Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-01-18
THE WEBSTER STATUE.
Photograph by Bell.

| Senate. and the luminous judgments of
John Marshall on the bench, We owe its
development by Interpretation and con-
| Struct1ol into the great charter of powers
| winch now constitute the national author
! NY. They Illuminated its letter with the
| na tional spirit. they breathed into it's
| frame the full life of national sovereignty
| IN the momentouS debate in which at that
| tlme they participated over the measure Of
It's grants of power-a debate of gfants-the
| issue was between a limitation on the ,ne
| hand, which would have narrowed the
| growth of the young republic and endan-
| sered the integrity of the Union. and on
| me other an expansion which insured the
lndestructbiiity of the Union and let free
| th2 republic to its largest Development As
they prevailed. they made the I'niteI
| States indissoiuble by internal CONFUSION
| and equal to the emergencies of the future
| which confronted them. or which confront
The statue of one of them. the great
Jnilst' IN the serene dignity of his high
! once already adorns the front of the Cap
! lto Today on Massachusetts avenue
1 name dear to him as his to HEREWITH his
| face to the Capitol and to the chief JUS
| tee, you unveil the statue of the other.
| the great eXpounder of the Constitution
| ana defender of the Union, and the fore
most lawyer, orator and statesman whose
| words. imbedied in the common political
literature of his countrymen, come to the
/
| Iamillar passages from the poets or the
| Psalms.
| II am depu:ed by the President to speak
| M; acceptance of it for the United States
Win the highest apprccia ton of the man
| IL commentaries, and in acknowledgment
| OF the gift thus added to the reproductions
| IN enduring bronze of those to whom she
| mas said. Well done
senator Lodges Address,
Senator Lodge was introduced when the
| applause following Secretary Longs re-
marks had subsidized. The senator delivered
an eloquent grafton, commanding the close
| and admiring attention of his multitude of
| hearers. Senator Lodges address appears
| at length elsewhere in this issue 1t was
| a fine effort ami at its conclusion the Junior
senator from Massachusetts was compelled!
| by storms of contInuuu. applause 10 prac-
| iously bow his observation-disclosures time and
again. lie vas Warmly congratulated by
| the President and the others upon the
| stage, holding meanwhile an impromp.u
| reception.
Chaplain CouIen delivered the benedfc-
| ten.
| The guests at the Lafayette Square Opera
House exercises were driven in carriages to
| the scene of the statue. where the unveiiny
| took place at i O'Clock sharp. The Marine
| Band, under the leadership of Lieut.. w
| II. Santelmann, was stationed at the foot
| OF the pedestal
| Simple, but impressive.
= IN 'h'iNistS dl llit statue were simple
| but impressive. Most of the guests re-
| manned in their carriages, but the Presi-
| dent, the members of the congressional
| committee and Senator Lodge alighted and
stood upon a small platform while the I'M
| yelling was in progress. Standing beside
| the President and the committee were Mrs
stilson HutchnH and her guest, Miss Cath.
| a1!Ee Deering. AS Mr.. Bonaparte pulled the
string which released the flag veil the Ma
! rine Band played Hail Columbia" the
large assemblage following the lead of
President Mckinley in uncovcring during
the rendition. This brought the ceremonies
| o: the day to close.
Webster as Statesman
No statesman has ever written his name
| on the tablet of Fame in more enduring
| letters than did Daniel Webster The story
! of his lfe forms one of the most remark
| able chapters in American history and his
| public utterances stand today as important
| factors in deciding great questions of state.
Such as occupied the attention of legislators
| II his day. 1t is doubtful if any man ever
| possessed greater mental visor than did the
statesman Webster, and his power to i'm
press his audience with the full force of his
opinion was unexcelled in his generation.
Daniel Webster was born in Salisbury
J NOW F'ranklin), y. H, January IS, 1852.
| and died in Marshfield, Mass, october y,
1852, most of his distinguished public SER
vices having been rendered as a representa-
tive of the state of Massachusetts He was
s. puny and sickly as an infant that it was
not thought he would grow to manhood.
He was regarded as unable to do farm
work, and was allowed to amuse himself
with fishing, hunting, roaming about and
| reading. He stored his wonderful memory
with a great variety of information. At
school he was so shy he could not stand
up before his classes to recte his lessons.
He finally sent to Dartmouth College
his father having recognized the merit of
the boy as a student, and he was graduated
in 1901.
At college he was not regarded as an ideal
student, but he soon impressed himself
his tutors and classmates as the most re-
narkabe youth in the institution, and the
superiority SO gained was kept up through
his life.
Admitted to the Rar.
In 1905 he was admitted to the bar at
Suffolk, Mass, having, since his gradua-
ton, had charge of an academy, and acting,
also, a copyist in the office of the regis
ter of deeds at Fryeburg, Maine. He be-
gan the practice of law in his native state,
and in 1872 was chosen a representative in
Congress from New Hampshire and was
reelected. In 1916 he removed to Boston
and at once took his place as one of the
leaders of the Massachusetts bar. His ar
gument in the Dartmouth College case, car
ried by appeal to the United States Supreme
Court in 1917. gave him rank among the
most distinguished jurists Of the country.
In 1923 he again entered Congress as a
representative from Boston, and early in
the session made his celebrated speech on
the Greek revolution. which established
his reputation one of the first statesmen
of the age Under the administration of
John Quincy Adams, Webster became the
leader of the friends Of the administration
first in the House and later in the Senate
to which he was elected in 1927. He was
in the Senate for twelve Years, and in 1896
made what Is generally regarded as the
ablest of his parliamentary efforts-his sec
ond speech in reply to Robert Y. Hayne of
South Carolina.
Although opposed to the administration
of Gen. Jackson, he gave it a cordial sup
port i'll its measures for the defense of the
Union in 1882 and 1893. He visited Europe
in 1889 and received much attention at the
French and English courts.
Secretary of State.
When VIM. Henry Harrison became
President Webster was made Secretary Of