Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-02-22
Rises to Honor the Memory Of the
Only Washington.
Dedication Of the Great Monument
After Many Years.
A Great Crowd HOnOrs the Father
Of His Country.
Magnificent 0ratiOns by Eloquent
Speakers.
The Character and Achievements of
Washington Portrayed.
No Other Man So Universally Loved
and HOnOred.
SpsrisI 10 Rs SmduyRegiIter.

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was laid there was 9 popular celebration
worthy of the event. The mammoth pile
has grown to its present proportions and
has been fnished with the. peoples money.
The popular heart throbs at the mention of
Wsshington's name with pulsation which
none other can arouse. He was destinct-
lively representative of American manli-
ness. There were others who eeipsed him
in the tactics of the drill room and the
strategy of the field. In synthetic or con-
struetiye craftsmanship he bore no coaa-
psrison with either Hamilton or Jefferson
Madison. AS a man he was revered
by the generation among whom he
lived! As man he did more
toward the successful establishment of
National independence, than any one of his
eompeers VINO were greater soldiers than
himself AS q man he was more poten
tial factor in the harmonizing Of differences
between the Colonies and the final creation
of genuine federal union than the distinc-
tive statesmen of his period who moulded
the phraseology of the Constitution as
accepted. he alone held the confidence OF
the people of every colony from Maine to
Georgia. He alone stood couceededly
above and beyond the petty colonial jealous
les of his time.
Washington was the fywheel Of the ReVo-
luton and ofthe Constitutional Convention
of 1887. Without him the formative period
of our national history would have been
characterized by different episodes and no
one can say how horrible a monster might
have grown from the development of the
disunion sentiment Immediately following
the withdrawal of hostile troops from our
shores. II is fair to say then, that Wash
ington is distinetiyely a popular hero, one
who holds his place IN the hearts and not
merely in the minds OF the people, whose
reputation springs from intrinsic manliness
and not from mere intellectual superiority
nor from the purely extrinsic graces Of
refinement and cultivation.
Under the circumstances it follows that
the most popular form Of celebration would
have been most appropriate for the dedica-
ton of the monument built with the money
of the nation and testifying as it does to the
| NeneEdllOu LSll lOhhEu uAo nAChAOky W lAS
rank and file OF American citizenship.
Unfortunately nothing of the kind was
arranged for. The services were dual
! in character, one ceremony being con-
| Quoted at the monument itself and another
at the capitol. But to neither of these ex-
ercises was it possible for the richest
non-oficial citizen to purchase a
ticket Of admission 1t would have
been bad enough to have
sold the tickets, shocking the good taste
/ of the people. but If that had been done the
LL-rnaaaRsES of the affair would at least have
| been free from any imPutatton~ -4faESng
pandered to the pretty eristocratie states
men. The principle of first come first
served" would have been applied, and Con-
gressmen as well as Senator's would have
come in on the same footing as other men
who could have afforded TO buy tickets.
A still more inappropriate and almost
absurd method was actually selected bY the
commission having the matter in charge,
who seem to have acted in perfect accord
with the wishes of Mr.. Sherman and Mr..
Dorsheimer, the leading spirits, without
| doubling or questioning the propriety OF the
course suggested. Each Senator and each
CONGRESSMAN was given two tickets to each
| celebration aud the most stringent rules
were devised to prevent any one not having
a ticket from coming into the Capitol
building on Saturday.
The result is that no Congressman and
| certainly no Senator will be able to invite
ANYBODY outside his own family. If he has
his wife and daughters with him at the Cap
| itol he will find his two tickets taken up.
K Outside of the wives and daughters OF Con-
9ressmen and Senators the attendance will
/ be limited to twenty-five Gr thirty favored
individuals. The general public have no
chance even at the standing room
IN the corridors and gallaries which
shoald have been utilized in that way.
! Al the monument the same rule was OBJ
served. The public, to put the TACT ID the
briefest possible form, was absolutely shut ont
\ from any participation IN the decoration
ceremonies Of the Washington monument.
The members Of the press who were entl'
tied 10 admission to the press gallery were
vel looked out for. That gallery was not
/ epcroacbed upon by the relatives OF Con-
0ressmen. Aher great deal OF what
would betechuically known in New England
"a "Hocus- Pocus' business it was
decided 10 honor at the door oi
the CAPITOL the regular press tickets
ofadmission to the gallery. Since thepoht
;cal death OF J. Warren Keifer, wholesome
respset for newspaper men has seized upon
avsn the most aristocratic Senators and
REPRESENTATIVES, 1t was on an occasion
s;uilar 10 this one, some three years ago,
,,Aep Keifer sent out an order to the effect
tsatthe press gallery was to be opened uF
~ the miscellaneous guests by Congressmen.
The honor was ordered torone afternoon
The next morning an extra lock was on the
door. and the keys were in the hands OF Ten
ealH. v. Boynton. the Chairman OF the
Press Committee. The result OF the long
Keiser. Boynton struggle is understood
- have protected the respect
sh;I;tv of the newspaper men II
WasIineton and there hiss been no subse
.,e,f attempt to interfere with their exelu
I've pse Of heir own gallery. But IN the
;nssrsss Of panuine democracy, It Is only
-;ght 40 protest against this last and crosses
mssniSsstation Of Congressional snobbish
- Too often the servants OF the people
e,rret that they are not popelar masters
n fhis case. there can be little doubt tina
.,,ek q mistake has beer made.
n the spirit Of Washington looked dow
on TIE American nation OF today As 7
dedicased to his memory the grsndess pll'
~ riv;Iization has eser erected in hono'
- 49, an individual, it was with emotions
~ sbe most profound surprise a. the way II
-hseb Nis most positive propheeies hAy
Esen overshroxn in the course OF empires
TSere sre. extent letters written oy Ia
Isssi,s, "a k;s country to personal friends
-I;ck he showed to bis owa satisfaction
49, y, = 80 ~,isest not 10 attempt "a extern
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