Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-05-30
LINCOLN, MAN
OF SORROWS,
SCULPT0R'S IDEA
Bronze Monument Van Horns
Gift and BorgIum's
Work.
q am. now in the Garden of Geth-

II am now in the Garden of Geth-
semane.'
Lincoln, the man of sorrows, in one
Of the darkest hours of the Civil War
wrote that line. And 1t was charac-
~teristic of him who, after fighting IN
one of the most terrible wars OF his
tory, could write: Let US strive on &c
finish the work we are in; to bind up
the nations wounds; to care for him
who shan have borne h battle, and
for his widow and his orphan-to dc
all that which may achieve and cherish
a Just and lasting peace among our
selves and with all nations"
1t is this attitude that Gutzon Bor-
elum. the sculptor, has seized for the
statue b%eforeAthe Court House.
Speaking of the Beauty of Lin
coin Gutzon Borglum has written:
You will find written on his race
literally all the complexity of his great
nature-a nature seeing at once the
humor and the pathos of each situation
as II presents itself to him. He was
more deeply rooted in he home prln-
ciples that are keeping us together
than any man who was ever asked TO
make his heartbeat national-the first
rreat human return from the west.
The monument is the gift of Amos II.
Van Horn. who died December 26, l9oS,
in his will setting aside $4,000 for a
memorial to Abraham Lincoln, to De
erected in Newark, and ito be dedl-
Gated In memory of Lincoln Post"
1he site was selected in accordance
with n suggestion in his will, n also
in accordance with q wish he expressed
To his intimate friends. All else he
left to the discretion of his executors
Messrs. Ralph e. Lum. John MARTENS
and George w. Wire. They chose as a
monument committee three men of hlgh
standing in the community, qualified by
their knowledge of art for the special
service they were called upon to rem
der. They we're Vicc-Chancellor James
n Howell, John Cotton Dana and Jo-
seph c.. Spur. ,
After an exhaustive review OIL
the country's monumental work, Mr..
Gutzon Borglum was asked to submit
a model. This was Immediately APP
proved by the monument committee
nv the. executors and by the Newark
Shade Tree tOilllll6Siuiii anu O. 49,
faithfully followed in the finished work.
Those who have been closely ldentifled
with the presentation of the statue
To the city are; Trustees-Ralph !.
Lum, John MARTENS, George w. Wire.
Monument COMMUNICATION. James E.
Howell, John Cotton Dana, Joseph G..
spur. Lincoln Post Communicable
Forest p. Lozier, chairman; James
c. Taylor, secretary; Frederick X
Scholl, Radcliff P. Miller, James r.
Mulliken, Abraham J%enkinson, John
Connolly, Uriah Seely. Il. L. Conkltn,
Officers. of Lincoln Post No. IL, Depart
ment of New Jersey, Grand Army of
the Republic-Commander, Edwin b.
Smith; senior V. c., Albert f. Sharp;
Junior V. c., John Var Duyne; surgeon,
DIR. Hugh p. Roden; chaplain, William
H. Macdonald; quartermaster, William
H.. Jeroleman; officer of the day, George
Healy; officer of the guard, David NJ.
Harris; sergeant-major, De Forest p.
Lozier; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT John
Connolly; adjutant, Theodore w.
Aston. Shade Tree Commission for
1909-James A. Berry, John II. Ely,
James S. Higbie. Shaoe Tree Commits
sion for 910-1911-James A. Berry. sec
rotary Of commission, Carl Bannwart,
George B.. Ashley, Bernard Nj. Shan
ley, jr.