The sun., 1910-02-17
NEW EFFIGYINS NSTATUARYHALL
TT rs 4 STATUE or TIRE LATE
SENATOR HARLAN or IOWA.

McCan Of Massa chusetts. who walks
through the gau with Eyes Closed.
wants an Art Expert 90 nun Things
Mann Calls u the Hail Or Horrors.
WASHINGTON. Feb. I6.--An efagy ofthe
late James =. Harlan of Iowa was un-
boxed and set upIto-day in Statuary Han
which Representative Mann referred to
on tho floor OF the House this afternoon
as the Hall OF Horrors" II 10 OF bronze,
including a fine set OF whiskers OF that
metal. Mr. Harlan is depicted gazing
OF into space, with one hand resting on
the small OF his back and the other hanging
At his side. Orumpling a bronze document.
He is about nine feet high and wears a
frock coat.
Judge Walter l. Smith OF Iowa. who is
a member of the House COMMITTEES on
Rules and famous for the carrying power
OF his voice spent most OF the day in
StatuaTy Hall explaining TO newspaper
men and to casual visitors unacoom-
panied by guides that MIR. Harlan used
to be a senator from Iowa and was once
very friendly with President Lincoln
in fact was the last Cabinet member ap-
1
great many more interesting things about
Mr.. Harlan.
Representative Mccall OF Massachu-
setts, chairman OF the H ouse COMMITTEES
on the Library. who has been offered two
college presidenoies and who is generally
credited with knowing more about art.
ancient and modern. nude and drsped.
than any man In Congress, did not visit
| Statuary Hall TO inspect the new arrival:
There was a time when Mr.. Mccall had
not been long in the House when ne useo
to walk through Statuary H all with his
eyes closed. But this was inconvenient
| on days when the hall was crowded. and
| since on one occasion when he knocked
down two children. butted into an elderly
woman and landed on the bosom OF
| fat and highly indignant senator. he has
always gone through with his eyes open.
but straight to the front.
Right now he il trying to get an art
commission to run things in the District
OF Columbia and believes something OF
the sort is imperatively needed at the
Capitol. This Is also Understood to be
/ the view OF the French art expert who was
| escorted to the Capitol one day during
a session OF Congress several years ago
| TO inspect the likenesses OF the TaVor1te
sons OF many States. He Tainted after
looking at three OF them and complained
when he came back TO consciousness that
! IL was something he had eaten for lunch.
The arrival OF the Harlan statue to-
day has set Elliott Woods, the superin-
| tendeut OF the Capitol. TO thinking where
he will put the next one. There are now
forty marble and bronze figures in the
Hall Of Horrors and the space around the
walls is all filed up. although Congress
has authorized the placing OF nifty more
statues whenever the states get ready TO
send them along
All the art experts who have had the
courage TO inspect Statuary Hsli make
the one complaint that no supervision ever
has been exercised over the manufacture
OF the effiRies and that consequently
they don't harmonize worth n cent For
inst snce, Ethan Allan Of Vermont is big
enough to4ick any six others in the place.
including Daniel Webster, Sam Houston
and Robert p. Lee. Even the most ardent
of Efhan's followers do not claim that he
was ten feet tall and had a hand like
Snithfield ham and critics insist that
his present heroic size he would look
better on the roof. There are many
Other kicks against the collection by
persons who are supposed to know.
Some Of them say that before the fifty
other authorized statues are delivered
at the Capitol, Congress will clear out
Statuary all and pass bill TO distribute
the statues around Washington. They
can do that. The people OF The national
capital hs We no vote.