The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1910-01-14
HONORlNG MEMORY OF AUTHOR
SOLDIER AND DIPLOMAT
is UNVEILED
GOV. MARSHALL EULOCY
PAYS GLOWING TRIBUTE TO THE
CHARACTER OF INOlANA'S
GIFTED SON

Washington, Jan. lin commem-
oratiOn of his great services to his
country, statue to General Lew Wal
lace, soldier, author, drlomat, was
today placed in statuary hall at the
capitol. The unveiling was the oc-
casion of an imposing ceremony.
Captain John P Megrew, who serv-
ed as an officer in Wallace's command
IN the civil war and is president of
the Wallace statue commission. pre-
sided. the figure beng unveiled by
Lew Wallace, jr., grandson OF the
general. Governor Marshall of IN
diana, accepted the statue on behalf
of the state
Governor Marshall paid a glowing
tribute to General Lew Wallace on
the occasion of the formal unveiling
of statue to the illustriOus soldier
author, which has been raised to his
honor in the hall of fame. In the
course of his speech Governor Mar
shall deplored the apparent passing
Of patriotism among Americans.
The earlier history of the repub-
~ together as to keep alive the FAM
ing spirit of patriotism. But time
has elapsed since 81 and stories
which thrilled our fathers as told By
the lips of participants, have now, for
the most part, TO be repeated with
lesser effect in the pages of history.
And yet there remains as a hopeful
sign of the age, the fact that a ma
ton is not lost in the spirit Of COM
mercialism SO long as its people do
not set up for universal admiration
men whose sole claim to greatness
has been their buying and selling and
the getting of gain unto themselves.
The governor drew attention to
the fact that no monument had yet
been erected by an admiring people to
men who had amassed great fortunes
or whose claim to greatness lay in
their exercise of great financial sense.
Not yet has cOmmercialism been
able to place upon pedestal a man
who made money and made nothing
else," he said IF such a man climbs
upon a pedestal the great body of the
American people is iconoclastic
enough to drag MIN down into the
mire of Common ridicule and laugh
ter"
Governor Marshall eulogized the life
and achievements of General Wallace,
both as a soldier in the Mexican and
civil wars, and as an author and
citizen of Indiana.
1T may be a long time before ne
shall be seen in the right perspective
hx- oil no hl1f |
venture to say, that while many men
may appear to adOrn one of the twin
pillars-Christian civilization and con-
stitutiOnal liberty-upcn which tn"
arch of the republic rests, it will be
years to come before there will be
another man whose medallion like
that of Wallace, can grace both OF
them"
Besides the members of his person
al staff and number Of prominent
persons who accompanied the COVER
nOr's party from Indianapolis, there
was a large attendance of Indianians
resident in Washington at the cere
monies attending the unveiling.
Others who delivered eulogies were
Senator Beveridge; A. Rustem Bey,
charge daffaires Of the Turkish en-
bassy; W. H. Andrews, delegate from
New Mexico.
One of the most notable features
was the reading of an original poem
by James Whitcomb Riley.
The statue was the work Of And
rev O'COnnOr Of Paris
1t is seven feet in height. The fig
ure is clad in the uniform of majO.
general of the United States.