The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-10
FnEDRRTcK's STATUE.
Senate Debated Appropriateness of
 Wilhelu,sg Gift.

WilhelmsB Gift. Washington, March s.--During consider alton of the army appropriation bill in the Senate to-day Mir. Bacon protested against the acceptance of the statue of Frederick the Great of Germany tender- that the former German king was not in sympathy with American institutions. Mir. Stewart defended Frederick against what he characterized as Mir. Bacon's gross misrepresentations. The army appropri- ation hill was passed The Senate also passed the Philippine shipping bill. aftes speeches in opposition by Messrs. Cui- person and Patterson. These qualities Mir. Bacon continued. give Frederick high rank in history. but it Is inconsistent with the traditions and the hopes of the people of the United States that there should be erected here monument t6 the memory of the man who perhaps to greater extent than any other man in modern times was the time of absolut- ism"
 Mir. Bacon also contended that no au- thority short of Congress with propriety could assign site in the national cap itol for statues He appreciated. he said. the delicate position in which the pres ident had been placed by the osfer of the statue, but he thought nevertheless thdtA husnuhig hau ucOh taoHsSesaoO1 A' this case.
 MT. Lodge called attention to the fact that the ground on which the statue to Frederick was to be erected was a miii- tary reservation. That circumstance, he argued placed the war college grounds on the same footing as the grounds at West Point, where monuments were erected on the authority of the Secretary of War. Mir, Bacon replied that Con gress had especial control of all public grounds in the district of Columbia. We have" we went on. many men to whom If we desired. we cot4.4 erect statues.
 Carmack Suggests Lee.
 Robert E. Lee. for instance" suggest ed Mir. CarmaciE
 T won't say that" replied Mir. Bacon. What protest against is the idea ot making the country the dumping ground for statues of men who in their own country stand for ideals totally different from our own"
 Mfr. Bacon asked: what actuated the German Emperor in presenting the efa- gy? It will be remembered that the proffer came immediately after the cree ton of q statue to Rochambeau. T would be glad if the Emperor would send the statue of another German"
 Mr. Stewart said that Frederinlk's char aeter has been '8rossly misrnpfesan 2. 1 He was most remarkable man, 4he Sem ator went on, land millions of people in this country revere his memory almost as much as we revere the memory of our own Washington. 1t would be ungracious not to accept the statue; we should not raise any delicate points about his po- Iitical beliefs's
 Regretted Criticism.
 Mfr. Stewart said he regretted the crit icism of the acceptance of the statue be- cause he thought 1t would be a harm full one.
 The subject was dropped and Mr. Cor man criticized the growth of army ap- propriation within the last few years. The bill was passed.
 The Philippine shipping bill was then taken up and Messrs. Culberson and Pat terson opposed it. Mir Patterson's sub stitute of a tonnage tax In the interest of American vessels NsS voted down and the bill was amended at Mir. Lodges instance so as to provide for the contin- uation in operation of the navigation laws in regard to the vessels arriving in the Philippines from the United States The bill was then passed. The conference report on the legislative. executive and Judicial appropriation bill was agreed to. and the bill providing for joint build ing for the use of the State Department. the commerce of labor and department of Justice was made the unfinished business The Senate then at 4:oS D. m, went into executive session and at $40 D. m. ad- journed.