St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-05-31

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| General Wayne McVeagh, Representa-
tive Mckinley and ex-RepreSentatiye
Townsend, eX-GoV. Foster. Architect
George ii. Kelly, and a large number OF
other distinguished guests. The scenes
which marked the progress of this
| division were the repetition of these ae-
| corded the veterans at its head. Cheers
| ran from block to block like volleys of
| musketry; handkerchiefs and flags were
waved by the thousands and flowers
| aimed with very fair precision at the oc-
supants of the vehicles. The presi-
| dent responded to the ovation by re-
peatedly raising his hat and bowling
| until his neck was sJitf and his right
arm tired. There was no difficulty on
the part of the crowd in recognizing the
visitors. and every few yards some en-
thusiastic individual would call for
cheers for Gen. Rusk or John Wana
maker, and still more frequently for
Uncle Billy" Sherman, the calls being
responded to with three times three.
At one point on Euclid avenue couple
of strong-lunged individuals struck up
the opening notes OF Marching
Through Georgia." and in moment
thousands of voices were Joining in the
refrain. Gen. Sherman sat with StolId
look on his countenance until the re-
frain was reached. and then he stood
up in the carriage, and. barring his
head, bowed again and again to the
| right and left. The fifth division was
| composed of five sections of knights
| Templar, under the command of Sir
Knight NJ. ]. Houck. captain general,
and as they marched along with martial
tread, their white plumes waving
! proudly in the air. and their swords
! shining and jewels sparkling in the sum
light, they presented
An Inspiring Spectacle.
Immediately behind them came twelve
brigades and divisions of the knights
| of Pythias, then the uniformed rank OF
| Odd Fellows. Knights of st. John and
| of Father Mathew, German civic So
| cietles, German Warriors and Prussen-
| yerein, Italian and Hungarian Knights.
| A contingent of citizens afnot and IN car
riages brought up the rear of the twelfth
| and last division. From beginning to
end the parade was nearly three miles
| in length. It was O'Clock when the
head of the column had passed under
| the decorated arch at the cemetery, and
| twenty minutes later before the presl-
| dent and party reached the grand stand.
Fully 5000 people had already gathered
| around the memorial. although the
parade was still in progress, while those
who had been viewing it from the thor
| oughfares poured in like a resiStiess
| torrent. Little time was lost
In seating the visitors. Mrs. Garfield
| who had given reception to the preSl-
| dent early in the day, drove over to the
| cemetery in advance of the procession.
and. with her daughter. MollIe Garfield
| Brown, j. Stanley Brown, her son-ln-
| law. Harry Garfield, and j. A. Garfield
| Jr., were seated Immediately behind the
orator of the dav. with the president on
the right of the chair, Vice President
/ Morton on the left. with the members OF
| the cabinet supporting them on either
side. Thh singing of America" by
| choir of 500 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
ordered. he made few brief remaakS
as president of the Memorial association.
PRAYER was offered by Right Rev.
Bishop W. A. Leonard, of the Episcopal
church, and then the presentation OF
Hon. Jacob ID. Cox, of Cincinnati, o..
the orator of the day, was greeted with
cheers loud. and lOng-repeated. In
clear anu distinct voice, which could be
heard far into the throng, eX-Goy. Cox
| spoke as follows:
Address Of Ex-Gov. Cox.
Nv Fellow Citizens: We have come
here to dedicate this memorial to one of
our countrv's worthless. Our task is not
the mournful one which filed the
streets of our cities with funeral pa
geants nine years ago. If our thoughts
take tinge of solemnity from the MEM
ory of the tragedy which brought the
| life of Garfield to an untlmely end and
shocked the whole nation by the cause
less enormity of the crime, it will only
make our retrospect the sober and
| thoughtful thing it ought to be. Time
| heals all wounds, and it is our privilege
| to think of the departed statesman who
was once our friend and neighbOr as Of
character already historic one; ana
! lyZing his career with quiet pulse. not
| tortured by grief too poignant, and re-
! calling his great qualities and his big
| hearted human Sympathies IN remInls-
cence full of sober pleasure. This Struct-
ure and the statue it covers means that
| Garfield'S countrymen see in him. and
| what he did. so much that is worthy of
imitation. and worthily exhibits and in
| terpretS the critical period OF our ma
| ti0nal life through which we have just
passed, that they have wished to en-
| body in imperiShable stone the memory
of it. They desire that it shall teach
| many generations to emulate the good
qualities which fitted him to lead III
good directions, and to seek that honor
| in good mems memories which comes
by Subordinating selfish ends to the
common good. They have builJ this
memorial in the belief that we all shall
be better for learning well and wisely
this lesson. and that he whose memory
- I,oIr1 icy n
of faith in our institutions and in
our country's destiny. The speaker
then traced Garfeld's S life from boyhood
I'D, and, after referring to his war and
political history, said: His elevation
to the presidency was rather the evil
dence of his countrymen's admiration
of him as popular legislative leader
than a significant part Of his own
career. Cut off prematurely, his ad-
miniStration 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 sufficient warrant for
our faith that it would have been marked
by broad craftsmanship and manifest
power; but it was Gods will that his
work as legislator should remain the
thing which will ever be distinctly his.
The rest is among the 'mlghE-haVe-
beenS,' big with many grand p0Sslblll-
ties not to riDen into full frultiOn." In
conclusion the speaker said: MEN of
ali parties have united to build this
memorial and to place this statue upon
its pedestal to commemorate these vir
tues aud these services.
Antag onisms Are Here Forgotten.
Cynical carping has no place here. The
good, the great, the strong. the wise.
and the patriotic were all SO abundant
in him that out of them the young of
the coming generation may construct
an ideal on which to mould themselves.
The weakness, the limitations, the i'm
perfections incident to human nature,
and which every man must humbly ac-
knowledge his share in. may here be
dropped from view, and the model to
be Initiated is made up of those noble
and generous qualities which were as
marked in the man we honor
to-day. The people of this land, far