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-.....! CLEAN PAPER FOR THE HOME THE WEATHEK—Probably Showers. VOL*, 1.—No. 1C9. RICHMOND, VA-, THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1910. 10 PAGES MIDE ROOSEVELT POlITttlTIM Is Sacrificed by Taft on Altar of Presidential As pirations CHIEF EXECUTIVE SANCTIONED DEAL Colouel May Come Out Himself in 1912, as Break is too Wide to Be Bridged. NEW YORK, Aug. IS.—Staff cor respondents ot the World. Sun and Herald unite to-day In their dis patches from Oyster Bay In declaring that an open rupture exists between President Taft and Colonel Roosevelt. The Herald says: "Theodore Roose velt will not endorse the Taft ad ministration The final break be tween the President aftd his predeces sor came by the selection ny State committee of James S. Sherman, as temporary chairman of the Saratoga convention. These assurances come to-night from an absolutely authentic source. There will be no peace truce between Sagamore Hill and Beverly. Those close to Mr. Roosevelt make the startling disclosure thst a politl fl deal waa entered Into between Mr. oodruff, William Warn, Republican national committeeman and Vice President Sherman on one nand and the close political advisers of Presi dent Taft on the other, whereby Mr. Woodruff was to be re-elected State chairman and Mr. Sherman temporary chairman of the State convention. Mr. Woodruff has pledged to President Taft the New Y'ork delegation to the national convention In 1»1J in return tor the President's support. "The erstwhile President will haxe no work of criticism lor the man Whit# House it wtH not be a sur prise, however, to those who are close to Mr. Roosevelt if he finds hlmseit placed in such a position that he will he forced to become an avowed can didate for the presidential nomination In 1912.” Is Tamed Homo. The Sun story says. "It can be posi tively stated that Mr. Taft and Mr. Roosevelt have broken. From trust worthy sources it i wn be stated that the turning down of Roosevelt is taken by Roosevelt men to be the result of a deal between the administration and members of the New York State com mittee whereby the old guard is to hand over Its delegates to Taft in 1* 12 In return for the administration's hacking in the forthcoming campaign. • ^inferences between the President tnd Woodruff. Ward and Sherman fol lowed the defeat of tha direct nomina tion bill, which Roosevelt endorsed.' Ths World story says: "Between President Taft and Colonel Roosevelt, who made president Taft, there 1* a complete break that appears so wide that no bridge can be thrown across -HI ■'With his eyes open Colonel Roose velt is eald by his friends to have let Orlseom lead him to the slaughter. It is understood that he knew at the time that some of the New Y’ork State leaders had promised President Taft that If he would stand by them in the State fight this fall they would stand by hlrn when it came to a <iuea ttTiTi <vr delegates for the national con vention in 1912. This argument is said to hase so appealed to the President thpt the expressed appreciation of Woodruff's work in New Y'ork." Mist Clears Away. WASHINGTON. D. C„ Aug IS,— The breeze which wafted the tidings from Oyster Bay to-day that ‘ Roose velt has broken with Taft" carried away much of the haxe which has obscured the political horlxon for the past few weeks It revealed more clearly than at any .lime during the present situation the line up of the contestants In the coming congres • sionai campaign. w Although the statement of Colonel Roosevelt's stand in relation to the present administration did not take tha form of a quoted remark, it was none the less authoritative. That It was not unexpected at Beverly was shown by Vice-President Sherman's remarks there yesterday that the turning down of Colonel Roosevelt by the New York State Republican committee could only bo construed •'as a victory for the administration." This, coming from the second offi cial In the party, is regarded by Colo nel Roosevelt as tantamount to a de claration of hostilities against him by the present administration. Me fig tires, yterefore. that the responsibility for the rupture must be located at Beverly rather than at Oyster Hay. In this fact and In this forcing the hands of the administration, follow er* of the latter see a bit of T>oor political strategy, namely, the presen tation of Rooaevelt'a name aa tempor ary chairman to the New York State committee in the face of a certain turn down. Make Him Show Hand. The maneuver served to show that the State machine politicians have elected to cast their fortunes with the administration forces rather than with the progressives (or, in other words, the insurgents), with