The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1890-06-06

| Of the stand. The hal9elujabx chorus was
rendered by the choir, the audience jOin1ng.
Ex-President Hayes then presented Pfesi-
dent Harrison to the assemblege,- and
another hearty welcome was givenshim-
He spoke with earnestness, as follows:
thank You most sincerely for this. cordiaa
greeting, but l shall not be betrayed by it into q
lengthy speech. The selection OF tms-day Tor
these exercises, q day consecrated 70 tne mem
ory of those who died that there might be one
flag IF honor and authority in this republic, is
most fitting. That one flag encircies us with its
folds to-day. the unriyaled object OF our loyal
s fTl; sassnsIly o syplass the ., sf1 him. a1 IN
whose honor it has been : bui!ded. HIS
No friendly hands constructed and placed lot
his ambition q ladder upon, which he might
limb: His own bray brave IN hands o1,mt framed Zee an ana h ,nahss
of public usefulness and fame. He never ceased
to be student and instructor. Turning from
peaceful 1esssarad pursuits sns : .t to army sn ssry " e BRET nse au arnay
career taught ZONE valuable lessons in military
science. Turning again from the field to the
Soarc,is that n stai have : S made aU our national con-
gress 1lustrious. What he might have been
Or done az president Of the u hnnittsed
upon a career that had no incident of failure or
inadequacy. The cruel circumstances attending
his death has but one melioratiOn-that space
of ! fe was given him to teach from his dying
bed q great lesson of patience and forbearance.
His mortal part will find honorable rest here,
but the lessons Of his life and death will con-
tlnue to be instructive and inspiring incidents III
American history.
CRIES FOR SHERMAN.
President Harrison was iollowedby Vice
President Morton and Gov. Campbell who
made short speeches. There were cries Tor
Gen. Sherman, and when the old warrior
responded there was tumultuous cheering.
Gen. Sherman said:
(,Ornrodoo All. 7 will not OcnJ1nv hut q min
ute Of your time. You see me here to-day. Your
president and our former president Will tell you
neer OF the first order. And if you come to New
York our vice president will tell you l am a
member Of the chamber Of commerce, but, boys,
star on Your breast, I thank Cod here in Ohio l
am old-fashioned Uncle Billy. have come mere
to your beautiful city to pay my tribute OF love
to the memory ofJames Abram Garfield, whom
I saw after he was wounded and whose body
accompanied to this spot, and now 1t: delights
to see yonder temple, pc IL Wnat
it may. l see no statue of Garfield from where
l stand, but I see a temple, a monument, erected
to his memory, not for you and me, boys, Tor
our careers have run, but for your children ana
those who are to come after us, There 1t Will
stand pointing to heaven, seen from the beaut1-
full lake by all who pass across it's peaceiul
bosom, and to those who come after you p p
finest type of manhood. OF soldier ana citizen
that my memory recalls. l thank you, my
friends. Garry your banners 10 sne o o4ter 9 Wa aho
SANN oo AOA6 oo W. ~ ~
are true and faithful to us in the days OF peril.
Messrs. Wanamaker, Miller and Rusk.
who were next called for, c%ontented. them
selves with bowling to the throng, and good
naturally declined to respond to vociterous
calls for speeches. Secretary Windom told
how when Gen. Garfield was near the point
of death at Long Branch Gen. Sherman
had said to him that if it would restore him
to health he would give up the last drop OF
blood in his body. This b%roughtout more
cheering, and ex-United States Marshal Hen
ry, Guiteau's executioner, led another round
from his place among the Garfield veterans.
THE G. A. R. MEN.
The Grand Army posts we're all in line in
every prominent centre, and never were the
gallant veterans seen to better advantage
than on this occasion, though it is plain to
be seen that their numbers are rapidly de-
creasing, while old age and infirmity are
making their mark upon the glorious but
diminishing band.