The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-06-10
STATUE OF SHERMAN
WO.cOtt Is Displeastd With tie Award
Of the Army of the Tennessee.
A NUMBER OF BILLS PASSED
House Democrats Turn Their
backs to the Unseating Mania
That Has Become Chronic
With the Republicans.

Washington. June 9.-The senate to-
day agreed to the final conference re-
ports on the naval and Indian appro-
priation bills. leaving only the sundry
civil and the District of Columbia ccn-
ference reports outstanding. A night
session has been agreed to In anticlpa-
tion OF delays and opposition TO the
naval and Indian conference reports,
but they went through so speedily that
the night session was abandoned. The
resolution for an inquiry into the cir
cumstances of the award of the statue
of General William T. Sherman occa-
stoned debate. Mr.. Wolcott criticised
the award on the ground that II was an
injustice to the Society of American
Sculptors. Senators Allison. Hawley
and Mills defended the award. The res
olution was finally defeated
The bill to amend the law respecting
punishment for contempt of court was
discussed by Hill and Allen but final
vote was not reached. The measure
Is the result of agitation over the i'm
prisonment Of Eugene v. Debs and eth
ers for contempt. An effort to pass the
Francis e. Hoovey pension BILL re-
Gently vetoed by the president, failed,
through the absence of a Quorum. A
supplementary deficiency bill, covering
the mileage of new members of the
house and other minor items was pass
ed. The house bill was passed author
izing the attorney general to select
site and secure plans for federal pris-
on on the military reserve at Leaven-
worth, Kan.
Regarding the resolution to investi-
gate the award of the Sherman statue,
W,olcott said. From the 26 models SUBJ
mltted, the committee of American
sculptors made an award, but this was
disregarded by a committee of the Ar
my or the Tennessee. who gave the
award to Carl Rhol Smith, thus boost
Ing him up from tenth place In compe-
tition to first place. 1t was a fragrant
disregard Of Justice" said the senator.
Already" said Mr.. wolcott, "the ma
tional capitol was disgraced by statues
and bronzes which We're a disgrace to
the end Of the nineteenth century"
Allison insisted that the Army of the
Tennessee retained the right to make
a final determination on models. The
Sculptors' society acted merely In an
| advisory capacity. The old comrades
OF General Sherman were best qualified
to select a model which truly marked
his lineament. The senator protested
| scandal and carry a stigma against the
Army Of the Tennessee. Hawley also
believed that the old comrades of the
hero of Atlanta would be able to select
statue which would be not only an
ideal Of great general but one recog-
nizable as Sherman himself. Mills re-
ferred to his service on the committee
to select statues Of Generals Grant and
Logan, and said In each case he had de-
clined to accept the conclusions of the
artists and had insisted that the FAM
+ lily of the generals should be con-
suited.
A joint resolution by Mr.. Burrows
was passed, authorizing the insertion
Of a bronze tablet on the new public
building at Detroit, commemorative
the British evacuation of 1896. Morgan
offered resolution, which was re-
ferred, authorizing the committee on
Pacific railroads to continue the in
quiry as to the Union and Central Pa
cific roads during the recess of con-
gress. At $40 the senate adjourned un-
til 10 a. m. tomorrow.