The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-03-14
DAVIS STATUE IN
HALL OF FAME
Added to Collection of Not
ables in Historic Sta
tuary Hall.

washington. d. c., March H.
statue Of Jefferson Davis the presi-
dent OF the Confederate States Of
America, is likely to be added soon to
the collection in Statuary Hall in the
capital. The statue will be a contri-
button to the nation from the state Of
mississippi, of which state Mr.. Davis
was a resident the greater part of his
life. In addition to the Davis statue.
Mississippi proposes to place a statue
OF James 2. George in the hall Of fame.
Mr. George was a noted statesman,
and for many years represented Mis-
slssippi in the United States senate.
Several other notable additions to
the collection in Statuary Hall are to
be made at All early date. At the end
OF next month Florida will set up a
statue of DIR. John Gorrie. the invent
or OF the first ice-making machine in
the world. The Gorris statue will be
exposed to public view for the first
time April 80. and there will be cere-
monies attending the unwilling appro-
pirate to the occasion. At a later date
Florida will also place in Statuary Hall
a statue of Gen. E. Kirby-Smith, one
of h noted Florida commanders in
the Confederate army,
Statuary Hall. as most people know,
was established so years ago at the
suggestion of Justin s. Morrill, of YER
mont. then Il member Of the house Of
representatives. The room which had
i'm the early history of the government
been used as Il meeting place of the
house OF representatives was designat-
ed as a national Statuary Hall. to
which each state might send 1.-THE ef-
figies Of two Of her chosen sons in
marble or bronze. to be placed perma-
nently here" John Quincy Adams
was stricken with fatal illness in this
hall and died in an adjoining room.
AS the a have gone by states,
with a good deal of d~eliberation. have
taken advantage OF the invitation ex-
tended by congress. Among the first
to respond was Massachusetts,, which
placed in the hall statues Of John VIM
throp. first governor OF the colony
which settled on what is now Massa-
chusetts ground, and Samuel Adams,
who was prominent in the agitation
which brought about the Revolution
AIRY war. Virginia is represented by
George Washington, first president Of
the United States. and Robert e. Lee,
commander Of the Confederate army.
The New York statues in the Hall
of Fame are those Of George Clinton,
general in the Revolution, first COVER
of New York and twice vice presi-
dent OF the United States, and Robert
X. Livingston. member Of the Conti-
mental congress and a member of the
committee that drafted The Declara-
ton of Independence.
Illinois is thus far the only state to
honor the. memory of a woman by
placing her statue in Statuary Hall.
The women thus honOred was the late
Miss Frances F.. Willard. founder of
the Women's Christian Temperance
Union. The other statue placed in the
hall by the state of Illinois is that of
James Shields, a noted Civil war gen
eral and United States senator.
Among the other statues now in the
hall are those Of Ethan Allen Of YER
mont, known to history as the hero
of Ticonderoga; Stephen F. Austin of
Texas, a leader in the movement for
Texan independence; James A. Gar
field Of Ohio, president of the United
States; Daniel Webster Of New Hamp-
shire. senator and secretary Of state;
Oliver p. Morton, governor Of Indiana
during the Civil war; Lewis Cass Of
Michigan. soldier, statesman and din
lomat; John. Hanson OF Maryland,
president Of the Continental congress-;
Pere Marquette, sen by Wisconsin,
missionary. priest and explorer; John
Peter Gabriel Muhlenburg Of Penn
sylvania, a noted soldier in the reyolu.
ton and later United States senator:
Richard Stockton Of New Jersey, q
signer Of the Declaration Of Indepen-
dence; Roger Williams of Rhode ISL
and, founder of the colony: Thomas
Hart Benton of Missouri. for many
years Il conspicuous figure in he
United states aeDate; Charles Carroll
Of Maryland. signer Of the Declara-
ton Of independence; y. Il. M. Curry
of Alabama, noted a q statesman and