The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-05-12
Bronze Statue Of Gen. Hancock
So Feet High
Turned Over to tho City of
Washington.
PRESIDENT Is THERE.
Other Government NotabIes as
Guests.
The Statue Stands in Washing
toms Business District.

Washington. May 12.-With impos-
ing ceremonies the heroic equestrian
statue of Major General Winfield Scott
Hancock was unveiled here this after
noon before an immense gathering
which included President Cleveland.
Vice President Stevenson and repre-
sentatives of the supreme court, the
diplomatic corps, both bodies of con-
gress and army veterans and coli
leagues Of the late general.
The unveiling was preceded by a
military demonstration. Four c0mpa-
nies of artillery marching as infantry.
four companies of marines. with the
marine band, light battery c. third arr
tillery, squadron from the Sixth
cavalry the fun district militia and
numerous military organizations in
Guiding the second army corps at the
head of which Gen. Hancock achieved
his greatest victories, participated in
the parade. Brig. Gen. Brooke. com
manding the department of the Da-
kotas, U. S. A., was the grand marshal
of the day.
The exercises opened with prayer by
Right Rev. James Y. Satterlee. bishop
Of Washington The principal address
was delivered by Senator John NJ Pal
mer of Illinois, major general of the
United States volunteers during the
war
Of the statue took place Seven hum
dred invited friends gathered at the
scene including many relatives and
friends of the deceased general.
The statue stands in the heart Of the
/ business district of Washington lit is
| the work of Henry J. Elliott, the noted
/ sculptor and its total height is 80 feet.5
] inches. The distance from pllnth to
1 the top OF the hat is IA feet inches
\ and the height of the pedestal from
/ the ground to the piinth is l9 feet .
] ~aNnraa HHfnnn nHa.aa
are such that if standing erect he
| would measure ten feet in height.
THE PRESIDENTS SPEECH.
/ Washington May 12.-President Cleve-
land, after the prayer was spoken at
the unveiling of the Hancock statue.
made brief address in which he said-
! "a grateful government today pays
/ tribute to the memory of one of our
| country's noblest sons and bravest de-
/ tenders. Willingly prompted by patri-
/ otic inclination we have assembled to
witness a nations appreciation of wall
/ liant deeds in time of war and its rec0g-
milton of civic virtues in time of peace.
! We give this monument to the dead.
/ but the dead endOws our gift with q
/ significance which makes it of priceless
I value to the living. 1T is an open book
/ constantly teaching the lesson of sim
cere and steadfast love of country
Those who look upon its grand pro-
portions in years to come viii be re-
| minded of such sacrifice of service as
] has made our nation great and our peO-
pie happy. With this monument be-
fore our eyes. those in public station
who are charged with the peoples in
terests and with the making and exc
cution of their laws, can hardly forget
that honest effort to secure the public
veal and a stern insitence at all
( times upon a faithful and unselfsh dis
| charge of public duty i'm the places they
/ occupy are as essential to the safety
and preservation of all that Americans
hold dear as bravery and heroism on
the field of battle
'The perpetuity of our popular gov
/ ernment depends upon our fidelity to
! the principles upon which it rests; the
/ vast interests of the conhding people.
! promoted and guarded only by honesty
and faithfulness in their service ana
| obedience to those national obligations
which our membership in the family of
nations exacts should be sufficient to
| enforce upon those trusted by their
| countrymen the lessons which this
monument teaches.
Let as all, however, open our minds
and hearts to the sentiments espe-
/ cially appropriate to this occasion, and
/ let our sense of public duty and our
| patriotic aspiration be quiczened and
/ stimulated by a voice from the grave
I admonishing us that our obligations as
| servants of the people are made more
| sacred and our incentives to vigilant
/ citizenship more impressive because we
have in our keeping the fame and glory
/ of our country's heroic dead"