New-York tribune., 1900-01-19
WEBSTER STATUE UNVEILED
-DDREssEs DELIVERED BY SECRETARY
LONG AND SENATOR LODGE.

Washington Jan. 1s.-President Mckinley and his
entire Cabinet. members of the Senate and House
OF Representatives. the Justices OF the Supreme
Court, members of the Diplomatic Corps. Army
and Navy officers and many others well known IN
PUBIC lie took part to-day in the exercises at
tending the unveilirg colossal bronze statue
Of Daniel Webster, executed by Trentanove the
italian sculptor and presented to the United States
by Stilson Hutchins, Of Washington. The statue
stands on Scott Circle, but the ceremonies pres
entatOn and acceptance took place in the Lafay-
cite Opera House After prayer by the blind chap
lain Of the Senate the Rev. Dr.. AIilburn. Senator
Chandler. in behalf of the two branches Of Con
gress, read Mr. Hutchins's letter of presentation
and paid q brief tribute 10 Webster
Secretary Long then accepted the statue in be-
half Of the United States. He said:
To George Washington and his associates. who
thar great paper Il bound the thirteen inGepend %
snt colonies INTO a union and created the United
letter and frame Of government. To the over
of Daniel Webster in the Senate and the luminous
judgments of John Marshall on the bench we
constitutes the Eatonal autboritv hev t5 ilIiiT INV
mated its letter win the Natin1si snirff TbaL
breathed into its frame the life Of National SOW
ereignty In the momentous debate in which at
that time they participated over the measure OF
It's grant OF power-a debate of giants-the issue
was between limitation the one hand which
would have narrowed the growth of the young Re
az expansion Which insured the indestructibiiisv
Of the Union. and let free the Republic its
made the Republic indissolube bv Internal con-
vusion and equal TO the emergencies Of the future
The statue Of one Of them the great jurist in the
front OF the Capitol To-day on Massachusetts-ave.
+Eg 4enTto 15 M ~ +a I m Tls 20 HeIlO ms daGe 70
the statute Of the other, the great exDounder OF
words irnbeIda5 IN TIE common oIitea
Of his cOuntryuaen 10 the tongue Ike passages
from the poets or the Psalms.
cepance Of II for the United States with the highest
appreciation o5 ne man It commeTorates and OF
bronze OF those to whom she has said. Well done
Secretary Longs remarks were warmly applaud
ed, were those Of Senator Lodge, who delivered
the grafton Of the day. Mr. Lodge spoke in part
as follows:
and moving, 70 the National sentiment OF his peo-
PIE In what he said men saw clearly what they
press. That sentiment grew and strengthened with
in order 70 proclaim the creed in which they be-
heved ano aiLer @ ne was Gea9 " eDster was eeard
again In the deep roar OF the Union guns from sum
ter 10 AppomattOx- His message, delivered as he
anerican people TO the terrible sacrifices BY Which
they saved the Nation when he slept silent in his
Eonstutfon because they meant National greatness
and National life was the great dominant convic-
TIon Of We5sters life II was part of his tenpera-
rnent He loved the outer world, the vast expanses
in nature. So he admired great States and empires
and had little faith IN small ones or IN the happ1-
ness or worth Of a nation which has history
and which its fate too much TO put its fortune
In period when great forces were at work
which in their inevitable conflict threatened the ex-
s+ance Of the Union OF States, Webster stands out
above all others the champion. as the very en-
b06irnent OF the National Nfe and the National
Taifh More than any other man OF that time he
called forth the sentiment more powerful than all
~easCring which saved the Nation. It was great
work greatly done with all the resources OF
powerful intellect and with an eioQuehce rarely
heard among men
The ceremonies closed with a benediction by the
Rev Mr. Couden chaplain OF the House The
President and most Of the other guests then pro-
ceeded TO Scott Circle where the staute was un-
,ened AZ p o'clock The drawing OF the veil was
-.-sorr,a5 b,, Jerome Bonaparte great-graudson
Of webster assisted by Mrs. Hutchins and Miss
Katherine Deering.