whom Colonel Roosevelt has now allied himself. From the fact that Gifford Plnchot and Victor. Murdock are both known to have been consulted by Colonel Roose velt on the teat of the latter's Osso watemle speech of August SI. there seems to be a considerable ground for the prediction that this occasion will the one on which "T. R." will make . .mis first public profession of faith aa ’Ian out-and-out Insurgent. With Roosevelt off the reservation and In the saddle against the admlnls tration forces, the hopes of those pollti cal leaders sacking to harmonise th rapidly diverging factions of the Re publican party have been badly shat tersd. With **T. R.” working for him and President Taft’s "new guard” (con stating of Norton. Crane. Long-worth and Loeb) seeking to remove the ad mlnlatratlon’s alleged dead weight, con slsttng of Ballinger, Aldrtch, Cannon Male, et al., there were Indications a few days ago of an early and typical KepubHean reunion. To-day there la little chance for this/ in the opinion of ;v\h: 't','.' | CARY STREET TORN UP | Photograph by Foster, This photograph, taken for th~ Virginian Thursday morning. giv« a fair idea of how things look on Cary Street between Fourteenth and Ftf teenth. _____ CONGRESSMAN LONGWORTH REPUDIATES CANNONISM In Open Statement Declares He Won’t Support “Czar” For Speaker JUST FROM CONFERENCE WITH PRESIDENT TAFT i Ohio Representative Gives No Grounds for Doubt?—Says I ron Ruler no Longer Wanted. BEVERLY, MASS. Auk IS.—Kol lo* ir>t ao closely upon the political ; conlerenrai here of the past few days as to be regarded as especially sig nificant came a sweeping statement this afternoon from Nicholas Long worth (Republican. Ohio), announc ing hts determination not to support (Speaker Cannon for re-election. I shall oppose Mr. Cannon's re election its speaker," said Longworth, and 1 shall do so in the i#anner ] consider the proper and effective one f--r the settlement of controversies tn my party, namely, in the Republican caucus. "Coming as it does immediately af ter half a dozen long conferences be , tween Rrestdent Taft and Congress man Longworth, including one yester day at which Vice-President Sherman was present, the unequivocal abandon ment by Longworth of Cannon is re garded here as the first move on the part of the administration toward the I elimination of the '.iruti.iiului of Jkmer Ttean politics. The Longworth statement is believ i ed to be the fruit of mature dellbera I tion among Republican leaders. Foi ; lowing is the statement In full. Open Stand. "In view of Mr. Cannon's unequivo cal declaration that he Intends to be a candidate for speaker of the nexl House of Representatives. I think il is incumbent upon those of us who are candidates for membership in th« next House, who have made up out mtnds upon our course of action and 1 have positive views upon this sub i Ject, to state our position publicly. Had j Mr. Cannon not made this announce : ment and had It remained doubtful j whether he would be a candidate oi I not. it was my Intention not to com ) mlt myself before election as to whom ! 1 should or should not support foi i speaker. j "Rut as Mr. Cannon himself in hit i tipeeohes so far in the campaign and In hts recent declarations has made hi* candidacy for the speakership ar issue, I for one do not propose tc dodge that issue. I shall oppose Mr Cannon's election as speaker, and 1 shall do so In the manner that 1 con sider a proper and effective one for th< settlement of controversies In my par ty, only in the Republican caucus, l 'made up my mind before the adjourn ment of the last seaslon of Congresi that Mr. Cannon could not be re-elect ed speaker, and my opinion has beer strengthened since through corse spondence and talks with my col leagues. Admlrni Him. But— “I am not referring to those whe have openly opposed him In the past but to those who, like myself, hav< supported him. I am absolutely con vinced If there Is a full attendance at the republican caucus that Mr. Can non cannot be again electee Speaker. •*I have genuine affection for Mr Cannon as a man, and the highest respect for his splendid fighting quali ties. 1 have supported him five timet for the rpeakershlp, having voted fout itmes <or His election and once again* his remoyglTbut I cannot do so again I repeat that 1 shall oppose the re election of Mr. Cannon to the speak ership. and that I am firmly of th< opinion that his re-electon Is lmpos slble. “1 want It especially understooc that 1 say this solely on my own re sponsiblllty and upon the suggestlor of no one else.” Longworth gave out his statemen from the summer executive offices an< was especially anxious that the las sentence be emphasised. COMMITTEE TOM EET TO CONCLUDE BU8INES! A meeting of the two committee or annexed territory has been called foi Tuesday, August U, at S o’clock. The meeting, a special, one. la caller for the purpose of clearing the docket of the committee. Thaw are no mat ten tic i# be DARING HVHUOH IS HERO OF HOUR Will Attempt to Complete Flight to London in Few Hours UNUSUAL ENDURANCE WONDER OF ENGLAND Smokes Rather Than Eats and Doesn't Need Sleep—May / Receive Prize of $25,000. LONDON, Aug. 18.