Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-12-02
ELABORATE CEREMONIES
Marked the Presentation Of the Bronze
Group

OF Washington and LaIdyeCO0 "
the City of Paris. Yesterday
The Gift From Joseph Pulitzer.
The Address Of Presentations by
Ballard Smith, and Acceptance by
II. B0moard.
Paris December bright weather
sbone upon the ceremony to-day Of IN
yelling the group Of statuary of Wash
.ng.9u and Lafayette. modelled by the
well known sculptor, Frederic Auguste
Bartholdi. and presented TO the city Of
Paris by Joseph Pulitzer. editor Of the
New York World. A notable assem-
blage witnessed the unwilling, among
the company presen, being Mr.. Henry
Vignaud. first secretary Of the United
safes embassy. Major Sanford c. Kel-
Log. military at-acle and Lieutenant
II. p. Rodgers. naval attache Of the emA
bassy. Hon. William h. Quimby, United
safes Minister 10 the Netherlands,
Samuel r.. Morse. United States Consul
General in Paris, General Arson G.
NcCcCk, of New York, NJ BarthOldi,
the sculptor. the Project of the Seine,
I. Frcmige. designer of the pedestal, a
number of French officials and many
ladies'. The site of
TIE BRONZE GROUP
81. o. the ives. end Of the Place des Flats
Cnis, in the most fashionable quarter
of Paris
AIR. Ballard smith London ceres
pendent OF the New York World. first
made q shOr, speech, presenting the
sr0upe OF statu9ry which was frequent
" applaulej. He said;
81 am here to-day as The representa-
tive Of Joseph Pulitzer, who h0nors him
self and his country IN presenting this
statue of Washington and Lafayette,
kindred names i'm the deepest affections
Of he two peoples. to this beautiful and
historical chief city Of cur sister re-
public. If he could have been here Mr..
Pulitzer would doubtless say more than
] can say or the patriotic and affection
ate motives which
INSPIRED HIS GIFT.
But we can perhaps sufficiently inter
pre- Mr. PUitzer's cardinal motive by
quoting the inscription that he had
prepared himself and meant to be. as
ne has written r.. and speaking as he
undoubtedly may for all our fellow cit
liens: It's French homage-A Ia
France en- reconnaissance de son gem
erOuX c0ncours dams Ia lutte du people
des Eats Jnis pour IN lberte ct pinde-
peDdence.
lH0mage to France in gratitude for
her generous cooperation IN The strug-
gle Of the people Of the United States
for liberty and independence)
Mr.. Smith then alluded to the fact
that IT was Mr.. Fulitzer's good for
tune as editor and proprietor of the
New York World TO inaugurate the
popular subscription. which gave a
worthy pedestal to Mr. Bartholdi's
statue Of Liberty Enlightening the
world IN New York harbOr. and in
conclusion. i'm Mr.. PUlitzer's name, he
presented the group to the City of
Paris
The military band that was pres
emit thereupon played the 'Marseill-
aise."
VI. lombard. vica-president of the
Paris Municipal Council
IN ACCEPTING THE GIFT
for the city. briefly review the his
tory of the two men thus reproduced
fin bronze. and said that the union Of
the flags under which Washington
and Lafayette stood hand in hand,
represented really the union Of the
ports of The two republics.
He hoped that the echoes OF tO-day's
cheers would traverse the ocean and
unite even more closely the Two ma
tiOns. lie thanked Mr.. Pulitzer warm
Iv. end also NJ. Bartholdi for the man
rer I'm which he carried out his cCacep-
ion. The band then played the
American anthem.
Mr.. Henry Nignaud. secretary Of the
United States Embassy. briefly offered
the excuse of United States Am
bassad0r Eustis for his unavoidable alb
essence ON account of illness.
Mr.. Samuel Horse United States
Consul General, then followed in an
eloquent speech. He briefly touched
upon the events that linked the lives
of Washington and Lafayette, and
which had enshrined them IN the
hearts of Americans till the two names
were alike household words in every
village.
oven the children, Mr.. Morse con-
rfnued. "can tell how Lafayette
brought
LIGHT AND HOPE AND HELP
to the struggling colonists. Republics
are sometimes ungrateful, but not al
ways"
The speaker dwelt upon Lalayette's
long and finally triumphant battle
for liberty i'm France. He continued
that it was q happy thought of n
ratriotic citizen Of New York to offer
10 Paris this beautiful memorial, and
it was especially appropriate that the
work should De confded to NJ. Bar
tholdi. and that such fitting site as
| the Place des Etats Unis had been
| found for IT. Mir. Morse concluded:
"On behalf OF 3Ir. Pulitzer and OF the
| American ue0ple l thank Paris for heT
/ gracious welcome TO the Offering
whose purpose is to testify in a last
ing form TO the homage in which
Americans hold Lafayette, and to illus