The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1897-08-26
STANTON IS HONORED.
Steubenville Paid a Tribute to
His Memory.
sICKLES DELIVERED A EULOGY.
Congressman Taylor Also Spoke During
the Ceremonies--A Memorial Tcblet
Unveiled - The Parade an Imposing
One-Bar Association Held q Meeting.

STUEBENvILLE, o., Aug. 25.-The
city is happy over the success Of the
first day of the centennial and the
magnificent manner in which the mem.
ory of Edwin M. Stanton, her most
distinguished son, has been commem.
Grated. Fully 5000 visitors have been
here and surging crowds are seen on
the streets. The Stanton day parade
was very imposing, the main feature
being the participation Of the school
pupils. The military of the state and
nation made q fine showing. The
clergy, board of education, the bar and
Wells Historical society also partici.
pated.
Three thousand people were in line.
Among the distinguished guests in car.
riages were Prof Venable and Mrs. ID.
w. Matlack, State Treasurer S. b.
Campbell and Attorney General +. s.
Monnett, General Sickles, Rev. .. v.
Stewart, Congressman X. w. Taylor
and Captain Oliver, Mrs. Pamphylia
Stanton Wolcott of Akron, DR.. A. M.
Reid, John McCracken and Mrs. VOL
colt of this city, Rev. David S. Tappan,
ID. D., Portsmouth the Misses Vol.
colt of Sewickley, Pa. Mrs. Nancy II.
] Stanton and Mrs. Rev. John H. Ely of
Cincinnati.
After the parade the people gathered
on Market street, where the Stanton
memorial tablet was dedicated. "The
Star Spangled Banner" was rendered
by the Seventeenth Infantry band the
invocation by Rev. l.. II. Stewart of
Cleveland. Then General Sickles, the
Gettysburg veteran, delivered an ad-
dress, giving interesting "reminiscences
Of the war secretary to whose memory
the tablet had been dedicated General
| Sickles was an intimate friend of Stan.
ton. He said no one could take from
Stanton the credit that belonged to
him, as the main director of the fed.
eral armies during the rebellion. He
spoke Of his greatness as a lawyer, as a
citizen, as q cabinet officer during the
most trying times of the greatest re.
| public that was ever brought into ex.
istence by any people.
After General Sickles' address Hon.
r. w. Taylor, member of congress
from the Columbiana district, was in.
troduced and delivered an address on
| the life and character of Stanton
dwelling of the Importance of the les
son to the school children. After the
national hymn, "Amerioa," by the
school pupils and the benediction by
DIR. A. M. Reed, the daylight cere
monies Of the first days celebration oi
the centennial came to an end.
The tablet unYeiled here in memory
of the war secretary is of bronze and OIL
it are these words:
edwin M. Stanton, attorney gen
eral, secretary of war, justice OF the
supreme court. Born here 10Th Decem
ber, 1914. Erected by the school chill
dren of Jefferson county A. ID. 1854"
| In the courthouse the ladies' centen
nial committee, 100 in number, gave
i public reception and promenade con
cert to the city's distinguished visitors
| A lantern parade was given, in which
800 bicyclists took part, and it formed
very pretty feature. The Bar asso
citation, of which Stanton was formerly
member, held a memorial meeting il
the City Opera House.
The Cadiz Bar association, of which
Stanton was also a member, was also
present, and Hon. j. II. s. Trainer, thu
oldest member of the bar, delivered
the address from personal recollection:
of Stanton, with whom he practiced.
Eight hundred more of the Ohio ma
tional guard arrived and went int
camp on Pleasant heights, where the,
| have view of six miles of rive
| scenery. Hundreds of Pittsburgers ar
| here,