Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-10-12

near the Cor1oran Ar, Galley but with
in the White House Park. ana near
enough to the Washington monument
| TO be included in the same bit Of land
| scape with it. Plans are already under
way for a statue Of General Sheridan.
to stand in Pennsylvania Avenue, in a
triangle fronting the Post building.
| The Sherman statue is almos, fin
| ished. and will stand on pedestal
! already in place, facing the south front
of the Treasury. Other heros OF the
! civil War have been remembered
| Logan. Thomas. Hancock. Rawlins
| Dupont. Farragut. etc.-but nobody
has yet undertaken to direct public
| sentiment toward some fitting
| memorial to the memory of the man
| who was the embodied genius of the
great struggle The pressure which
will come for Mckinley memorial
| will no doubt call attention to the
| neglect of Lincoln by the nation he did
| so much to save. and lead to some
| suitable action by Congress.
| The real-estate spectators who have
| Tor some years been urging a scheme
| FOR a higher ornate bridge over the
Potomac have seized the opportunity
offered by the present outpourng Of
popular sentiment. and are making the
strongest kind of an effort to put their
plan through at the coming session Of
Congress. proposing that one arch at
the washington end of the bridge shall
be a memorial of President Mckinley.
They are insisting. moreover that all
the money for this great monument
shall come from Congress. and not from
popular subscriptions. The recall in
connection with this that no such sub
Scription plan has ever been worked
out to complete success. The Garfield
Memorial Committee did better than
similar organizations, as a rule, since
it did, at least. procure Garfield
hospital for Washington. 1t is not.
however. the most pretentious hospital
here. The building and grounds are
worth about 100000 but when the fact
is taken into account that unofficially
the whole machinery Of the Govern
ment al home and abroad was utilized
To collect funds to bring the institu
ton into being. that there was a strong
ly sentimental side to the appeals and
that Government aid and private en-
dorsements helped to swell the con-
1900 900 was not collected. When a
memorial hospital was proposed no
less distinguished citizens than Gener-
al William T. Sherman was elected
Chairman of a committee to raise
funds. and the Treasurer of the United
States was made custodian Of the
money. The committees appeal re-
cited that subscriptions great and
small were solicited. Secretary
Freylinghuysen sent circular to all
our diplomatic and consular officers,
notifying them to invite foreign sub
scriptions. Every postmaster in the
country was authorized 10 receive sub
scriptionS. One Of the promoters has
said that the response from foreigners
was more generous than from Inc
people OF this country. The German
Empress sent 600 francs. the Queen OF
Spain 200 ex- Empress Eugene 2ao. the
King and Queen Of the BelSians 1000
a royal contribution OF between Two
and three hundred dollars came even
from a group of islands in the South
Sea. China. Japan. Brazil. Australia.
Demerara Russia. and Hayt We're
among the countries that responded
The Convent of the Sacred Heart III
Paris, sent $50 francs.
Two years after the hospital was op-
ened or four years after the first ap-
meals were made. 100000 worth Of
property represented all that had peeh
collected in every way. Though Con-
gress annually appropriates $2o,ooo for
the support of the hospital. whch
represents the contributions OF the
whole world to a memorial for the
second assassinated President 1he
institution is struggling under a dept
of $50. 600