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committee of three Senators and three Rep
One to H0hnemann.

One to Hnhnemann.
Senator Gallinger is the father Of an
other proposition which, having been re-
ported from the library committee, may be-
come a law during this Congress. It grants
permission to the American Institution OF
Homeopathy to erect a monument in this
city to Samuel Hahnemann "philanthro-
ptst. scholar teacher and physician,
whose labors in the cause of medicine and
the alienation of the sick have caused his
name to be respected throughout the civil
lied world as one of the benefactors of his
race" The fund for this monument Is al
ready in hand, having been raised by the
institute, and the design for the statue has
been accepted. 1t is thought by some to he
beautiful conception, and represents the
founder of homeopathy sitting with
marble semi-circle partly surrounding him
and affording a resting place for the weary.
The design is rather that of a fountain,
with the statue as a central figure. The
fount Is in front of the structure. The joint
resolution now pending appropriates $1,000
Tor foundation for this monument, which
is to be presented to the people of the
United States, and is to be erected on a site
chosen by the officer in charge of the new
library building, the joint committee on the
library and the chairman of the institutes
monument committee.
Also to John Amos COmenfus,
Mr.. Woodman of Illinois late in February
introduced a bill appropriating $4,000 to
erect monument to the memory and
recognition Of the life and great service to
humanity in the cause of education of John
Amos Comenius, who was otherwise and
more properly known as Komensi1 who
lived from 1892 to 1871, and whose first edu-
cational methods made important reforms
In the teaching of languages, and intro
duced into schools the study of nature He
was Moravan by birth, but much of his
work was done in Sweden. He died in Hol-
land. Educators throughout the world recog-
nlZe him as the one who first gave an in
SEPARATION to teachers and instructors in all
branches of learning. The bill now pending
creates a commission, to consist of two
members OF the House and one member of
the Senate. to select plans and a site for
this monument, which is presumably to be
erected in this city, although there is no
provision to that effect.
The Robert Dale Owen Statue.
In December Mr.. Hemenway of Indiana in
troduced bill appropria ting $4,000 to
purchase statue to be erected on the
grounds Of the Smithsonian Institution, to
represent the late Robert Dale Owen, who
In 1870 as Representative in Congress
from Indiana introduced the bill to estab-
lish the Smithsonian Institution, and in the
lace or strong opposition secured its sub
stantial enactment April 30 1916. Mr. Owen
was appointed chairman of the first board
Of regents of that institution and devoted
many years of his l.fe to ITS organization
and success. The money appropriated is to
be expended under the direction of the Sec
relary or the Treasury, and the sculptor is
TO be designated by representatives of the
owen family. with the approval of the
board of regents of the institution. 1t is
understood that such a statue has already
beeh designed by Mr.. James Voorhees, of
TINS city. son of the present senior Senator
from Indiana.
Statues to Zachary Taylor and Gen.
IT Is not often that propositions are now
made to erect statues to departed Presi-
dents OF an earlier period of the century,
and this fact marks for special note the
proposition Of Mr.. Jenkins of Wisconsin,
who in December introduced bill appro-
priating $4,000 for an equestrian statue
In Was hington of Gen. Zachary Taylor
twelfth President of the United States.
The Secretary of War is directed to con-
tract with Theodore A. Mills, or other
competent artists for the erection of the
statue.
The House of Representatives has al
ready passed joint resolution authorizing
the General Spinner Memorial Association
to erect on one of the approaches or but
Iesses of the treasury building a bronze
statue of Francis Z. Spinner, formerly
treasurer of the United States which has
already been prepared. The movement for
this statue was inaugurated by the women
clerks of the Treasury Department, who
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Spinner. the first public official to propose
the employment of women in the govern
ment departments. The bill provides that
10 expense shall be incurred by the govern
rent, and that the statue shall be located
according to the directions of the Secretary
of the Treasury.
Senator Mitchell of Wisconsin in Decem-
Der introduced a joint resolution, which in
March was reported favorably from the
committee on the library, appropriating
$1,000 for the purchase of a statue of Victor
Hugo, already executed by Signor G. Tren-
tancve, the sculptor of the now famous
Marquette statue in the Capitol. The in
tention is 10 place this statue in the new
library of Congress.
A Statue of Chase
Senator Sherman in December introduced
a bill for the purchase of a statue Of Sal
mon P. Chase. late chief justice of the
United States, executed by Mills. and now
in the possession Of Mr.. Henry s. Brewing
ton. The bill contains blank appropria-
ton.
Four of the pending propositions relate to
commanders of Union forces during the
late war; $4,000 Is appropriated for each
statue. Mr.. Bingham of Pennsylvania pro-
posed the name of Maj. Gen. George G.
Meade as subject for och a monument:
Mr.. Russell of Connecticut nominated Mai.
Gen. John Sedgwick: Mr.. Arnold of Rhode
Island proposed Maj Gen. Ambrose E.
Burnside, and Mr.. Poole Of New York
brought forth the fame of Maj Gen. Henry
w. Slocum as worthy of commemoration