The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-05-17

republic was drawn by its latest ruler.
Surrounding him were men in whose
veins runs the blood of those first pa
triots who battled shoulder to shoulder
with Washington and with him made
possible the scene enacted Saturday
a scene conceived and planned by those
very comrades in arms; executed by
their sons in peace.
Purpose of Years Consummated.
The purpose OF years. evolved by a
handful of warriors to do honor to their
chieftain and carried through crosses
and adversty by their descendants was
consummated. But the contamination
was beyond the brightest dreams OF
those first few war-stained Americans.
The Union which they formed has grown
to a mighty organization whose men,
! bership stretches from ocean to ocean,
l under the name of the Society of the
| Cincinnati while the magnificence OF
the memorial itself, reared at the gate
way OF the greatest park and In the
! most intensely American city of the land,
| far surpassed their highest hopes. 1t
I was a notable gathering and represen-
| tative of the country. including the pres
ident, vice president, and the cabinet
officers; its defenders in the officers and
J privates of the army and navy, and its
} best blood in the direct descendants OF
! the molders and makers of the nation.
Historic Interest Not Wanting.
Major William Wayne, president of
! the Cincinnati, who formally presented
! the monument to the city, traces his
+! lineage straight to Mad Anthony. and
! William w. Porter, the orator of the
day. is grandson of David Rttenhouse
| Porter twice governor of Pennsylvania,
and a great grandson of General An
| drew Porter, who was on Washington's
staff in the revolution. Thus, no his
toric interest was wanting to stimulate
enthusiasm. The actual unveiling cer-
emony was impressively simple. Bish-
op Whitaker opened with prayer and
Major Wayne followed with an appro-
pirate address. Then came the unveil-
ing by President Mckinley and the re-
sutant clamor augmented by the ma
tional salute of twenty-one guns by the
artillery and by the foreign and Ameri-
can war vessels in the Delaware. This
concluded, President Mckinley spoke
briefly The grafton was then delivered
by Mr.. Porter.
! Formal Presentation.
The formal presentation of the me-
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made by Major Wayne to Mayor War
wick. with short addresses by both. and
then the mayor transferred it to the
Fairmount park commission, which
body exercises jurisdiction over the
great pleasure ground. President Nc
Kinley and his distinguished compan-
ions reviewed the military parade. and
the crowd, while not looking at troops
reviewed the president and his party
. The night was devoted to various
phases of celebration. apart from the
dinner. The wheelmens parade, with
nearly twenty thousand in line. was
the principal feature. 1lluminations
from the monument, the city hall, the
Union League and other points added e
the brilliancy Of the jubilee and closed
the day in a veritable blaze of glory.
At sunrise Saturday morning the
boom Of cannon from the batteries OF
the United States troops camped ir
Paramount park, aroused the city Co the
greatest day in its history. 1t was mo-
long after that steady streams of peopl,
began to flow along every by-way lead
ing to the Green street entrance TO TIT
park where the monument stands.
Decorations Were Lavish.
In spite of the heavy downpour o
Friday night the day broke under clea
skies The decorations throughout tn
city were lavish. but. of course. tn
greater labor and attention had beel
devoted to the hotels which sheltered
the Washington dignitaries. Both tn
Hotel Walton, where the president an
Z several members of the cabinet wer
housed, and the Lafayette, which enter
tanned the vice presidential parties, wer
E literally swathed in flags and bunting
1 The archways of the vast city hall,
y few blocks away. were literally clothe
I in the tri-colcr, and Chestnut stree
|. was a fiuttering mass Of red. white an
hlne Stand were erected all along tn