The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-04-28
THE GRANT MONUMENT.

New YORK, April 27-The first stone of
the Grant mausoleum which is To perpet-
tIaJe the memory of General L. 5. Grant
was laid in Riverside Park at 9 o'clock
this afternoon. President Harrison, in the
presence Of his cabinet with the exception
of Mr. Blaine whose absence was caused
by i'll health,) laid the granite block upon
which is to be built a tomb worthy of the
nation and the nations here. The cere-
monies were impressive and the weather
favored them. There was no marked marti-
al display attending the ceremonies, save a
spril king here and there of officers of the
army and navy and the troops which ac-
companied the president to the park. The
ceremonies were civil from every point of
view
Among those present were Generals
Howard, Slocum, Schofield and Dodge, the
guartette composing the only living gen
erals who were associated with General
Grant during the great civil struggle; the
president Mrs. Grant and family, and the
2,43S committeeman through whose efforts
The fund was raised, and the Loyal Legion.
Chauncey NJ DePew was a CONSPICUOUS
figure on the presidents platform.
After prayer had been offered, General
Horace Porter, president of the Grant
Monument association, in a brief speech,
reviewed the work done by the association
and expressed a determination to complete
he raising of the sum required TO erect
Bne monument Dy next DECORATION Day,
The 30th of May.
When he concluded the corner stone
was swung into place, and President Har-
Cison placed the first cement upon it with
y trowl made of gold. The president then
spoke as follows:
Mr. President and Gentlemen:
MY assignment in connection with
these exercises has to do with mechanics,
rather than with oratory. The pleasing
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those brilliant public services and those
personal and manly virtues which have
placed the name of L. ;. Grant of high
upon the scroll of fame, and settled the
love of the man so deeply in all patriotic
hearts, has devolved upon another, who
has never failed to do credit TO himself or
give pleasure to his favored hearers.
fCheers.
mo orator, however gifted, can over
praise General Grant. Cheers The
most impressive and costly memorial that
architect can plan or wealth can execute
is justified when the name of Grant is in
scribed upon it. This stone, which now
has been laid, accompanied by this mag
nificent expression of public interest, is
only the top stone of the foundation. 1t
speaks to us of structure imposing and
graceful in its completeness. which shall
rise with steady progress, without check
or hardness, till the capstone is set, amid
the plaudits of the liberal and patriotic
citizens of this great city. Thus his fame
grew-from Belmont TO AppomattoX-in
whose honor this dome is builded. | am
glad to see here what seems to me double
assurance that the work so nobly planned
will be speedily consummated. Your dis
tinguished citizen who has assumed as
labor of love the burden OF conducting
this great enterprise learned from his be-
loved chief TO exclude the word failure
from his vocabulary" Cheers
The president then resumed his seat.
and Cbauncey NJ. Depew delivered the
uration of the day. The ceremonies were
concluded by the firing of salute of
twenty-one guns by the monitor Mianton-
omah, which lay in the waters of the Hud-
son, adjacent TO the scene of the ceremo-
nieS