The Iola register., 1890-06-06
roNoRlNo Lee.
UnvsTlIng of the Monument TO General Lee
at Richmond. ya.-Tribute of the South TO
Their Hoacred Leader.

Their Hoacred Leader.
RICHMOND, Va. May 30.-The city was
thronged yesterday with people who
had come to witness the ceremony OF
unvsiling the Lee statue. Every avail
able space along the line of march to
the monument was occupied and the
splendid military parade was cheered
to the echo. Governor Mckinney,
as president of the Lee Monument
Association, called the assemblage
TO order and introduced General
Early as chairman of the meeting.
The General. without making any
remarks Immediately introduced Archer
Anderson, the orator OF the occasion,
who made an eloquent address, going
in detail over the main incidents of
General Lees life and paying a splendid
tribute to his military genius and many
virtues. for which he found counter
part in the life of Washington alone.
At the conclusion of Colonel Anderson's
grafton the formal ceremony of unvail-
ing the statue was performed by Gen.
eral Joseph E. Johnston, amidst booming
cannon and the enthusiastic cheering of
the spectators
The parade formed on the north side
of Broad street from Adams down to
Twelfth street The line marched gen.
orally company front with double ranks
When the procession started the men
described semi-circle at Adams and
Broad street on the south side. As soon
as the last veteran organization passed
Adams street the military took up their
line of march, and when the
head of the column of veterans
reached Ninth and Main streets
they halted and, occupying the
south side of the street reviewed the
military. The latter marched up Main
street to Eighth and up that street to
Franklin so as to pass General Lees
residence, and out Franklin to ShafeC.
At Saafer the military halted and oceu-
pied the south side of the street The
veterans (who had taken up the line of
march after the military had been re-
viewed), passed in review of the mill
tary and resumed their place at the
head of the column until the mon
Ument was reached. Upon arriv-
ing at the monument the veterans
faced the grand stand with the military
behind them, the cavalry bringing up
the rear. The artillery was posted
north of the pedestal.
The organization on foot were massed
Immediately ia front of the grand stand
as they arrived The mounted veterans
passed by their rear and formed on the
left near the monument, facing down
Franklin, and the mounted Farmers
Alliance formed IN their rear. The ar
tillery took position in line west of the
infantry. facing west. The volunteer
cavalry formed facing the grand stand
in the field, near Broad street, their
right near the artillery.
The whole line of marcn was densely
crowded and as the old chieftains of the
ConfedersSy were recognized hats would
come off and the old yell would come
from thousand throats.
The Lee mCn1ment is in the West
end, the most fashionable section of
Richmond The monument is planted
at the intersections of two wide ave-
nues, onrShe summit of ascending grades.
It is inclesed in circle of 200 feet in
diameter, with street 10 feet in width
on each side, so thS5 the distance
through the area from building line to
building line is $50 fee<
The pedestal of the monument con-
sists of two parts, which may be termed
the base and the PEDESTAL proper The
base isformed by a rectangle, with the
surface inclined upwa-d to parapet,
around which six foundations are To-
Gated. upon which statues of Lees Gen
erals mat hereafter be placed. In the
interior of the CT, ~ another incline
surface leads up to the pedestal proper.
Here the transition .tyom the straight
lines of che rectangle TO the graceful
curves of a cylindrical form have
been very skillfully Iharmonized by
the artist The change is net no
ticed. and upon the front and
rear saEe seen AZ oval space,
upon whfeh has reliefs are placed, sur
rounded by a trscery in granite of the
laurel, the ivy and thesoal. Above is a
lions head, as if ready for battle On
the sides are four columns. appearing to
support TIE great weight, but between
which aleronze tablet snpears with the
name office gilded beneath a laurel
wreath The pedestal and base are Of
white granite and the ,columIls dark
blue Fhe height of the pedestal is
forty feet and few incnes, and that Of
-the+statue slightly more than twenty
feet, making the total height about six
-ty-oRe feet above the ground.
General Robert E Lee died October
IL. $50. October 25 following General
-Juhal A. Early issued a cal, addressed
to surviving officers aEa6 soldiers Of
the Army of Northern Virginia, to meet
in Richmond Novemb Der 8 &c take action
to perpetaate his memory The meet
ing was presided over Eg the late
Jefferson Davis. who, witA other dis
-tinguished Soutkerners, MADE addresses
and the Lee Monument Association was
organized with General Earlysas presi-
dent A ladies' auxiliary association
was formed and st2e two proceeded TO
collect funds for erecting a monument
Money foTed in I-eely for time, but
finally interest in the cause seemed
10 flag, and r. was not re-
~iseE until General Eitzhygh
Lee ~ss-eiected Governor torr wears
ago The various EXAMINATIONS collect
ing Eunds were then consolidated under
one name. and he became. as G0-ernof,
the president of the Lee Monument As
socistion ex-aa cio. Il is largely due 4s
the eS0s Is of tsoEerne- Lee that the |
monssssSat WRs<omplessd so soon
Naftecsps Whip Women
louisville Ky, Mayz30-A baad of 1
WhiseeaPS- thirty in nUnber, visited 1
Corydo1- Ind, and proceeded to the |
house oeeE4ted by Lucy Nsyes and Jane
Flay, two women Of questionable repa-