Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-05-31
THE PREsIDEN5 A'T RocHEsTER.

THE PREsIDENJ AT ROCHESTER,. Unyeiling af the soidIsss ana sailors'
 Monument A Great Crowd Present..
 RocHKsrrR, N. Y., May S1.-Decora. tion Day this year will long be remem- bered by. the people of this city. It is not common occurrence to have the Chief Executive of the country and the Governor of the State aS guests at the satits time; together with thousands Of other visit ors, to lend aid to the unyeiling of . monument, when the whole country is paying tribute to the same cause for which the monument stands.
 The great event of the day was the un- yelling of the Soldiers and Sailors Mon ument. This was the. event which the President had come from Washington to attend, and which had attracted such distinguished assembly to Rochester from all parts of the State
 The monument is 8 tall column of granite nine feet high, resting on 8 granite base and carrying @ life-sized statue of Lincoln. The whole mcnu- ment is forty-eight feet high. On each corner of the base is | statue fepresent- ing some branch of the naval or mili- tary service. On the four sides of the base are bronze pictures in bas-relief, representing war scenes. The monument was planned eleven years ago. Its total cost has been $26, 900. At 3 o'clock the President, Secretary Noble, Governor Flower and his staff, and the other distinguished guests of the day, were escorted across the street to the reviewing stand. It was with difficulty that the police succeeded in clearing Q passage through the crowd. When the President appeared on the | stand the crowd cheered and the Presi- dent took off his hat and bowed. Soon after o'clock the signal for the parade to start was given \ the firing of three guns by the First | Battalion Naval Reserves-and Chief Marshall J. s. Grahame rode out at the head of the column and led the march down Main street.
 The President stood with his hat in his I hand during most of the review. The l uniformed organizations saluted him in | military style as they passed and those l without uniform took off their hats. When the procession had passed, the President and their parties and Gov ernor took carriages and drove to Wash ington square where the monument stands.
 The arrival of the President and Governor Flower was greeted with pro longed cheering. General John A. Reynolds, Chairman of the Monument Committee, welcomed them and escorted them to the seats on the stand. T General Reynolds called the assem- blaze to order soon after $ o'clock, and introduced Rev. L. T. Foote who de- livered an invocation. The bands which in playing the "Star Spangled Banner ''
 When the monument had been un yelled most of the uniformed companie! marched out of the square. The veter- ans gathered in front of the stand anG remained patiently until o'clock tt hear the President. But they becam impatient of the orator and called fo : "Harrison'' before his speech was com pleted.
 They interrupted the speaker unti
 he announced that he would cut part o
 his oration. This was greeted with pro lon9ed applause and some laughter
 The Presidents reception was most en 2 thusiastic. The veterans cheered agail
 and again, waving their hats. 7 Every point in the speech called fo
 enthusiastic demonstration. A rude
 ness, unusual to the audiences which tn
 President has addressed, was displayed a
 one place in the speech by some ill-bre, | joker, who cried: "JameS G. Blaine ?
 twice. He was suppressed by the audi
 ence.
 At the conclusion of the exercises thu . President returned to his carriage, and
 in company with Gov. Flower drove tC
 the residence of Gen. Reynolds, wher
 he ate hasty dinner. Then he drov to the depot where he boarded his trair
 which was waiting.
 Just before the train started tn
 President came out on the back plat
 form and shook hands with a number o
 people. The train left the station at | o'clock