West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-04-10

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CLRVELAND's GARFIELD MONUMENT
dedicated 10 his memory Decoration Day. IL
was at first announced thnt the remains
would not bo removed until the tay of dcdi.
cation, but the Garfield family hnvo since
concluded that the removal OF the body Is n
purely personal affair, aud do not desire any
public demonstraton Tho remains will
have to I've lowered into tho crypt before tho
statue OF Garfield is placed In position I'm the
contro ot the memorial tomple, directly be-
meath tho dome OF the monument When tho
body was sont 90 Cleveland In 1881 shortly
after death, II was placed In massive and
highly finished metal caskct where IL has re-
manned ever since, and the same caskot will
encase tho body when IL Is transferred 10 tho
monument
The exercises attending tho dedication
promise To bc Of tho most impressive and i'm
posing character. Invitations will be sent 20
Presidont Harrison nnd his Cabinet, Presi-
dent Cleveland, Governor Campbell of Ohio
and his staff, and they will In all probability
loo present. Personal invitations will also bo
sont 10 many OF the nations distinguished
citizens, and general invitation Is extended
To all the civic and military organizations in
the country. The Executives and stafTs of
numerous States will be present. Tho COM
mitteo has decided thnt personal invitations
would entail too voluminous a correspond
once, and thus concluded 10 make the invita-
tion general one 30 everybody, and 10 issue
special one 10 the heads OF tho national and
State departments
AS tho monument was built 10y popular
subscription, consisting Of nickels dimes and
dollars the cOmmittoe comedies every man'S
right 10 participate. The day will bo the
grandest Cleveland ever saw represented
in the parade will be the Masonic bodies aud
the militia Of overy State, aud from all quar-
ters will be assembled the leading mon OF the
day 10 pay tribute 20 man who, though
Graded in Ohio aud reared almost within tho
precincts OF the city, spread his influence over
the entire country and finds his scpulchre tho
heart Of tho nation. EE- President Hayes will
make n brief Introductory address but tho
principal speaker will bo Ex-Governor j. ID.
Cox Of Ohio
Grandma Gnrncld's remains will also bo
transferred from the public vault 60 tho
monument at the sam9 time, and will bO
placed bcsClo those OF her distinguished son
Tho cost Of tho monument amounts 10
SiOOOOO Of which sum tG} 900 was subscribed
In Cleveland, 10000 from Ohio outside OF
Cleveland, and the remainder from tho
various StatOs aud Territories with about
1890 from foreign countries. After work
had progressed somewhat upon the monu-
mont u was decided 20 reduce the height
sevonty-fvc feet, 20 insure greater stability,
nnd the result hns been TO give the monu.
ment n stuuted and dwarfod appearance,
which invariably gives offence at tho first
glance but the eye Is soon attracted by tho
many beauties Of the exterior. All that is
squatty about the design rs purely external
for when one has climbed tho many narrow,
little winding stone starcascs In tho
interior to the dOmo and looks out
through the windows tO tho ground 10
meath no thinks the earth Is several
.nr properties OF thc structure, and which
viii in time give 10 a double fame, Is It's
power Of sound Transmission. When one
man Is speaking dozen seem TO tnlk. Tho
tones Of tho voice seem 30 Dc divided into
several different parts, and each division has
creator strength than the original voice it-
self. The harmonious cOnplemoutol aud
blending tones are all preserved.
The monument stands upon "a massive
square foundation Of stone which Is accessible
by a stairway ~ twenty steps. Tho monu-
ment stands squarcly n the centre Of tho
foundation nnd leaves a margin 81 about ten
feet for a walk around the structure. Tho
monument proper IS round in shan,
9nd is capped by cone shaped dome
Upon tho west side is N souaro
bcddcd panels representative Of scenes
through which Garfield pissed The first
panel, on tho north side, shows n country
school, with Garfield, then youth. as teach.
or. The second panel, on the west side, is
wnr scenc, md represents Garfield serving
ou General ROsecranss staff the third panel
represents him rs au orator, and in the
fourth panel he is taking The oath of Office rs
I'rcsidcnt Tho afth panel on the south
side represents bier
Tho interior decorations nro in marble and
mosaic work Tho Garfield statue will oc.
cupy the direct centreo of The memorial tom
pie. mud all its urrOundiugs wilt add 10 It's
beauty IN will rc1r nr imposing monument
bon white amid ali Che c1l0rs NJ the rainbow.
lhis statue s the second that has been cut
of Garfield
When tho first one wns almost finished n
shadow NJ black was detected iu 10 which SO
mIrTcd the snowy whitoncss OF the whole
that n now block had ~ be selected Tho
now block was found ~ BE- without O flaw.
The statue will stand upon q marble paved
dais, and will measure about ten feet boz height
Light viii be thrown upon The statue in
the tomple from the great stained glass win
dOws and four panel windows each being de
signs cmhlomatic ~ the thirteen original
States and Ohio. New York is represented
by The Statue Of Liberty. With q big steam
Bhipiu The distance
n required nearly 80 000 pieccs Of Venc-
Tran mosaic marble Tor The interior work on
thSdOmc. The memorial temple is circular
in form and is surrounded by eight massive
'iars which support tho dome