The Iola register., 1901-10-18
COULDN'T
AGREE
Executive Council Fails to
Get Together
On the Kind of a Statue of
Ceres to be Placed on the
State House Dome
REPORT IS TURNED DOWN
Proposed Plans for it Make
Cost $3.50
Members are not all Pleased
With Ceres-sOme Want
Another Model
REPORT IS TURNED DOWN
Proposed Plans for it Make
Cost $3.50

Topeka, Oct. l3.-Unless some of
the state officers change their present
attitude, it is more than probable the
statue of Ceres will not be erected up.
on the dome of the State house as pro-
posed. The executive council yester-
day refused to order the statue cast
and the matter was indefinitely post
poned.
Two weeks ago, by direction of the
council, Auditor Cole, together with
Attorney General GODDARD and State
Architect Stanton, went to Chicago
and had new model of the goddess
of agriculture made. 1t was thought
the rev model would be satisfactory
and it was considerable of surprise
to Auditor Cole yesterday when he
found there was opposition to order
ing the statue made.
When Auditor Cole made his re-
port yesterday of the trip to Chicago,
he also submitted photographs of the
new model. His report follows:
81 beg to submit the following re-
port, relative to the investigation asto
the cost of statue of Ceres to be
placed on the dome of the State house,
together with statement of the time
required to construct and put the sta
tue in place.
"A. A. GODDARD, Attorney General,
together with John f. Stanton, State
Architect, accompanied me to Chica-
go. We visited the factory of Wins
low Bros. company, who furnishd this
council with model of the statue
when the matter first came up for con-
sideration. We pointed out defects
in the model and the sculptor carried
out the suggestion and remodeled the
figure. Aftermuch remodeling, photo
graphs were taken showing front, rear
and side views. which photographs l
herewith submit.
'After careful investigation, Think
the price for the completed statue, So,
$50, is as cheap as can be procured;
in fact il is by far the lowest bid sub
nitted to the council. We find that
even if the contract is awarded at this
time, it will be May before the statue
can be placed in position upon the
dome. After due consultation with
Attorney General GODDARD and State
Architect Stanton, l recomend we
award this contract to the Winslow
company at once"
This precipitated discussion. one
member of the council suggested that
Ceres's virtue was not above ereproach,
and that as agriculture was not the
only industry in the state, it might be
well to have statue made which
would also represent the schools and
churches. 1t was also proposed to
erect statues of either Charles Robin
son or jim Lone, or figures of an In
dian or buffalo. Finally when it
was seen no agreement could be reach
ed the consideration of the matter was
indefinitely postponed.
1t always has been the intention to
surmount the dome with statue. The
present administration has hoped to
complete the State house before the
expiration of its term, and this, as far
as the work on the inside of the build
ing is concerned, will be done. If the
ordering of statue for the dome is
delayed it cannot be completed before
the present administration goes out of
office. Auditor Cole fears that if the
proposition is turned down now that
there may never be statue placed on
the dome. 1t is probable, however,
the matter will be taken up again at
the next meeting of the council.
Ceres is the goodness of agriculture.
She was born, so mythology says, OF
Kronos and Rhea, ofthe race OF Titan,
children of Earth and Heaven, and
while one Of her sisters was regarded
as the reigning queen of Heaven,
Ceres was considered as the protec-
tress OF the growing grain and of
agriculture in general. Her suffer
ings over the loss OF her daug hter,
Persephone, who was stolen by Aid
oneus, might well be compared with
Kansas early history. The proposed
statue sl6 feet in height and when cast
from United States bronze will weigh
in the neighborhood of five tons.
State Architect stanton prepared the
design for the statue taking his motif
from the statue Ia the Vatican at
Rome.