction by thr Chaplai
Of the lIonse the distinguished guess
departed and the Speaker called II,
House to order.