Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1896-09-05
WASHINGTON LETTER
[sr EcIAL CORRESPONDENTS. |


John ChamUernn removes n person.
atty which for more than twenty
years has exerted unique AMI potent
influence upon official life in Washing
ton. Never IN office holder nor an
office seeker, MIR. Chumberlin has,
nevertheless, been at elbow-touch
through half II dozen administra-
tions with the forces which make and
mar the political fortunes of
persons and parties. His tact his gem
iality and the innate diplomacy
of his kindly nature won and
held the cordial friendship OF every
public man who came within the radI.
alton of his hospitnble influence, and
his establishment in Washington long
ago became II neutral ground in the
social life of the capital, upon which
rivals in statecraft, party and personal
ambition could meet upon equal terms
without sacrifice of consistency or
self-respect. With much in his ante
cedents which it is charity to forget,
the memory of John Chamberlin will
long be cherished for his generosity,
his personal integrity and the unfnil-
ing kindness of his later years. He
helped to teach American statemen
the civilizing influence of good living,
and in tina. he was beneiactor to his
kind.
MONUMENT TO HAHNEMANN - The
idea of erectinga monument to Hnhne-
mann, tine founder of the school of
homeopathy, took shape in 1892, at
the session Of the American Institute
of Homeopathy in Washington. A
committee representing the 10000
homeopathic practitioners in the
United States was then formed, and
called upon j. Q. A. Ward to ask his
advice rs to ''the best way to give ex-
preston in plastic art to the genius
and achievements of the father of the
new school of medicine" Mr.. Ward
advised the committee not to go
abroad to have statue or monument
made, declaring that there were many
Americans now working III sculpture
who could give them better results
than could be obtained in France, Italy
or Germany. This suggestion was fol-
lowed, and III invitation to compete was
issued to all American sculptors,
twenty-four of whom sent sketches,
with the result that Mr.. Niehaus' was
unanimously agreed upon as being by
far the most meritorious. The form
of the monument is that of the Greek
exhedra, and is elliptical in plan. The
platform on which the statue rests is
reached by four broad steps. Mr..
Niehans has modelled statue of Hah.
nemann of heroic size. He is repre-
scented seated, and his face looks
rugged and full of strength and dig
nifty. The statue rests on pedestal
of granite ae,ainst wide, open niche,
in the center of n circular wall, which
forms the background of the plat
form. Above the statue is tablet,
on which is the inscription "Hahue-
MANN" On the base is "Similia
similibus curantur" like cures like the
motto of the school of homeopathy.
AS the monument is to be placed in
an open squire, where it can be seen
on all sides, much pains has been
taken to make the diverse facade at.
tractive. The main lines of the CEN
trail portion are repeated. with fiat
curtain wall, divided into three panels
for inscriptions. In tue centre, fill
ing the tympanum of the arch, are
two figures, in has relief, emblematic
of the science and art of medicine.
Above these, in the attica, is the date
of the erection, in Roman numer-
ais. Below the centre of the curtain
wall is a marble basin, in which
stream of water flows from the mouth
of carved dolphin. On the side
walls are dates of Hahnemann's birth;
Meissen, April II, 1855; and of his
death; Paris, July 2, 1913. encircled
with laurel wreaths. The dimensions
of the monument are forty-six feet
broad, thirty feet deep and twenty
feet high. The cost is $4,000 The
monument will be unveiled in 1897.
HoKE SAITH am overjoyed to
have reached that point where
we can take final farewell of
Hoke Smith, of Georgia, us an adj
figure. The persis.
tency with which he has for several
weeks thrust his head daily from
under the canvas of the populistic
circus tent, to make Il grimace Mt rea-
son and consistency, has been one of
the most trying features of IL very try
ing campaign thus far. AS soon rs he
retires to private life, and begins active
stump work for candidate whose
principles he has lately repudiated, we
can afford to leave him to his own de-
struction. Absence of notoriety will
kill him quicker than conscience
could.
TREASURY OFFICIALS SURPRISED
Treasury officials were thrown into
CONSERVATION by discovering that
many copies of circular 1913, recently
issued, containing financial informa-
ton, had incorporated in them silver
speech by senator Stewart of Nevada.
LII some way, when the circular was
bound at the government printing office
the Stewart speech got mixed up with
The other pages of the circular. How
many of the 80, 600 copies of the cir
,ular already sent out contain the
Stewart speech is not known, but each
copy Of the circular now being sent
out is carefully examined. A new edi-
ton of the circular is now being
printed, with the Stewart speech elm
mated.
SIGNAL CODE For ARMY USE. The
report of the joint army and navy
board appointed to investigate the
subject of signal codes has been APP
proved by the secretary of war, who
has now ordered that the Myer code,
IN use 10y the army prior to 1886, as
modified by the board, on and after
Oct, l. 1895. shDll he used for the |