Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-05-31

thirty-six little girls who welcomed
Gen. Kelley TO Wheeling in 1861, and
She was warmly welcomed. The cadets
and militia companies gave an exhibit
tion Of practice firing and the Decora-
tiOn Day ceremonies ended.
GARFIELD MONUMENT DEDICATED.
Notable Memorial Exercises In the City of
Cleveland.
CLEVELAND, o., May 3O.-The Gar
field Memorial in Lake View Cemetery
was dedicated to-day with imposing GER
emonies in the presence of the President
Of the United States, members of his
Cabinet and distinguished men from all
Darts Of the country. The memorial is
colossal structure, towering l65 feet
above an eminence in the cemetery
which overlOoks the city and surround
ing country. The ediiice cost Sl50,OO0,
of which about One-half was contributed
by the people of Cleveland, the remain
der coming from every State and Terri
tory i'm the Union and from many for
cign lands.
The exercises of to-day began with a
parade of military and civic societies,
the procession forming in the centre OF
the city and moving to the cemetery, a
distance Of five miles The city is filled
with strangers, and thousands OF people
lined the streets long before the hour
for the procession To move. The deco
ratiOnS along
THE LINE OF MARCH
and all over the city for that matter
were the finest ever seen here. The
procession moved at one o'clock in the
afternoon. Gen. James Barnet was
the Chief Marshal Gen. Ed ;. Myer
was Adjutant General with the follow
ing assistant adjutant generals; Col.
! A. McAlliSter, Col. L. Nj. Hayes, |. >.
\. Major, W. f. GoodSpeed. Major NJ
B. Gary, Major J. w. Gleason.
There were twelve divisions contain
ing military organizations from many
parts of the State, PittSburg, Detroit
and West Virginia.
A vast concourSe of people had pre-
ceded the procession to the cemetery,
and when the exercises began there
were thousands congregated about the
/ great stand that had been erected and
on which were seated the distinguished
| guests. EX-President Hayes, the PreSi-
dent Of the Memorial Association. pre-
sided, and after America had been
sung bv the memorial chorus he spoke
aS follows;
EN-PRESIDENT HAYES ADDRESS.
FELLOW CIrIzENS:-JameS Abram
Garfield. a native of Ohio. brave and
patriotic Union soldier, statesman and
/ scholar and President OF the United
States, having died in the path of duty,
his countrymen Of all the States and
| Territories and of the District of Column
bia. and especially his friends and neigh
bors of the city of Cleveland and of the
| Western Reserve, aided by many good
people in other lands, have erected this
memorial and enduring structure to
perpetuate his memory to future gen.
erationS. This noble purpose has been
itly embodied by the eminent architect,
Mr.. George Keller, in the memorial
structure which will now be dedicated
in the presence OF this uncOunted null
titudc of witnesses. Upon these cere'
monies the divine blessing will be in
voked by the Right Rev. Bishop Leon
ard.
EN-GOVEENoR CoX'S GRAFTON.
Atthc conclusion Of Bishop Leonard:
PRAYER. Ex-Governor Jacob ID. Cox, OF
Cincinnati delivered the Grafton of the
day. In the course Of his remarks hC
said:
NJ Ey,rn,- CtrrzENS.-Wc have
come here To dedicate this memorial tc
one Of our country'S worthless. OuI
task is not the mOurnful one which
filled the streets OF our cities with fun
eral pageantS nine years ago. II ouI
thoughts take tinge of solemnity from
the memory OF the tragedy which
brought the life Of Garfield to an nm
timely end aud shocked the whole ma
tion by the cauSeleSS enormity Of the
crime. il will only make our retrospect
what il ought To be. All wounds and IL
is our privilege to think Of the departed
statesman who was once our friend and
neighbOr as Of character already a
historic one; analyzing his career with
quiet pulse, not tortured by grief too
poignant. and recalling his great quail
ties and his big-hearted human Sympa-
thicS In "reminiscences full OF real, II
sober pleasure.
The massive structure which crowds
this hill meets the eye Of the wayfarer
as he comes to fair Cleveland, from
Hiram of the place Of Gariield'S home
and activities of youth, which he la
bored as teacher of the young, himself
little more than boy, to give whence
he was called to that public life which
made him the property of the nation.
| From this tower. as from watch tower,
one NAV almost look into the rural quiet
of Chagrin Falls. where his childhood
was spent. and into Mentor, the home
| he loved To think would be his peaceful
decline OF life when struggle and tur-
mOil might be looked back upon as from
a snug harbor, his work well done, his
FAME SoLIDLY ESTABLISHED,
and the good will Of all his countrymcn
"A sure possession.
Ii is well that this memorial should
be built there in the capital city OF the
Western Reserve" on the eastern side
where the branching roads lead to all
the counties Of the old district he served
for nearly twenty years. Himself a
,vpe of the Western Reserve boy, his
marble cfiigy under this dome, is sort
of apotheOSis OF Western Reserve man
hood. 1t is the emblem of the heroic
qualities developed out of the New
/ England character in the pioneer life OF
the West. 1t typyfies the courage OF
the man and Of woman which planted
| ,o,,, boues whore SaVaVeS still rOamed,
the physical vigor of body and limb
which felled the forest and sub
dned it to the plough, the
tireless industry and thrift which
would be content with nothing short
of the highest civilization and the
broadeSt enlightenment. TINS
structure, and the statue it covers
mean that Garfeld'S cOuntrymen see In
him what he did so much that Is wor-
thy of imitation. and worthily exhibits
and interpretS the critical period OF our
national life through which We have
inst passed that thay have wished TO
embodv I'm imperiShable stone the mem
ory Of il. They desire that 1t shall
reach many generations to emulate the
good qualities which fitted him to Lead
i'm good directions and to seek that non
or i'm good mems memories which come
nv Subordinating selfish ends to the
common good. They have
BUILT THIS MEMORIAL
in the belief that we shall be the better
for learning. well and wisely, this les
SON and that he whose memory IT shall