The morning call., 1892-04-28
GRANTS liAUSOLEIM.
The Cornerstone Of His Tomb Laid
by President Harrison.
An ELOQUENT EUL0GY DELIVERED.
Fitting lloners to the Memory of the Dead Pred.
dent and Ceneral-His Anniversary
Appropriately Observed.
An ELOQUENT EULOGY DELIVERED.
Special 10 THE MORNING CALr..


SEVENTEEN anniversary of the birth of Gen
erai Ulysses ). Grant, the occasion was Sc
iected Tor laying the cornerstone of the i'm
posing monument which Is to guard the last
Festing-pl of the great soldier patriot on
the bank OF the Hudson in Riverside Park.
The Federal and municipal buildings were
decorated and private houses were bedecked
with bunting. Tie day was observed as
haif-holiday. Early in the day crowds set
cut Tor Riverside Park. A grand stand.
seating 1900 people, was built around the
foundations of the mauSoleum, on which
which there was daS for speakers and dis
ilnguished guests. Below were benches for
.rrand Army veterans to the number Of
Zoo. The monitor MiantoaOmOh dropped
anchor IN the Hudson opposite the tomb,
and body of soldiers was sent ashore and
finished the decorations around the mauSO-
leum.
The President left the Fifth Avenue Hotel
at 12:45 o'clock, and was accompanied by
IroOp \ OF tie cavalry. Captain c. A. Roe
commanding With the President were GEN
eral Horace Porter and Lieutenant Parker.
Ia The other carriages were Vice President
Morton and Hon. Frederick ID. Tappin, Sec
TetaTy Elklus and General ButteTfeld, Post
master-General Wanamaker and John H.
Starrin, Secretary Noble and III. W. Cam
non, Secretary Rusk. Cornelius Bliss,
Chauncey NJ. Depew and others. The cav
airy marched In column by patOOns. with
i0ur pat0ons preceding and three follow
Ing the chief executive.
The Imposing Ceremonies.
The ceremonies in the park were an
nounced 10 commence at > o'clock, but long
before that hour tie big grand stand and
all the other seats were filled and the sward
was swaImlug with an immense crowd Of
spectators. The local Loyal Legion and the
members of the Grand Army Of the ke-
public we're first 10 arrive. By o'clock
fully 10000 people were on the ground
The arrival Of the veteran general, FrauZ
Sigel, was signal for an uuthurst OF
cheering by his Grand Army comrades.
Among the distinguished guests on the
platform were Generals Schotieid, Howard.
Dodge and Slocum.
President Harrison and party arrived at
2:15 o'clock. After Hail to the Chief" 10y
: the band and an invocation by Rev. DIR.
John Hail. General Horace Porter, presi-
dent OF the Grant Monument Association,
the cornerstone of a temple to the
dead; TO celebrate an event which
VIII be forever memorable in history.
We meet 10 perform the ceremony in the
presence Of the people who honOred him
and the brave men who followed him to
FOR the completion of the monumental tomb
is large, IL has been decided to lay tie cor
nerstune to-day in the confident belief that
the patriotic work being once begun will
never be allowed to stop until completed. |
have great satisfaction In announcing that
the total subscriptions up 10 last night
amounted to 500, 500. When the structure
shall have reached completion its dome will
point cut, the path OF loyalty 10 unborn
children. Tie hallOwe memories which
n "A
aid for the republic. The blending of its
chaste lines and its massive proportions will
be typical Of the nero who sleeps beneath
its granite, and Will recall his chiidlike SIM
pliciiy. Mingled with The majestic grandeur
OF his nature"
President Harrison's Speech.
As General Porter closed workmen
manned tie windlasscS On either slde of the
Immense cornerstone. and, with heads un-
covered, the crowd waited for the President
10 perform the ceremony. He stepped from
the plat form To the southwest corner of the
foundations and spread the cement with a
gold trOwel, anu the stone Was DROPPED in
place. He then ascended the base and
spoke as follows: 'My assignment con-
nected with these ceremonies has to do with
mechanics rather than with oratOry. The
pleasing duty OF bringing TO your memory
those brilliant public services and the per-
soLal and manly virtues which place the
name Of Ulysses ). Grant SO high upon the
scroll OF fame and settled the love of the
man 50 deeply IN all patriotic hearts has de-
yolyed Gpon another, one who never fails
10 do credit to his favorite heroes or TO give
pleasure to his hearers. No orator. however
gifted, can oyerpraise General Grant.
tCheers.J The most Impressive aud costly
memorial that architect can plan or that
wealth eau execute is justified when the
name OF Grant is inscribed upon it.
lCheers.J am glad to SEQ here what seems
IN A "a ha oft 10 h,t nri-
nObly planned will be speedily consum-
mated. Your distinguished citizen who has
assumed the burden of conducting this
great enterprise learned of his beloved chief
10 exclude the word failure from his vocab-
uiary" Loud cheers, during which the
PRESIDENT resumed his seat.
Depew's Address.
Music followed, and then the orator of the
day. Hon. Chauncey Nj. Depew, delivered
his address, dwelling upon The sterling quail
tiles of the eceased general and President.
In ihe address was the following striking
passage: The phenomenon Of our times
and one OF the chief dangers TO law and
order is the growth Of the school of despair.
The co" o"centrated contemplation of accumu-
lated wealth and the hOpelessness of acQuir-
ing II paralyZeS Industrial energies and true
ambitions aud plants the seeds of socialism
and anarchy. But Lincoln, from the pow
erty of a Kentucky cabin, and Grant from
wilderness, became central figures and rep
resentative heroes of our age. They are
types oil the glory oil American citizenship"
lie declared that the predominant senti-
ment Of General Grant were family and
home.
He would have preferred being buried by
the side of his father and mother, but
apprecating the claim Of his countrymen,
he chose New York as his final resting place.
New York. in accepting the bequest.
assumed sacred trust Let the monument
which Will rise upon this cornerstone be
worthy of the magnitude of the metropolis
and the grandeur of its subject.
General Grant needs no stately shaft nor
massive pie TO peTpetuate his memory.
The republic is his monument and its history
during what must always be its most crlt-
cal period will be the story of his deeds.
Chauncey Nj. Depew then sketched Gen.
erai Grants career and declared him most
self-sacrihcing friend and q most generous
foe.
Rev. DR.. Hall pronounced benediction
and the guns of the Miantonomoh fired a
national salute.
SchOolboys, to the number of 1900,
marched by the tomb and scattered flowers
around it.
Mrs. Grant, with one of her grandchil-
dren and party of friends, occupied
position OF honor on the grand stand.
AS soon as the ceremonies at the tomb
were over the President and his party took
carriages to Jersey City ami left for WASH
ingtOn at 6:20.
MEMORIAL BANOUETS.
Euioeies OF General Grant Pronounced
by DistiDguished Statesmen.