The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-09-17
EDITORIAL NOTES.

The accepted design for the Grant Monument
al Riverside Park provides for pile Of granite
or marble 100 feet square and rising 100 feet,
sutm0unted by dome seventy feet high. The
ornameniation will be simple and the architect
ure severely Donc. The dome is to be
mounted by scuptured figures. There will be
four entrances at the ba'e. The main entrance
Will be a eateless portco. an addition to the gen
eraI design, and IN front Of this viii be colossal
eQuestla statue OF General Grant. Tie crypt
VIII be eghty-fve feet by StyentY-hve, open 10
the top OF tho dome, aud 100 feet from the base
there Will be gallery where visitors may go.
The main room In the crypt Will be memorial
hall capable of holding more than 1000 persons.
On side will be apss, and an opening
through the floor. In which will be placed gran
lie sateophagus for the bodies OF the General and
his Wife The floor of the crypt Will be raised
several feet, ana marble stairway VIII lead up
to it. There viii be hooks and corners in the
base of tile crypt where battle-fsgs and trophies
may be displayed The cost OF the structure,
including no sculptuied work except the statue
of Grant, is to be 100000. An advantage
claimed for the design is the fact that the monu-
ment can be started with the Sl40,O 900 now on
hand, and when that is gone look as though com
pleted to one who has not seen the plan.
The Republicans claim to have discovered
fatal flaw In The Democratic gerrymander Of Ohio
and Representative BOOthman seeks TO take ad-
having introduced bill for that purpose Which
secures 10 the electors the right TO choose mem
bers OF the Fity-second Congress by Con-
gressiOnal districts. 1t is claimed in support OF
the measure that III Ohio IL is unconstitutional to
divide a township for any purpose, except 1t is
absorbed into an incorporated city. part OF
Storrs Township is Included in Cincinnati. AT
the opposite end OF the township are two incor
porated villages Ii Is Claimed that the space
between these villages and Cincinnati has been
omitted from the First and Second districts OF
the gerrymander, thus dlsfranchsng the voters
to the plumber OF $50. The Republicans there
fore contend that the omission invadates the
State Reapportonment Act. 1t Is asserted that
there two remedies that Congress can apply
"a bill ordering an election In the old Con-
gressional districts, which would be likely to
give the Republic ans sixteen members. or order
ing an election on a general ticket, resulting In
the return of tweuty-one members.
The 73Oo-ton three screw commerce destroyer
now being planned by the Bureaus of Construc
tion and s. cam Engineering at W ashington will
be one OF the swifest, most destructive and
most formidable naval vessels in the world. In
order tc overhaul the swiftest passenger steam
ers on the Atlantic she will be furnished with
engines of 2o,500 horse power, capable of giving
der speed of % knots an hour. Her points OF
superiority are apparent when compared With
the designs OF some new foreign vessels. The
BAKE OF the BRUSH Navy is credited Win a
speed OF % knots and 10000 horse power, the
Dupuy de Lone OF France speed of 20 knots
and $4,000 horse power and The PIemonte OF
Italy q knots and IL, 600 horse power. The
American cruiser Will have one great advantage
over these swift vessels in her coal endurance.
A resolution referred 10 The House Committee
on Military Affairs directs Secretary Proctor to
inquire into The expectancy of establishing
military garrison at San Diego, the intention
being TO locate a fort and large garrison there
San Diego was one OF the places selected by the
Forifcations Board of 1885 as requiring de,
lenses, their recommendation being 100000
for masonry and earthwork, SOS, 900 for guns
and m0rlars. $4,000 for their carriages and
100000 for submarine mines, total OF 1904
900. Among other things it Is proposed that
four ten-inch twenty-seyeu-ton guns be mounted
on the defen ses OF the fort.
Congressman Farqubar, who Is in charge OF
the Tonnage Bill, declares that majority of the
Committee on Rules is in favor OF giving that
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