The evening times., 1900-02-23
FOR A STATUE OF GRANT
A Favorable Report on the Bill
Authorizing Designs.
The Measure Unanimously Approved
by the House Committee on LII
brary-in Interesting Tribute 10
the Civil War General-To BE
Erected on Government Property.

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 Cen L. S Grant to be erected
on Government ground in the District:
Fifteen years have passed since Gen.
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 TO the last day at Mount Nc
Gregor-it aptly illustrates individual op-
portunities 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,
he 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
| the pages Of history They are known 10
all his countrymen. To the statesmen; TO
! 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
! of aging veterans who served under him
and to the boy just learning TO rea 4 his
! is a household name dear as that of Wash
! ington and Lincoln. The heart of every
patriotic American thrills as he recalls the
! great victories from Donelson to Apo
! matox. and is filled with gratitude for the
man who under Providence, was so lnstru-
mental in preserving the integrity and
! perpetuity of the Union.
! With all his strength of character and
! tenacity of purpose. with all ms wonder
/ full endowments. and with all his ul-
| umphs as a soldier and as President, he
was possessed of such genteness of soul,
such simplicity of heart, such purity of
| character such unselfish devotion that he
I not only commanded the respect and ad-
miration of the world, but won the love
and affection of all his countrymen. From
time immemorial grateful people have
! erected monuments to the memory oil their
! ilustriouS dead. II is wise and proper
thus 10 do. but it is not wise and proper
TO so long delay the expression OF graft
! of visitors from foreign shores at our
1 seeming indifference. That no monument
1 or memorial has ever been erected at the
( National Capital to the memory OF this
I great man seems almost incredible.
The parks and reservations of Washing
ton everywhere reveal the sculptor's art
conlmemorating the memory Of our noble
/ and heroic dead. Sherman, Hancock
/ sheridan. Logan. Rawlins, Thomas, and
/ Mcpherson. who all served under him. have
| been reproduced in bronze. Why, then
| should the greatest Of them all be not thus
| remembered?
Your committee believe the action re-
/ ouired should be delayed no longer les'
! congress and the people of the National
/ Capital be charged with ingratitude and
! fOrEetfulness.
tine accompanying bill. which simply
makes an appropriation of $4,000 for the
/ preparation of plans and designs for me-
mortal cg statue of General Grant on ground
! belonging TO the United States Government
/ in this city. receives the unanimous sup
port Of the committee, and its passage Is
! recommended