The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1895-02-04
foes OF Cameron active
They Have Made Overtures to Dave
Martin to Join Them.
BLOW At PULLMAN MONOPOLY
Mrs. Starkcy's Measure Re.introduccd.
Tho Widow of tho Well.KnOwn Sculp.
tor Desires an Appropriation to
Complete Strength and Beauty.
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the state administration, of which he
will be a member when the governor
appoints him commissioner of banking.
Colonel Gilkeson has not only secured
the promise of this lucrative place for
himself, but he has obtained the con=
sent of the governor to the selection by
Factory Inspector Campbell of one of
his most active political lieutenants for
deputy of the district composed of the
counties of Bucks and Montgomery and
all that part of Philadelphia north of
and including Manayunk. There were
an even dozen of applicants in Mont
gomery county for the place, but they
have all been. given to understand that
the place is to be given to Porter Min
zer, of Bristol, the home of the state
chairman.
One OF Quay's Trusted Lieutcnants.
The seargant-at-arms of the senate Is
sleepy-looking individual with a
shaggy grey beard and keen gray eyes.
AS he sits at his desk in the rear of the
senate chamber, near the main en-
trance he looks. at a glance, as If he
We're half asleep and was entirely OBJ
livious to his surroundings. But he Is
not; he is as wide awake as the most
active member and a keen observer of
everything going on about him. He
has most remarkable memory and
never forgets name or face. This
man is James =. Harrah, of Beaver,
Senator Quays closest personal and po-
| ltical friend. Harrah looks after the
political details of the state of Beaver
and is a valuable aid to Senator Quay
in keeping him in touch with the polti-
cal movements in that end of the state.
Quay is very fond of Harrah, and one
of his first acts after the Inauguration
of President Harrison was to have him
appointed marshal for the Western
| Pennsylvania district. The sergeant
alarms looks not unlike a prosperous
farmer, although he is a lawyer with a
| good practice.
Representative Seyfert's Bill.
A bill has been introduced in the
house by Representative Seyfert, of
Lancaster, appropriating $1,000 to erect
monument in memory of the heroes
of Eastern Pennsylvania who sacrificed
lIelT lives lIt IeNOlulloi. al
ter the battle of Brandywine about 500
of the wounded of the army of the
colonies were removed to the convent of
the Seven Day Baptists, on the site of
| the town of Ephrata, in Lancaster
county One hundred and ninety
eight of these brave fellows died from
| their wounds and q deadly fever which
broke out among them, and were buried
in the graveyard of the religious order
that had charge of them. The graves
of these heroes are unmarked, although
as long ago as fifty years a movement
| was started to erect to them monu-
ment. After the corner stone was laid
| the funds We're exhausted and the mat
ter abandoned until two years ago
| when Mr.. Seyfert, near the close of the
session, introduced the bill which he
| has presented at this session. A sub
committee of the house appropriation
committee made an investigation and
unanimously reported in favor of the
measure, but in the hustle at the close
of the session the bill failed.
Mrs. S.arkcy's Measure Rc.Introduced.
A middle-aged women, with white
hair, refined features, inclined to be
stout and rather prepossessing for one
of her years has been quietly circulat-
| ed among the lawmakers politicians
and state officials at the capital the
past two weeks in the interest of a bill
which has been introduced in the house
by her request. She is the widow of
George Starkey, a sculptor, formerly of
Scranton, whose death occurred about
| G,ya 90 tet
who had become widely known by his
famous busts, particularly of Peal in
| the Academy of Fine Arts. Philadel-
phia, and Of Judge Conynham, in
Wilkes-Barre, and by his bronze statue
of Governor Geary in the Harrisburg
cemetery. Starkey's masterpiece was q
model of " Strength and Beauty" for
which his widow Is seeking an appro-
priation of S25 900, to be carved in Itali-
an marble and placed in the capitol.
Two years ago a bill making this appro-
priation passed the senate and was
killed in the house, Mrs. Starkey says,
by Governor Pattison, who influenced
enough members against it to prevent
1t from going through that body.
Mrs. Starkey is making an energetic
canvass of the Legislature for her bill
and believes 1t will pass without much
opposition. She says certain influence
Is being brought to bear upon the gov
ernor and sees no reason why he will
not approve it when it reaches him.
The group consists of two figures of
heroic proportions, the male being six
feet four inches, and the female five
feet six inches. The male figure is
represented sitting upon a rough hewn
rock, at the base of which Is an anvil,
and under the extended foot Is broken
Roman sword to convey the idea that
the brutality of arms has passed away,
and by the significant grasp of the left
hand upon the lever of a modern steam
engine to interpret the power and force
of the age in which we live. In his
extended right hand is globe. The
impression OF strength Is conveyed In
the pose of the figure and is augmented
in every delineation. BY the side of the
male figure the female Is represented
standing in easy grace and tenderness
and with gentle touch upon the shoul-
der. With one hand she crowns the
globe with flowers, with the other cast
ing into the composition the element
of beauty without which mere strength
Is complete and harsh. BY her side are
a wofkbasket and distaff.
Mrs. Starkey has large photographs
giving three different views of the