The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1914-03-25
Statue Will Probably Be
Erected Soon.
STATUARY HALL BEING FILLED
With Images BY Various
States-List of Dead
So H0n0red.
ONLY ONE WOMAN IN BUNCH

statute o. Jefferson Davis. the Pres
sident Of Tie Confederate States Of
America. s. likely 70 be added soon
70 the collection in Statuary Hall in
the Capitol The statue will be a
contribution TO the nation from the
state Of Mississippi, Of which State
Mir. Davis was a resident the greater
part Of his life. In addition to the
Davis statue Mississippi proposes to
place statue Of James Y. George in
the hall OF fame. Mr. George was a
noted statesman and for many years
represented Mis- issippi in the United
States senate.
Several other notable additions to
the collection in Statuary Hall are to
be made at an early date. At the
end OF next month Florida will set
up a statue Of Dr. John Gorrie, the
inyetor Of the first ice-making ma
chine In the world. The Gorrie
statue will be exposed to public view
for the first time April 30. and there
viii be ceremonies attending the
dnveil1ng approDoriate TO the occa-
sion At a later date Florida will
also place in Statuary Hall statue
of Gen. +. Kirby Smith, one OF the
noted Florida commanders in the
Confederate army.
Statuary Hall as most people I
know. was established fifty years
ago at the suggestion of Justin S. |
Morrill,, OF Vermont. then a member /
OF theHouse Of Representatives. The |
room which had in the early history /
of the Government been used as /
meeting place Of theHouse OF Repre- /
sentatiyes was designated 4 national /
Statuary Hall to which each State I
might send the 'efigies of two OF /
der chosen sons in marble or bronze. /
% be placed permanently here"
TOhn Quincy Adams was stricken /
aith fatal illness in this hall and .
lied IN an adjoining room.
As the years have gone by, States, 4
III = Hryg4 AfdA Vi lFllBfI dNlODf
awe taken advantage OF the invita-
EiOn extended by Congress. Among
-Ge first 10 respond was Massachu-
.e;ts. which placed in the hall stat
les Of John Winthrop. first Cover
aOr Of the colony which settled on
shat IL now Massachusetts, ground.
and Samuel Adams. who was prom
nent in the agitation which brought
about the Revolutionary War vir-
zinia is represented by George Wash
ngton, first President of the United
States. and Robert +. Lee. command
r. Of the Confederate army.
The New York statues in the hall
II fame are those Of George Clin-
on, General in tine Revolution, first
Vice President Of the United States,
and Robert II. Livingston, member
# the Continental Congress and
member of the committee that draft
ID the Declaration OF Independence.
Illinois is thus far the only State
% honor the memory of "A woman by
placing her statue in Statuary Hall.
rhe woman thus honored was the
ate Miss Frances T.. Willard, found
.r OF the Woman's Christian Tenn
porance Union. The other statue
placed in the hall by the State Of
Illinois is that OF James Shields, a
acted Civil War general and United
states senator.
Among the other statues now in
the hall are those OF Ethan Allen, of
Vermont, known to history as the
nero OF Ticonderoga; Stephen +.
Austin. of Texas. a leader in the |
movement for Texan independence; /
lanes A.Garheld. OF Ohio. President
II the United States; Daniel Web
ster, OF New Hampshire. senator and |
Secretary of State Oliver =. Morton,
governor ofIndiana during the Civil
War: Lewis Cass, OF Michigan, sol |
dier. statesman and diplomat: John |
Hanson, of Maryland. president of /
the Continental Congress; Pere
Marquette. sent by Wisconsin. mis-
-ionary. priest and explorer; John
Peter Gabriel Muhlenburg, of Penn |
sylyania, noted soldier in the |
Revolution aud later United States
senator. Richard Stockton, OF New
Jersey. a signer of the Declaration
Of Independence; Roger william. OF
Rhode Island, founder OF the colony;
Thomas Hart Benton, of Missouri
for many years a conspicuous figure
In the United States senate; Charles
Carroll, OF Maryland, signer of the
Declaration OF Independence: j. l..
VI. Curry, Of Alabama, noted as
statesman and educator; Nathaniel 4
Greene. of Rhode Island, General