—John B. Mola ! sam, the Spanish-American aviator, met with two mishaps to-day In at tempting the last stage of his I’aris to London aeroplane flight, the last of w-hich badly damaged his Bleriot monoplane and will necessitate hts re maining at Upchurch until to-morrow before completing hii trip. At UpchuTch. which Is 22 miles from London, one of the stays of Molsaants machine broke, foiling the engine. This Injury was slight and could eas ily have been repaired, but In alight ing the propeller and part of the i chassis were also broken and the ma . cjalne narrowly escaped—orashlng-tnttr a tree as it was brought down from a height of 400 feet. Moissant landed In an unused brick i pit. The daring aviator immediately wlred to I’aris for a new propeller. i and other needed parts, but It will be Impossible for these to arrive before to-morrow. Moissant and his mechanician, Al bert Fileux, whom he was carrying with him, were' badly shaken up in the abrupt landing at Upchurch, but 1 neither will be incapacitated from j continuing the trip to-morrow, j The first accident of the day occur ! red at Sitting Bourne, about thirty (Continued on Ninth 1‘aga. ) BOY STRICKEN ¥TH INFANTILE PUS Little Fellow Xear Harrisonburj Taken Suddenly, But May Recover. : (Special to The Richmond Virginian.) ; HARRISONBURO, VA.. Aug. 11.— j A well defined case of infantile pa ! ralysls has developed here. Carl Ar ganbright. three year old son of Let i cher Orgenbrlght, a mile east of town. was suddenly stricken a night or two after ago, losing completely the use of both legs, and Is compelled to lie helpless In bed The child otherwise la In good condition. He sleeps well, eats heartily and may recover before being atrlcken he had been In good health. UNION PROPOSES SAILORS STRIKE Higher Wages Asked for by Eu ropean Seamen—Stokers to Join. COPENHAGEN. Aug. 18.—A two weeks' strike of every sailor and stokei In Europe will be proposed at the In I ternatlona! Congress of Sailors and Firemen which will begin Its sesslorli In this city next Tuesday. The scope of the proposed strike, which is to force higher wages and other reforms, ; Is outlined In to-day's Potlttken ! Havelock Wilson, president of the British Sailors’ Union, will lead the atrlke. ' CORRESPONDENCE ENDS IN MARRIAGE WTTHEV1UE, August 1*.—M*«. Myrtle Kanary, WytherHle, and Charles FroeUch. Warkersvllie, Kan. married here this morning, as * r« autt of aorissoondsnua. TRAFFIC BLOCKED ON CARYJTREET Deep Ditch and Sea of Mud Makes Thoroughfare Im passable MANY COMPLAINTS SENT TO THE MAYOR 1 City, Laying Deep Sewer Must | Blast Granite Ledge, Possibly Wrecking Gas and YV ater Alains Thereby. vast sea of slimy yellow mud, the resting place of a heterogenous mass of refuse, decayed meat, and here and there a (lead rat; a deep ditch, hi which sweating laborers are tolling, : going down Into the very bowels of the earth, and on each side of the ditch two great and constantly growing piles of the dirt which Is being dug up— such a state of affairs has made Cary street between Fourteenth and Fif teenth practically impassible even for pedestrians, and absolutely blockaded so far as the passage ot teams is con i' cerned. Numerous complaints have been filed by merchants whose places of business are located along this street. Com plaining letters have been sent to City Engineer Bolling by the score, ami, more recently, to -Mayor Klchardson. ; The latter has visited the street and : looked over the work, lie admits that the condition of affairs is "dreadful,” hut h*- mnnnt hnw thins;a rfan Lf remedied. Indeed, Instead of growing better. It is more than probable thut within a 'few days matters which are already bad will be even worse. The work - men making the excavation, which, when completed, is to hold a deep newer running from Shoekoe creek to Virginia street, have struck a granite ledge, which must be blasted with dy namite. On either side of the ditch is a main—one a gas niuln, the other a water main. When the blasting Is j done grave fears are entertained that the mains wil lbe badly damaged. The slightest deviation of the charge will mean enormous wreckage, the repair of which will cost the city thousands of dollars. Strsst Is Blocked. “I don’t know what is