Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-13
BUT ONE DISSENTING VOTE
Approval Strongly Advocated by
Committee Reporting Resolution.
NATION SHOWN TO BE TARDY
All Other Great Men Have Been
Honored by Monuments in
the Capital.

The Senate this afternoon gave it's ap-
proval to the recommendations of the
Lincoln memorial commission for the
erection of a S2.OOOOO0 monument to
Abraham Lincoln in Potomac Park. A
resolution of approval was passed with
out discussion and with only one dissent
ing vote.
Only the approval of the House is now
necessary for the project agreed upon
by the Lincoln memorial commission to
become a realization. The resolution
adopted today by the Senate will be re-
ported to the House tomorrow and be re-
ferred to the House committee on appro-
priations.
Cullom Its Sponsor.
Today's action by the Senate followed
the unanimous recommendation of the
Senate library committee. reported to the
Senate last night. in favor Of the commits
sion's design and site. Early in tOday's
session Senator Cullom called up the reso-
luton reported by the library committee
and asked immediate consideration.
As the clerk finished the reading. Sena-
tor Cuilom stood on his feet as If to meet
any opposition that might be raised. No
objection was heard. however. and the
resolution went through in the time 1t
took to put the routine motions.
For Lincoln alone our gratitude and
devotion have seemed too weak to over
come small differences of opinion and
taste. There must come an end some
time to discussion and a yielding OF in
dividual preference to the general judg-
ment IL there is ever to be action 1t Is
not tolerable that the remaining survivors
of the generation that knew Lincoln
should pass away and leave no memorial
of their reverence and love for him In
the city which was the scene Of his serv-
ice and sacrifice"
With this pea for action. the Senate
committee library recommended the
passage by the Senate of the resolution.
Recites Several Failures.
In the report backing up the resolution,
written by Senator Root of New York,
reference was made to the several failures
in the past to secure a monument to Lin
coin as mot altogether creditable." and
the prediction was made that the failure
TO accept the plan agreed upon by the Lin
coin memorial commission would pre-
vent the erection of any Lincoln monu-
ment whatever.
The report pointed out that the commits
sion. composed of President Taft. Sena-
tors Cullom Wetmore and Martin,
Speaker Clark and Representatives Nc
Call and Cannon, had unanimously rec
commended the Bacon design for me-
mortal to Lincoln. to be erected on POto-
mac Park. 1t continued:
Acceptance Of this decision will bring
performance OF the long delayed and neg
lected duty to erect monument to Abra-
ham Lincoln in this city.
''The failure to bring to success any of
the repeated attempts to secure such a
monument is not altogether creditable.
.'On the 29th of March, 1869. Congress
incorporated Lincoln Monument Asso-
ciation,' of which the treasurer of the
United States was treasurer. Some money
raised, plans and designs were pro-
- H. - Ian Nfot,e he.
chief actors passed away, and an insg-
nifcant sum remains in the Treasury of
the United States
June 2S, 1902; Congress created a COM
mission to secure plans and designs for
such monument. but that commission
never agreed and r"ver reported.
I'm the meantime and before the pres
ent act was passed many bills for a
monument were from time to time intro
duced in Congress. Some Of them died
in committee and some were reported and
never acted upon
'At last we have a definite conclusion.
Joined in after great consideration by
eminent representatives Of both houses Of
Congress. by the executive. and by the
trained and experienced advisers whom
they were directed by law to consult.
Policy Of Government.
ernment to set up in the capital city suit
aoic Hiciiioiio ~ 6iCdt hACh "ho1AA
the nation holds In honor
"A memorial to Grant is nearly COM
pleted. We already have statues Of Sher-
man. Sheridan, Logan. Thomas. McPher-
son. Mcclellan, Hancock, Rawlins, Du
Pont and Farragut Of the civil war Pc
riod.
Appropriations have passed the Senate
Tor Jefferson and Hamilton memorials.
Washington. Marshall, La Fayette, Ma
thanieI Greene. Rochambeau. Won Steu-
ben, Kosciuszko, Pulaski, Paul Jones,
Jackson, Scott and Webster Of earlier pe-
RODS are commemorated."
At the recent annual session of the
United German Societies Of the District
OF Columbia a resolution was adopted
indorsing the action of the Lincoln
memorial comm ssion in recommending
to Congress the erection of the proposed
memorial on the Potomac Park site In
accordance with the design of Henry
Bacon of New York The resolution re-
cited that the German-American resi-
dents of the Distric: have at heart the
Identification of the capital and its 'de-
velopment in accordance with the best
thought and in the highest artistic man
ner. which is desirable from a national
point of view because of the effect of its
example upon the cities of this country