Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-10-10
UNWILLING \ MONUMENT
Adams, Mass, Honors the Mar
 tyred President
Weather Cleared Up and the Exercises We're Carried Out as Scheduled Speeches We're Made By Hon J. D. Plunkett John D. Long and Others.

We're CaET1ed Out as Scheduled-
 Speeches Were Made By Hon J. D.
 Plunkett, John D. Long and Others. = Adams, Mass, Oct 1O.-To honor him who for years was staunch friend of Adams and of 4Ada1ns's foremost citi- zen, Hon w. B. Plunkett, a monument to President William Mckinley, erect ed by the town, was unveiled to-day in the presence of thousands of persons from points throughout the Berkshire, country. For months arrangements for the event had been in preparation and all classes of citizens participated in offering the silent yet eloquent tri- bute which will stand on one of the most prominent sites in Adams, as 8 testimony to strangers and to future generations that the martyred presi- dent was loved and esteemed in the place he occasionally nonored by his presence.
 The weather, which for two or three days had been cloudy and threatening, cleared early this morning and left the atmosphere decidedly cool. From out Of town large delegations began arriv- ing early, filling the hotels and over flowing into the residential section. The crowd was the greatest that ever visited Adams.
 At 2 o'clock a parade of militia, civic societies and veterans of the va rious wars marched through the prin- cinal streets, terminating at the site of the monument. Governor Bates was escorted by a large detail of militia. The streets along which the parade I taI Iaf, +ca scale
 ercises at the monument were opened. A specially selected chorus of 125 voices sang the Gloria from Mozart's Twelfth Mass, and after a prayer by Rev Dr J. W. Thompasn the statue was formally presented to the town by Hon W. B. Plunkett, chairman of the committee.
 At the conclusion of the address a cord was pulled and the statue was uncovered. A brother af the chairman c. T. Plunkett, who is chairman of the selectmen, accepted the statue in be half of the town.
 Eson John D. Long, who was secre- tary of the navy in MT McKinley's cabinet, was then introduced to the
 
 length. MT Long spoke as follows:
 At the conclusion of the former sec retary's address the "Ha11eluiah chor- us" was sung by the chorus.
 Governor John l.. Bates then deliv- eered a brief address, following which there were remarks by Lieutenant Governor Curtis Guild Tr. The exer- cises were terminated by the great crowd of spectators joining in Amer ica.''
 The statue of President Mckinley to-day unveiled was made possible by the contributions of the school children of Adams, the members of the church es. the operatives of several of the town mills and of William B. Punk ett, chairman of the committee which had charge of raising the funds.
 The memorial is the work of Au- gustus Lukeman, the noted New York sculptor It stands at the Junction of Park, Maple and Columbia streets on site given by Rev l.. o. Triganne, pastor of Notre Dame church of Ad- ams
 The statue is of bronze, eight feet high. the figure stands with left arm uphfted and head slightly thrown back thus representing Mckinley in char acteristic speaking pose. The right hand rests on stand and, conically enveloped by the American flag.
 Each of the four sides of the polish ed granite pedestal, four feet high, on which the statue stands bears pie torially engraved and inscribed tablet. That on the front represents the presi- dent in the hall of the house of repre- sentatives delivering an address on the Mckinley tariff bill. That on the west side is illustrative of McKinley's $ war service, with his part at the battle of Antietam. On the south side are words selected from his memorable and final address at Buffalo. On the east an engraving pictures Mckinley delivering his first inaugural address at Washington.
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