Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-08-23

| Ii was nearly o'clock when the head OF
me procession reached the monument. All
Cue streets surrounding it were packed
with people all anxious to catch glimpse
OF the prominent persons who appeared on
the speakers stand TO witness the cere-
monies. As the president was recognized
on the stand he was greeted with a cheer
which he acknowledged. The crowd
watched in silence the laying Of the corner
stone by Charles NJ. Travis, department.
| When the stone had been placed in position
the national flag was raised and 1.-The Star
Spangled Banner" was sung by Zulda
Wallace. The imposing ceremony ended
with firing of a salute.
Following this Governor Hovey as pre-.
siding officer OF the occasion, made brief
address and was followed by General N.
D. Henderson of Charlottesville and Gen
eral Coburn of indianapolis.
THE PRESIDENT SPEAKS.
At the conclusion of the latter's address
President Harrison was introduced to the
assemblage and after the applause which
greeted him had ended, he spoke as fol-
lows:
Mr.. President and Fellow 'Citizens-I
did not expect TO make an address Oh this
| occasion. 1t would have been pleasant if
| could have found leisure to make such
preparations, to have accepted the
invitation of the committee having
| the exercises in charge to deliver an
Grafton and would have felt in an honor
to associate my name with an occasion so
| great as this tCheers.l Public duties,
however, prevented The acceptance of the
invitation. | could only promise to be
present with you today. 1t seemed to me
most appropriate that l should take part
with my fellow citizens of Indiana in this
great ceremony. There have been few
occasions in athe history of orr state Sd
! nj splQ
SO inspiring as that which we
now witness. [Cheers] The suggestion
that a monument should be builded to
| commemorate the valor and heroism of
| these SO diers of Indiana, who gave their
lives for the flag, attracted my interest
from the beginning. Cheers FIVE
years ago last January, when the people
! assembled in the opera house yonder to
unveil the statue which has been worthily
set up to our great war governor lcheersl,
| ventured to express the hope that near
by it, as twin expression of our great
| sentiment there might be bulded a noble
shaft not to any man, to bear on any of its
majestic faces the name of man,
but a monument about which the
sons of veterans. the mothers OF our dead,
the widows that are yet with Us, might
gather and pointing to the stately shaft
say, There is his monument" Cheers.
The hope expressed on that day is realized
now. Cries Of thank God" and scheers.
| congratulate the people of Indiana that
our Legislature has generously met the eX-
pectations Of our patriotic people. [Cheersl
| congratulate the commission having
this great work in charge that
they have secured design which will not
suffer under the citicism of the best artists
of the world. lCheers.l l congratulate
you that q monument. so costly as TO show
that we value that which it conlmemor-
q
which evoked it, Is to stand in the capital
of Indiana. (Cheers. Does any one say
there is wastefulnesS here? [Cries of mo.
no." My countrymen, two hundred
thousand dollars has never passed and
nevee will pass from the treasury Of lndi-
ana that will give a better return than the
expenditure for the erection of this monu
ment. [Cheers.l
AS | have witnessed these ceremonies
and listened to these patriotic hymns l
have read in the faces of the men who
stood about me that lifting up of the soul,
that kindling of patriotic fire that has
made me realize that on such occasions the
nation is laying deep and strong its future
security. This is Il monument by Indiana
to Indiana soldiers, but | beg you to re-
member that they were only soldiers Of
Indiana until the enlistment oath was
taken; that from that hour until they
came back to the generous state that
Httu SCuI bueu bEcs were
soldiers of the union [great applausel;
so that ii seemed to me not inappropriate
that | should bring to you today the SYM
pathy and cheer of the loyal people of all
the states. Applause No American
citizen need avoid it or pass it with I'M
sympathetic eyes, for, my countrymen, it
does not commemorate a war of subjuga-
ton. There is not in the United States
today one who, if he realizes what has oc-
CURED since the time of the war and has
opened his soul to the sight of that which
is to come, who will not feel it is good for
ali our people that victory crown
ed the cause which this monument
commemorate. Cries OF "amen" and
applause l do seriously believe that if
we can measure among the states the ben
eft resulting from the preservation of the
union that the rebelllous states have the
larger share. IApplause,] It destroyed
an institution that was their destruction.
It opened the way for a commercial life
that if they will only embrace it and face
the light means to them a development
that shall rival the best attachments of
the greatest of our states. Applause
And now let me thank you for your
pleasant greeting. | have felt lifted up by
this occasion. 1t seems to me that our
spirits have been borne up to meet those Of
the dead and gloritied and that from this
place we shall 90 to our homes more reso-
lutely set in our purpose rs citizens to con-
serve the peace and welfare OF our neigh
borhoods, to hold no the dignity and hon.
or of our free institutions aud TO see that
no harm shall come to our country wheth-
Ell from internal dissensions or from the
aggressions of a foreign foe. Prolonged
applausel."
OTHER SPEECHES MADE.
General Rusk being called upon said:
"Mr. President and Comrades-I will
not detain you with any remarks. I am
here with the president to witness these
great ceremonies, but am glad am here.
met Indiana soldiers IN the war at At
lsnta and at Rasacca and many other
points, and they never failed to support
rs, and / am here today to say to you that
| will never fail TO stand by you" Zap
plause
Attorney General Miller said: Moth
ing, my fellow citizens, was further from
my thoughts than that should be called
upon to utter 3 word here today, and moth
ing could be less tit than that | should at
tempt at any length 10 speak TO you. This
Is great occasion, and no man on such
an occasion and after such exercises as we
have had here today has any right to mar
them by mere inconsidered extemporan-
eous address. | am not prepared to say
anything which will either interest You or
do credit TO me. l can only say with, as
Governor Rusk has said that | am glad
that | am here and l believe 1t is good for