The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1905-02-24
WASHINGTON LETTER,
First Statue of a Woman
Erected at Capitol.
President Passes Santo Domingo
Protocol to Senate for Rat
ification or Rejection.
THE CONSULAR SERVICE.
Especial to Tar R,rrpLr,sl


Washington. d. c. Feb. q, 1908.
The statue of Frances Willard, the
Gift of the State of Illinois to the
United States, is in its place in Stat
uary Hall of the Capitol. Right be-
side il stands the statue of George
Washington, which was moved few
inches to make room for that OF Miss
Willard. This is the first statue OF
a woman to be erected in the Capt.
toll and the undertaking has been the
enterprise of women from beginning
to end. The inspiration came from
a woman, the legislation was pro-
NOTED by women. they secured the
appropriation of 5000 from the
State. and the sculptor Is also wo-
man. Women from all parts OF the
country were present at the unveil-
ing and yet there is probably not
man in Congress who is not appre-
ciative of the justice in having the
statue placed among those OF our
greatest men. Few. If any of them
were better known than Miss Will
lard and none perhaps did more good
for his fellow men while he lived.
The inscription on the pedestal Is
from an address of Miss Willard:
"Ah. il is women who have given
the costliest hostages fortune. Out
into the battle Of life they have sent
-sheir best beloved with fearful odds
AGAINST them. Oh, by dangers they
have dared by the hours Of patient
watching over the beds where help
less children lay; by the incense Of
ten thousand prayers waited from
their gentle lips to heaven. ] charge
you give power toprotect along life's
treacherous highway those whom
they have so loved"
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The Presidents message accom-
panying the Santo DOMINICAN pro-
tocol it is understood has made a
very favorable impression upon the
Senate and it will doubtless be well
received by the country at large.
The idea that the Monroe Doctrine
imposes other duties upon the United
States than those of mere defense
from aggression as relating to the
petty republics Of this hemisphere is
so patent and so just that it need on
" be mentioned to be approved. 1t
is expected that the Senate will con-
firm the protocol if not at this sess
sion then at the called session i'm.
mediately after the fourth of March.
The tension between the Senate and
the President, it is thought has been
very much exaggerated. His words
in his letter to Senator Cullom when
he sent the, treaty to the Senate
were: 1.-The Senate has, of course,
the right to reject or to amend, in
any way it sees fit, any treaty laid
before it and it is clearly the duty OF
the Senate to take any step which, in
Nhe exercise of its best judgment, it
deems to be for the interest of the
nation" Those words will stand
forever as a refutation of the asser-
ton that the President attempted to
usurp the treaty making power.
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There are several things that point
to an improvement in the Consular
service of the United States. There
has been some improvement during
the last three years but much great
er improvement is needed. The for
eign commerce of the country which
has made such great strides since
1900 is capable of much greater de-
velopment and it is realized that ed
ucated consuls speaking the language
of the countries to which they are
accredited are indispensable Access
series to the promotion of trade. In
this particular we have been out
classed by England and Germany
whose consuls and commercial agents
were men of parts, of fine address
and good manners, speaking readily
the language of the country. Rep