The Washington herald., 1910-01-12

from many other States paid tribute at
the shrine of Gen. Lew Wallace yesterday
morning. when a statue concentrating
lis nlustrious life in literature and states
manship was unveiled in Statuary Hall
Of the National Capitol
Business was suspended in both branches
Of Congress. and Senators and Repre-
sentatves paid their respects.
The Senate to-day will hold special ex-
eIcises accepting the statue and COM
memorating Gen. Wallace. and similar
action VIII later be taken By the House.
Gov. Thomas r. Marshall made the adj
dress of acceptance on behalf of the
Hoosier State Henry Lane Wallace,
a ron Of the dead patriot; William Noble
Wallace, and Lew Wallace, jr, grandsOns,
we're present. James Whitcomb Riley.
the poet, and many other national figures
We're present
Regard of Indiana.
The assembIage was called to order by
Capt. John P. Megrew. chairman Of the
Wallace Statue Commission, who alluded
TO the fact that the large attendance indi-
Gated the high regard in which Gen. Wal
lace was held. The invocation was pro-
noJnced by Rev. George Fiske Dudley,
rector of St. Stephens Church. Capt.
Megrew gave & brief account Of the
statue and then introduced William Allen
Woods, of Indianapolis a member Of the
statue commission. who presented the
marble figure TO the State Of Indiana,
saying in part;
Ir the execution Of the trrst the commission has
had two objects IA vew-t1 provide suCh a memorial
as would give -be people cherished conception 81
Con Wallace and 70 provide that the expression Of
that conception should he In the most forcef arts
tic. and beautiful form so 10 associate the name
q Indiana with the growing movement, nation
wide, toward improvement In public monuments.
Noble Likeness Revealed.
st the conclusion of Mr.. Woods adj
dress. Lew Wallace. jr., who is only
twelve years old, pulled the cords which
held an American flag around the statue,
and the figure of Gen. Wallace was re-
vealed. amid cheers.
y glowing tribute to Gen. Wallace was
paid by Gov Marshall, in accepting the
statue, He said;
Familiar s. the saying thst WE are living in
commercial age that patriotism Is the decline;
shat when IL appears II Is largely eervescent IN its
character, and that az its best IL is merely thin
y,reer over a life devoted 20 selfish Interests.
This is partly true and partly false. We could
TOT. il ne would. help hring a commercial people
aud Yet there remains, a hopeful sign Of the
age the fact that nation is not lost in tile spirit
q clmHeTrialism - long as lis people do nor set
up Ter universal admiration men whose sole claim
u greatness has been their bUynE and selling and
the getting Of gain unto themselves
Gen. WaIIace's Martyrdom.
1lyriads n men are moycd BY passion. uv rrei-
UdiCe. and by enthusiasm but he is a man set apart
upon the misty mountain toTS Of life who can
calmly and deliberately. by the processes f his in
tslligeuce, reach right conclusion adverse 10 all
his former opinions and then he 50 filed aud thrill
Cd with the Justice Of his cause as 10 he willing TO
Uie for 10. Such man was lew Wallace.
Wallace lived long and he lived veil. He b.
llfved that there we're but two great and cvernas-
tering ideas in an life. Thesa were hrs LOYALTY 10
the Divine and his LOYALTY 10 the principles Of his
native land. One he emh1lmcd in his immortal
work the uthe1 he emhaimrd in his immortal life
Tribute ny BevPridge.
When American children a century hence shall
Ia led through this han Of fame and ask fa know
the meaning of these marble figures their Parents
must he able 20 answer, standing before each.
This man q servant Of his fellows He thought
at men and women who came after him " o- III,
inscribed laws which lifted burdens from his conn
tymen.' or He wrote books which insured oar
Ieope and all peoples 10 higher thinking and better
living" OF He helped 70 knit the countries of
the world in closer brotherhood" And an were
defenders Of the nation, whether IN study or conn
oil, or on battlefield. All were lovers Of this re
public ot free and equal men, All were representa-
tive Americans
Memory to Live On.
These things the fathers and mothers who bring
their children here a hundred years from pcy csu
say Of Lew Wallace; and that is Why Indiasn places
this image Of her among the nations great
and illustrious ones. He loved liberty for all
men and he fought for IT, He vorshipcd tho Ds
ton because OF what the American nation means
and 10 save the nation he gladly offered his life
on many battlefield. He suggested laws for the
bettement of human conditions. He wrote noble
books. one Of which. translated into every modern
and eTen into one Oriental tongue has lifted an
the civilized world nearer to the Saviour of man.
kind. He drew closer together our own and allen
nations. and with the charm Of his genius and the
power Of his personality he even bevitched the af
fectiOns q absoutism itself
Lew Wallace was an Indianian Yes but that
IS not the reason that Indiana places his z'stDe
az the Nations Capital No, It is because he was
a typical Amerlcan-because he represented those
qualities which founded. buldad. and saved The
is the most national Of all the States
Lew Wallace in the flesh is gone but what n.
did still lives. He marches more at the head
a. his soldiers fighting for the nation and for
liberty; but the nation and liberty stl endure
thanks 10 such as he and the men who followed
him. His golden tongue is forever silent: but The
things it spoke for still persist. ave and grow
stronger. His pen Is motiOnless but IL wrote with
no fading ink. and his books still enchaut and in
sIire millions Of men and women in every land
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human hearts and hopes.
So Indiana proudly unveils this statue Of Lew
WaIlace-soldieF and laWgver author and ideaIist
dreamer Of beautiful dreams for better things for
his fell0wmen and WiClder Of a sword and pen
which helped those dreams come true.
Turkish Representative Speaks.
A Rustem Bey, charge d'affaires Of the
Turkish Embassy, spoke of the life and
character OF Gen. Wallace, aHuding to the
high regard in which he was held in
Turkey, and urged closer relations be
tween the two countries.
The last speaker was William H. An
drews, delegate from New Mexico. who
expressed the appreciation of the people
% the Territory OF which Gen. Wallace
once was governor. The benedletion was
pronounced by Rev. Lloyd c. Douglas.
The statue, which is seven feet high,
represents Gen. Wallace clothed in the
uniform of a major general Of the United
States army. To stands on a base of
Indiana limestone It was designed by
Andrew O'Connor, an American sculptor
living In Paris, and was set up in the
Canitol December q.