The Butler weekly times., 1893-12-14
STATUE OF SHIELDS.
UNVEILED DIN1HECAPITOL WITH
APPOPRIAE CEREMONIES.
r. v"rite III Th,.o States.

F.v"rite "f Th.o States.
Washington, d c, Dec. 6.-An-
other figure was added this after
noon to the distinguished array OF
warriors, stutemen aud inventors
whose monuments, erected In Statu
AIRY hall of the United States Capitol,
symbolic the regard in which they
were held.
General James Shields who was
thus honored, was favorite of three
States, and his ashes rest in Mis-
sour, but Illinois. by resolution Of
it's legislature, decided that his
statue should be one of the two
which it was entitled to place in the
S.atury hall.
Illinois, therefore, had the chief
place in to days ceremonies. but
Missouri and Minnesota also took
advantage of the opportunity to do
special honor to the memory of their
soldier of bygone days. Appropriate
ceremonies and addresses by repre-
sentatives of the three States named
marked the nuveiling of the statue.
The ceremonies began ut l O clock
with small street parade, which
WAS an incident rather than feature
of the occasion, troop of cavalry
from Fort Myer and the artillery
baud stationed in this city escorting
the speakers aud guests from the
Metropolitan hotel to the Capitol.
Following the military were carri-
ages in which were Governor Alt
geld aud staff of Illinois, Governor
Nelson and staff of Minnesota, Gov
ernor Stone aud staff of Missouri,
tho members of the Shields statue
commission, the family, of General
Shields, the committee of arrange
ments aud the executive committee.
Veterans of the Mexican war, mem
bers of the G.. A. r. and of Emmett
guards of this city brought up the
rear.
CEREMONIES At THE CAPITOL
The exercises at the Capitol began
at l:30, when Mr.. Springer present
ed to the house the formal resolution
accepting the statue on behalf of
Congress. Advocating this, Mr..
Springer, iu breit speech, reviewed
the life of Geaer,l Shields, aud pai d
glowing tribute to his noble quail
ties
General John G Black followed
In the course of his remarks Genera
Black said:
The statue Is to stand through
the ages for which the Capitol may
endure RS Il type chosen by oul
great State OF its best citizenship
The State, as you cross it. is as "a
bum where shines the names O
Joliet the devout, of LaSelle the
Chevalier. of Marquette the earnes
and of whole host Of shadowy ant
heroic characters In the seventy
five years since our constitution wa:
adopted, our bar and our court.
have been thronsed with wise ant
brilliant advocates and judges. Hi
nois elorles in her sons. living ant
dead. and from all she has namet
the dauutless Shields, her citizen
her soldier, her Senator and hel
Judge, not that lie is greatest of all
but that in addition to his publ,
career, he stood for the broadest
catholicity of American citizenship
Mr.. Cannon of Illinois, MIR Blanc
of Missouri aud Mr.. Hall of Minne
sofa also paid feeling tributes t,
the man upon whom such distiu
euished honor was conferred today
Colonel Oates, the Que arnet
Confederate veterau, threw a flavor
of personal reminiscence into th.
proceedings, by arising at the close
of the set speeches in the House
He apologized for intruding, but a.
q Confederate veteran under Stone
wall jackson, who had met General