Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1890-07-02

gramme at the statue was as follows: A
welcoming address by Governor Hovev,
who introduced Frederick Rand, presi-
dent of the monument association, as
chairman of the meeting; music by a
chorus of 500 school children, invocation
by the Rev. J. :. Jenckes, historical state
ment by President Rand unveiling of the
monument by Mrs. Hendricks, dedicatory
ode by James Whitcomb Riley. address
by Senator Turpie and benediction by
Bishop Chatard But several speeches
were delivered that We're not on the pro-
gramme after Turpie had concluded.
Unwilling the Statue.
An interesting incident of the ceremo-
MES was the unwilling of the statue This
duty had been assigned to Mrs Hendricks.
She had received an ovation all along the
line of march. and again when she was
seen to ascend the platform and take hcr
seat. The close of the singing of the
hymn America was the signal to unveil
and as the strains of music ceased the
widow of the revered statesman pulled
the line which Embossed the flag which
yelled the statue, and rs he folds fell away
and uncovered the well-known features of
the dead statesman mighty shout went
up that rolled from center To circumfer-
ence of the vast throng and was taken N
again and again until the roar was like
the meeting of mighty waters
senator Turpie's Address.
A dedicatory ode by James Whitcomb
Riley was then read, and the address of
the day followed, Senator Turpie being
the speaker. His Grafton was a fitting
eulogy of the great Hoosier statesman.
He traced his career from his birth in
Ohio to his untimely death; told of his
firm stand for the Union in the DAYS of 81,
defended and eulogized his position dur.
ing reconstruction days, when he insisted
that the states had never been out of the
Union; that the acts of secession were in
valid, and that as soon as the war was
over the southern states dropped back
into their places in the Union with all
their rights unimpaired. Said the orator:
thus he taught the lesson of those DAYS
never to be forgotten, that the war had
been waged for the preservation of the
Union, not for the destruction of the
states, and he declared that Hendricks
position had been repeatedly confirmed
since that time by the United States su-
preme court.
Close of Turpic's Address.
In conclusion the speaker said: "Tf
Webster he styled the eXpOunder of the
constitutional the old constitution. with
its half truths and compromises, upon "A
subject noted, but unnamed therein Hen
bricks may be as justly called the ex-
FOUNDER of the new. If the one is known
as the cOnstructionist, the other will be
known as the recOnstructionist of his age
AS the true interpreter of the constitu-
ton revised, amended and of the nature
and character of the union thus reformed.
restored. and re-established
"Amid the clangOr of arms, the shout
ings and thunders of embattled hosts
scarcely died away. he was pre- -eminentlv
the civilian and publicist of that moment-
Gus and perpleXing period" His perora-
ton was glowing eulogium of the dead
statesman.
Some Interpolated Features.
This speech with benedietion was to
have closed the exercises but there were
several distinguished men whom the peo-
pie wanted to hear and they would not he
denied. \ feature that was interDOlated
just after the opening prayer was the pre-
sentatIon by Gen. Dan. Sickles, of New
York, to Mrs. Hendricks, of wreath of
roses three feet III diameter sent by the
Tammany society. In presenting it Gen.
Sickles said that he had been commits
stoned by the most ancient political or
ganization in America to bring this
wreath and place it on the tomb of Hen
bricks in the name of Iammany hall
More than thirty years ago he had been
the envoy OF the same society to offer a
similar tribute to the memory of Daniel
Webster Gen. Sickles euIogized the life
nd ~ ,oIy
ing, asked Mrs. Hendricks to accept the
wreath as token of the esteem and ad-
miratiOn for her illustrious husband who
in his lifetime had so ably champiOned the
principles SO dear to Tammany hall Mrs
Hendricks accepted the wreath and
bowed her thanks while the spectators
cheered
Governor Hill Had to Speak.
Music followed Senator Turpie's ora
ton, and Bishop Chatard of Vincennes.
was about to pronounce the benedictiOn
when veto was put on that part of the
programme at that time by cries that
swelled louder and louder for Governor
Hill The governor had come to the ded-
icatiOn with the express condition that he
should not be asked to speak, but the de
mand was too vociferous and he slowly re-
sponded. As he went forward he was
greeted with enthusiastic cheers. He said
that Hendricks was the cool steady.
loyal, transformations. but consistent sup
porter of the government in its days of
peril; he loved his state as he loved mis-
country; his successes in life were your
pride and glory and when he died it was
your hour of mourning"
Ais Fame the Nations.
Continuing the governor said: His
fame, however, does not belong to Indiana
alone; it belongs to New York as well, and
to the whole Union. IL should not be for
gotten that while he was the governor of
your state and your servant in many other
stations of trust within your domain, he
was also representative in congress, a
senator of the United States and the vice
president of the nation. There is not a
citizen in any part of this broad land of
ours, no matter how humble he may be, or
under what skies he may have been born,
who may not justly feel that of the glory
which the life and public services of
Thomas A. Hendricks reflected upon the
whole country-some share belongs to
him.
h. A Tribute from New York.
The governor concluded his remarks with
the following words: among the illus tri-
Gus men who have been given to the
country by the mighty west during the
last half century, and whose lives and in
fluences have helped shape our national
destiny, conspicuous will stand forth that
distinguished character whose name is on