The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1907-06-03
UNvEIL JEFFERSON
DAVIS MONUMENT.

Richmond, Va, June 3.-Never
again in the old capital of the Confed-
eracy will the rebel yell ring out with
such patrioticy intensity as when, this
afternoon, the veil was lifted from the
magnificent statue erected ito perpet-
uate the memory of Jefferson Davis.
Mrs. j. A. Hayes, h only surviving
daughter of the leader of the Lost
Cause, assisted by her sons drew aside
the f1uttering flag that concealed the
stone emblem of the Southland's love
for it's dead leader. Then a pres1-
Dental salute was fired, the bands
played Dixie and the thousands of
Confederate veterans gathered to wit
ness the ceremony broke into that
wild, exultant cheer with which they
had celebrated their victories in the
days when they were engaged in a
death struggle with the boys in blue.
In that yell there was a note of pathos
for when the veterans again gather in
Richmond a decad hence h strag-
Cling survivors in the BATTLE with age
and time will be too weak to cheer.
General Stephen D. Lee, frand COM
mander of the United Confederate Vet
Grams, presided on the speakers stand
erected at the monument, and gather
ed about him were many of the most
eminent men and women of the South
Prior to the unwilling speeches were
AIDE by Governor Swanson, Mayor
Mccarthy, of Richmond, n General
Clement A. Evans, the latter deliver
ing the principal address of h day
a glowing tribute to Jefferson Davis
ON the occasion of the 99th anniversary
of his birth. Brief addresses
also made by Mrs. Norman Randolph:
chairman of the central committee OF
the Jefferson Davis Monument asso-
ciation; Mrs. Geo. S. Holmes, presi-
lent of the association and h
Following the unwilling ceremonies,
garlands of flowers were placed on L
monument by Mrs. Webb and Miss
Hayes, grand daughters of President
Davis, and by the officers of the I'm
tied Daughters of the Confederacy,
the Confederate State Memorial asso-
citation, the United Sons of the Con-
federate Veterans, the Jefferson Davis
Monument association, and other SOU
thern patriotic societies. Floral trib-
utes from the veterans and general
public followed and the monument
was almost buried in the avalanche
Of flowers.
The exercises at the monument
were preceded by a parade that will
go down the most memorable in the
history of the Confederate organiza-
ton. streets QecOTdteu Will
thousands of flags and emblems with
dozens of bands playing patriotic airs
the thousands ofe veterans marched,
led by carriages containing many of
the most eminent women of h South
The Jefferson Davis statue, togeth
er with the memorial arch cost over
500, 900 and is the most imposing ev-
err erected in honor of any Confederate
leader. For many years h Daugh-
tiers of the confederacy and the women
of the South generally have been col
lecting funds for this purpose and the
statue is a monument of their patriot
ism. The bronze statue is of a heroic
size and stands on a twelve foot pc
destal. 1t was drawn to its present
site through the streets of Richmond
by 5000 children, who did the hauling
by means of a double rope almost
three quarters of a mile long.
The seventeenth nnual reunion
will close tonight with a grand rally
of veterans, sons daughters, sponsors
maids at the Horse Show building
Thousands of visitors will go from
mere on special excursions to Wash
ington and New York.