The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1893-09-20
CENTENNIAL or THE CORNER
STONE or THE CAPITOL.
7 WIS LAID BY WASHINGTON
,,prosina Ceremonies NJ Washington
commemorate the Evont President
cleveland aud CAbinet r1d other
High Oni.ts's psrtic a,tc--A
pcsccndtnt uf t.tttck
UenrY tho orator.

tlA tANANA MhililNf'lM n w N'''
corner stone ct the c1piloi "U'''''
was celebrated yesterday "ilh '",po'.
inr ceremonies When the pol ne' a'"'V
was laid this magnificent cily was
viunpc Escorted b. small o'hu OF
r,triotic citizens aud e troop OF
soldicrv, Washington. accom- Haniod oy
his cabinet ana many OF the iuustrious
men of his day, rode TO the forest
crowned hill on which the capitol now
stands TO lay the corner stoac OF
that giant structure. Over the ,aWc
route yesterday, President Cleveland
was escorted by dashng cav'
airy, marching infantry, blaring bands
aud vast multitude of pcoplc, 60 add
his presence AMI words To the cclc
bratiou of tha anniversary ot inc
event Upon the palll oe'ota'cq
platforms in addition TO the orators
of the dan. there sat the members OF
both branches of congress. the Judges
of tha Supreme court clad IN their
judicial crmjuc, the members oi the
cabinet and other nigh dignuarlcS oi
the government On the right 1t the
platform was stationed the marine
band and the chorus OF 1900 voices
undcr the direction Of Prof. Coward,
The parade started from the White
house The procession proceeded
along PENNSYLVANIA avenue to the
cast front Of the capitol. over the
routr takcu 100 years ago General
Ordwav. the citirf marshal and his
staff. with squadron of United
states cavalry, acting as an oscort
Tor President Cleveland in q carriage,
Isd the way. As the chief executives
carriage passed. the or owd greeted
him with .ud applause. The prcSi.
don't wa followed bv the orator Of the
dlv. William Vert lleury OF
Nir,inia. the governcrs OF the
yarious states, Chairman Lau-
rcn Gardner and ;he specially
invitpd guests, Troop \ Of the District
National guard bringing up the rear
Alter this escort came tic first divis-
iou proper composed f civic organ
inuonS. The second division IN.
cluicd the Society OF Cincinnati, sons
ot The American Rcvo ution, the Aztec
club of iNfr. veterans OF the Mexican
war The Old Guard. the Grand Army
of the Republic, the Sons Of Veterans
and the National RiAeS The third
division was composed entirely OF
United states regulars and District Of
Columbia and visiting militia. The
fourth and last division was composed
Of the veteran Gtcmcu OF the District
of Columbia and similar organizations
from other parts OF tho country.
Arriving at the capitol the parade
WAS disbandcd and the ceremonies
begun Tho RI Rev, VII lam pnrct,
bishop of Maryland, invoked tho
b.c~Sng Of God. after VII IA the Re
Ocum was sung by chorIs of 500
voices Then Laurence 4; r0ncr, tho
chairman. made the opening address
A. hc oaucludcl. Dr. GarOncr turned
toward President Clcy and ntro-
ducod hm rs the nest speaker Tho
president was given most cnthu-
iaStic erecting.
Following the president The orator
of the dav. William Nirt Henry, q de-
scCudant of Patrick Henry, the rcvo'
Mtiouarv statesman and patriot was
introduced. and he Delivered an clio.
oucnt address When the applause
following Mr. licuryS speech had
ceased, "Thc star Spanglcd Hammer
was sung bv the grand chorus. The
next speaker was Nicc president
Stevenson, who spoke i'm behalf Of the
f.. lInitod states senate. The audience
hono~ed Mr. Stevenson with a greet
ing equal in volume and enthusiasm
TO that accorded the president Nhcr
hc had finished the Hon. Charles I
Cr.sp. speaker OF the house Of repre-
sentat;lrs. delivered an address in bc
halt ot that body. Tho geand chorus
sung Tho Heavens Are Telling
after Mr. Crisp had spoken In bc
half Of the Judiciary llonW BNmr
Brown Of the supreme court of o.,
United States spoke
b Tho co-ncr stone of the Carito
building, thcn known as ihr Fedora
, house of congress WAS la.4 U.th sol
emn ceremonies Scptcmho. u.s. i-Q2
hy George Washington assisted D,
10 the Maryland grand lodge Qf Nl~o1S
, Washington was himself a Mason
Tho STONE Wa, toe southeast ,orucr u
what was intended as tIc Be- .rth ,ytal
of tbc ,aptol Ot the c.rtun
ID mes THAI memorable dar uo
much d, known but 70 is Oc
lietcd ;hat Washington dlivert,
a patriotic address, that The GRAN.
master 0f thc Maryland Mason Iodr,
io.oN'd W'ih solemn or1tion 500,
That Che close was "a good. old fash
foned borur uN at which Tho father
@. Do, 'aHn.IF $40 o $ share o, ltcf
ou f.' r,r STONE '..d just ccn.
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