The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1907-02-21
NOW UP TO LEGISLATURE.
Congress Makes Provision For Mon
ument at Tippecanoe.

Senator Clark of Montana has filed
with the senate written report ex-
planning why congress should pass
the bill providing for the erection of a
monument or the Tippecanoe battle
senate took up the bill and it was
passed without debate.
'The result of the battle. Of Tippe-
canoe entirely destroyed all prospects
of confederation and combination and
it may not DE too much to say for
that contest that its significance in
the history of the United States and
in the progress of its civilization can
not be overestimated. 1t is impossi-
BILE to say what would have been the
outcome of the war of 1912 if Tecum-
sch had succeeded in uniting all the
Indians from the gulf to the lakes in
common cause with the English
against the Americans The battle of
Tippecanoe was more than mile
stone in the advancement of Ameri-
can civilization to the westward. 1t
was of vita. Importance in the estab-
lishment of American supremacy on
this continent. 1t blasted the hopes of
those Englishmen who reckoned upon
the cooperation of the Indians
against the Americans in the war of
1912
About as years ago the state of
Indiana secured the title to the battle
field and constructed and has ever
since maintained a beautiful iron
fence around it and has kept it in
splendid condition. 1t is one of the
most beautiful and romantic spots in
the middle West. The people of Tip
pecanoe county, Indiana, have organ
lied the Tippecanoe battle-ground
Memorial association to protect and
preserve the historic field.
THAT association about the middle
of June every year has service at
battle-ground in commemoration OF
the valor of the American army in the
contest that made the ground sacred
and historic The association, num-
Der of years ago, collected the re-
mains of all the soldiers that were
buried there and placed them together
in one spot, which it keeps adorned
with flowers and suitable tokens of
reverence There is no monument or
gravestone marking the resting place
of these sturdy pioneers who made it
possible for the Mississippi valley to
become the empire it is today. The
state of Indiana provides for the
maintenance of the battlefield which
covers about 80 acres of land. The
federal government provides stones
to mark the last resting place of
those who served their country in the
civil war and in the war with Spain
Neither the state nor nation has
contributed anything in honor of the
brave men who gave up their lives at
the battle of Tippecanoe. The state
feels that the contest was not local,
but was of national Importance, and
that the federal government ought to
recognize in fitting way its obliga
ton to those who engaged in battle
The bill recommended by the COM
mittee provides for an appropriation
of s., 500 upon condition that the state
of Indiana appropriates like sum, to
be expended by the secretary of war
in obtaining and erecting suitable
monument to commemorate the sac
rihces made upon the battlefield.
The bill provides that the appropri-
alton it carries shall not be available
until the state Of Indiana shall have
placed its share of the joint fund al
the disposal of the secretary of war.
1t further provides that commission
consisting of three persons one to be
appointed by the secretary of war.
one by the govern or of Indiana and
one by the president Of the Tippeca-
noe battle-ground Memorial associa-
ton, shall be authorized to select thu
monument, with suitable ernblems
and inscriptions, subject to the APP
prevail of the secretary of war, and
superintend its erection, unwilling
and dedication 1t further provides
that the commissioners shall serve
without compensation, and that the
state of Indiana shall provide for the
preservation and maintenance of the
monument without expense to the
federal government