Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-03-02


commonwealth.
PROPOSED INDIAN MONUMENT.
A bill introduced In both houses
of congress providing for a colossal
statue of the North American In
dian to be placed in New York har-
Dor was reported in the house on
March l. 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
expense to the United States gov
eminent, by Rodman Wanamaker, of
New York City, and others, ON a
United States reserva tion<in the har-
Dor of New York, memorial to the
memory of the North American In:
dian. 1t is further provided that a
commission consisting Of the chair
man of the committee on library, of
the senate. the chairman of the com.
mittee on library Of the house, and
the secretaries of state, war, navy
and interior. the attorney general
and Robert c. Ogden, of New York,
shall be created with full authority
to select the site in the harbor of
New York and suitable design, and
to contract for and superintend the
construction of the memorial.
This bill is the result of sugges-
ton made by Mr.. Rodman Wanamak-
err, at a celebrated dinner given last
May at Sherry's, New York, in hon.
or of COL Cody, the famous Indian
scout The idea of erecting a statue
of an Indian, with arms outstretched
in welcome at the gateway of the
New World met with such instant
enthusiasm, that there is little doubt
but that the measure will meet with
unanimous support.
While the ways and means of pro-
viding money to finance the enter
prise have not yet been decided upon,
it is expected that the statue will be
national monument to perpetuate
the memory Of the first American,
and an opportunity will be given to
every one who desires to contribute;
it 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 Or
der of Red Men throughout the
United States have taken steps to
contribute 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 four thousand tribes in the
United States shall contribute two
cents each, which would amount to
$4,000. A pile of copper cents
amounting to $4,000 is far more i'm
posing than a single check for that
amount donated by some one individ-
ual to whom it would mean so lit
tie.
The idea of this statue originated
with Mr.. Rodman Wanamaker, Of
Philadelphia, during an expedition
made by him in 1908, for the purpose
of studying the Indian on his own
ground. His first impulse was to
present the statue to the country,
but the consensus of opinion is that
it should be national gift, and that
every child in the country should be
allowed to contribute one penny in
memory of a race that is fast becom-
ing extinct.
The bill is backed by the entire
New York delegation both in the
house and in the senate, and is re-
ceiving the support of the president,
the vice president, and many promf-
nent men in political and financial
circles. Very valuable aid Is being
given to secure the passage Of the
bill by Senators Owen, CT Oklahoma,
and Curtis, of Kansas, and by Repre-
sentative Carter, of Oklahoma, all of
whom trace their ancestry back to
the noble Red Man Of the Forest.
Legal Advice.
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charged with having struck the de-