The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-03-25
LIVE TOPICS ABOUT TOWN.

The election of Paris Gibson as Sena-
tor from Montana. said Walter NJ Bick-
ford at the Arlington this morning
gives the States Senatorial delegation
the proper bal-lnce. Montana Is really di-
Vided into TWO districts, one Of which is
nothing hut mountains. and the other
nothing but plains. Mr. Gibson comes
from the plains side. He has been inter
ested In sheep-raising all his life. and
though he has taken up other enterprises
in late years, it is as a sheep-raiser that
he IS best known He Will therefore. be
the proper person TO press in Congress
the measures which are of interest to the
Cattle-TaiSinS people on the plains. Sena-
tor Clark is, Of course, the representative
Of the mining men of the State. and will
dc what is needed for the people Of the
mountainous section Since the election
the State has quieted down. The result
was 50 overW helmingly in favor of Clark
that there could he no question that he
was the popular choice. and the same
may he said of Mr. Gibson. Everybody
seems to be well satisfied over the out
come.
President J. I. Shaw and Secretary W.
| W ColviIIe, of the Americus Republican
Club of PittSburg. We're in Washington
last night at the NOrmandie- We came
to Washington on the trail of prominent
men who are good after-dinner orators,
said Mr. CoIviIle The Americas Club, as
you know. makes speciality of celebrat-
ing Grants birthday, and in fact inaugu-
rated the custom many years ago- We are
now getting ready for our annual cele-
| bratiOn banquet which is to he held in
| ScheuIey Hotel, Pittsburg, on the evening
OF april . This VIII be the fifteenth
annual banquet of this kind that the club
has had, and it Is going TO De a splendid
one We Keep down the number Of guests
to 500, but fully that many viii be gather
Ell at the festive board. We have finally
succeeded in getting Joseph G Sihiev and
t-eilt!4I ''rosveI'or to agree to deliver the
/ pFIhcipal addresses. but We are hunting
Tor third man Our banquet will b.. the
great polticfl event Of the spring il not
| OF me whole year
= have given it Ip." said Fl s Lew
Of New York, at the Raleigh today. Mr..
| Levy IS the weII-known marine painter
who, for several years. has been attempt
ing to have established in Washington
/ under Government supervision Ma
! tionaI Art Gallery.
! have come to the conclusion that the
time Il pot ripe for any such project Not
that 1t ought not to be accomplished. Not
by any means. but the time is not ripe,
! because the Senators and Representa-
/ tiVes in Congress have not vet developed
! far enough their love for art. or their
( appreciation of the needs of the CAPITAL
/ as an art centre, to be willing to appro-
! pirate enough money to keep a National
J Gallery Of respectable proportions going
! The United States ought TO have q Ma
! tional Gallery Our country has artists.
! who are. in their way as clever as any
/ IN Europe, bat they never get a show
! The nh
/ Europe for them. because there is no cen
/ tire of art in the United States Painters
! Of big pictures that ought to be in gal
! leries have no hope Of a purchaser, be
/ cause our Government does not buy pict-
/ ures, and because other Governments pre-
1 Ter 10 buy the work of their own citizens.
/ The proposition 1 made 10 the Govern
! ment was, it seemed to me. quite 4 good
I one agreed 10 raise enough money TO
! build q National Gallery. worthy of the
name, if the Government would furnish
I the land 10 build il upon. and apDropri-
/ ate money TO buy the pictures and sup
/ port IL ] made complete canvass Of the
artists and moneyed art lovers OF the
/ country. and had promised TO me 81. 0G0 900.
/ which would be turned over to proper
/ commission in case the Government
would appropriate the remainder of the
{ money. about 3-0DAY ttJ nee. SS2rg to buy
pictures and furnish the site But | did
not have any success with Congress. Some
/ few Senators gave me encOura cement.
I Several times I thought a bill providing
for National Gallery would pass. but IL
. always struck Il snag- Now the Senators
( who favored the bin have left Congress-
/ ana l have made up my mind TO wait IN
/ III the people are educated up to the ne
! cessIty of Il National Gallery. Perhaps
/ ten years from now the plan may have q
1 small chance Of success