The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-02-17
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Her character is2 q womanhoet.s;
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Senators Hopkins ullsJ declared
that in honoring Frances Willard,
Illinois had honored herself and tie
Women oft.that% State and country
Her gentleness of heart, her char,
ity, her5frmness ofaprinciple and l.rr
attractive personality he said;
made her a power that attract.
ed&to her the good women andSmen
Of this and other countries that Size
visited and enabled her to accom-.
pllsh a work that has placed her
name high on the list Of #tke famous
women Of the world. The work That
she .inausiirated.is going on, and5wlll
continue in augmented strength and
Influence as long as time lasts.pss
I'm, the House, Representative
George f, Foss, Of Illinois, said:
ISWhy did not Illinois send hero a
I,statne Eofs Lincoln that dlvinely gift.
ed man whom lanes Russell Lowell
called &.the first American or willy
should she not place here In yonder
lial the statue Of the great Douglas
whose life was interviewer with .t..at
ofFLincoln, the two mighty antagon
i3stsitn the greatest debate in modern
ltimes? n
Some might ask why not place
there the statue of&Ulysses5 Grant lie
foremost general 3'of the century, i
man who fought lnobly for the saliva
tionSof his country and fol: the pres.
ervation Of tie union.
These great men OF Illinois whom
have named belonged to no state
but We're given long since to TIC
Union. No statue can add to thci,
fame and no monument can ever tow
er as high as the magnificent, charac
ter which they give to the country
The Illinois Legislature without The
|slightestsrespect to her great:sons IL
| Its wisdom believed tiatSthe tine
had come 5when a woman should BIZ
adored and when her statue will b,
placed in the American pantheon
4 who shall say that woman has IL
! right here? What voice shall be lifted
TO protest? Illinois, therefore, pre-
scnts this statueanot only as a tribttt
to- her Whom sit.represents, one Of I'll,
foremost women Of her time. but n.
tribute to&woman and her might.
influence upon our national life. 5
Henry T. Rainy, Of Illinois, said
No one Imagined forty years ago
when the act maliing the old hall! 0
the House Of Representatives a ma
| tional gallery was passed. that th
heroic statue OF a woman would eve
stand beneath that dome. But lh
4 world is growing in more ways thai
one; and the world is ready now L
believe that a courageous womanl
/, woman makes as heroic figure as
brave, manly man.
Representative Joseph H. Graft Q
Illinois said: IF the most d.stir
snishcd Of those who are immcrta
lied in marble in yonder hall cou!
speak their belief as. to the creates
factor in their secured fame tho Al
\ swer would undoubtedly be my motl
er. Therefore, it seems to me tina
the decision of the State was a mos
appropriate and wise one iii select!n
IN this day and age from her iiln!
trions sons and daughters, the hes
known and most universally loved ",
man In the United States"