The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-05-31
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tho Day Very Fittingly.

SA
CLEVELAND, O., May 30.-The Garfield
Memorial in Lakeview Cemetery waf
dedicated to-day with imposing cere.
monies in the presence OF the President
Of the United States, members Of his
Cabinet and distinguished men from all
parts Of the country. The Memorial is
colossal structure towering lG5 feet
above an eminence in the cemetery,
which overlooks the city and surround.
ing country. The ediGce cost Sl50,O0O,
of which about onc.half was contributed
by the people OF Cleveland, the remain.
ing coming from every State and Terri.
tory in the Union, and from many for.
eisn lands.
The exercises Of to-day began with a
parade Of military aud civic societies,
the procession forming in the centre OF
the city and moving TO the cemetery, a
distance Of five miles. The city is filed
with strangers, and thousands OF people
lined the streets long before the hour
ior the procession to move. The decora.
tions along the line Of march, and all
over the city, for that matter, were the
finest ever seen here. The procession
moved at one o'clock in the afternoon.
General James Barnet was the Chief
Marshal. General Ed. s. Myer was Ad-
jutant General, with the following as as.
slstant Adjutant Generals: Col. A. Nc.
Afiister, Cot. E. N. Hayes, U. S. A..
Major W. +. Goodspeed, Major NJ. B..
Gary, Major J. W. Gleason.
There we're twelve divisions contain.
ing military organizations from many
parts Of the State, Pittsburgh, Detroit
and West Virginia. A vast concourse
Of people had preceded the procession
to the cemetery and when the exercises
began there were thousands copgregated
about the great stand that had been
erected and on which were seated the
distinguished guests. Ex.President
Hayes, the President Of the Memorial
Association, presided, and after "Amer-
ica' had been sung by the memorial
chorus, be spoke rs follows:
Ex PRESIDENT HAYES SPEECH.
Fellow CirlzsNs:-James Abram Gar
field, u native OF Ohio, a brave and pa
triotic Union soldier, a statesman and
scholar, and President OF the United
States having died in The path Of duty,
his countrymel OF NIL the States and
Territories and OF the District Of Colum-
bia, and especially his friends and neigh
bors Of the city Of Cleveland and the
Western Reserve, aided by many good
people in other lands, have erected
this memorial and enduring structure
to perpetuate his memory to future
generations. This noble purpose has
been litly embodied by the eminent
architect, Mr.. George Keller, in the
memorial structure which will now be
dedicated in the presence OF this un-
counted multitude OF witnesses, Upon
these ceremonies the divine blessing
will be invoked by tho Right Rev.
Bishop Leonard. :.
At the conclusion OF Bishop Leonard's
prayer, Ex-Governor Jacob b. Cox, OF
Cincinnati, delivered the oration Of the
day. @t5 A.
cox's GRAFTON. ,.
Tho oration was masterful effort
treating Garfeld's life from his birth to
the time Of his assassination. In speak.
ing Of the monument he said: We have
come here to dedicate this memorial to
one Of our country's worthless. Our task
is not the mournful one which filed the
streets OF our cities with funeral pageants
nine years ago. II our thoughts take a
tinge OF solemnity from the memory oil
the tragedy which brought the life Of
Garfield to an untimely end and shocked
the whole nation by the causeless enor.
nifty OF the crime, it will only make ou,
retrospect the sober and Thoughtful thing
it ought 10 be. Time heals all wounds
and it is our privilege to think OF the de-
parted statesman who was once oul
friend uud neighbor as OF a character
already historic one; analyzing hit
career with quiet pulse, not tortured By
grief too poignant, and recalling his
great qualities and his big-hearted
human sympathies in "reminiscences full
Of real, II SOBER pleasure. - h.
The massive structure which crowns
this hill meets the eye Of the wayiare,
as he comes to fair Cleveland from Hi.
ram, the place Of Garlield's home and
activities as youth and man; where he
labored as teacher Of the young, him.
self little more than boy, and whence
he was called to that public life which
made him the property Of the nation.
From this tower, as from n watch.tower
one may almost look into the rural quiei
not Chagrin Falls, where his Childhood
was spent, and into Mentor, the home
the loved to think would be his in the
; nesceiul decline OF lie, when struggle
s.a .....,,:-nil might be looked bacl
upon as from snug ts'rb0r' bis a,sod To1l
we'll done, his fame solidly eatablls.",ss ..
and the good will OF all his countrymer
sure possession. ~ "A Z Il. &
WHAT THE MoSUMESTiTY TYplFIES.
And SO men OF all parties have united
to build this memoria! and to place .hi
statute upon its pedestal to commem
crate these virtues and these services
Antagonisms are here forgotten. Gym
ical carping has no place here. Th
good, the great, the strong, the wise AM
tho patriotic were all so abundant il
him that out OF them the young OF com
ing generations may construct an idea
on which to mould themselves. Th
weaknesses, the limitations, the imper
fections incident to human nature, an
which every man must humbly &C
knowledge his share in, may here b
dropped from view, and the model to b
initiated is made up OF those noble an
generous qualities which were so mark
ed in the man we honor to-day. 5y
The people Of this land, far and neal
are at this very hour decorating til
graves OF their fallen patriots and heroe
| with aGectionate and heartfelt love an
reverence. Our, task is part Of their
| We join our countrymen in the loyin
Il dnty. This memorial 2 ia a fpermaneu