Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1893-02-17
3 JACKSON STATUE.
Monument in the City
If washington.
,nout Clark Mills, the Ameri-
pthpN 10. who Planned and Exc
% O' the Rare aud Graceful
work of Art.



,.,rian statue of jackson in
e ", square. opposite the white
l'.| ,,n,idcred the best work of
lind in the national capital.
Fam is such that it attracts at
rem greater number Of Wis
any other statue, and it has
which was recently brought
10 thc efforts of certain I'M
,..nle TO obscure the jackson
w 4, p ria.ing the Lafayette statue
.r.b entrance of the park. 1t
r,,mcd. by officials having a
g..,f authority, that the gov
has a clear title to the jackson
',rl can obscure it, or remove it
I, woods, if it wants to-
=, WAS once newspaper pub
4 here called the National Intelli-
+. The files of that paper, under
| ofJanuary II, 1858, contain the
/ .- -,,r paragraph; at is due to the
monumental committee to say
~. Jackson statue has been made
,,sted entirely under their con-
.rl direction. They caused the
80 IN be collected employed the
and made all the arrangements
manruration. That committee
s,.rowof the following gentlemen:
Gave Johnson, chairman; Amos
.l,n = p. Blair, John w. Maury,
p rr,0.h. Charles X. Gardner, c. p.
,,,,,, John McCalla, George w.
E. Thomas Ritchil, George
T., Jahn c. Rives and A. j. Donel-
The original committee consisted
ts.,arn members, of whom were the
WING gentlemen: John =, Van Ness,
+, Hoban, Jesse +. Dow and Will
Il Harris, the three former of
I.haye died, and the latter, upon
4, abroad, resigned; and their
J, have been filled by MessrS. Me
m Parker, hughes and Donclson."
refes Of the same paper show that
/. srtg, was inaugurated on January
ra the date ordinarily called
nelson's Day." because it is the an
oslrv Of the victory at New Or
a, Upon that occasion, the statue
l,g-.,,atcI to the United States; and
-r there is no doubt about the title
n. government to the statue OF "0id
-r.' but it has been settled that
4 runze prcscntmcut of the military
lav., hero shall remain in its pres
.r,.t.0n. The statue of Lafayette
DOW located at the southeast entrance
hs park, instead of the south en-
.-e where it would have been di-
evbsween the jackson statue and
.uafr house,
Ih names of the members Of the
ava Monumental association are
.mmas Of the most prominent citi-
srearIv Washington, The Off 'ial
Iana Of the dedicatory exercises
lair, the following:
Ma-r escort
D rugmout committee.
b, artist
BE- Stephen A. Douglas, orator,
,lrau, Of congress,
r,a.0. rc United States.
l.- a.l house % representatives,.
.gs t The ,uprgme court.
,-1.aler IN chief Of the army, and the old
aIE0. n the navy, etc,
twas a long procession, and the ex-
.Sss lasted from ten o'clock in the
ming until three o'clock in the af
noon, the last performance being q
iona. military salute, followed by {
.Istjon by the chaplain Of tn,
,g At the conclusion of the orator
he greatest orator of his day, Hon
glea 4. Douglas, Mr.. Clark Mills
artist, was presented to the vast
@crc Of people and heartily
a'e1 as he deserved to be, for his
'Gwas Unrivalcd at that date.
lark Mills had been a piasterer, and
las while engaged in making plaster
ices and center pieces that he con-
led to undertake the reproduction
bees in plaster. He had very little
less and finally turned to modelling