Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-09


After a selection by the Marine Band.
former Representative James T. Nc
Cleary OF Minnesota. member Of the
original Columbus Memorial commission.
was introduced. Mr.. McCleary said, in
part:
This memorial is to Christopher Co.
lumbus alone. Not man who accom-
panied him on his memorial voyage Is
here remembered. Even Ferdinand and
Isabella are honored only by a medal
lion on the back of the memorial. Is
this just arrangement? To the Ameri-
can people 1t is more important than
may at first appear that the popular
answer to this question be right.
THE men shared with Columbus the
dangers Of the deep: should they not
here and now be honored with him for
the achievement? In a certain sense.
yes. But who knows their names? The
human mind has limitations. The abil-
ity to remember some things depends
on the power to forget many things
Only the Hottest mountains can be seen
at great distances; the supporting hills
or their base soon disappear from view
Whose Was the Courage.
considering now the particular achieve
ment that we hero OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
brain conceived the enterprise and work
ed out its details? Whose soul furnished
culties? \. no pushed on when every
one else wished to turn back? AS mat
ter Of inherent justice and the highest
equity. whose should be the supreme
For a long time Sparta, In ancient
Greece, pursued the policy Of exposing on
tho htllstdes all puny infants. nourishing
only those that promised to grow up into
vigorous manhood and womanhood. Under
that system sparta developed a great
race and was thus able to maintain itself
in the midst Of powerful foes. Since
then the world has grown kinder and the
Spartan policy Of deliberately killing Off
the weak has been abandoned. But
would it not be even worse to adopt the
policy Of DELHI erately killing off the
strong? That n one Of the gravest dangers
threatening this country today. And who
would be the chief sufferers? Precisely
to serve thereby. The weak need the
strong vastly more than the strong need
the weak"
Ambassador Draws Cords.
At the conclusion OF Representative Nc
Cleary's address. Secretary Knox intro
duced the Marquis Cusani Confalonier1.
Italian ambassador. who, with few re-
marks, delivered In his native tongue,
drew the cords that confined the draping
flags about the statue Of Columbus. AS
the flags f1uttered to either side. reveal
ing the exquisitely sculptured figure stand
ing at the prov of the caravel, a section of
the Sd Artillery from Fort M.-er, sta
toned nearby on the plaza. doomed out
the national salute OF twenty-one guns.
During the firing Of the salute more
than score Of magnificent y-reaths were
deposited upon the base Of the fountain
beneath the heroic marble figure of the
explorer. Among those presenting floral
tributes were the Knights of Columbus,
the United Italian Societies of Washing
ton the Italian government, the govern
ment Of Spain-these latter through repre-
sentatives in Washington-and number
Of organizations from out OF the city.
During the depositing Of the wreaths the
Marine Band played 1.-The Star Spangled
Banner" while the audience stood un-
covered.
Ceremony Impressive.
No more impressive ceremony has been
witnessed In Washington in many years
than that presented when the clinging
folds Of red and white, with their union