The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-09-19

way was chief marshal The procession
occupied a little over half an hour in
passing a given point, There was an inn
posing display of Masons and knights
| Templar, in their handsome insignia.
| Other societies-and notably the Red Men,
in their grotesque Indian DISCUSSES, lent
variety to the scene The regulars and
district militia were i'm such force that
they gave quite a military aspect to this
civic parade. No serious accident marred
the day, and though the suns rays grew
very warm before the procession ended,
the short distance traversed prevented any
suffering from the heat. At the head of
the procession rode the president and cab
met officers in carriages, escorted by
| United States cavalry. Following in car
riaRes were Bishop Paret, of Maryland,
and chaplains of congress, supreme court
| justices, members of congress and COM
missioners of the district.
| Arriving at the Capitol the parade was
| dismissed, and the ceremonies of com
memoration were commenced from stands
erected on the east front and in the
| presence of an immense concourse of spec
tators. The musical part of the program
| was exceedingly notable and effective.
| FirHt the Marine band, under the leader
| ship of Professor Fanciulli, rendered the
overture to Tannhauser; then came Bishop
| Paret's brief and eloquent prayer, and this
was followed by Dudley Bucks magnifi-
! cent "Te Deum in E Flat" rendered by
| chorus of 800 trained voices
| Mr.. Lawrence Gardner then opened the
/ oratorcal part of the proceedings in brief
address, concluding by introducing Presi-
dent Cleveland as the chairman of the
meeting.
! The president was heartily cheered by
the enthusiastic throng as he arose to
speak He said he could not escape the
sober reflections which these ceremonies
suggest. The celebration was chiefly val
uable and significant, because the great
edifice was designed by great men where
the great principles Of a free representa-
tive government should be developed in
patriotic legislation.
| If the lawmakers forget the duty of
broad and disnterested patriotism and
| legislate in prejudice and passion, or in
behalf of selfish and sectional interests, the
time when the corner stone of our Capitol
was laid and the circumstances surround
| ing it will not be worth commemorating
| The sentiments and traditions connected
with the structure furnish a standard by
which our people may measure the con-
/
| Our fellow citizens have no greater
cause for rejoicing on this centennial than
is found in the assurance that their public
| servants will assemble in these halls and
| guard the sentiments and traditions that
gather round this celebration.
| After the presidents address there was
music by the band. Then the orator of
the day, William Writ Henry, of Virginia,
delivered an Grafton, which was both
| lengthy, learned and ornate. The voice of
| the speaker, however, was weak and low,
and his words were inaudible beyond a
| circle of ten or twelve feet. Meantime the
multitude became very dense, as the
crowds which had been Watching the pro-
cession added their numbers to those who
| had already filled up the vast space in
front. Some women tainted and some had
! to be taken off in the police patrol wagon;
| but for the hour or more during which
Mr.. Henry stood up on the platform and
went through the apparently dumb show
of reading his address the greatest pa
tience and best good humor were mani
tested by the crowd
The next speaker was Vice President
Stevenson, who was introduced in a brief
speech by President Cleveland The vice
presidents voice rose above the crowd, and
he was heard perhaps better than any of
the speakers who had preceded him. His
brief speech was punctuated frequently
by the applause of the crowd who en-
joyed it because they could hear it. In the
course of his address he said;
History furnishes no parallel to the
century whose close we now commemorate
Among all the centuries it stands alone
With hearts filed with gratitude to the
God of our fathers, it is well that we re-
call something of the progress of the
young republic since the masteuful hom
when Washington laid his hands upon the
foundation stone of yOnder Capitol.
when the foundation stone of this Capt.
tol was laid our republic was inits infancy
and self government yet an unUried eNper
iment. tt is "a proud reflection today thai
time has proved the true arbiter, and thai
the capacity of free and Intelligent peo
pie to govern themselves by written con
stitution and laws of their own making il
no longer an experiment The crucial tes
of a century of unparalleled material pros
perity has been safely endured.
In no part of our mechanism Of gov
ernment was the wisdom Of our father
more strikingly displayed than in tn
division of power into three great depart
ments-legislative executive and judicial
In an equal degree was that wisdom mani
tested by the division of the congress int,
a senate and house Of representatives
Upon the senate the constitution has de
volved important functions other thai
those of a mere legislative character
Coequal with the house in matters legis
lation, it is, in addition, the advisor
board of the president in appointments {
Office and in treating with foreign nations
The mode Of election, together with tn
long term of service, unquestionably fos
ters a spirit of conservatism in the senate
Always organized, it is the continuing
body of our national legislature
The presiding officer of the senate wa
followed by the presiding officer Of tn
house of Representatives, Speaker CrisE
/ who said
when the corner stone of this grea
Capitol was laid our constitution was no
six years old Our government by th
! people had barely reached the eXper