The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-10-07
MONUMENT
DEDICATED BY
PRESIDENT
At Peoria, Illinois, Where He
Meets With u Most Enthu.
siastie Reception.
HIS THEME WAS PATRIOTISM,
And His Words We're Punetuated
With Appiause..ope the
Corn Palace.

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PEORIA, Ills, OCT "a soOu paFt Vi
the population OF Peoria, the second
H.. 20 tu,roIa to-dnv tooI, nnrt IN an
tS .-,-,,,... -. ....,.,,,,,, o.,
elaDorhte uenlOnslIa''"" " "S'SOs -
their city the President OF the united
States The great event Of the day
~, ~, ,,,,,a,,i,,. ~ a I,enuftfnf rnonu-
was ''i' Wv s'''''s -,.,---... :.
ment erected Oy PeOrlas clIiAehs HS a
memorial to the soldiers OF the rebell-
I'm li,,jp0 md dead. The monument Is
oI.' - n'..' =. - ..ss,.,,,, o,n,r,a,t.1 a.
tlll shalt VI IHslFNie' VI
the base with bronze groups commem-
moratlng scenes of the civil war.
rha roonvrsn+ ,vaa nresented to the
'e - -,
city ana county Of FeoF'e' Wy Mts' t4N-
Gle B. Tying, and accepted on behalf OF
tho county. by John @. Kingbury,
- az, ,,,,,d -, .,,ror,,,s,rs
e'iailLiiu" VI 'ie uO'-'S ". =. So =,
and on behalf OF the city py henry W.
Lunch, mayor OF Peoria. An address
,,o, .,,,,op bv NJ RInvman followed
T,-.-,,.-t - a,,i,,o.ad .t,o
Dy the FFesluehl' "HV ueu'o@'eu ttie
monument in q formal address. The
President said;
,,,,-,,a.., C,,.,.,,.,,. r a., ,,,s With nv,
., Stisesa ns Toao.ia i SUI so,Sr,y IVY anS
LeIiow sa,..H.a S,',Ns oS ,bo " n ond .odIaS'
nIeia, u Ste E .io, ~, staS,J
nIe s1eVi.st ,a Icy st aS3Ino,S 20 no
.sJosI, nr,,Ioo ~ UNI horoJc ,Savo+ton T.,
tbs otIC bo,isst S,S couse % for % % which mankind
sver awe norIgsI engsred % This monument Ia % awak-
ems sacred memories, fellow citizens,
and that Is rs purpose. i wes !. erected :s !
ey tnese tna Pa'[Io.IS w0en InrIos SnSI "
Of American M history. 1t tells the whole
story of the war. the siege. the march.
blyouac, battle line me snnering, Elas sac C,
~ o'tIss 's5 unbsId nj sd the nag % great IS appIause
II tells every page Of the history Of
that civil struggle and It's triumphant
SOmsao'S o,,s ian On. % srraT;ss gS9O ibs s,TTen.
Jsr % from Lee and we are kent a nation
united forever cloud appIause). I
like this monument. (Applause.) I
like this symbol that 1 face to.day-the
defense of the flng, 0Cheers,) That Is
what we do whenever and wherever
that flnR IA assailed. Enthusiastic and
prolonged applause) And with US war
aIvsvs gtOps when the assafiants OF
o,ir fap- consent To- a Terms OF
unoonditionni surrender. fGrent and
continued nppIausel. NY fellow clti-
zens. do not intend TO make q speech
here to-day. (Cries OF "go on'). I
could add nothing Of patriotic senti-
meut 10 that which has already been
uttered.
Decs ,derr ofthe FLAG.
''''Ss v.
But / desire to express IN this pres
ence my appreciation, not Of the tribute
tbot wns,nald IN the President OF the
80, r,.lf,. -. a.. .-,,.,,,. ,,,,,I.,,
Ohlteu States' Dut the uiDute "i''."
the people OF Peoria city ana Peoria
county have paid to the brave defend
~ 20 a.. A,,,a-teev, aso q, tt,,e az aur
ers VI tie te.-A ,',1e - ''.'lS
greatest peril (ProlonBed apPiaubel'
You are proud OF the monument. You
.ho,,,d he nro,d of the demonstration
'''N-' ~. ~, =. ~, ,,,,,,oIi,vo stv
Today WhlSn yea 10 ~ ul.xei''s ~. HeL,,SIS S
tnousana SniIuIsH IN i.l .he t a. ~ y, stnrS I IN
matcIlns % I oy w VIII ,,,,tt ~ t,,o iova ~ com
their nanas ano WIN v tnS '0ve u 'Oui
tryln tneir hetrts' So,,o,, ,,,,
i could NOT put l, tnlllk u luSntu .,at W W.
on that inspiring procession th1t nly
country was sate' lkouo 1pp'aSseJ Il iS,s..
SOD bless me aciio0is So5 "a I,,nHs tbs notri.
otic stsISSo Women Of he United States, tcon-
tinued applause), and the patriotic
band that projected ana carried ls1,,.!n,, IllIS
mon1men5 a!n,,i5ns,ad ~ on,la,'soS And must not
Close Without congratuiatlng you that
you could find in Peoria. indeed you
have everything IN Peoria. IA, an oiti, artiss 80
OF suGm nISS 1Ss sA,, oHas,,tS his SobIe rnonu-
eonee''S t Sr,ln,,soS - thank vou over
l'leI't, HI ,,,. S'pI a5ni, Sor tbIs snlendId dem
anu oter "sS''ta "a toI,,Jsr, ~ nrd fievotIon
onstfanoh VI s,s pas',osr1Hj Nn,,,jnnnS onnlSnSeS
10 uuiy' ,,.',,.i,,, ~ tbc evercises n
~ tne cot,uIIs.o,i ,,., a., ,I,or INC crovd
DIlei ,ii TppT, hSuds su yitb TIE President. nj.
20 snake MINUS WIN VIZ .'.-.. ~ .,iS ,ot aiIoD,
| though the press OF TINE Gio nVt niiow
more than on inhnilesiat w .lJ ',O'i y, r,,,,
the surging moo 70 De P Presehteu il " ",i', t,,o
The President was next uIlSeH !" s
corn palace DullulhB, Wno.S Son, ,
structed OF corn hIteT Wnlcn wv wi wi
festival was thaHSufatea pS Nhe AEes'-
| dent.
An Informal reception ana oilneF l az ~
the residence OF j. Il, Greennut was tne
closing event OF the PRESIDENTS WISH 70
| Peoria. The party boarded tne utslI slI AZ
S:46, and was rapidly carried 10 Goles-
burg, to spend the night.
s.t.. 49,, ,t,,, pros,dcrt
So"'o"'F '"' ', -.
During the reception NJ MI Hreeh-
hut's residence the President was pre-
.o,,,od Il, bebaiF ~ the citizens OF Pc
seh'eu' ~ U'",l y. ." tis.-.,,, o,t,,,,,
orln- with an elaborate his'OIls "'O"'"'
portraylng in beautiful form the beau
tIes NJ the city and containing etchings
s,,,.ur,D,,. =, its promlnen. oItl-
ana ausSsI1pms .',sI IssD,.ti M ~ tion S.ns made nv
Gems, IhT ppi,a,, presr,O ~, a notrjo,Ie speech
Mr. U. u IL. DutseS ~ ,rnrS ~ ~ Snngrass Snd
[SSnI,Is Sn nS,,IIstrstIoT s T in Ssrryins on the