The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-12
STRONG EULOGY OF
 GENERAL WALLACE Statue Is Unveiled In the Capi-
 toI At Washington GOV. MARSHALL'5 TRIBUTE lndians's Executive Speaks Highly of the Christian Virtues and High
 Character of the Great
 Writer and Diplomat.

Washington. January 11.-In commem-
 oration of his great services to his state
 and country. a statue of Gen. Lew Wal
 lace, soldier, author and diplomat was
 today placed in the capitol, thus malS-
 ing another notable addition to the gal
 lery of great Americans whose faces
 adorn Statutory hall. Oliver P Morton.
 war governor of Indiana. is the other
 citizen who has been honored by the
 Hoosier state in the same manner.
 The unveiling today was made the oc-
 casion of an imposing ceremony. Capt.
 John P. Mcgrew. who served as an of
 the civil war and president of the Lew Wallace Statue commission. presided, the figure being unveiled by Lew Wallace, Jr., grandson of the general Gov.
 Thomas R. Marshall of Indiana accept ed the statue on behalf of his state from the commission which had charge of it's preparation.
 In the course of his speech Governor Marshall deplored the apparent passing of patriotism among Americans. tThe earlier history of the republic . he said, brought wars so closely togetA- CT as to keep alive the flaming spirit of. patriotism. But time has elapsed since 61 and stories which thrilled our fath- CTS, as told by the lips of participants have now. for the most part to be re-
 peated with lesser effect in the pages of history And yet there remains, as
 hopeful sign of the age, the fact that a fa commercialism so long as it's people do
 not set up for universal admiration men | whose sole claim to greatness has been their buying and selling and the getting
 of gain unto themselves"
 The governor drew attention to the fact | that no monument had yet been erected by an admiring people to men who had
 amassed great fortunes or whose claim to greatness lay in their exercise of great | financial sense.
 Not yet has con,mercialsm been able | to place upon a pedestal a man who made money and made nothing else he said. If such man climbs upon ' pedestal the great body of the Amer ican people is icenoclsstic enough to drag him down into the mire of common rid l icule and laughter
 Governor Marshall eulogized the life l and achievements of General Wallace, both as a soldier in the Mexican and l civil wars and as an author and cit l izen of Indiana.
 | Tt may be long time before he shall
 be seen in the right perspective by all l citizens he said, but this I venture l to say: That while many men may ap- l pear to adorn one of the two pillars | Christian civilization and constitutional l liberty-upon which the arch of the re- l public rests. it will be years to come
 before there will be another man whose medallion, like that of Wallace, can grace | both of them
 | Besides the members of his personal staff and a number of prominent per | sons who accompanied the governor g | party from Indianapolis, there was a large attendance Of Indianians resident in l Washington at the ceremonies attending I the unveiling. ] Others who delivered eulogies were
 Senator Beveridge A. Rustem Bay, ! charge d'affaires of the Turkish em-
 bassy. and w H. Andrews, delegate 1 from New Mexico.
 1 One of the most notable features of 1 the ceremony was the reading of an
 original poem by James Whitcomb Riley. l The statue was the work of Andrew l OConner ot Paris. It is seven feet in | height The figure Is clad in the uniform, l of a major general of the United States.