The Paducah evening sun., 1910-08-27

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they become detrimental to the gen
eral welfare.
In continually and earnestly striving
for this betterment OF social and eco
nomic conditions in our complex In
dustrial civilization we should work
I'm the old frontier spirit OF rugged
strength and courage and yet with the
Old frontier spirit OF brotherly com
radeship and good will
do not mean that we should refrain
from hating wrong. on the contrary,
would preach dery wrath against
wrong. But would not preach such
wrath against the wrongdoer save In
those cases where his wrongdoing real
ly Is due TO evil moral attributes on
his part and not TO a wrong or false
system. OF which he Is almost as much
the victim as the beneficiary.
Sometimes wrong represents the
deliberate wickedness OF the wrong
doer. In which case the remedy Is 10
punish him. but sometimes II repre-
sents the effects OF a false social sys.
TEN. I'm which case the right course is
10 alter what Is false in the system.
Both principles need 20 be kept In
view as guides TO our conduct. aud Il
Is necessary sometimes TO work In ac-
cordance with one and sometimes IN
accordance with the other.
Before ending l wish TO say a word
on something which, believe. should
especially interest all men who live In
the open country, aud especially all
men who during the past thirty years
| have lived and worked ON ranches or
have done their life work In the wilder
parts Of our land. on the great plains
or among the mountains.
The phase OF our national life in
which the stcckman. the mining pros
pector. the frontier farmer aud their
associates were the chief characters
was not only an important. but also n
very picturesque phase.
Often such a phase passes without
any great artist arising TO commem.
crate Il. Tue old time hackwocdsman
for instance. the man of the back coun
try. who lived In the eastern forests
through which the waters ran east
ward 20 the Atlantic aud westward g.
the Mississippi. passed away without
any painter or sculptor arising who
possessed at once both the keenncss OF
vision 60 see what u vital aud pie
mresque figure the backwoodsman was
aud the gca.us adequately 90 present
that figure.
Monument For Remington.
The artists who saw the picturesque
ness of the backwoodsman lacked thr
genius adequately 10 commemorate q
while the artists ~ real ability unfor
tunatcly had their eyes turned toward
Europe aud lacked the robust original
Hy-which the novelist Cooper showed
to see whore their chance lay TO DO y
great work.
But In our generation for our goo6
fortune a great artist aross who was
capable OF seeing and of recording tho
Infinite nlcturcsquehess OF the life OF
the plains and tho Rockies. OF course
speak OF Frederic Remington. Tie
was one ~ those Americans who BY
their achievements distinctly deserved
well 81 America. lie worked with
pencil. with brush. with chlsel. iie
was both a painter and a sculptor.
His pictures aud bis few bronEes arr
equally good.
when my own regiment. a typicaily
western regiment. recruited mainly
from the men OF the great plains and
the mountains. was dixhandcd az Mon
tauk Point. the officers and enlisted
men Joined In giving me Rcmlngton's
bronze broncho buster. gift which !
thought peculiarly appropriate. coming
from such n body OF men.
In Remington's pictures al the mosi
vivid aud characteristic features OF the
western pioneer lie which l. just cios
ing were set forth. and he has com
memorated forever the men OF the
plains and the mountains as they nc
tually were The cowboy IL bis favor
ne type. but the mining prospector. the
frontier farmer. the mnn who guides
OK wagon or mule team. the soldier
he lndlan-all aplSar. Now ! via
very much that these men themselves
vouid IN their turn provide n monu-
nent Tor the great artist. the sum Of
whose activities represents such n Tea
urc OF American achievement and.
.bove all. represents the commemora
Ion Of some Of the most interesting
igurcs that have ever appeared on the
dage Of American life.
statue should be raised 10 Rem
ngton by some really first class art
Il. Here nj Cheyenne IA this gather
Ing many hundreds Of the men
nave come together who were them
'elves typical leaders In and represent.
itlves OF the very life which Remlng
ton so portrayed that II will always
i've hope that these men will Join
together. arrange the appointment OF
a committee aud start 20 raise funds |
for the erection OF such a statue.