The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1882-10-22
THE Republic has the following wise

THE HepuOic mas tHt following Wise
words htly spoken:''
1t seems to he an established fact that we ara to
have a Garfield monument. The measures taken by
the committee to insure tie Of tho fair for
this object cannot fail t0 produce the desired result,
and tho SUN obtained will undoubtedly oqua II not
exceed all expectation. In the meantime the
scheme for Garfield hospital is also kept before the
public, and II Is To be hoped will also prove SUCCESS
H Hut 1t seems 10 mo there Is much To be said re-
gaIdIng the monument What form IL IL tO take
Are 10 have :76 900 or 800 900 spent In erecting
a OF masonry syrmOunted by an eiIlgy In bronze
or marble that shall serve 0Dl; 10 excite tho wonder
and astonishment of other nations at our folly and
our NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. sign manual OF our young
and undeYelOped artY or VIII one such monument
the Washington shaft sutnce for US and the
mittos be warned In time to give serious and careful
aousld ldoratlDn 10 tho most acceptable and wiscst
manner Df spending - other peOple's money?i IL
IA no light responsibility 10 he intrustei with the
vast that VIII be RAISED for this purpose and the
committee undoubtedly view II as slich This NOM.
ment Is Ia be the embodiment OF the esteem and reg
Hpoet Of tho nation for our murdered President. II
viii represent the entire country. WIN the object be
best attained by such structure as have spoken Of;
Was President GARFIELD a who would have de-
sired his memory to bo thus perpstnated WIN the
people have active and living Interest IN It when 1t
IL once c0mplOtSl2 WO arc not an art.lOVlng people.
We are too young, our energies have boon turned TO
material objects than thOsS Of arti tho material
prosperity Of our country lie nearer heaTla than
her mental and artistic culture; factory chi mney
means more to as than the finest monument ever
erected; "a railroad map Is than tho finest paint
Ing eiapi The lines OF beauty In the finest architec
subordlgatai ~ practical adaptation In the
even though from the hand OF u Fhidiaa sui table
representation Of this people, why should not
this fund take humane dlTectiOn; why not bo
combined with the hospital fund aud 40 poTpetu-
atS GuT President name In an establishment worthy
Of hl tEe ely, Of the American RatiOnY Should
any individual differences L0 allowed TO decide this
materY theTO ara ~ thoTG Igay no. Eoasngs for not
consolidating these two funds lht thaH be sept se
aTalo. Lot tho other he applied 10 tho
erection and maintenance Of tho hospital proper let
the remaining one form perpetual funl Tor eudsw-
Ing apTactiea school VI surgery attached ~ e na-
pilAl. lt would surely se6in That th6i0 can bo but
On0sde 10 tho question, II saoh school II needed,
when we consider The melancholy history Ot tho death
Of the man whose name We commemorate la tho
main hail Of tho hospital iet memorial tablet b0
erected whose Inscription shall rival the teTse sln
picly Of tho spltaphOn tho plain slab which marks Tho
grave VI Sir Christopher Wren undof tho lofty dome
Of H. paal's, tllo chief Nors NJ his genius - ~
mOHuHsHium rtqu0rts, cEroumsptrt.' -