Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-11-21

20 ana MI. Power made in 1880, were &C.
uepted by this committee, il being thea agreed
shat All the terms Of the contract should be
i"lmsiiy reduced to writing Is soon as the
"DETAILS OF the proposals., As exhibited in spec
incations, photographs and models, should be
approved by the respective subcommittee.
In april, 1881. at the urgent request of Mr..
rover, the committee on the inscriptions.
Aessrs Conner, Myrick and Smith. having
performed the duty assigned to them, for
.arded the inscription to New York july
20, 1901, Mr. Power being in Augusta. both
contracts we're formally executed The con-
',act win Mr. Power contains the following
clause; Upon tie third panel shall be in
scribed the dedication of the monument =.
FURNISHED by the committee There shall
De "a bronze group at the base of the column.
consisting Of the seals of the United States
ana the State of Maine enrwined with oak
orahches, With hags, sails, drums, cannon.
ana the arms and equipments of cavalry and
infantry. Mr.. Power Is to receive payment
when all the terms of agreement on his part
shall have been pc rformed, and all the bronze
work executed, finished and set in position to
the acceptance of said committee of the party
OF the second part
i ms contract, as also that with the Granite
Co, was presented to the Association at the
next meeting. held on or about the 9TH of
July distinctly read to the Association by the
committee and by the Association formally
ratified and approved, with the knowledge
that the dedicatory inscription had been fur
nlshed to Mr.. Power three months before 1t
appears that on the first day of July, 1891,
the Association voted to have the fact ap-
pear IN the inscription that the monument
was erected by the citizens of Augusta"
The committee who executed the contract
with Mr.. Power July I'd, had no knowledge
whatever of this action of the Association nm
til July eth, when a written notice was re-
ceived from the secretary; and no notice vas
gwen IN the call for the meeting of July LIST,
that any question was to be made with refer
ence to the inscription. 1t is just to add,
however, that the point suggested by the As
ISOLATION had been fully considered BY the
committee before the inscription was forward
ed. The result of their labors, it is believed.
Will be entirely satisfactory to our people. 1t
conforms to the fact as nearly as any express
SION OF like conciseness can be made to do
and II IS even in harmony with the spirit of
the instructions" of July LIST, which, it will
be observed, did not specify the language,
but the fact to be embodied in the inscription
The trophy" is a superior cast of bronze,
an elegant work of art and in all respects in
conformity with the terms of the contract
apo'e given, ana Is furthermore entirely ac-
ceptable to the full committee. 1t is, there.
fore, difficult to understand the nature of the
objection to this feature of the work
Twelve years after the close of the war, a
movement was inaugurated for the credit and
honor of the capital city Of Maine, to COM
memorate in a suitable manner the services
of her patriot sons and to commend their
example to succeeding generations" After
the lapse of sixteen years this movement is
about to be consummated BY the erection of .
beautiful, expressive and appropriate monu-
ment and it is not to be believed that gener-
Gus and high-minded men can now desire to
have this consummation delayed a single hour
by difference of opinion in relation to I'M
material questions matters of minor i'm
pOrtance.