Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-05-20

81 i'm one of the l'hliIdr. Pima papers
asst week said an old =, uuSylvanian who
Is IN town for "A few DAYS. that Cen Hart
rarrt-s austrian statue al Harrisburg de-
pi,t~ that famous man as riding trium-
ptautly INTO the door Of the new state
house being erected in thai city. ] don't
want TO cast a slur upon my native state.
but I must say that the statement is I'm
uuaIifiadly fa'sc. Gen Hartranft in bronze
is beaded away from that famous but
=, ,ruiugiy Inflated capitol building: indeed,
his horse seems to appreciate the situa-
tiou and appears to he putting his best foot
foremost To escape contact with that cost
Iy but terribly unsIEhtIy structure. You
ought TO see that state house once In the
Language of the street. it i a bird. Al
though mint of money has been spent on
it, construction. enough in fact, TO haV"
put up a building twice its size built OF
marble yet it stands there today monn1
ru.ur of aVarice or iUCOmpctrUCy. Seen at
night thr electric light goftcns the gaunt.
here lines Of the brick work and the I'M
slightly architectural features of the whole
construction. but see 1t in daylight. II Is
8 sight for tn" gods.
Il know about your city post office build
ing and the trouble you have had with that
here ia Washington. But l want to tell
Won that your ease isn't marker to that
one in Harrisburg You have got your
diEuihcG appearance, although ! can't say
much for its architectural style, while The
capitol at Harrisburg Is an unSIghJiy PIE
Of brick. ug.y enough to give any one the
nightmare after visiting il as one OF the
curiositirS ~ the town. And that word
curiosity fits it exactly The plan is. !
believe concluded the Pennsylvania. to
veneer the brick with stone. Ven. / gust
wish that you and 1 were in on the con-
tract on one side or the other
Daniel WehSt"r's spirit viii he rather
surprised. if not disrIeased. when the day
comes for the uuveiIins of his statue up
10y Scott Circle" observed an old New Eng
lander To- "a Star reporter. though in time
b. may ct used to it. l don't question the
philanthropy or public spirit Of the donor
OF III. statue. but am sure from what
knew of Webster he Will not like It that
Gen SOFT is 81 half block nearer than he
to the White House, for which they both
strpye So earnestly when they were rivals
on earth and i'm earthly politics. Those Of
Us VII, are pII enough, and those who hav"
come since. have no doubt read of the con-
test that tho, ..Jd for the wing nomination
fav the presidency. As every student OF
political history knows or has read. Scott
beat him for the nomination, and Webster
took the br.ating badly to heart that II
was generally supposed it caused his death
in lSJI The idea Of placing SCOTS face
toward the, White House brought about the
criticism that IL hardly fair To place
him that way in that IL made him appear
thstt his spirit was trying to ride to the
White House, after having failed to get
there in h ordinary way on foot and by
the votes of the people Scott WAS defeated
for tht. presidency by Gen Franklin Pierce,
who was one of the generals under him, and
] can't think of anything better than that
there should he statue Of Gen. Pierce on
the triangle to- the east Of the Scott statue
So a. to complete the history of that event
in our political history. II would be rare
ami interesting group. Still am glad that
Webster even at TINS bate day Is hpil"rtd
10y public statue in Washington. city IN
which ne was such prominent figure in his
time. and nv thought runs only to the fit
ness uf the location, at least 10 Its appro-
pTIItsu"ss-
Il am glad ,u notice that in one Of the
features IF The peace jubilee the colored
race has been recognized. remarked a
prominent cpIored resident TO a Star re-
porter. and ] feel confident that the race
Is willing 9" enter the competition and
abide BY whatever decision the public will
arrive ut after their work Is performed.
The feature I refer to is the singing bril-
gade which j. To form i part Of one Of the
pdrtde~. This feature Is novel in many re
specrs and ] think will prove entertaining
Is We'll as successful. The singing brigade
is entirely new musical feature. 1t is
10 consist If two regiments not over one
Thousand strong each one of the reg1-
meuts is To- t,- comprised Of ordinary Amer
leans and The other Df C0lOred Americans
They are 20 sing certain patriotic songs
ana marching hymns they are marching
along. on the parade from the Capitol To
ne White House. wler" they TO give
The President handkerchief salute. sing
My Country. It's IF Thee" and then
march 10 ;he White Lot, where they will