Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-05-29
WILL DEDICATE
L|NC0LNSTATUE
MEMORIAL DAY
Harding and * Chief
Executives With Son
of Martyr Attend.
BY RALPH BURTON

tinguished and serene, the completed
memorial to Abraham Lincoln in the
national capitol will be dedicated Me-
mortal day. Remote from the business
and turmoil of the city. surrounded by
a landscape accentuating its prominence,
it fittingly signifies the eminent and
isolated position Lincoln occupies in
the history. The president of the
United States and two former presi-
dents will assist in paying tribute to
monies. Chief Justice Taft will pre-
side. President Harding will deliver
the main address. Former President
Wilson has expressed his intention to
attend the dedication.
For the first time the public will
have an opportunity to see the memo
rial and observe it's grandeur in it's
completed form. Nature has been as
sisting in making ready for the dedica-
ton and the great planting plan adopt
ed for the landscape setting has been
completed as far as possible, together
with the grading and construction of
roads and walks. The great reflecting
basin, 1000 feet long and 200 feet
wide, will contain water or the day of
the dedication. and visitors will be en-
abled to see the reflection in the basin
of the Washington monument. This
reflection was deliberately planned to
express an idea bringing together in
the minds of those who view the scene,
images of the two greatest Americans.
Washington and Lincoln.
Took 10 Years to Erect
For 10 years the people have watch
ed the massive structure slowly rising,
like a classic Greek temple, symbolic
in its strength and dignity. Those who
remained of the original Lincoln me-
mortal commission created by an act
of congress over 20 years ago.. will
take part in the ceremonial of dedica-
ton. They are William II. Taft. Jo-
seph G. Cannon of Illinois and Samuel
w. Mccall of Massachusetts. OF the
original members of the committee,
those three are left. The others drop
ped out when they failed to return to
congress and one, Champ Clark, was
called by death. Added to the original
three members from time to time were
Thomas r. Marshall. Nathan B. Scott.
Colonel John Temple Graves. Henry
A. Vale and Lieutenant Colonel c. o.
Sherrell.
Robert Lincoln to Attend
The son of the great president. Rob
ert Lincoln. will occupy a seat of honor
on the platform, along with Henry
Bacon, the architect of the memorial:
Daniel French. the sculptor, and Jules
Guerin. the artist.
"Uncle Joe" Cannon will be one of
the most interesting figures at the dedi-
cation. He is completing so years
service as a member of the house of
representatives. He was present at
the convention that nominated Abra-
ham Lincoln for president in 1860.
There will also be present Major
George ". Evans, chief disbursing of
ficer of the interior department.. who
was appointed messenger by President
Lincoln when a boy IA years of age,
and who has served continually since
then in that department. The Rev.
Wallace Radcliffe, pastor of the New
York Avenue Presbyterian church.
where Lincoln attended services and
where the Lincoln pew is preserved,
will make the invocation, following
which will be the presentation of the
.colors by the Grand Army of the Re
public. An address will then be de-
livered by Robert r. Motion of the Tus-
kegee institute, who will speak on be-
half of the colored race. Chief Justice
Taft will present the memorial and it
will be accepted by President Harding
in behalf of the government of the
United States. Guests will be mem
bers of the diplomatic corps. officials
of the United States. and distinguished
citizens. The members of the United
States senate of tn public, it is ex-
pected, will attend in a body.
Bacon Describes Statue
The architect. Henry Bacon, has de-
scribed the Lincoln memorial in these
words:
"On the great axis planned over a
century ago, we have at one end the
capitol, which is the monument of the
and to the west, over a
mile distant from the capitol, is the
to Washington. one of the
founders of the government. The
Lincoln memorial, built on the same
exis, still farther to the west, by the
of the Potomac, is the monu-
ment to the mar who saved the gov
eminent. thus completing unparalleled
which cannot fail to i'm
part to each of its monuments a value
in addition to that which each standing
alone would possess. From the begin |
ming of my study | believed that this
memorial to Lincoln should be COM |
posed of four features, a statue of the
man. n memorial of his Eettyshurr