El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-09-19
GREAT MARBLE SHAFT IN HONOR
OF BEN|TO JUAREz IS DEDICATED
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first spoke. He spoke to the governor,
| as a successor of Enrique c. Creel, Of
fering thanks for the many good things
| which have been brought to Juarez by
| interest of the state government. He
| thanked mayor Kelly for his presence
and the Ell Paso Spanish colony, those
who think and speak as we do" for
Its fine work as citizens of a new coun-
try.
FL Pa&O MexicanS Praised.
In no place in the republic has the
centenary been celebrated with more
! affection ana better eject, was the
/ pretty compliment offered by the gov
! ernor- He spoke of many things of in
| terest to Juarez, ending by giving all
credit Of the works to ex-governor
Creel, his predecessor.
There was little boy" said judge
Harper, who spoke for mayor Kelly
/ He learned that his father was born
! in New York; that his mother was
born in San Francisco. I was born III
FL Paso. he said; how in the world did
we ever get together
! That" said the Ell Paso judge, may
illustrate Mexico and the United States.
A determination for independence has
! brought us together" The speech was
made in English, Felix Marteniz, of FL
Paso, tranSlating. Then Mr.. Martinez
spoke as representative Of the Ameri
| can-Mexican, and Luis Terrazas. one
/ Of the governors party. made a thrill
ing address, which brought hearty
cheers.
Reception BY Women.
From the banquet table the diners
went to the customs house, where the
women Of the city gave a tea in honor
of the governor. The beautiful patio
hall, created for the meeting of the two
preSid entS, was aglow with color and
light, an orchestra played, and tea, cof-
fee and ices with sweets were served
to more than 300 invited guests, includ-
ing Col. A. c. Sharpe and staff of Fort
Bliss and other Americans.
BY o'clock a dance was in progress
on the spacious floor of the salon. The
well dressed assembly danced until the
time of the governors departure. when
the whole company went to the station
TO participate in his farewell. The
dancers returned. however ara the ball
continued into the night.
Many Band Concerts.
During the day band concerts were
held in the Constitution plaza, and the
whole city, with visitors from the south
and north and many Americans from
Ell PasO. flocked through the streets,
visited the gambling games and the
bull ring. After three days of rain,
the sun shone on the feasting city.
Muddy streets were dried and the peo-
pie took advantage of the change by
turning out in full force.
Everything of the days program
went without a single hitch, COM
mandant Ponce de Leon of police d.
recting the procession. Only at the I'M
yelling Of the statue did the mounted
crowds but no accidents occurred and
a minimum Of arrests were recorded,
although saloons opened Saturday
night after a three days drouth.
A Great Tribute.
The Juarez statue and national mon
ument has been erected at a cost or
more than $4,000. Not only as to
cost, but as a work of art, it stands
alone within a radius of many miles of
FL Paso- Its bronze Juarez and four
marble pieces were made in Italy by
special order. The whole monument
from the ground to the tip of the pa
triOt's right hand. which is raised to
the sky as he holds in his left arm a
furled flag, is about 100 feet high, and
at the base nearly 200 feet in diameter
The color scheme is especially striking
All is bronze in color with the eXcep-
ton of the white marble statues at
either side of the base The marble of
the base and the high column on
which stands the Juarez is Of an un-
usual bronze colored stone, blending IN
with metal tablets of bronze
Each stage of the monument repre-
sents period Of Mexican history The
first tier of stones are formed in Aztec
design, symbolic of the indian period,
the second circle OF the base is of Span
ish form, representing the period OF
foreign rule, and the column itself
tells of the Mexican independence with
the statue of Juarez triumphant on its
tip The figure Of the patriot stands
Il feet, the four symbolic pieces being
about twice average human height
The woman with the olive sprig is
Peace, she of the light and scroll is
Reform, scales are held aloft by the
lady Of Justice, while the army of the
republic is represented by two figures.
an officer with a sword drawn over a
stopping soldier
The Guests From chihuahua
Those of the governors party were:
President Of the higher court Att
Carlos MunOz; Pres. of congress Luis
Terrazas, tr-; secretary of government
Att Guillermo PORES; congressman
Alexandra Balderrama; Martin Fa-
lomir. Enrique de la Cara.
0OSC -AeIA ID 6dIeIIO, Juan ISlNe-
rom, Jose Asunsulo: magistrates of
the supreme court, Saturnino Urias and
Salvador Yanez; prosecuting attorney
Felipe Lugo; aldermen Att Alberto
Nillareal, Att. Jose Arguelles. Manuel
Rocha Chabre, Eng. Carlos Escobar:
Pres. of chamber of commerce Juan
Terrazas; Spanish consul Federico
Slsniega; Eng. Benjamin Anguiano:
Eng. Manuel Gameros, Col Antonio Ra-
mos Cadena, Ygnacio A1caraz; postmas-
ter Milton Ordaz and Pedro OIivares
Zuloaga
When the eagle crested banner drop
ped from the heroic bronze statue of
Benito Juarez Sunday and the monu-
ment built in honor of the Lincoln OF
Mexico was revealed in all of its classic
beauty, the accompanying dedicatory
exercises recalled another historic
event when the first stone of the mon
ument was laid by the good gray Ia
gle of the republic" Gen. Porfirfo Diaz,
president Of Mexico.
The Famous Oct. 10.
1t was on the memorable 18th OF
October preceding the meeting day of
the two republican presidents. Since