The Washington herald., 1907-12-21

OF lneIas OF Lincoln ana or Grant. But
they are gifts Of private persons or have
been placed there by the Federal govern
ment The States seem 10 prefer 10 honor
those citizens who failed 10 reach the
highest goal OF American politicians. Viz
ginia Is preparing 10 send a statue OF
George Washington. and Tennessee will
soon send one OF Andrew Jackson. SO that
then there will be three Presidents in the
hall
The statues now placed in the hall. ap-
proximately in order as presented by the
States. are, Rhode Island Nathaniel
Greene, soldier and Roger Williams.
founder OF the colony; Connecticut. Jona-
than Trumbun and Roger Sherman.
colonial patriots: New York. George Clin-
ton and Robert Livingston, revolutionary
patriots and leaders; Massachusetts,, John
Winthrop. colonial governor and states
man, and Samuel Adams, firebrand OF
liberty; Maine. William King. statesman;
ONO, James 4, Garfield soldier and Pres
ident and William Allen. governor Of the
state; New Jersey. Richard Stockton.
early patriot. and Gen. Phil Kearny. sol
der; Michigan, Lewis Cass. statesman
ana once Democratic candidate for Pres
ldent' Illinois, James Shields. soldier and
statesman, and Miss Frances r. Willard
temperance advocate and social reformer.
New Hampshire, John Stark. revolution
airy hero and Daniel Webster. states
man and eXpounder OF the Constitu-
ton; West Virginia. Francis a. Pier
ponT father Of the State and John
W. kenna, Confederate soldier and
statesman; Wisconsin. Father James
Marquette. early French explorer and
jesuit missioner; Indiana. Oliver p. Nor
ton. war governor: Vermont. Ethan Allen.
patriot leader Of Green Mountain Bows
and Jacob Collamer. statesman. AIissoUrj
Thomas H. Benton and Francis p. Blair.
statesmen: Pennsylvania, Robert Fulton.
inventor of the steamboat. and J. p G
Muhlenburg, revolutionary soldier. preach
er, and statesman; Maryland. Charles
Carroll. of CarrOllton. and John Hanson.
signers Of the Declaration of Inde-
pendence: Texas. Samuel Houston and
stephen T. Austin. leaders of the Texas
revolution and statesmen: Kansas. John
J. ingalls,, the iridescent orator and
statesman; Alabama. J. l. NJ Curry.
Confederate soldier and educator.
The next statue 10 have a place in this
gallery Of immortals viii be that of Rob
ert Edward Lee, general-In-chief of the
armies Of the Confederate States of
America. The Virginia legislature ordered
statues OF her two most idolized sons.
George Washington and Robert r Lee
Tor the Capitol. That OF Lee will be the
hrst completed and Will be placed in DO
sitiou within the next month or two The
speech OF presentation VIII be made nv
Senator John w. Daniel, a distinguished
Confederate soldier. 1t Will be accepted
IN speech by a Federal soldier. probably
Gen. John W. Keifer. Of Ohio. Gen
Keller Is the highest ranking officer Of
the civil war now in Congress. having
been brevetted a major general for CON
spicuous gallantry in battle He Is also
the only ex-Speaker Of the House Of Rep
resentatives now serving in Congress. and
he is q staneh Republican
The first suggestion that Gen. Lee
should have a statue in Washington
came from Massachusetts man. Charles
Francis Adams, jr.. grandson of John
Quincy Adams, sometime President of the
United States. and for fifteen years lead
er of the anti-slavery party in Congress.
John Quincy Adams died in harness as a
Member of Congress, being stricken at his
desk in the very room which is now
statuary hall Charles Francis Adams. in
lecture 10 Jne University of Chicago
in June, 1902, on the subject Shall Crom-
well have a statue2" compared the cases
of Lee and Cromwell and closed with
these words:
The bronze effigy Of Lee. mounted on
his charger, and with the insignia OF his
Confederate rank. will. from its pedestal
IN the Nations Capitol, look across the
Potomac at his old home at Arlington
even as that OF Cromwell dominates the
yard of Westminster upon which his skull
once looked down. When that time
comes Lees monument viii be educa-
tional 1t Will typify the historical ap-
probation of all that goes to make up
the loftiest type of character, military
and civic. eXemplified in an opponent.
once dreaded, but always respected; and
above all, II will symbolic and commem,
crate that loyal acceptance Of the cOnse-
quences of defeat. and the patient up
building Of people under new condi-
fons by constitutional means. which I
old to be the greatest educational lesson
America has yet taught 10 a once skepti-
cal. but now silenced world"
The statue of Lee dreamed Of by Adams
was an equestrian statue. to be placed