Evening star., 1909-05-04

upon all propositions respecting it.
Through successive years official and
unofficial relations have been established
which give full opportunity for the Dis
tricts voice in congressional consideration
of District affairs through the Commits
sioners as the Districts representatives. at
the capitol. Therefore, Congress acts ad-
visedly and with the benefit of full In
formation. We should guard carefully
the present status in the interest of the
future as we'll as the present, so that we
may not jeopardize either the compact OF
1873 or the strong but delicate comfy
between the District and Congress which
affects all District legislation and appro-
priations.
Washington's Idea Being Realized.
George Washington's noble idea OF
magnificent capital, now being realized
before our eyes, after nearly century
of neglect and ridicule seems entirely ap-
propriate to us now that the nation has
proved to be the lasting one that Wash
ington predicted. instead of another rope
Of sand, like the confederation which
preceded 1t. When Washington did not
in 1889 know that John Marshall, as
Chief Justice of the United States. would
draw out of the Constitution the powers
which made the nation endure, lesser
men might well believe that the expert
ment would fail.
I'VE are not hampered by such doubt
full fears. but are free to believe with all
our hearts In the future Of the republic
and the future Of its capital.
I'VE do we'll today to honor once more
the man who did more than any other one
Washington for the city which he found
ed and which bears his name. The
,, statue of Alexa nder R. Shepherd will to
the end of this city's life inspire Its citi-
zens with courage and zeal to work to-
gether for noble ends. Thus working to-
gether we can confidently expect that
they will have the greatest possible sue
cess"
After the playing of Weldon's Gate
City" by the Marine Band the benediction
was pronounced by Right Rev. Alfred
Harding, Bishop Of Washington.
Decorations a Feature.
The handsome decorations. which were
| the subject Of favorable comment on all
sides, and the ceremonial connected with
the actual unveiling were under the direc-
tion of Frederick D. Owen Of the Society
for Historic Decorations and Civic I'm
provement, who has had charge of the
| dwellings of many of the largest monu-
ments in this country. He was assisted
by George c. Hough.
The reception committee, the members
of which acted as ushers, was composed
Of members of the same organization. as
follows: Edward T. Bates, Sidney l.
Besselievre, Frank l.. Briscoe, Frederic
| c. Bryan, John d. Carmody, Lewis p
Clephane. Andrew B. Graham. Henry o.
Hall, Charles CAN'T Harris, Frederic B.
Jerome Lightfoot, Caleb c. Magruder. jr :
H. V. McAllister. ]. Henry Moser, Henry
w. Sampson and w. D. Writ
Many beautiful floral tributes were
! sent. to Mrs Shepherd. but on account Of
| the high wind which swept over the park
where the statute stands they were not
| banked around the pedestal but were
kept at Mrs Shepherds home, 1913
Connecticut avenue. One of the most
beautiful was floral basket. standing six
feet high. the tribute of Enrique C. Creel,
the former ambassador to the United
States from Mexico. and his wife. Other
flowers were sent by the members of the
Mexican embassy, including Maj. Fortino
Alvarez. first secretary. and A. Algara
Romero de Terreras. Jose Bermudez de
Castro and Leopold Blasquez Heads OF
local civic organizations also sent floral
tributes.
On the Speakers Stand.
Besides the members of the Shepherd
party and the speakers, those who were
assigned seats on the main stand were
Speaker Cannon. the Secretary of the
Treasury. Col. Spencer Cosby. Commits
sioner Henry l.. West, Engineer Com
missioner William V. Judson Justice Job
Barnard. Chief Justice H. nj. Clabaugh,
Senator n. B. Scott, Senator e. j. Bur-
kett, Senator r. j. Gamble, Representa-
tive J. w. Keifer, Representative II. H.
Bingham, Representative Wyatt Aiken,
Senator D. N. Fletcher Representative
George F. HUFF. Col NJ NJ Parker. Col
George Truesdell. Fourth Assistant Post
master General p. V. De Graw, DR.. Will
liam Tindall. President ]. H. Small of the
Board of Trade. President w. F.'Gude OF
the Chamber of Commerce. Justice w. p.
Stafford. Senator Wetmore. Representa-
tive ]. r. Mann and ex-Secretary of State
John W. Foster.
Sculptor Dunbar Congratulated.
When the ceremonies were concluded
and the large assemblage was breaking
up. compliments flew thick and fast for
the work of the sculptor whose task was
to portray in cold bronze one who was
loved, for the workmanship of the
pedestal and for the excellence of the ar
rangements for accommodating the many
who desired to pay their respects to the
former governor.
u. S. J. Dunbar, the sculptor. it was de-
clared. succeeded in making an unusually
effective statue. faithful in bringing out in
the bronze the characteristics of the for
mer governor. Thedesign was selscted sew
eral years ago by a committee, OF which
the late S. II. Kaufman was the chair
man. OF the several submitted to the
committee. Mr.. Dunbar's design was
chosen unanimously. although the men
with whom lay the choice did not know
at the time the identity OF tine sculptor of
any of the designs.
The pedestal. purchased independently
Of the statue. was supplied by the Van
Amring Granite Company, through its To-
cal agent, w. p. Kyle.
The compliments for the arrangements
for the ceremonies reflected credit upon
William v. Cox, chairman Of the com.
mittee on arrangements. and w. p. Van
Wickle. who. in his capacity as secretary
of the Shepherd memorial committee.
acted. also as secrttary OF the other.
Both were jealous in working out the
details for handling the large number of
guests, and there was not a hitch any
where. AS tickets of different colors ad.
mitted to the different sections OF the.
reserved seats, there was no confusion
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