to be done about this." said Mayor Richardson Thursday. As the mayor spoke he held I iu his hand a^letter from a Cary street ! merchant, the most recent complaint against the blockade, which has been in existence, block by block, all along the line of work ever since the start of the digging operations last May “The street la blocked, ail right,” ; continued the mayor. "Things are in ; it is by bloating. A water main is on the city engineer many times concern ing the state of affairs on Cary street. Both of us have gone and made a per sonal Inspection of the work. Un > questionaabiy the contractors are do ing the best they can. They are go I h>K along as quickly us they can with safety and are trying to inconvenience i the merchants along the street as little as possible. '•.Nevertheless, the work is moving I very slowly and the street is certain ly in a terrible condition. I "The worst phase m connection ! with the work, however, lies in the j fact that the laborers hjive encoun -Ur«4 a strip of granite directly Tn their path. That granite must be re moved in order to reach the proper depth, and ,the only way to remove I a dreadful condition. I have talked with one side of the ditch and a gas main Is on the other. The blasting Is liable to wreck either or both of these mains.” Workmen at the ditch, when seen by a reporter for The Virginian Thurs day. declared that they expected t« ; strike the granite either Saturday or Monday. They have already struck j granite flakes with their picks, and I they expect to encounter a solid ledge ! within the next two or three days. To lay Deep Sewer. The work is being done by the firm of I. J. Smith, contractors, working under orders from the officer of the city engineer. They are diging a ditch about ten feet wide, and fully twenty-five feet deep, in which they are to lay a deep sewer made of brick and with a diameter of four feet or the inside. Eighteen men are at work on the Job, and they have no ides how long it will take them to com 1 plete their operations. They begar about the middle of last May' ai Shoekoe creek and have since dug uf Cary street as far as Fourteentt street. All sorts of machinery is being use<! by the men In their digging, and this fact, w hlle It probably speeds thi work, only serves to make the blook ade of the street the more effective There is. for instance, a huge pon. able derrick, which runs back ant j forth on specially constructed tracki for a distance of about thirty yards This derrick hoists tne dirt from on« point, carries It to another and dumpi It on the top of an enormous pie The framework of the derrick extend; almost to the curbing on both side; of the street. Its presence alom would make It well-nigh imposslbh for a team to pass along the thor oughfare. For fully half a block the street l; slashed by the gaping ditch. Bevonc j this, to the corner, the ditch has heei Ailed in, but conditions are such ai to almost beggar description. Thi thoroughfare 1* a sea of cosing mud whjch one would sink ankle deei in attempting to cross the street. AI along Cary street where the diggtni has been done and filled In, too. thesi same conditions, in greater or lessei degree, prevail. Hogs might wallow there and be contented. A Serious Problem. Taken all In all, it is the concensu; of opinion among city officials tha the condition of Richmond thorough fares is rapidly becoming a serlou; problem. The wretched condition o Broad street, where trenches are now being dug for the laying of ele-ctrb i conouiu, me cause or ai ! aorta of criticism . being directed against''the firm that la doing thi work. Incidentally, the same firm o j 1. j. Smith * Co. that Is at work 01 Cary street Is also charge of thi digging operations on Broad street having received the latter contrac ^Continued MsfelsUl HUS. !"” STATUE PRESENTED TO FRANCE ANOTHER MAYOR IS WATERED Chief Executive of Wilke&barre Grets Letter Written in Red Ink. | SWEARS TO GET EVEN | Writer Says Relative Lost Ilia Job and is Starving to Death as Result. PA., Aug. is.~ W1LKESBARRE, Meyoo H received to-day in the matt a menacing letter, written in red ink, and threaten ing him with the same fate as Mayor Gaynor of New York. The letter* fol ter follows: •Wilkesbarre, Pa . Aug. 18, 1910. "Mayor Kniffen: "Some time ago a relative of mine who was employed by the city lost his Job through your approval— and now' he Is out of work and starving daily. I am determined to get even and your fate may be similar to that of Mayor Gaynor j of New York. 1 am not a blade hand member, but swear to get even. (Signed) REVENGE." sms INSIST ’ lira IS BETTER | In Spite of Disquieting Rumor* They Say Gaynor is Im proving. HOBOKEN. N. J.. Aug. 18.