Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-09-19
Centennial Of Federal Capitol
FItnngy Observed.
or4tioa ~ coioaei Hsnry and
spsssshess ~ Vice frr>ideas. sp>~k-
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any hks csralnony that had preceded Il
The fs<terai constitution had been
adopted Two congresses had been
held. Washington had been re-eIectsd
The FspEblic shich was 10 sfasd forth
before pasferity's eyes ~ the grandssl
aehisveusenl of AL the ages vas an &C
compiished fa-t. Since then a centur,
has passed The nation has borne frui'
secording 10 IT. promise The thirteeE
statss have grown % forty four; the fe~
miilioa % Inhabitants 10 nearly seventy
But these wars have disturbed ths
eoentry's peace sines then. and IN all oi
these fise uniou triumphcd
The ceremonies to-day. over which the
president Of the Cnited States presided
put the capst0ne ON a monument ol
achievement whieh has IA parallel in
All recorded time. The seather was
perfect
Cisic and Military Parade.
A was the ease one hundred years
ago. when the father o. bis country was
e~eoFted over the same ground over
which President Cleveland rr,de today.
the civic organizations presioninated.
the preslsieuts escurf. The PROCESSION
formed "a Pennsylvania avenue oppo
sits the White housr General Ordlway.
commander ~ the district militia. " a.
marshal and Colonel Corbin. u. =. A..
was one of his special aids Behind
them were = hundred % 50 % ai,is. and
following came squadron of United
States cavalry, escorfinQ the president.
H.. A.. sksufr
man - the reception committee Then
came IN carriages the orator Of the day.
William Writ Hsnry. % Virginia: the
governors the states. cabinet mem
bers. supreme court justices. members
of conzrcz=. district judiciary. Society
of Cincinnati. Chairman Lawrence
Gardner aud invited guests. and Troop
a - the District National Guard.
"A the Capitol
Tho procession moved promptly at
O'Clock. and passing through Pennsyl.
vsuia asenue arrived az the capitol
shortly after o'clock. when the parade
~ dismissed aud the ceremonies of
eomusemoration were commenced from
stands erecfed on the east front in the
prerence 81 se immense s,oncouree II
spectators.
The musical part of the program was
exceedingly notable and effective. First
the Marine Bard. under the leadership
e Profs=sar FancifIi. rendered the
ee.ftare r. ~Tannhfa-er Then after
liziifp Parets brief and eloquent pray
rr. eiosing with The entreaty that II ID
should be the divine viii that at the
end of another century these walls shall
still be standing grant they may stand
with our nations truth and honor stead.
fast and untarnished~ Dudley Bucks
magnificent To T,eum In y Hat was rem.
dered ~ a chorus og fifteen hundred
trained voices. under the leadership of
Professor Du Shane Coward
Lawrence Gardner in an address OF
welcssnie. which bad the morit 81 being
"a brief a. Il was appropriate. He
elos~nt BY introducing % the audience
"as chairman Il ceremonies the worthy
succeSsor a Washington. the president
Of the United States. Grover Cleveland"
Clexeiands speech
President Cleveland. who bad been
greeted with warm applause all the way
sn route - the capitol. received a still
more enthusiastic welcome now Stand
ing ia his familiar attitude. with his
dark Prince tibert coat tightly buttoned.
using 10 gestures. but articulating
k.a.iiy and distinctly. bespoke ~ follows
W biic arcept with much satisfac-
too the part assigned 10 me 90 this oc.
ea~ion. ! cannot escape the ssl,er reiiee-
tloes which these ceremonies suggest.
Those Nho snppose that we are sinIply
engazed IA rotaweur1ra;lu4 the hegl1-
ming q 4 magnificent structure devoted
g. Important public uses have over
itnkpd the mort ulsafai and improving
l.,asrsn q tho horr We b.. indeed eel
citrate the laying - a cnrnev sts,ne from
which has sprung the splendid esiifiee
Nhos~ xraod proportions arouse the
pride ~ every Aaseffcan citizen. but
ssur reletFatien - chiefly saiuable and
significant because tbis esiilice was de
zisrei aud planned BY great and rood
uaen - 3 piacp whefe The principles II
FIRE fepfeseatative government should
ie developed ia patriotic legislation for
TIE benett "a free people. II repre-
serfstive4 Who hers sss~uitie - make
htxs for their FELLOW souutrynea forget
tke dnty e broad fsd disiatercsted pa
friofism add legisiste IA prejudice and
paesion. Or n behalf q sectional and
-.lfsh interests the tlme when the CIR.
nrr stone - our capitol Was lsid and the
circumstance surrounding it vii not
b,s worth ,vfnumep1orafinx
Th. senument s8i trsdiftsre con-
ulseie.i with tafs structure AMI - use@
tsIocx 10 al the people - the Land
They sr~ nss.st valuable ~ rrmintiers II
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piserf that eur rsuntrvmen realize the
vaine ~ tha feee ins,fitusions which were
ds-s4nesi and huf ~ thrse Who iaid
fhe rafner stene if fhair capitol and
that ther sprrrc.ate ths neces4ify Il
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