Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-04-28

URN OF bcnural ulysses =. GTant, the
occasion was srltctcd Tor laying tho
! corncf-sione of the imposing mUnu-
u-nt which b. 10 guard tlr lAst resting.
I llHcr Of the soldier patriot, on ths
bank " the Hudson, in Riverside
Park. The Federal and municipal
buildings wtro decorated anu private
houses bei,cked with bunting. To-Day
was Observed M y half.hOliday. Early
In the uay crowds -et ont Tor Riverside
Park. \ grand stand seating ~, 900
people wa bu'lt around tho foundations
VI the maus0leuni, on which there was
n dnis Tor the sYgnkcr4 and distin.
Fuisbcd Eu-st. Below were isnchcs
Tor thu Grand Amy vc'gianS " the
M bur Ci 5000. ff
The monitor UAiiania,omah,j
duprel anchor IA the Hudson oho.
silr tbs tomLs nut body ~ folul.r-
sent ashore aud finished thu decor.
tons around the mausCleum.
TuE PRESIDENT
left the Filth Avenue Hotel Mt l2.i5
and wns accompanied by Troop A
cavalry, Captain g.. A.. Roe com.
mnndiug. with the pItsideut were
General Horace Porter aud Lituten-
ant Parker. Ia other carriages were
Nicc.Presidcnt Morton ami y. ID.
Iuppln, Secretary Elkins and General
Butturneld, ros,mastot.Gene Wan.
nmnkrr ami John II. stein, Secretary
Noble and II. W. Cannon, Secretary
Ru-k, Cornelius Bliss, Chauncey NJ.
Drpew aud other. The tvslry
wheeled into column, Anu, with four
pla,oona proceeding aud three follow.
ing the Chief ENecutivc,t the party took
w itu march,
The ceremonies In the park were an.
nOnnced TO commouco ut Pollock.
Long before the hour, the big grand
stand aud other seats were filled, and
the swaTd was swaTming with crowds
Of spectators. IN. Loyal L1yon aud
members OF the Grand ArnS OF the
Republic were the first 10 arrive. by
O'Clock fully 10, 900 people were on
the ground. The arrival o,thc Veteran
General Franz Slgel vas the siguSl for
an outbursi OF cheering by the GA. Il.
comradts. Among the distinguished
guests on the platform were Generals
schofeld, Howard, Dodge and
Slocum.
President Harrison and party arrived
nj 2:i5. After "llail TO the Chief" by
The band aud an invocation by Rev.
John Hail,
GENERAL HORACE PORTER,
president Of the Grant monument
fund, spoke, saying: ave gather hers
TO lay the corner stone Of u temple
for the dead; TO celebrate an event
which viii be- forever memorable In
history. We meet TO perform the cero-
mOny In the presence OF the people
who honurcd him and the brave men
aNHI 81 Ia a
though the fund required for the conn
plotiuu o! the monumental tomb
II large, Il was decided TO lay the cor
ncr stone ,oiny In tho conildent be-
lief tina, the patriotic work once begun
will neyer DC allowed 20 stop I'll com.
plcted. | have great satisfaction In an.
nOuncing that the total subscriptions
UP 10 last night amount 10 sos, 800.
When the structure shall have reached
completion, the dome will point out
thu path Of loyalty 10 unborn children.
Tbs hallOwed memories which cluster
around II Will remind W Of heroic aid
to the Republic. The blending Of ohaste
lines and massive proportions will be
typical Of the hero who sleeps beneath
the granite, and viii recall the child
like simplicity which mingled with tho
granpsur Of his nature"
PR2iDEST HARRIsoN's SPEECH.
As General Porter closed, the work.
men manned the wIndlasses on either
side the immense corner stone, and
with uncovered heads the crowd
waited for the President to perform the
ceremony. He stepped from the plat
form 10 the s0uthwe corner OF tho
foundation. Ho spread this cement
with gold trowel, and the stone was
Dropped In place. lie then assembled
the base and spoke aaiollowE
"My assignment connected with
these ceremonies has TO do with me-
chauics rather than oratory. Tho
pleasing duty OF bringing TO your mem.
DRY those brilliant public services, per-
IDnal and manly virtues, which places
the name u Ulysses s. Grant 10 high
upon the scroll Of fame and settled
tho love OF the mYI 80 deeply Ia
all patriotic hearts, has devOlved
upon another who never fails TO do
credit 10 himself or give pleasure 10 his
favored hearers. No orator, however
gifted, can overpraise General Grant.
tChoers,) The most impressive and
costly memorial that architect eau
plan or wealth can execute, Is justified
when the name Of Grant II inscribed
upon II, (Cheors,j am glad TO SEQ
here what seems to me- double as 4,
aurance that the work 80 nobly planned
viii speedily be contaminated. Yout
distinguished citizen VINO has assumed
the burden Of conducting the great
enterprise, learned VI his beloved chief
to exclude tho word failure from his
vocabulary" loud cheers, during
which tho President resumed his seat.l
CHAUNCEY N, DErEw TlIE ORATOR
or TINE DAY.
Music followed, and then the orator
Of the day, Hon. Chaunccy NJ, Depew,
delivered an address, dwelling upon
the sterling qualities Of the deceased
General and President. In his address
was the following striking passage;
"rhe phenomenon OF our times and
one Of the chief dangers TO law and
order, IL the growth Of the school OF
despair. The concentrated coutom-
plsti0n OF accumulated wealth, and
hoptlessn,es u acquiring IL, paralyzes
industrial energies and true ambitions