—Despite I the fact that disquieting rumors about II the condition of Mayor Gaynor con tinue to be circulated, the doctors In , attendance reiterated to-day that he 1 is progressing satisfactorily. The 8 , ! o'clock bulletin Was as follows: , "The mayor has parsed a comforta , 1 ble night and is sleeping soundly at , this hour. Pulse, respiration and tefn perature are normal. "ARL1TZ. . “DOWD." Secretary Adamson raid: "The may or is doing remarkably welt. He was very much better last night, and this morning. While it ia true that the mayor had a partial paralysis of the right side of the throat causod by swollen glands, it has greatly subsided and has almost entirely disappeared. When asked about the possibility of ! an operation In the near future Ad amaon said that the doctors did not , seem to think there was any immedi . | ate necessity and would probably take \ out the bullet at their leisure. PAUPER HEAVES LARGE SUM OF REALLY GOOD MONEY LANSING. MICH., A tig. 1*.-—Neigh bors to-day aresearchlng the house in which tho county supported Mrs Carey Burns, who died supposedly a pauper. After her death neighbor* found hidden several package* of money, aggregating MOS. and they ifsUeve there is more. ■f c;' IN C. & 0. RUMOR 1 ' ! Prominent Officials at General! Offices Declare That it is Nothing Unusual. CAUSE FOR STAGING j -- I Company H as Recently Purchased I Earge Tract of Land Here. Al- i so Near Principal Terminus. — The Richmond Chamber of _ComiWeree.- Mr, TaarevcAi M. - CarrineUm. aitliiK president, im mediately took up tju- rumor pub lished in the Times-IMepnteh tn <lay nttanliiiK tlte removal of the CIiess|ii«k(‘ and Ohio offices to tlncinnuti. investigation up to tilts mltinif indicates there is uo I foundation for tiec rumor. | The report from Cincinatl to the ! effect that the official* of the Chesa peake and Ohio Railway Company are seriously considering the matter . of removing the general offices from ; Richmond to that city. I* without foundation so far as can bo learned at the genera! offices, j Prominent officials of the railway j company stated Thursday that for | | year*, ever since the general offices i were established here, cities all along i the right of way have been attempt | lng to have the office* transferred. I but that the officials have never *eri- ; j ously considered such an action. ’ It was stated at the general offices • j Thursday that President George W. j I Stevens. First Vice-President Decatur ! i Artel!. Frank Trumbull, yhalrman of the board of directors, and Edwin ‘ Hawley, a hig stockholder and one j ! of the members of the board of dl- j ' rectors, were on a tour of Inspection I In the West last week looking over j (Continued on Ninth Page.) j ARE CELEBRATING ! FRANZ’S BIRTHDAY — ' Austrian Emperor Passes Eight ieth VI ilestone—Big Crowd of Royal’Visitors. 1BCHJU AUSTRIA, Aug. 18.—Em peror Fran* Joseph Is eighty years J old to-day and the anniversary is fee ring celebrated with great enthusiasm ! not only by the seventy-four arch ! dukes and archduchesses who have | gathered here for the affair, but by the people at large. The program be gan with an 8 o’clock mass at the chapel. The aged emperor, in the best of health and spirits, spent the morning in receiving the royal visit ors, most of whom were of the Aus trian imperial house and relatives of the emperor. The birthday dinner, termed a "'family aafflr," was served at 2:46, and the table was graced by the greatest gathering of royalty ever esen at a banquet board tn Austria After ' the dinner the emperor ap peared, on the baleony of the palace and greeted the populace, expressing his appreciation at the kindly dem onstration in his honor. /•••; ' ' To-night there 'will be an illu mination of the city and a wonderful display of fireworks, f REPLICA 0F STATUE GIVER TO ERAICE Copy of Famous HoudorTs Washington, Presented by Virginia IN NAPOLEON VESTIBULE OF VERSAILLES PALACE Wm Distinguished Company of Ameri ca ns and Frenchmen Attend , Ceremonies—Co!. Mann’s Speech of Presentation. PARIS, Aug. IS.— With appropriate ceremonies and an exchange of ternal greetings between the tw* ” countries, tho oronze replica of Hot* don's statue of Washington, the of the State of Virginia to KTan "as* unveiled in the Napoleon v©4« bule of the Versailles Palace this af ter noon in the presence of a distill-, guished company of Frenchmen a&4 Americans. Minister of War Prun presided »<*<* whs assiatedtby United States Ambst* sador Bacuit Am bassador jussert ! representug; tHHoreign office, and Virginia commission, consisting ' Col. James Mann. I>on P. Halsey w» ! K. W. King, all of whom made brief * H <ltl rf‘SQC*K W : -^3 addresses. The statue stands between one Lafayette and a bust of Admiral Si ern who commanded one of French ships which went to the of the Colonies Ja the war of—_ Revolution. The original dtatue, which is one of the attractions of the State Capitol at Richmond, «ll executed by Jean Antoine HoudMfe who went to America tmmediati * after the Revolution, and made mol for the statue from life. Presented by Col. Mann. “ Quite appropriately the presell# tat ton took place at Versailles, uh*r* the Treat!' of Peace Retween Great Britain and the United States __ signed on September 3. 