The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1910-03-05
PROPOSED INDIAN MoNU-
MENT TO BE ERECTED
IN NEW YORK HARBoR

\ bill introduced in both Houses OF
Congress providing for a colossal statue
Of the North American Indian 70 be
placed loo New York Harhor was re
ported iu the House or March /. This
measure VA, introduced by Representa-.
tie Joseph \. Goulder ard Senator
Chauncey NJ. Depcw, oi New York, and
provides that there sLall he erected
without expense g. the United States
Government, by ROlmar Wanamakcr, Of
New York City. and Others, on a United
States reservation 10 the Harb0r OF
New York. a memorial to the memory
Of the North American indian. IL is
further provided that . Commission con
s%isting Of the Chp'rman Of the Commit.
tee on Library, OF the Senate. the Chair.
man OF the Committee on Library, Of
tho House, and the Sec aries Of State,
War, Navy and lnier Tor. che Attorney
General ard Robert T. ogden, OF New
YorE. shall be created w.'u he full au.
thority 10 select the site 100 the Harbor
Of New York aud : suitable ie- gp, and
to contract for aud lpperrrsal the con.
| struction OF the meuors.
This Bill is the result of = .ygge.yion
made by Mr.. RodnsH W.lsmaSer, At a
celebrated dinner give last May a.
sherry 's, New Iort o. noror of Col.
Cody, the f,mou, indian scout. The
idea Of erecting = statue ~ an indian,
with arms outstre'ched 10 welcome a.
the gateway Of the New W,i.a met v .th
such instant enthu. ASH. tnt' there is
! little doubt but 'rat the measure will
meet with unanimous support
While the ways aud mean, o. proyil
ing money To fryrc- tie enterprise have
not yet been decided upo. = is expect.
ed that the statue vii he : p%stional
Monument 10 perpetual. the memory Of
the First America, snd 90 oppoGluu
ity Will be given 70 everyone who de.
siTes to contribute; IL is est mated that
one penny rom every man, woman and
child in the United States wall furnish
ample means tor its srer'io1.
Already various tribes o. ,sc order
~ Red Men t~hfoul'ou, "a United
states have taken steps Go .ort'ibutc
their share to TIE general iInd II il,
planned that each Of tur i've hundred
thousand members Of the order Of Red
Men represented 10 the four thousand
tribes in the United States susll sou
tribute two cents, zach, which would
amount TO 10000. A pie Of copper
cents amounting 10 $1,000 b. Tor more
imposing than q single ghccS for that
amount donated 10y some one Individual
to whom 1t would mem so little.
The idea Of this statue originated
with Mr.. Rodiaar Wanauake. Of Philu
delphia, during an expedition made by
hIm IN 1905, Tor the purpose Of study
inR the Indian on hs own ground
HIS drst impulse Was 20 present the
statue to the country, but the consen
sue Of opinion u thPt j. should be a
national git, and that every child Ia
the country should be allowed 70 con
tribute one penny in memory Of race
thst is fast becoming extinct.
The Bill is backed by the entire New
York Delegation boz. IL tire House and
the senate, and nany prominent men
in political and hnsbeisl circles. Very
valuable AID is being given 20 secure the
passage Of the bill by Senator Owen,
Of Oklahoma, and Curtis, Of Kansas, and
by Representative Carter, o. Oklahoma,
all Of whom trace their ancestry back
% the noble Red Mar Of the Forest.