Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-04-17
AN INTERESTING DO, Int.
A Petition Against the Marquette Statue
from Wheeling.

from Wheeling.
Special to the Register.
Washington, D. c., April 16.-After
considerable trouble and delay, l am
able TO send you a copy of the petition
and remonstrance, signed by number
OF your citizens. against the Marquette
statue. and introduced in Congress re-
Gently by Capt. Dovener.
The document is as follows
To the Senate and House OF Represent
atives OF the United States OF Amer
lea. in Congress Assembled:
Whereas. Certain citizens and other
persons. resident in the State OF WIS
cOnsin. have subscribed for and caused
TO be made, a statue Of one called Pere
Marquette. a deceased member OF a for
eign society. known as the Society or
Jesus. Jesuitsl, said society and the
members thereof being subjects OF and
holding sole allegiance to an Italian
priest known as the general OF said So
ciety, and
Whereas. Said citizens and other
per ors. resident in the Aforesaid state
of Wisconsin. have. under the super
vision OF priests and other members OF
the said Society OF Jesus, been instru-
mental in placing said statue IN stat
uary hall at Washington, in company
With the immortal Washington, Jeffer-
son. Lincoln and our other illustrlous
Presidents and statesmen. and
Whereas. said Marquette was not at
any time a citizen of Jhe United states
nor Of any State, and the presence or
his statue in the halls of our national
legislature is therefore unlawful and IN
c0ntravention Of the stutute provided
in such cases.
We. the undersigned citizens OF the
United States. do hereby strongly and
! firmly protest against he continuance
Of the statue Of the aforesaid Marquette
n said statuary hail, o. in any o'her
public national room, building. or upon
any public grounds; and.
Furthermore, urge upon your honor
| able bodies in Congress assembled 10
/ cause said statue 10 be Immediately re-
! moved from where its presence in I'M
! mediate proximity TO the statue OF our
/ beloved and ever hOnored presidents
/ and statesmen. causes Offense to every
/ true American who loves the princi-
pies of liberty as upheld and eXempli-
/ fed by Washington and the signers Of
/ the Declaration OF Independence, and
oppose and reprobate the illiberal. des-
pOtic and theOretic principles Of the
aforesaid Society of Jesus.
). Y. McCunkey. 1905 Jacob street; S.
I ~, oh f-nf Tofch - NNr11
! NJ. Cunningham. 4706 Jacob street; Aug.
r. Knoke. r. c. Williams. 4101 jacob
/ street: H. ". Seabright. Merrett street;
H. 3. Vessel, 5000 Jacob street; Chris.
Beck 3627 Chapline street; George w.
/ Robinson. 129 South Front street; w.
| S Kline. 5000 McCulloch street: Alf.
/ Davis. Il South Broadway; Charles a.
/ HObStetter. 3501 Chapline street; Amos
/ Nolan, Chas NJ. Smith, 1903 Wood
street; Chas. A. Covert. 1921 Stovel
street. Fred. c. Helmbrecht 5000 Jacob
street; Chas T. Rennard. 2349 EOff
street; Herman Brimson, 4036 Wood
street: Clifford Sharp. 1924 Wood street /;
Albert Drum 5517 Wood street: II. T.
Odoener. Clarence Hayes. 3712 EOff
street; Grant Baird. 274S Jacob street;
Robert C0wen. r. J. Fullerton. Dennis
Carpenter. ]. KOOntZ, Fred Waiter. Jr,
Albert L. Coy. G. b. Mcdonald. w. F.
, Burdett. D. ". TaylCr. Chas Ray, J. NJ
Moore Wylie Woods Samuel l.. Glib
l bons. Samuel Sloan. James Allen. Amos
| Nolan; II. L. Cunningham. 4706 Jacob
( street: Addison Israel: Charles Calda-
baugh. 1886 Mccullough street; Philip
| Caldbaugh; John r. McFadden, 261S
/ JACOB street; James 5. Whiteman; Ed
ward Plues; Frank Ashworth. 1890 Ja-
/ cob street: William Linger; John Pow
/ ell: s. p. Ullum. 1888 Wood street; Jas
/ r. Gibb: Edgar Chancck. 1924 Eoff
/ street: II. p. Maxwell. 80 Eighteenth
/ street: w. J. Bennett. 1918 Wood street;
c. Z. Norris. f. r. Crago. E. A. Kasser-
man. Mart L. Zeh. Z. Cunningham, 5.
/ Simpson. V. Fenesan, John HagedOrn,
I j. NJ. Jackson. 400 Main street; Thos.
Camp. 1S0 Eighteenth street; Edward
Friedrich. Sylvester Murphy, B. F. Hais-
[ ter. G.. II. Williams. Herbert Parker
| Daniel Z. TOomey. Christ. Wagner
! Stephen DOneSOn. w. c. Meyer, l.. w.
( Roberts. H. A. Helmbright. Jr.. j. w
| Pultz. II. Burt. G.. W. Earnest, H. II.
/ Riggs. Wm II. Syivis, J. +. Mcdonald.
Daniel Smith. VIM. r. Shannon, H. C.
/ Clark. Jos Mathis VS.. Samuel Cole, Fred
, C. Shuts. Geo A. Tappan, S. B. Marshall,
| L. w. Cole, Chas Boyd, Albert Mercer
/ Riley Mecamilk. James Howard. F. B.
, Shaight. s II. Gibhart, c. F. Hughes,
I w. J. Riggs. J. E. Rantz, NJ. l.. Fuller
I ton. Louis Whissen, Albert Eifter, G. w.
Plants. Ira c. Barker