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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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d the following : Major Gleason said Wednesday that the MonumentCommission will consider no further proposals to com-promise on any other site than the southeast corner. The Soldiers of the county have declared them-selves, said he, and we now propose to abide by theirdecision. The members of the Commission, with theexception of two or three, have left the citY.1 Mayor Rose said he was surprised at the action ofthe County Soldiers and Sailors Union. The case, sofar as the City was concerned, was entirelyin GeneralMeyers hands, he continued. The Law Director stated emphatically that he didnot intend to let the matter drop. We shall prosecute the case in Court to the end,said he. When the Circuit Court opens in October wewill be there, and if the decision is against us, it willbe carried to the Supreme Court of the State. Brave words, wordy General. Great Caesars ghost!He will see us again; aye, at Philippi! The Ides ofOctober have come and gone, and the grim General isstill in hiding:.
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CAPTAIN W. H. HUTCHINSON. XVIII. FOR some time past hints had been frequently madethat Judge Williamson would appeal his case tothe United States Court. It was several times alleged,in print, that this action would be taken, the wish be-ing father to the thought. These fairy tales did not atall frighten the Commission. When these rumors werefirst set afloat, the junior counsel of Judge Williamson,William F. Carr, Esq., met the President of the Com-mission and said to him : You may quietly say to the Monument Commissionthat we have got through. The Supreme Court decis-ion settled our case. We know when we are whipped.The old Soldiers have knocked us out, and we sur-render. The decision is correct, the site is settled, andwe gracefully bow to the law laid down by the highesttribunal in the State. The outcome will eventually bea blessing in disguise. The Commission, knowing this, did not borrow anytrouble from that source, but the kickers continued tofondly hug their delusion. It now loo

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