Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-04-03

To lie Erected In New York-A De-
sign Selected and the Award Made.
Now York Trlhunn


This Is the anniversary OF the natal-day
OF Thomas Jefferson. and with it comes
the authoritative announcement OF the
perfected Organization OF a movement 10
put W an imposing memorial TO his
memory in this city. This enterprise
originated, or rather. took some definite
form, among an informal body OF artists.
all Of whom have united in the belief
that something should be done TO ,e-
deem the character Of public statuary
and monuments in his city. They be-
lieve. further, that the model selected
should be typical OF the life. achieve
ments. and person OF Thomas Jefferson,
and should answer all artistic require
ments. not only n Colonial costume. bot,
in addition. should be a recognition Of
what the great Virglnian did 20 advance
the commercial Importance o. this POI, t
during his presidency OF eight years.
The committee Inet and organized some
months ago. electIng Noah Davis presi-
dent; Wills s. Paine, formerly presi-
dent of the State Trust Company. trea-
surer, and Walter Il. McCorkle, secre-
tary. The Art Committee, appointed to
pass upon designs. reported unanimously
In favor Of that designed by T. Scott
Hartley. the sculptor OF the Ericsson
statue. at the Battery; Of the Puritan
at Springfield. Mass, and Of Daguerre.
I'm the National Museum. at Washing
ton, and other important pul lie works
Among the members Of this Art Cons
mittee were the late Richard ". Hunt
II. NJ. UpjOhn (architecD; Thomas Mo-
ran. president of the SalmagIndi Club;
Frank Milet, the late Gao-ge Inness.
Eastman johnson, and Elliott danger
field.
The committee-at-large embraces some
OF the best-known names in New York,
Republicans predominatlng. This was ex-
hibited when the leadership was first sug
gested TO ex-Judge Noah Davis. who
said: "Well, If jefferson were alive to-day
he would be a Republican" Other mem
bers Of the committee are Cornelius n.
Bliss, Martin r. MacMahon, Julien r.
Davies. w. Bourke Cochran, Ashley w.
Cole. jefferson NJ Levy towner Of Mon
tcello), John i. Mayo "a kinsman' Of JEFF
fersom, John ID. Crimmins, William Mel
son Cromwell, ex-Judge Charles +. DAILY.
ex-Judge George NJ. Van Hoesen, and DR..
George +. Shrady.
The contract executed by the committee
in making the award to Sculptor Hartley
provides for structure with the sur
mounting figure Of Jefferson and statues
I'm bronze, costing in the aggregate $4,000
The decorative features Of the drum above
the pedestal will be Liberty Calling the
Colonies TO Arms" expressed in sixteen
life-slze figures in bronze. Other access
series will be emblematic Of the life of
the author OF the Declaration of American
Independence Of the statue In favor OF
religious freedom. and of the founder or
the University of Virginia.
The effort of the committee and the
sculptor in this movement has been TO
provide a memorial out of the conven-
tional, that New York may have an ar
tistic creation worthy OF the advancing
culture in the fine arts.
Said an influential member Of the COM
mittee last evening: ut has not been our
policy to make our deliberations or even
Intentions public, for as individuals we
would have been overrun with PROPOSE
tons from sculptors. good. bad, and indif-
ferent: as nearly all of us have been
on other committees OF a like character
before we decided to go about our work
on the quiet, with the aid of able, distn-
guished, and disinterested artists residing
i'm New York. As TO the money, you can
say there is TO trouble about that. for AT
least two admirers of Jefferson have said
that they would be glad 10 put up
monument to his memory under our aus
pices, entirely out of their own pockets.
Furthermore, Jefferson monument IN
New York is a certainty"