Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1905-07-13
A STATUE TO QUAY
PENNSYLVANIA VOTES $4,000 Ap.
PROPRiATiON FOR MEMORIAL.
Nations Most Notorious Politicnl
CRATER Will BE Immorta1ized by
Monument to he Erected ON Cnp-
itol Grounds - Wendell PhiIltps'
Words ON Like Occasion.
Especial Corrcspondencc.] !

Especial Corrcspondencc.1
Harrisburg, Pa, May 20.-No more
outrageous misuse of public funds was
ever made by the legislature of this
state since the accession of the present
machine dynasty than the brazen ap-
preparation Of $4,000 for monument
to the late boss Of Keystonedom, Matt
Quay. CRATER, corruptionist and mas
ter worker In saloon politics. His lega-
cy to the people Of Pennsylvania is II
machine System 80 omnipotent and
rooted In spoils that popular govern
ment" in state politics Is as much a
travesty today as it was in the reign
Of the plum tree" boss. The monu-
ment will stand in front Of the capitol
and win no doubt as such monument
should, inspire the youth Of this capital
city to emulate the distinguished vir-
tues q of the hero it lmmortalizes.
But Wendell Phillips forty six years
ago described the value of this kind Of
memorial when the state Of Massachu-
setts put n statue to Webster in the
state house grounds 1t rings down
through the intervening decades as II
1t were spoken with prophetic instinct
of like occasions to come.
The Meaning of Memorials.
Cries the great agltator from his Bos-
ton platform across nearly half cen
tury.
No man crlticizes when private friend
ship molds the loved form in
''Stone that breathes and struggles
Or brass that seems 10 speak"
But It is a grave thing when Il state
puts man among her Jewels especially
one whose friends frown on discussion
tho glitter of whose fame makes doubtful
acts look heroic
A disputed statue rising out of n sea. OF
angry contempt, half hearted admiration
and apologetic culogy reminds me of the
Frenchman totterfng up at eighty years
to vote for Louis Bonnpartn why. he
Ia scoundrel!' said Victor Hugo True,
very true. but he Is a necessary scouri-
drel"
Monuments anniversaries, statues are
schools. Mr.. Webster tells US. whose les
sons sink deep Is this mans life a les
son which the state can commend to her
sons?
The noble burst of 4,schincs at Athens
In his accusation of DemoSthenns, Il
worth translating:
IF you take one whose life has no high
purpose. who mocks ut morals and
crown him In the theater. every boy who
secs 1t is corrupted When bad man
suffers his deserts the people learn or
< the contrary, when man tOtcs Ggdi1st
schot Is noble and just [how exactly he De.
J scribes this easel and then comes home
to teach his son, the boy viii very proper
ly say. Your lesson is impertinent and 3
bore Beware therefore, Athenians, re.
membcring postcrity will rejudge your
Judgment and that the character Of a
city is determined by the men 1t crownsv
At Reval. one Of the Hanse towns, they
Will show you in their treasury the sword
which two hundred years ago behcaded .
lawless baron for daring to carry off his
fugitive slave from the shelter of the city
walls. Our great slave hunter Is beyond
the reach of mans sword. but il any
noble soul in the state will stir ou,
mother Massachusetts to behead his i'm.
age we will cherish the name of that true
Massachusetts boy as sacredly as they
keep the brave old sword at Rcval.
The hope of the great keystone
State at this moment Of humiliation is
the remarkable rise of the Prohibition