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Show THE RICH COUNTY NEWS, RANDOLPH. UTAH on Senatorial Rule ATev Elections? of the elections, qualifications and returns of its own members, and as congress may by law regulate the times, places and manner of holding elections, the National- government Is not without power to protect Itself against corruption, fraud or other malign In- fluences. The rule which I present modifies the corrupt practices act so as to make it a rule of the senate, and thereby avoid the constitutional question which was decided by the Supreme court. If it should he adopted and enforced, the method of relief against extravagant expenditures will be the same In the senate that it would have been under the act If the act had been held constitutional. The rule offered is long. It provides for the filing by the candidate of itemized statements of moneys received In aid of his candidacy; of moneys expended by him, and of political proraises made, the Same being forbidden. No candidate shall expend any.sum in the aggregate, in excess of the amount which he may lawfully expend, under the laws of the state in which he resides ; provided, that no candidate shall expend any sum, in the aggregate, exceeding $10,000 in any campaign for his nomination and election. Wilful violation by a candidate denies him the right to a seat. 7A.SlihGTON. One of the after- maths of the senate decision that Senator Newberry Is entitled to h's is a proposed new rule, to be to the standing rules of the senate. Senator Pomerene of Ohio offered the rule, which was. Incorporated la the record of the proceedings without rt ailing and referred to. the committee on rules. In offering it Sen--( ntor Pomerene- said : Mr. Pomerene. Mr, President, I desire to offer a new rule, to be added to the standing rules of the senate, relating to the nomination and election of United States senators. The Supreme court held the corrupt practices-acunconstitutional so far as it related to the nomination of senators. The Justices of the Supreme court in handing down their opinion 7 , . ... ' t , sa'd: As each House shall be the Judgo g General I06 DEDUCED Pershings Kutw 1 ISO,OOP MEH liEtftttEWT FORCE Iof Hftooomg llftEThttt CM'ttSfcMU.I WrENS, MEADE. ivcv.Etaart,R"0'r-,- IcUSTERrilLi I l ' chief of before the house military affairs committee with respect to military policy, urged the following: That the regular army should not under any circumstances be reduced below 150,000 men.'. An efficient force of 14,000 officers, and creation of a plucking board, to weed out misfits in the officer corps. Retention of nine camps for training centers, one in- each corps area, and seven supplementary camps for training and mobilizing national guard and Reserve units. Retention of the following camps as military training centers was recommended by the general : Devens, General pershing, stock the bill would offer $200,000,000 of the stock for sale to bankers and exporters and Importers interested In International commerce. They might also have checking accounts in the bank. The bill would then offer for Sale to other nations of the world $900,000,000 of the capital stock, provided they entered Into the necessary It treaties to become stockholders. would make of each stock subscription payable In gold and bonds of In Interest-bearin- g solvent governments, meaning those governments which, had made the arrangements with the United States to reduce armaments so as to make their governments' solvent. one-thir- d two-third- s. D BLANTON Of Texas, whose recent narrow escape from expulsion from the house will Ite recalled, has bobbed up again e with all bis vigor. This time lie laid bare the ancient scandals of (lie house and senate restaurants; the bouse I air her shop, the mileage and Ihe stationery room. Concerning the latter he seU, in part: Mr. Blanton. In every congress each ('lie of us has credited to his account $370 for stationery. Let me show you some of the things they keep there in Ihe stationery room for congressmen af the United States to buy with money. Take, for instance, carving knifes and forks, with steels like this. (Exhibiting them.) Tills is a teather-hounpoker .set, with four decks of cards and' full of red ;nn-white ami blue poker chips. And they furnish you with a dozen extra decks of cants to go with it. (Exhibiting Ihem.) adys manicure set; all these pieces, every one of them with pearl tn.m!les, that In the stores of Washington would sell for about $40. Over here It sells for about$20. Now. you know they had so much deniairl' for this 'Utie article (exhlblt- old-tim- ' nt d J . . . months. - . .. - , . . Walk 20 miles In one day. Locate and describe interesting :rails and walk to some place marked )y some patriotic or historical event. 6. Write his experience In these sev eral walking trips with reference to 'atlgue or distress experienced, and what he ha3 learned In the Way f caring for himself as regards equip-- ' nent, such as camping and cooking mtflt, food, footwear, clothing and 4. 5. ' best and because Canova could not be Induced to leave Home. This opens up some interesting correspondence at the time the state of HDZZDCartJ JIASTSRPZgCZ' WASHINGTONS GEORGE form are familiar admiring citizens of the nation he fathered. They should be, since the counterfeit presentments are almost without number. Over 60 engraved likenesses of, him were published evfen In bis lifetime. Now it seems as if every method of . portraiture except of course photography had been , used. There are drawings, sketches, studies, oil paintings, water colors, medals, coins, postage stamps, silhouettes and statues and busts In marble, bronze and wood. Of course these likenesses do not all look alike, and a topic of perennial Interest Is: Whaf did George Wash' ington really look like? There are three representations of . Washington that have been general favorites and hold their popularity. The favorite profile has been Houdons.