The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1890-06-04

dent and party reached tho grand stand
Fully twenty thousand people had al
ready gathered around the memorial
although the parade was still in prog
rsss; while those who had been viewing
At from the thoroughfares poured in like
. resistless torrent. Little time wal
lost in seating the visitors. Mrs. Gar
field, who had given reception TO the
President early in the day, drove over tc
the cemetery in advance Of the process
sion and, with her dsughter, Mollie Gar
field Brown, ]. Stanley Brown, her son
in-law; Harry Garfield and ]. A. Gar
field, Jr., were seated Immediately be,
hind the orator Of the day, with the
President on the right, Vice President
Morton on the left, the members OF the
Cabinet supporting them ON either side.
The singing Of america" by choir Of
five hundred voices prefaced the exer.
cises, and after ex-President Hayes had
succeeded in securing attention from
the multitude which, considering Its
size, was remarkably quiet and we'll or
eered, he made a few brief remarks as
president of the Memorial Association.
Prayer was offered by Bishop w. A.
Leonard, of the Episcopal church, and
then the presentation Of Hon. Jacob d.
Cox, Of Cincinnati, the orator OF the day,
was greeted with cheers loud and long
repeated. In clear and distinct voice
which could be heard far into the
throng, Ex-Governor Cox spoke as fol-
lows:
My fellow. citizens: We have come here to
dedicate this memorial 10 one of our country's
worthless. Our task is not the mournful one
which oiled the streets OF our cities with fu.
take tinge OF soemnity from the memory OF
the tragedy which brought the life OF GARFIELD
10 an untimely end and shocked the whole ma.
tion by the causeless enormity OF the crime II
will only make our retrospect the sober and
thoughtful thing II ought TO be- Time heals all
wounds, and 1t is our privilege 70 think OF the
departed statesman who was once our friend
and neighbor as OF q character already his
toric one; analyZing his career with quiet pulse,
not tortured by gftef too poignant, and recall.
ing his great qualities and his big hearted sym.
pathies In "reminiscences full OF real, OF sober
pleasure.
This structure and the statue Il covers means
that Gar1eld's oountrymen see In him and
what he did so much that Is worthy OF imita.
tion, and worthily exhibits and interprets the
critical period OF our national life through
which we have Just passed, that they have
wished 10 embody in imperishable stone the
memory OF it. They desire that II shall teach
many generations 10 emulate the good qualities
which lifted him TO lead in good directions, and
10 seek that honor In good mems memories
which comes by subordinating selfish ends 70
the common good, They have built this me.
mortal In the belief that we all shall be better
for learning we'll and wisely this lesson, and
that he whose memory II shall help preserve
In our country's destiny. The speaker then
traced Garields life from boyhood up and
after referring to his war and political history
said:
His elevation to the Presidency was rather
the evidence OF his oountrymen's admiration OF
him as popular legislative leader than q sig.
nihcant part OF his own career. Cut on prema
turely his administration had no opportunity
TO carry out any large policy. The large grasp
and ability he had shown In every other part OF
his life is sufoient 10 warrant our faith that Il
would have been marked by broad statesman.
ship and manifest power; but Il was Gods will
that his work as legislator should remain the
thing which will ever be distinctively his. Tho
rest Is among the might have beens"-big
with many grand possibilities not 70 ripen into
full fruition.
In conclusion the speaker said: Men Of au
parties have united 10 build this memorial and
TO place this statue upon its PEDESTAL 70 com.
memorate these virtues and these services An
tagonisms are here forgotten. Cynical carping
has no place here. The good, the great, the
strong the wise and the patriotic were all 30
abundant In him that out Of them the young Of
the coming generations may construct an ideal
on which 70 mould themselves, The weak.
nesses, the limitations, the infperftctlons incl.
dent TO human nature and which every man