Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1883-03-09
The Henry statue.


THE SMITHSONIAN OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES FOR
THE UNWILLING ON APRIL I9-PRRsIDESr GAR
FIELDS TRIBUTE TO PROF. HENRY, &C.
The unve;lng OF the statue of Prof. Joseph
Henry. which Congress has directed to be placed
In the Smithsonian grounds, Will be an occasion
during the coming month OF great interest, rot
only to the scientific world but to those Who favor
the recognition In this way OF Intellectual pre-
emlnence. Prof. Baird, who has charge OF the ar
rangements for this ceremony, has decided upon
April 18th as the day, partly In view Of the fact
that the National Academy OF Sciences will be In
session in this city at that time, and he has about
arranged all the details OF the occasion, which viii
which Congress in June, 1880, appropriated s15 COO
has been completed by MIR. WV. Story. the artist
VINO was specially Named III the law providing Tor
its erection
Is OF bronze, seven feet in height and represents
Prof. Henry standing In a med;tat.ye manner,
with one hand resting on support The folds OF
an academic gown, which was modelled from one
belonging to DR.. Mclean, of Princeton, similar to
the one used by Prof. Henry when member OF
the faculty OF Princeton College, drapes the figure
In an Elective and graceful manner. The statue
rests upon PEDESTAL eight ieet high The pedes
TAI Is or Red Beach granite. the base aud top OF
Qu,ncy gray granite. The red granite is polished,
ara bears upon its surface the name Joseph Hen
ry In clear cut Roman letters This viii be the
only Inscription. The statue was modelled and
cast In Italy. while the pedestal was furnished In
thlS country. Both the statue and the pedestal are
now boxed up in the Smithsonian, ready TO be
placed LII position. This Will be done next month.
THE SITE
was selected by the regents OF the Smithsonian
Institution. and Will be in the center OF a small
triangle at the northwes. Of the Smithsonian
building, where the main drive way Is ntsSsacted
by the road crossing the grounds &C. che Agricutu-
raj department. The position Is one of prominence,
and the statue can be seen from all directions.
thn lax fl,or tl,n
erection O. The statue placed no limitations upon
tAe artist but gave him absolute discretion in the
matter, lis conception and execution was entirely
Tree from outside suggestions. AT his request
Iro!; balru sent TO Italy number OF photographs
OF ProL Henry, cast OF the face and bust, exc
cuted by the late Clark Mills, OF this city, and the
academic gown above referred to. since tac arr.
val OF the boxes containing the Statue in this
country they have not been opened, ana it Is the
desire OF the artist that his work should not be een
until the occasion OF It's unwilling to tue public.
His wish VIII be respected, and this fact vii. lend
addltlonal interest to the ceremony OF April 10 tn.
PRoMIl ENT PERSONS TO BE PRESENT
Besides the members OF the National Academy,
who will be present on that occasion in body,
the President OF the Senate and the Speaker OF the
House have appointed the following committees to
represent Congress-: Senate-G. F. Hoar, Eli Sauls-
bury, s. j. X. Mcmillan, Jos. r. Hawley, VIM. Ma
Zone, Geo. G. Vest and JAS B. GroOme. House
Browne Qnd.). j. A. Kasson tIowa). g. Nj. Robson
IN.J9, }: W. Gambler (Mass.), r. J. c. Walker Pa),
a; H. Pssuoone gTenn), j. p Knott !Ky3 J;
The President and officials Of the government
will also be invited, and the assemblage will be
one fully equal to that distinguished gathering
which attended the memorial services to prof
Henry in the House OF Representatives in Janu-
airy, 1877.
PRESIDENT GARFIELD's TRIBUTE TO HENRY.
The following extract from the tribute paid by
the late President Garfield on that occasion will
be OF interest, as it so forcibly presents period
l HPnry'S
rests:
"Smtthson dig not trammel the bequest with
conditions In nine words he set forth its object
'fOr the increase and diffusion of knowledge among
men, He asked and believed that America Would
interpret his wish Alright, and with the liberal
wisdom of science For ten years Congress wres-
could not handle them. Some political philoso-
piers OF that period held that we had no constt-
tutional authority to accept the gift at all.
and proposed to send it back to England. Every
conceivable proposition was made. The colleges
clutched at IT. the Libraries wanted it; the publ
cation societies desired to scatter it. The iortu-
nate settlement Of the question was this: After
ten years of wrangling Congress was wise enough
TO acknowledge its own ignorance. and authorized
a tOly OF men to find some one who knew how to
settle it. And these men were wise enough to
choose your great cOmrade to undertake the task.
Sacrlfle,ng his brilliant prospects as discoverer,
he undertook the difficult work. He drafted
paper In which he offered Interpretation OF the
VIII OF smlthson. mapptd out plan Which would
meet the demands OF science, and submitted it to
Che suffrage OF the republic OF scientific scholars
After due deiberat!ontt received the almost unan-
imous approval OF the scientific world. With faith
and sturdy perseverance he adhered to the plan
and steadily resisted all attempts to overthrow it.
In the thirty-two years during which he adminis-
tered the great trust he never swerved from his
first purpose, and he succeeded at last in realizing
the ideas with which he set out"
All the details OF the program OF the unwilling
nave not yet been decided upon. President Noah
Porter, OF Yale college, will deliver the address
and Chief Justice Waite will perform the unveil-
ing ceremony.
A GOVERNMENT CLERK CHARGED WITH BEING
AN UNLICENSED BRoKER.-Henry Billings, a clerk
Agent Raft, in the Police Court this morning. with
being an unlicensed broker Mr.. Raft testified to
swearing out the warrant against the defendant
on information that came to his notice. Yester-
day Mr.. Billings came to the license office and
stated That he had way OF getting behind the
law.by taking out brokers' license He then
made application for brokers' license, which was
refused him on account OF there being a charge
against him for being an unlicensed broker The
invested, while the tax on broker is 500 per an
mum. Mr.. r. j. Bliss, Of the Treasury
9 department., testified to borrowing money
month. A large delegation Of Treasury employees
were present, and several Of them testified to Dor
rowing money from the defendant and giving their
notes 1Or the amount, and paying interest on it.
MIR. VIM. A. Cook appeared for the defendant, and
asked that the case be dismissed, as it had not
meaning OF the law, and read authorities to show
that under the present state OF facts the defend
ant could not be held to be a broker. 81 Think
said Judge Smell, that the loan1ng OF money and
taking of notes for 1t, as In this case cannot be
held, under strict construction Of the law, to be
IN violation Of the law. The law don't
dollars, and the rate " Of ''d Interest l per
month has nothing to do with the question
''The only thing have to rely upon," said Prose-
cutting Attorney Padgett, sis the previous deci-
sions OF this court in similar cases. 81 never held
go In such a case" replied the court ''If a man
loans money or other securities then he could be
held to be q broker" Mr. Padpett replied that if
has always been held that three transactions
establish business. Judge Smell says that
according to this doctrine the law would hardly
give man the privilege to invest his money In
securities. The court took the case under cOnstd-
eratlon and released the defendant on his personal
bonds.
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