The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-26

0'NE|LL'S MANILA BAY.
Chancellor McGill Refuses
to Stop the Soldiers
Monument.
SAYS IT is COMMEMORATIVE OF WAR
Committees Course Upheld
and the Martini Design
Commended.

the argument on the application of Pat-
rick II. O'Neill for an injunction to re-
strain the Soldiers and Sailors Monh-
ment Committee from continuing the
erection of the Martini design Of mon
ument commemorative of the acts Of
Erne soidfers and sailors Of Hudson coun-
ty in the War Of the Rebellion Mr..
0'Neill's application was denied. Mr.
William Brinkerhoff, who appeared for
the committee began the proceedings by
reading affidavits. Dr. Gordon told OF
the committees course. How wishing to
secure the best monument possible for
the money at their disposal the 1neIn-
bers induced a committee OF well known
artists in New York to select a design
from the large number which had been
submitted in reply to the committees $
advertisement, how the Martini model
was accepted and a contract made with
that artist. All that Patrick H. O'Neiil
had contributed to the fund was $40 for
himself his wife and his four children,
and all that had been contributed by the
r. II. O'Neill Association, now defunct,
was s42, the proceeds of baseball
match between the association and the
Dennis Mclaughlin Association. The
affidavit said that the only directors to
the design were the said P. H. O'Neill
and the granite and marble cutters of
Hudson county. The other members of
the committee made similar af1idayits,
and SO did Frank o. Cole, all of whom
praised the Martini design and laid all
the trouble upon Patrick H. O'Neill,
who they said, was plqued because he
was not made a member of the COM
mittee
Mr.. Dougherty. who appeared for
O'Neill said he was much surprised at
the contents of the affidavits, as he knew
many veterans who were opposed to the
Martini design. He then went on to ar
que that there was nothing about the
monument to show that II was soldiers
monument.
Does not that depend to large ex-
tent upon the educated taste of the in
dividual?1 asked the Chancellor.
Mr. re ,Dougherty re-, replied that that might
ps Dpa h d nFenaea n9 think anvns 5nat
50 aesthetic, but evidently it was
the intention of both the Legis-
lature and the contributors to the fund
like those in existence. He did not doubt
that the monument was a beautiful work
OF art, but II was not suitable soldiers
SInoaurael1 within the meaning Of the act.
He was not attacking the beauty of The
design, he said, but he did claim that it
was not the intention of the Legislature
far fetched design. The Chancellor asked
Ii the character of the menu-
ment depended upon the figure.
Martini Ma dsagn woad oad mot APPEAL Dp the ae
one of ordinary intelligence as a monu-
nent commemorative of the soldiers and
sailors who fought and bled for their
argued, the committee was giving small
and insignificant statue for the amount of
money 70 be expended: He said it was
struggle after artistic beauty TO the
detrdment of size and grandeur
What do you think the size ought to
be" asked the Chancellor.
i don't say" replied Mr.. Dougherty,
sblit think it ought to be more in pro-
portion to the City Hall, in front of which
1t is to stand. That big building will com
plete1y overshadow the proposed monu-
ment and make it appear Insignificant =
Would you have the monument as high
as the City Hall?" asked the Chancellor.
"Oh, no. calmly replied Mr.. Dougherty,
high-about thirty feet Mr. Dougherty
then started off to talk about matters not
relevant to the subject, when the Chan
cellor gently asked him to please stick to
hts papers, as the Chancellor had some
thing else to do today. Mr.. Brinleerhoff
summed up briefly. He claimed that the
act of the Legislature provided for a
morument commemorative of the soldiers
and sailors of the civil war, which he
proceeded to show the Martini statue
was
Continuing, Mr.. Brinkerhoff said:-sThe
figure represents the Grecian Pallas Ath-
enc, the goddess of war and peace. The
Roman goddess of war, Minerva. was
Hellenized at a very early date and identi-
fed with the Greek Pallas. In Rome,
however, the warlike character of the god
dess was completely merged in that of the
peaceful inventress and patroness of the
Mythology informs us that Athene was
endowed with the following characteris-
ttcs:-In her physical character Athene
appears as the goddess of the pure bright
ether, in which the ancients saw the high
est force of nature. Locked at from her
ethical side, she appears as the goddess
of wisdom, a reflection and personifica-
tion of that profound wisdom and sagac-
ity with which Zeus controls the destin-
les of the world. Hence. we may easily
gather the other features of her charac-
ter She is. in the first place, the pro-
tectress of states, and an that their well
fare requires in peace or war proceeds
from her.
as well as war. In the latter capacity she
accompanies the army on it's march, IN
spires the soldiers with. ardor for the fray
and rewards them with victory and rich
spoils: she also affords her mighty protec-
tion to towns and cities at home: In
Homer she figures as the kindly guide and
prctectress Of Individual heroes.
s'As goddess of peace, Athene was
equally lavish in blessing. Everything
necessary either to the physical or intel
lectual welfare of mankind was believed
to proceed from her, and to be sub
ject to her influence In Greece, the
worship of this benevolent goddess, who
exercised such an important influence on
human life, was very extensive. No
where did she receive a higher degree OF
yeileration than at ATHENS. of which city
she was really the tutelary deity Her
most important shrine was the Parthe-
non (temple of the virgin goddess), which
was erected by Pericles on the Acropo-
lis. and the remains of which, even In the
present day, excite the wonder and ad-
miration of the world
1s0n combining the characteristic fea-
tureszof Athene we may gather that her
most prominent trait is lofty serious
ness, WE'LL betting the grave character
of the goddess
The statues are always fully clothed
in accordance with the chaste character
Of the goddess. The attributes of Athene
consist of the aegis (Which serves as
a shield) the spear or sword and the
helmet. The helmet is sometimes adorn-
ed with the figures Of gritins. significant
of the overpowering might OF the
wearer.
Mr. Brinkerhoff claimed that O'Nei1l
was guilty Of lache, as he waited from
September 1897 when the commit tee adj
vertised for designs. until May. 1885, al
lowing the committee to go ahead, make
It's contract with Martini and pay him
81 900 on account without taking any legal
steps to prevent i from SO /. {, doing He
said that the complainant's bill was sup.
who was isappointed because he wal hot
put upon the committee Of Cax per
Buberi who submitted design which
Was rejected, not receiving even favor