Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 January 1900 — WEBSTER STATUE UNVEILED. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

WEBSTER STATUE UNVEILED.

Imposing Ceremonies Participated In by Nation’s Dignitaries. The statue of Daniel Webster, executed by the' Italian sculptor, Trentanove, and presented to the country by Stilson

Hutchins, was unveiled in Washington the other day in the presence of a distinguished gathering. The statue is raised in Scott circle. Before the unveiling the ceremonies of presentation and acceptance were held in the Lafayette Opera House. President McKinley occupied a scat at the front of the stage, surrounded by * the membefs of his cabinet; Gov. Crane of

Massachusetts and his staff. Chief Justice Fuller and Justices Harlan, White and Gray, many representatives from the Senate and House, the army, the navy and the diplomatic corps. The Marina band played "Hail to the Chief” as the presidential party entered. After a prayer by Chaplain Milburn, Senator Chandler rVad Mr. Hutchins’ letter of presentation, and added an eloquent eulogy on Webster, as he accepted the gift on behalf of the two branches of Congress. Secretary Long then accepted the statue in behalf of the United States, referring to Webster as the "great expounder of the constitution and defender of the Union, and the foremost lawyer, orator «,nd -statesman, whose words, imbedded in the common -political literature of his. countrymen, come to the tongue like passages from the poets or the psalms.” Senator Lodge followed with the oration of the day. and the formal ceremonies closed with benediction by Chaplain Couden of the House.

WEBSTER STATUE.