The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-07-04
"So REASON"

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no REASON"
"Aud so Katie W. Field and acknowl-
edged, true friend Of the negro race OBJ
Iecls to the erection Of the John Brown
monument Miss Field and q few
other friends oWne tho homestead.
whore the remains OF that martyr and
two Of his son rent a time worn slab
OF simple design marks the resting
place and the sale keeping Of the treas
uTed dead ls provoked for by the people
who own It. The John Brown moRu.
ment association was Incorporated in
st, Paul and with Mira 4. II, Lylea as
president 10 raising iunda for the work.
One can not amRgIne the reason that
Miss Field eau give that will prove sat-
isiactory to the public aud her con-
science, she Will probably take tho
place Of ownership, and yet why should
there DO any objection to the colored
people raising u monument out Of
gratitude and love TO tho martyr OF lib
eTty, 1t would seem fitting that Miss
Fold would rejoice TO SEQ tho memory
OF this apostle OF liberty 80 honored by
a people that have through strife and
difficulty risen TO tho light OF appreolR-
ton OF John Brown aud others. 1t 10
sincerely hoped that Miss Field will
! give this matter rare CONFEDERATION and
allow the monument 10 be erected over
the reating place Of this honored dead.
But Mrs. Lyles the President sRysi We
are going 10 erect a monument to the
memory OF John Brown II not at North
Elba, where he sleeps the sleep that
knows no working. some place else,
We think Il spot near his grave the
proper place. What q shame that Miss
Field would permit loving hands to
place this memorial for no reason at all
near his grave instead OF in the fullness
Of a noble womanhood gladly give and
gladly to know 'tla hers 10 give, them
the right to honor the martyr In his
proper place. Upon what meat dose
aolne people feed"
Inasmuch Gs tho stone over John
Browns grave was placed there by John
Browns instructions, aud inasmuch as
George Y. Hale and Wendell Phillips
some years later dedicated q magnificent
bowlder near by to the memory Of John
Brown, whose name is carved thereon,
it ia tho decision Of tho owners OF his
John Brown, though an enthusiast,
would DO tho. first to bog Mrs. Lyles and
her irionds to use their money Tor some
practical purpose, a. ] suggested in
these columns several weeks ago. II
ever tho black race needed ind uStrial
training schools 1t iS now, and | have
just found an institution In this Jeru.
salem OF the negroes that Is crying
aloud Tor help. never knew Of its OK
istence until to-day. and now | wonder
why 80 brighta light should have been
hidden under a bushel.
OSO
Before l toll Of my pilgrimage to this
beautiful and historic town Of West
Virginia. lot me dispose Of another lot
OF singular misintorm alton, published
in tho Dispatch, OF st. Paul, MINI.
"And now 1t %transpireI that Kate
Field never propoied TO ]. J. Parker nt
all, so the RsSemblymAn al drop the
brick no has been carrying around in
his pocket aud discharge the lawyer he
employed to defend the prospective
breach Of promise suit Miss Fields
proposition was OF u purely business
nature and related TO tho monument
the colored people propose to erect in
honor OF John Brown. II was mado to
+. D. Parker instead OF the assembly,
man. Miss Field owns tho property at
North Elba. n. Y, where John Browns
body lies molderinV in tho grave, aud
she is %endeavoring TO cell it to tho state
oil New York for n public park. She
doesn't want the negotiations interfered
with by any monument plans Of any
kind, and so refused to sell any portion
OF 1t 10 tho association. She proposed,
however TO Mr.. Parker, +. D., Of 81.
Paul, aud Mr.. Garnsay, Of Chicago, that
thoy secure the old fort, which was re.
moved to Chicago at the time OF the
worlds fair, and replace II at Harper's
Ferry, then erect a monument to John
Brown there. Tho members Of tho IN.
ISOLATION do not think very favorably OF
tho proposition to pay the freight on
the fort back to Hutper's Ferry, but
they are now working up proposition
TO erect tho monument. Mr., Parker 70.
ceived Il letter this morning from Mr..
Garsnay indicating that tho colored peo.