The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-03-09
PROPOSED INDIAN STATUTE


A bill introduced in both Houses of
Congress providing for colossal
statue of the North American Indian
to be placed In New York Harbor
will be reported in the House on
March 1. This measure was intro
duced by Representative Joseph A
Goulden and Senator Chauncey M.
Depew of New York and provides
that there shall be erected without ex-
pense to the United States Govern.
ment, by Rodman Wanamaker, OF
New York City, and others, for
memorial to the memory of the North
American Indian. 1t is provided that
a Commission consisting of the Chair
man of the Committee on Library, of
the Senate, the Chairman of the
Committee on Library, OF the House,
and the Secretaries of State, War,
Navy and Interior, the Attorney Cen
eral and Robert G. ogden, of New
York, shall be created with full
authority to select the site in the
Harbor of New York and a suitable
design, and to contract for and super
intend the construction of the
memorial.
| This bill Is the result of a sugges-
tion made by Mr.. Rodman Wanamak-
er, at celebrated dinner given last
May at Sherry's New York, in honor
of Col. Cody, the famous Indian
scout.
The idea of erecting q statue of an
Indian, with arms outstretched in
waIcop,a at Tho xatau,oy 90 tho Naxy
World met with such instant en-
thusiasm, that there is little doubt
but that the measure will meet with
unanimous support
While the ways and means of pro.
vidlng money toy finance the enter.
prise have not yetabeen decided upon
1t is expected that the statue will be
la National Monument to perpetuate
the memory of the First American.
and an opportunity will be given to
levery one who desires to contribute:
1t is estimated that one penny from
every man, woman, and Child in the
United States will furnish ample
means for its erection.
, Already various tribes of the Order
, of Red Men throughout the United
.
their share to the general fund. 1t Is
planned that each of the five hundred
thousand members of the Order Of
, Red Men represented In the foui
|, Thousand tribes in the United States
, shall contribute two cents each, whici
would amount to $4,000. A pile Of
, copper cents amounting to $4,000 II
/, far more imposing than q single
I check for that amount donated by
2 some one individual 10 whom 1t woult
; mean so little.
The idea of this statue originated
with Mr.. Rodman Wanamaker, o.
Philadelphia, during an expedition
made by him in 1908, for the purpos'
; of studying the Indian on his own
ground. His first impulse was to pre-
sent the statue to the country, bu
. the consensus of opinion is that 4
= = should be national gift, and tha
a every child in the country should b'
- allowed to cOntributo one penny II
:, memory of race that is fast becom
!, ling extinct.
The bill is backed by the entir'
New York delegation both in th'
!. House and In the Senate, and Is re
:, ceiving the support of the Presiden
= the Vice President and many promin
ent men in political and financia
lcircles Very valuable aid is beini
q given to secure the passage OF tn
! bill by Senators owen. Of Oklahoma
q and Curtis, of Kansas. and by Repre-
sentative Carter, OF Oklahoma, all o
whom trace their ancestry back +
"a the noble Red Men of the Forest.