The guardian., 1952-03-08
ATTUcKS.
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Babcock, Sculptor Robert Krause,
j. C. Price, P. w. Ray, MD, w,
H. Pryor, william o. Armstrong,
William w. Wheildon, Nelson P.
wentworth, Charles F. A. Fran
els, Nelson G.. Gaskin, j, H. Lew
is, P. B. S. Pinchback, Butler R.
Wilson, W. H. Dupree, Thomas
]. Gargan, Rev. Albert H, john
son, James H. Mars, Andrew B.
baltimore, Charles E. Harris;
Francis Thomas, John j. Teev-
ems. John H. Swift, ex-U. S. Min
lister; Charles L. Mitchell, Thom-
as Thomas, Paxton Washington.
President Chappelle called the
company to order and introduced
Gov. Ames who was greeted with
applause. He said: Gentlemen,
take great interest in this af-
fair, and have had a great deal
Of talk with people who favored
and others who opposed the erec-
ton of this monument. I don't
know why the Boston massacre
should not be commemorated by
the erection of a monument, and
am glad that I was the Gov
ernor who signed the bill au-
thorizing It's err c ton. (Ap-
plause.) I hope Massachusetts,
will hereafter continue to erect
monuments in memory of her
honored dead. l want to con-
gratulate you upon this monu-
ment, for It Is an elegant one,
and the sculptor also deserves
to be congratulated for his ex-
cellent work, for I think 1t is
the best work Of its kind in the
: city Of Boston. I have seen the
sculptor working upon it during
the past year, and I can assure
YOU that he performed his duty
faithfully. rejoice with you on
the success of the monument
and everything pertaining to it.
| (Applause.)
President Chappelle then said:
Massachusetts, gave $4,000 for
the erection of this monument,
the city of Boston gave $4,000,
and I introduce to you His Hon
or Mayor O'Brien, through
whose efforts we were able to
secure the latter sum.
Mayor O'Brien was received
with cheers and spoke as fol-
lows: Gentlemen = I congratu-
late the committee, the COM
monmonwealth and the city of
Boston upon the excellency of
this monument. It teaches us
equality fraternity and good
fellowship. We are all good Am
ericans. I and my brother Gar
gan are often called Irish-Am-
orleans. and we object to that
name. for we believe in Ameri-
can institutions and American
laws, and, therefore, we are
strictly Americans. I think the
historians who criticised the
monument have been answered
today by the beautiful work of
art. I feel proud that a monu-
ment has at last been erected
to the first martyrs Of our coun-
try. We have begun to erect
monuments to our honored dead,
and we ought to keep on erect
ing them to commemorate the
deeds of other persons. Why not
erect one to John Brown
(cheers), put a figure of Paul
Revere in stone, and immortalize
In bronze the Boston tea party?
(Applause) We will erect one in
front of Gov. Ames' residence on
Commonwealth avenue if he will
get the Legislature to pass an
act authorizing such a perform
anee. CApplause.l
The chairman then intro
duced J. NJ. L. Babcock, who
spoke for Sculptor Krause, who,
being a foreigner, was afraid he
would net be understood by the
gentlemen present. The speak
er said: IF the work Of unveil-
ing shall be deemed successful,
Mr.. Krsuse feels that the sue
cess has been helped along by the
assistance Of Gov. Ames: and
that he is also under obligations
TO Mayor OBrien for the SYM
pathy and the cordial manner in
which he received the sugges-
tionS of the sculptor. He has
tried to make the monument one
that the citizens Of Boston can
point to with pride.
Mr.. Chappelle informed the
company that Mr.. John Fiske,
the orator of the day. had re-
quested him to say that owing
TO q previous engagement he had
made in Worcester, he would be
unable to attend the banquet,
and that Mr.. John Boyle O'Reiliy
was detained on account of hav-
ing to deliver a lecture in Taun-
ton. Continuing, Mr.. Chappelle
said: A man who took q great
ieal Of interest IN the matter,
a man who has watched the
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