The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-02-23

Representative Cummings. from the
Committee on Library, has made the fol-
lowing interesting report on the bill au-
thorizing plans or designs for a memorial
statue of Gen. L. S. Grant to be erected
on Government ground in the District:
Fifteen years have passed since Gen.
I Ulysses s. Grant died. No man in this
country was ever more deeply loved or
more sincerely mourned than he. Scanning
his life-following it year by year from
! infancy 10 the last day at Mount Nc
Gregor-it apuy illustrates individual OPP
portunitios and achievements in the Amer
lean Republic. His errors Of judgment,
his failures. and his Affections only mark
his as human. His great work shows the
touch Of divine inspiration. OF humble
lineage, he was ever in sympathy with the
common people. In the height Of his
glory. whether at home or abroad. receiv-
ing the homage due to the Chief Magis
trate of the Nation. or being entertained
by the courts Of Europe and OF the Orient.
ne represented the citizenship Of the Uni
ted States
1t is not necessary in this report to re-
/ view the services which General Grant
| rendered his country. They are written on
! all his countrymen. To the statesmen; 10
| the soldier on the land and the sailor on
/ the sea; to the rich and the poor. to the
| capitalist and the labOrer: TO the million
I OF aging veterans who served under him
/ and TO the boy just learning TO rea 4 his
| is household name dear as that of Wash
I ingtUn and Lincoln. The heart OF every
patriotic American thrills as he recalls the
/ great Victories from DOnelson 10 Apo
/ matoX. and is filled with gratitude for the
/ man who. under Providence. was so instru-
! mental in preserving the integrity and
I perpetuity of the Union.
| with all his strength of character and
| tenacity of purpose. with all his wonder
/ full endowments. and with all his tri-
! umphs as a soldier and as a President. he
| was possessed Of such genueness Of soul,
I such simplicity of heart, such purity OF
character. such unselhsh devotion that he
| not only commanded the respect and ad-
! miration Of the world. but won the love
1 and affection OF all his cOuntrymen. From
/ time immemOrial grateful people have
/ erected monuments TO the memory of their
| illustriOus dead. II is wise and proper
! thus TO do. but it IS not wise and proper
| 10 so long delay the expression of graft
tude as 10 excite the remark and wonder
/ Of visitors from foreign shores at our
/ seeming Indifference. That no monument
| or memorial has ever been erected at tho
( National Capital to the memory Of this
Z great man seems almost incredible
The parks and reservations Of Washing
ton everywhere reveal the sCulptOr's art
! commemorative the memory OF our noble
I and heroic dead Sherman. Hancock
I sheridan. Logan. Rawlins Thomas, and
! Mcpherson. who all served under him. have
/ been reproduced i'm bronze Why. then.
| should the greatest OF them ali be not thus
| remembered
Your committee believe the action re-
Quired should be delayed no longer les
/ Congress and the people Of the National
! Capital be charged with ingratiJudc and
/ forgerfuluess.
Tine accompanying bill. which simply
makes an appropriation of $1,000 for the
| preparation OF plans and designs for me-
/ mortal OF statue of General Grant on ground
/ belonging 10 the United States Government
/ i'm this city. receives the unauimous sup
( port Of the committee, and its pas age is
! recommended