Identifier: historyofcuyahog00glea (find matches)
Title: History of Cuyahoga County soldiers' and sailors' monument. Scenes and incidents from its inception to its completion.--Description of the memorial structure, and roll of honor
Year: 1894 (1890s)
Authors: Gleason, William J. (William John), b. 1846
Subjects: Cuyahoga County Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (Cleveland, Ohio) Cuyahoga County (Ohio) -- History Civil war
Publisher: Cleveland, O., The Monument commissioners
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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be found on the West Side. Captain Scofield said that the people who had notseen the plans could not comprehend what the Monu-ment was to be. There is no man in the city whothinks more of Perrys statue than I do, he added, but I belieYe the proper place for him is on the bankof the lake. At this point, Mr. J. H. McBride moved that thechair appoint a committee of five on resolutions. Themotion was adopted, and President Edwards named thefollowing gentlemen as the committee: J. H. McBride,Hon. M. A. Hanna, S. M. Strong, G. W. Short and W.H. Corning. They retired to the Secretarys officeto prepare their report. As the door closed behind them,Col. A. T. Van Tassel said: 11 would like to ask Cap-tain Scofield if the Commission shouldnt spend thepeoples money in the way the people say. We were appointed to perform a special duty, andwe haYe been laboring for five or six years to accom-plish that duty, replied Captain Scofield. We havespent nearly fourteen years trying to find out the sense
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soldiers and sailors monument. 231 of the people, and I firmly believe that the largest pro-portion of the people of Cuyahoga Comity want theMonument to go on the Square. Major W. J. Gleason, in response to numerous calls,walked to the front of the room and made an address. I am glad that at last something has arisen that issufficient to fill this room, he said, sarcastically. Itis a very unusual thing for a meeting of the Board ofTrade to fill this room. Once a year, on the occasionof the annual free lunch, there is a large crowd here,but as a rule the attendance is very slim. The Majorswords were smothered by shouts of protest at the na-ture of his remarks. For a minute he could not makehimself heard, but finally shouted: Ive heard geesebefore, and these few geese dont bother me a bit. Hewent on to say that Perrys statue was not now placedright or pointed right. We as a Commission, hesaid, wanted to know the sentiment of the people asregards a site for the Monument, but where have y

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