Salt Lake Tribune | 1904-04-10 | Page 36 | Mixed up the Monarchs

Mixed Up the Monarchs. Mr. Stewart's ideas about ISiuopoan monarch were bndly contuncd during tho Senato debato 'Wednesday regarding a statue of Frederick the GrcaL As a result re-sult a good deal of what the Nevada Senator Sen-ator said will never be perpetuated In cold typo at the Government Printing oftlco. Whllo Senator Bacon of Georgia was speaking in criticism of tho acceptance of a statuo of Frederick tho Great from ; V the German Emperor, Senator Stewart :J was very rc3tlcss. Ho kept pressing for m an opportunity to break In. Mr. Bacon declared hlfl roluclanco to yield for pane- JfO gyrlcs. Ho preferred to express, without ll1 Interruption, his view that Frederick tho. W2 Great did not inspire the kind of Ideals VM we havo been in tho habit of holding up H beforo the youth of America. At last Mr. Stowart secured recognition jH in his Own right. He lauded Frederick the H Groat as a splendid cxamplo for Voung fjH mcrlcana. But ho frequently mentioned W the numo of Pctor the Great where h(' ov - -W dently thouKht ho was mentioning l'ij:(l- orlok tho Great. Then ho camo to tho f utory about IMtor tho Great learn ngvnil- ous trades and proudly proclaimed that his rTj. hmiHOlf had stood In the humble shanty. Hk whero thcr Russian monarch had worked us a shipwright. Tliat plainly referred to Potcr tho Great, Mr. Stewart's attention M 1 was subsequently called in a quiet way to K llThorpartrlarchal Novadan went aftor tho MB copy of his speech In a hurry, and edited m It down to a few modest remarks, within H the bounds of authentic history. He Is V not so enthusiastic now about the high H: Ideals Impressed upon the world by the W Gorman Frederick. Washington Pout. TO-