Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1906-01-27

and personal interest The statue
stands eight feet high the figure in a
characteristic pose of the President
while delivering an address. with left
arm uplifted and head slightly thrown
back. the right hand resting on stan.
dard enyeloped in the flag. The gran
lite pedestal bears on each OF its four
sides a granite tablet in relief one
showing Mckinley addressing the
House of Representatives on tie tariff
bill. another as commissary sergeant
at the Battle OF Antietam, the third
representing him delivering his first
inaugural address, and the fourth bear.
ing these words taken from his last
speech at Buffalo: Let us remember
that our interest Is in Concord. not
Conflict, and that our real eminence is
in the Victories OF Peace, not those OF
war"
Other memorials already erected are
AT San Jose and San Francisco, Cali.
lornia, the former a gift of the sculp-
tor, Rupert Schmid, TO the town: the
latter being a figure Of Columbia in
marble, the work OF Robert I. Aitken.
In Mckinley Park, Chicago, stands an
other. the gift of well known citl.
zen of Chicago, a lover of great men
and a particular admirer of Mr. Nc
Kinley. This memorial was dedicated
TO the wOrkingmen of Chicago. II Is
In the form OF a semi-ciTcular eNedra
In granite. the figure OF bronze being
the work OF Charles Mulligan OF Chi
cago. The sculptors idea was to ex
press the interest Mckinley always
ielt for the people and particularly as
Indicated at the moment he arose to
present to Congress the tariff bill that
bears his name. The monument most
recently unveiled Is that erected by
popular subscription at Springfield,
Massachusetts. This one Is the work
Of Philip Martiny and shows a beau.
tifully modelled female figure repre-
sentlng Fame reaching forth a palm
leaf toward the bust of Mckinley sur
mounting the pedestal.
In a half dozen other sculptors' stu.
dos in New York and elsewhere stand
models more or less finished for still
other memorials. II. A. MacNell has
lust completed the model of the por-
trait for a monument to be erected at
Columbus, Ohio, at cost OF fifty
thousand dollars. and is now at work
on models for two groups which will
be executed In bronze and adorn oppo.
site ends Of an exedra, from the cen,
ter OF which will rise the heroic porn
trait, also In bronze. The two groups
represent the general fundamental Gle.
ments in the prosperity OF the coun.
/ try. One Is Peace, as represented by a
female figure placing the palm over
the sword and Announcements OF war.
while a little girl at her side Ia weay.
Ing festoon of flowers. The other
shows very robust workman with
tools In his hand, and at his side a
young boy holding scroll on which
he and the man are working out a me.
chahical problem. The State OF Ohio
appropriated one-half the sum for this
memorial, the remaining half being di.
/ Nided between the municipal govern.
ment and the citizens OF Columbus
Philadelphla's tribute to this uniyer.
sally beloved man will be in the form
OF heroic bronze. mounted on a gran.
lie pedestal, at the front OF which,
placed so as not to detract from the
main hgure, Is group embodying the
Idea OF pro patria,-a mother figure
instructing child In the principles OF
| patriotism, pointing to the figure above
as an example.
! In commemoration OF the saddest
event In the history OF Buffalo there
VIII one day stand there a memorial to
De erected at cost Of one hundred
thousand dollars, the funds for the
monument having been appropriated
by the State OF New York, the site be.
ing given by the city. This will be
an architectural monument. designed
by Carrere a. Hastings OF New York.
II is an obelisk OF Vermont marble
with series of broad approaches. At
the four corners OF the base OF the shaft
rest four lions In heroic size, also of
Vermont marble. These lions are the
work OF a. Phimister Proctor, one OF
the foremost OF American animal
sculptors. Mr.. Proctor has already de.
voted more than year to his work, IL.
being necessary TO make two models
IN reverse positions. The second mo.
del Is now almost completed. but tho
completion or the monument will re-
quire at least another year.
quite naturally the most elaborate
and costly memorial is the one to be
erected at Canton, the home OF Nc
hlnley In the days OF his struggling
young manhood and In the days when
he had achieved that which TO him
seemed most worth striving for. This
memorial is more than local in char.
acter. II is national and subscriptions
TO the fund have reached nearly six
hundred thousand dollars, coming
from every nook and Granny of the
United States. The entire amount
necessary for the building of the me.
mortal is already in hand, but an add.
tlonal hundred thousand dollars is to
be raised as an endowment fund, the
interest from which will defray all ex.
penses and provide for the mainte.
nance OF the property in this way
avoiding the necessity Of charging an
admittance fee TO people visiting the
tomb. Although the plans ON which
architects have been working for