Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-06-02

| art were purchased,
No. a.. A marble bust Of Kosciusko, by II.
D. Saunders, an American, $500.
No. 25 A statue Of Hancock, by DIR. Hora-
Ito Stone an American, e5,5QO.
No. %. ADJUST Of President Lincoln, by Mrs.
8. Y. Ames, American, 81 800.
No. 90. This l. portrait Of Joshua II. Old
ding, by Miss O. L. Ransom, American,
No. %. Statue Of Hamilton, by Dr. Horatlo
Stone, American, $4,000.
No, "a. Congress, in 1905 appropriated
ti0,O00 for fnll-leng,h statue Of Mr.. AbrH-
| fam Lincoln, by Miss Winnie Roam, young
lady who has chosen sculpture as q profess
sion. Miss Roam has finished her model In
plaster, and, what Is more, received her
money. But her statue n what artistic call
hard and mechanical; and VIC look In vain In
the features for any trace Of tho pleasant
genial and klnd-heartcd lincoln.
All our Hympathles are with gcnius strug-
Cling TO elevate Itself, but were VIC ever 30
kindly daposed, We cannot forget that the In
tercsts Of art are best seryedby fair and honest
criticism. II Ia clear 10 us that Miss ReAm liae
undertaken something far beyond her power
and that Congress- In giving her 90 important
an order was governed more by n feeling OF
charity than a proper reapeet for that Justice
which il due 10 gonlus. That Miss Ream
should have made failure was only natural.
Genius, no matter how trangoondant needs
culture and experience befUret can produce
works worthy Of . high place In the art gal
lcries uf q great milton nike oura These ma
tlonal influences which art and science exert
In directing and educating the mind Of n
people, and which do 20 much 10 Improve and
extend their enterprise, cannot be TOO highly
estimated. But II we arc 20 pay hrst-Tate
prices and get only third-rAtc articles, the re-
suit Is equally injurious 20 every Interest into
which art enters Congress passed IN act
July 81, 1898, giving Mfs. 8. Y. Ames t5o0
additional compensation for the bust Of Prcs-
ident Lincoln, making IN all $4,000.
Mr.. Stones statues Of Hancock and Hamll-
ton are the only works Of any real value pur-
chased out Of the appropriation referred to
above. Ills Hamilton Ia remarkably fine; and
II IL worthy Of notice here that these works
costing 40 little In comparison with others
purchased by the Government, should be so
much more valuable for their artistic merit.
| Il u also TO the credit Of Mr.. Stone that he
filled his contract promptly, according 10 the
agreement, and has not called on Congress
| for extra compensation.
No. 2S. On the ID Of March, 1897, Congress
passed Joint resolution authorizing and dl-
recting the Secretary Of War to contract with
Henry X. Brown, Of Newburg, N. Y, at q
statue In bronze Of Breyet Lieutenant General
| Winfield Scott to be made Of the guns cap
tnrcd In Mexico, and TO be placed In Franklin
Square, In tho city Of Washington, or such
other place In the said city ~ the Secretcry
| Of War may Designate"
Il will be seen by this that only eco, 900 was
appropriated for work by NJ. Brown very
| similar In It's classification 10 THAT for Which
Mr.. Clark Mills gas voted 10000. Mr..
Brown stands, and descrvodly 40, Of the very
head Of his profession In this country, and
bis equestrian statue Of General Washington,
In Union Square, New YORK, q work Of
great artistic merit. OF the works Of Mr..
Mills We have nothing more TO say. Tho pub
lie has already made up lts mind as TO their
value; and there they stand, q defiance Ia
criticism and good taste. II lsnot easy, how
ever for the ordinary mind 10 comprehend
why Congress should think $4,000 little
enough 20 pay one artist for an equestrian
statue In bronze and ask another 10 make ono
similar In character and size for $50, 900 less.
| And the fact that most Il expected Of the
| artist who Il awarded this small amount adds
10 the difficulty Of explaining the cause II
certainly could not be that Washington had
W be got a-horseback with 40 much more
care and attention to details that II required
$50, 900 extra TO do II, while Scott who had q
remarkable weakness for trapplnga, prescnted
q figure an artist could handle more chcaply.
What we need Is something 10 check the
| evil tendency this kind Of legislation has on
art and artists. Another bad effect 10 which
| we would call attention here Is, that the LIB
rary Committee IL again overlooked, and the
III serretars III War. An our troublcs In art
matters hnye arisen from the want OF uni
form system In dealing with artists. Nearly
every department Of the Government has been
Tor works of ard and vet il would be very
diIicnlt 10 ilnd one that regarded itsnlf re-
snonsiLlc for either the suecesa or failure Of a
work, The Library Committee, rs nj present
which az these 's ofde ers' sioaia pass Il has
herptofore pNprciaed n Mise dlscrptiou In art
lnattcrN ana liN saved me uoNerninent many
thousands OF dollarr. We WOULD therefore,
again recommend That all matters concerning
art he lett 10 ia decision. Ar COMMISSIONER,
composed enurely OF hrlsts, 90 not AZ gem
cral thing, Jake sniiclently broad and gem
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