1783. Cole James Mann, chairman of the Vtf-* nnia commission, made the prasea» ; .. atlon, and the statue was accepted ' >n behalf of the French government >y M. Plchon, secretaft-y of foreign mt* airs. Col. Mann said: M. lo Ministre -des AtTeires Etren* re res: A century and a quarter ago, there ame Into being within this palace * ... locument that meant even more to America than our immortal Declara ton of Independence, for here on 8ep»... ember the 3. nti. was signet* ‘tSNfpL rroaty of Peace between Orest Brltlna • md the United States of AIM which vitalized and made true leelaration that we were "and of I nigh t to be. free and indes dates." This la Indeed, the dace of our nation, and we have n grateful recognition of the sple •art that France took in the accent-* dtshment of our freedom, to placo vtthln these sacred walls the statu* ... it the “Father of his Country.” JfH The grandest name in all the htstorU K if America Is that of Oeorge Wash r.gton. and the history of all the lute Ions gives us none that Is grsndeiy W .’nique Is his place among the gMNfc^gj nen of the earth. Xt Is usually thg-' d •oldler’s dream to die by the sword* l jut he engaged in war only that hlii :ountry might have peace. DrawlnjIjrJ its sword from patriotlo impulse* i' without ambition and without tnaUee* 4p le wielded It without vtndicatlveness^ | Lnd sheethed it without reproach, donning the plain clothes of the ottjsj ten as soon as the enemy left sell address to hts comrades In ind hurrying to Annapolis, he islde hts sword, and laid down •ommtsslon at the feat of the Cos from whom he had received It ,-ears before. Grand as he was In war, he grander still In peace, and to tbove all others la due the >f the constitution which welds. States together into that form of jrntneni which became the pattei future republics. Elected the president of the United ptate% isrved for two terms as the mous choice of the people, an voluntarily sought that retlr from which he had come only at earnest call of his country. Cour‘ itnd courtly to all men, a tender lion characterized his Intercourse ills friends. iAfayette's heart put to him In fillet love; Ro held him us a dearly beloved In arms; daGrauee admired him was glad to call him friend; Cl! lux declared him to be “the grw and best of all men"; while his people with one record have proot ed him "First In war, first in — and first In the hearts of hts men." It is well-to tell the story nation's atruggles, it is giorlotl remember the victories that great warriors have won, tt is sary that the people of a nation know the story of its development progress in the arts of peace; Mfi ways before the eyes of the peomg 1 their Inspiration should stand uratues of the men who have wr Its greatness. Your own gTeat poleon, as «t young man, loved t«P upon the statues of the mighty and an illustrious writer onoe «l Alexander the Great: *'Remembe#»_ was not so much the history heroes as their statues In the of 1I1IV UO — non of Phillip to *le«p.“ And so the war drums of thU lution had hardly ceased to before the new born state of voted a statue to Washington. - tntr to honor the graatestof her she knew, whan she enshnnM place of highest honor la her that splendid figure of a ms she was handing down to grow then and even now unborn ait tiun that would redound sh * good of the Commonwealth, author of our Declaration of ence. and later president public, then In France, this great work- that-! sculptor, Joan Antoine _—~ he declared to be ‘without Houdon, the first statuary of Me age. visited America, and at Where he waa entertained w courteous hospitality w "Ion gulshod the home life of Wt he studied thoroughly hie took accurate measurements, i made a mould of his face. 1;— to France, yonder In your *UU| Paris, working pattentljr and.' consummate skill, Houdon In marble the perfect Uia* Utw view py ' was described by I.afayette as a simile of Washingtons person." accepted as the standard and Washington feet likeness of - than any portrait the bent produce; as a work of art. It any atatue In America;. it* my people cannot bw or In stiver or In precl is a beautiful bronsa statue that we have “5£,r oouatry Met towards