Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-09-04
WASHINGTON LETTER



wears has exerted unique and potent
influence upon official life IN Washing
ton. Never an Office holder nor an
,flice seeker. Mr.. Chamberlain has,
nevertheless. been at elbow-touch
through half "A dozen administra-
tious with the forces which make and
mar the political fortunes oil
persons aud parties. His tact his gen
iality aud the innate diplomacy
of his kindly nature won and
held the cordial friendship OF every
public man who came within the radl'
alton of his hospitable influence, aud
his establishment in Washington long
ago became "a neutral ground IN the
social life of the capital, upon when
rivals in statecrsft, 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 unfall-
ing kindness of his later years. He
| helped to teach American statemen
| the civiizing influence of good living,
and in tina: he was a benelactor to his
/ kind.
/ MONUMENT TO HAHSEMANN - The
I idea of erecting monument to Hahne-
mann, tine founder of the school Of
/ homeopathy, took shape in 1892, at
I the sess.o of the American Institute
of Homeopathy in Washington. A
committee representing the lO,OOO
homeopathic practitioners III the
United States was then formed, and
called upon j. Q. A. Ward to ask his
advice as 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 IN sculpture
who could give them better results
than could be obtained in France, Italy
or Germany. THIS suggestion was fol-
/ lowed, and au invitation to compete was
issued to all American sculptors,
tweuty-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, ana 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 against wide, open niche,
in the center of circular wall, which
forms the background of the plat
form. Above the statue is a tablet,
on which is the inscription "Hahne-
mann. On the base is "Similia
similibus curantur" Qike cures like) the
motto OF the school OF homeopathy.
As the monument is to be placed in
an open square, where it can be seen
on all sides, much pains has been
taken to make the diverse facade at
z
trail portion are repeated, with fiat
curtain wall, divided into three panels
for inscriptions. In the centre, fill
ing the tympanum of the arch, are
two figures, in bias relief, emblematic
OF the science and art of medicine.
Above these, i'll 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 a
stream of water flows from the mouth
of carved dolphin. On the side
walls are dates of Hahnemann's birth ;
Nielsen, April II, 1865; 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 S75, 600. The
monument will be unveiled in 1897.
HoKE SMITH - 1 am overioyed to
have reached that point where
We can take a final farewell OF
Hoke Smith, of Georgia, as an ad-
, ministration 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 grimace at rea-
!, son and consistency, has been one OF
. the most trying features of very try
ing campaign thus far. As soon as he
retires to private life, and begins active
stump work for a 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
3 many copies of circular 1913, recently
issued, containing financial informa.
ton, had Incorporated in them silver
!, speech by senator Stewart of Nevada.
} In some way, when the circular wa.
bound at the government printing Office
r the Stewart speech got mixed up with
: the other pages of the circular. How
i many of the 80, 600 copies of the cir
q cular already sent ont contain the
i Stewart speech is not known, but eacl
: copy of the circular now being sent
i out is carefully examined. A new edi.
q ton OF the circular is now being
\ printed, with the Stewart speech elm.
:, mated.
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