The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-08-08

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 plish the end in view. Moreover, sucn setting back of the wings oil the axis of the dome of the main building would in the opinion of architects be seri- ous defect in the perspective from the north and the south each of which VIII be an important view point when the wings are added.
 Two or three other matters need 10 be referred to. have said that MT Smith violated the rules of the compe- titIon In three particulars. and I have stated one Instance, the location Of the court room and the library on different floors. Another was, the taking Of ms perspectiye drawing at a greater angie than that prescribed, 45 degrees. where by he was able to show the articuiation of the wings to a better advantage than was enjoyed by competitors who con formed to the program. Yet another was his violation of the rule which re- ouired only fiat line drawings to De submitted The perspective drawing he submitted was not flat line draw ing, but a picture of the building as IL would appear when his plans were car ried out. the very thing the executlVe officers declared should not be submit ted because they said, 1t was calculat- ed to deceive rather than to instruct
 
 utive friends were deceived into favor ing the Smith plan by a comparison Of 1t with the plain flat line drawings or Lockwood and the other architects who complied with their rule on the subject? It seems to me altogether likely that they were. Certain 1t is a great many people have been egregiously misled and deceived into favoring Smiths plan over Lockwood's by comparison of the cut of the latter's plain fiat line draw ing with the cut of MT. Smiths picture as published in The Montgomery Adver- tiser without word of explanation. This comparison, together with the gratuitous abuse of the judges. Is re- sponsible for the purely fictitious pub lie sentiment that has been aroused. The great and wholly fictitious advan- tage which an engraving of a picture of a building has over an engraving of the mere pencil lines showing the propor- tions of a proposed building may be to some extent appreciated when you com sider the vast difference there would be between a cut of the frame of a build ing with it's naked timbers, without weatherboarding or ceiling or roof, and a picture of the same building complet- ed in all respects, with all accessories intended to give 1t beauty. fully painted and embellished. That Is the sort of cofnpa rison that was laid before the people. and which has deceived many of them. This wholly erroneous inn precision should be entirely removed by the cut of picture of Lockwoods pro- posed building published herewith. talk an at about the same angle as MT l Smiths picture and which has been made since the plans were acted on. am told that such infractions of the rules of competition as Mir. Smith conn mitted would in any regular architec- tural competition have required the ex- clusion of his submissions from all con sideration; so that had this commission been composed of architects. instead >of being composed In part of judges and In the other of statesmen. Mir Smiths plans would not have been copsidered at all
 Not SeIAshness.
 The charge which has been made that l the judges sacrificed architectural con alterations to their personal conven- fence contains no scintilla or semblance | of truth In the first place no architec- | tural consideration has been sacrificed
 or disregarded. but to the contrary, as l have shown, every architectural end
 in view has been faithfully, wisely and I happily conserved, so that In the Ian | guage of Mir. Charles F. McKim, wher the Lockwood plans are carried out "tht people of Alabama will have every cause for congratulation." And, in tht next place, the charge Is further dis proved by the fact that several If no all of the rejected plans made as ample provision in every respect for the per | sonal convenience and comfort of th' | judges as the plan adopted.
 | The people of Alabama will not,
 trust, take kindly to such wholly un
 warranted and vicious aspersion of tho
 motives of men whom they have ovel I E.. ta1 xxyff ho 0h | est and most important powers and du'
 ties and who have never been recrean' | to the confidence reposed in them.
 In view of tho stream of mis-state'
 ments, to many of which I will not take | time and space to refer, which hai
 flooded the State, presenting this whole
 matter in an utterly false light. 1t i'
 small wonder that the people have fol ! the moment been misled and deceived
 No wonder, for instanee. that "Dis
 Rusted Confederate" should have beer deceived into the belief directly con
 trary to the fact that the plan adopted by the judges materially changed thu
 present capitol and destroyed It's archi tectural individuality and beauty. ant induced to send to the newspapers {
 wholly unjust and incorporate tirad'
 against the Judges. He will be sur prised. and his gallant comrades, if no he, will be glad to know that the plar | adopted changes the capitol less thar
 any plan submitted and infinitely lesi than the three story scheme. They wil be surprised, after all the gratuitou! abuse that has been heaped on thu Judges, and hope delighted to know that the main consideration moving th' Judges Gall of whom of sufficient ag' were in the Confederate servics) in thii connection, was to maintain the origi nal lines and proportion of the olf
 building in all their pristine beauty ant Individuality, that it might continue tt stand in It's own architectural entity as
 monument to the cause whose birth i
 sheltered and to their noble sacrifices and heroic achievements in its defense
 There are rumors, which have beer
 voiced in the public press. that the ex
 ecutive officers charged with that dutJ will not carry out the plan that hal
 been adopted in ~all respects according to law. As 1t does not occur to me the moment that there can be the leas | Justification or even excuse for such do
 fault on their part, I do not believe these rumors But that Is a matter
 of the commission. We have done ou duty We have hewn to the line. Int
 chips may fall where they will.
 1 have no apology to make for th' length of this statement In every sen | tence it Is pertinent to the unwarrantet l and outrageous assault that has beet made upon the judges. and the length oi | 1t does not begin to measure up to the columns that have been written in igno. rance or malice. or both, against them | regret that the absence of my asso- ciates In quest of health or rest pre-
 vents their expressly joining in this pa l lzH. tV, V