Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-07
What Mr.. Noyes Wished.

of putting this monument there as A
means TO start program along such
lines" applause.
What Mr.. Noyes Wished.
Representative Sulzer of New York
spoke of the life and work of the late
Crosby S. Moves for Washington. the
city beautiful.
Yesterday in this city" said Mr. Sui
ger. memorial services were held to pay
TRIBUTE 10 great MANTLE late Crosby
,. Noyes. Every speaker who referred to
him spoke eloquently of the great work
he did to beaut!fy Washington and make
this capital a city beautiful If he were
alive today he would be with us in this
fight to place the Grant memorial in a
more fitting place than the Botanic Gar
den-the ;!!ost obscure and inappropriate
place in all Washington
This great memorial to Gen. Grant
should not be erected in the Botanic Gar
den. The most suitable place in all
Washington for Il is in the ellpse be
tween the White House and the Wash
ingtcn Monument. There is where It was
originally intended to be built: there is
where it should be built There is a
great field: plenty of room-just the place
for this great memorial. 1t was Gen
Grants field. 1t was his recreation
could speak to us today it would be in
favor of this most suitable location There
is no monument there today. and the
greatest monument that We members of
Congress can pu; there is this magnificent
memorial to Gen. Grant IL commemorate
his brill ant military victories and patri-
Otto civic achievements. Why We're the
plans changed? / do not know. great
mist aka-a great blunder-was made in
doing So But | intend to do all that /
tf,- hat ,;e@n l.
carry out the first idea-the original plan
of the men who Initiated this memorial
as part of the scheme to beautify the
city of Washington. To do this we must
protect the Botanic Garden and build
this memorial in the Eclipse where it
prnporly belongs" tAnplauseD
Representative Smith Of Iowa opposed
the Mann resolution on the ground that if
it were adopted further delay would re-
suit. and Representative Gardner object
ed to the site in the Botanic Garden as
being called obscure
"Give Him the Right Place"
Then Representative Mann of Illinois.
author of the resolution. closed debate
by saying: Il do not wonder that the
majority of the committee on the IL
brary reported against the resolution
which l introduced if they had the atti-
tude in mind which the gentleman (Mr
Thomas, who spoke here this afternoon
had when he stated that my resolution
proposed to place the memorial in the
White House lot. Of course that is not
the proposition. Nor do 1 wonder at the
attitude OF my distinguished colleague
from Illinois, who represents the old Ga
lena district If de confuses in his mind
the difference between the construction
of ] memorial to Gen. Grant and the To-
ca alton of that memorial. All of those So
cieties which are urging this location
have had in mind the construction of a
memorial to Grant. Like them, l want
to see Grant honored. Mr., Speaker, l
was born in Illinois. raisedN in Illinois,
educated in Illinois. have lived in Illinois
ali my life and expect to die in Illinois:
and L believe that the nation owes to the
great men whom Illinois contributed to
the country-Abraham Lincoln and Uiys-
ses s. Grant-a proper place for the loca-
ton of the memorial. Cloud applause
In the name of Illinois. in the name OF
the services rendered by the great men of
that state. 1 protest against the burial Of
this memorial and the dwarfing of it, as
1t will be. under the dome of the Capitol
in the lowest spot in the District of CO.
lumbia. l appeal to you to locate this
memorial up alongside the great monu-
ment to Washington, near to the White
House. where Grant served his country
in a conspicuous and a fitting position
doing honor to a great man who honore d
his country, who is beloved in the north
and in the south. Give him the right
place. loud applause.)