- with Stuart's canvasses for the full face and Trumbull's for the figure.,-- Houdons statue at Richmond, Va., gives us the mili- . tary trait full-fac- marked peculiarities. He was shallow through the chest, did not grow small at the waist, had long legs and very large hands. For the rest, he stood a little over six feet and weighed between 210 and 220 pounds an exd citizen. ceedingly These bodily peculiarities are all faithfully brought out in Houdon s statue. The famous French sculptor took careful body measurements . of his subject and a mould of his face. From this mould he took a plaster mask, which he took back with him to France; a copy of it Is preserved Houdon In the mint at Ihilndelphla. was a perfectly trained and competent technician. He produced easily and abundantly In marble and bronze to the satisfaction of his contemporaries. So there seems no reason to doubt that bis statue of George Washington which has many times been reproduced Is an admirable reproduction In marble of the Father of His Country. Yet the controversy over the "best likeness of Washington never dfes. Paul Bartlett, the For example, sculptor, said of the Houdon statue: I had always thought that Houdon was selected to make the portrait statue of Washington on account of the general desire that this important statue should be by the best sculptor of the time, and that Houdon was considered as such. It has been a disagreeable surprise to learn that ing), a pocket pint whisky flask, cov- Canova was strongly preferred and ered with ostrich-skileather, during that Houdon was chosen only as second fchri.stinas time that they sold out Ladies bags of this character covered with genuine ostrich leather.' Here is a ladys toilet set with brush, comb and a big fine mirror. Then they have fine 'electric chafing dishes that at Washington Took First Oath of. Office in the Commercial Heart manufacturers prices cost about $15, of the Country. while in the stores of Washington they sell for about $25 or $30. All presidential Inaugurations have I went to the dean of a delegation. The He says, Tom, this was here 50 years not token place in Washington. before you and I got here. He says, fin: ot all, when the Father of His If yen ever get up on the floor of the Country twk the oath of office, was In house and say anything against it. they Vew York. Washington was conveyed will call you a demagogue," and they (cross the Hudson fii a barge, and we ire told was received wi'th acclama did. .He knew what he was talking about. able-bodie- - Blanton on the Scandals Rodney Hotchkln is the first scout In Binghamton to win the hiking merit To earn this badge the boy badge. must meet the following tests: 1. Show a thorough knowledge of the care of the feet on a hike. 2. Shall walk five miles per day, six days in the week, for a period of three months. This may Include walking to and from school or work. He shall keep a record of his bikes dally, preferably In his diary, a transcript to be made an exhibit before the court of Walk: ten miles on each of ten days In each month for a period of three months; in other words, six walks of ten miles during the three Policy The War department program. eral Pershing said, proposes consolidation at Camp Bragg, N. C.. of all field artillery schools east of the Mississippi, and the artillery center at Camp Knox, Ky., should be moved to Bragg next summer. Under no circumstances, General Pershing said, should the enlisted-personnel of the army he reduced below 150.000, and even If congress should reduce appropriations to force a cut to 100.000, he said that this would not Justify a. corresponding cut In officer strength. General Pershing proposed creation of a board of five general officers to pluck out the inefficient officer material, bringing the total down to about 12.000,He. would-the- n complete the officer quota of 14,000 by appointment of capable second lieutenants and by rigid promotion requirements. WINS HIKING MERIT BADGE 3.. e por.Stuarts profile. Is called the presidential head. Trumbull certainly should have known him' well enough to give us bis bodily Mass.; Dlx. N. J. ; Meade, Mil.; appearance.; Stuart is said to have adAla.; Knox, K.v.; Custer, mitted that the Houdon marble is suMich.; Fort Riley, Kas. ; Travis, Tex., perior to his canvas as a likeness, addand Lewis, Wash. ing that It was the only one that was Camp Grant at Rockford, RI., and better; he held that the defects In ills Camp Dodge, la., were included In the own work were due to the poorly fitted supplementary list. The others are false teeth which Washington wore. , Upton, N. T. ; Lee, Va. ; Jackson, S. It is agreed by Washingtons conC. ; Sherman, O., and Pike, Ark. temporaries that his figure had certain Gen- Military . honor. Senator Hitchcocks Bank of Nations OENATOR HITCHCOCK of Nebras- I;a proposes a Bank of Nations ,wiih the United States as majority stockholder, an international trade dollar" as a substitute for gold, and conduct of world business on a credit, instead of a cash basis. He has Introduced a bill in the senate providing for establishing such a bank of nations wlib $2,400,000,000 capital. The United States wOuld bold $1,300,000,000 of the slock. He said concerning this proposed hank in the senate that this plan is to apply to the international field the sauce ideas that have been successfully used in the domestic field that Is, to establish a great international bank, with the power to Issue cur- reney against a safe reserve of gold. The plan is to make It the business of this bank to finance International trade, to buy and sell exchange, and . to lend money to importers and In a supplemental way the bill would .also give power to buy and sell Interest-bearinbonds of nations owning the bank. After the United States secretary of i treasury had taken for the treasury of i the United States $1,300,000,000 of the by National Council ot tho Boy Soouts of America.) (Conducted The Cenerml Afsembty of (he Commonwnlit--, of Virginio hove ceutecl thie Steiue to be erected, I monument of effect ion end gratitude to CEORCE WASHiNCTON' 1,0. uniting to the tndowmcnleof the Hera the virtues of the Pa'f riel.ond exerting both in establishing the.Liberties of hs Country has rendered his name dear to his Fellow Citizens, and given the world on immortal example of true Cory..Done.in the year of CHRiS T One thousand aeven hundred and eightyeisjit and in theyearof the Commonwealth the twelfth. of Congress n Virginia ordered the statue. Under date of December 10, 1784, Jefferson writes to General Washington hlinsetf: The Executive of our state has remitted to Dr. Franklin and myself, the care of having the statue made, which the Assembly directed as a mark of their gratitude to you. . . . I find that a Monsieur. Houdon of this place (Paris) possesses the reputation of being the first statuary in the world. I sent for him and had some conversation with him on the subject . . Monsieur Houdon Ms at present- engaged in making a statue of the King of France (Louis XVL) ; a bust of Voltaire, executed by him, is said to be one of the finest In the world. January 12, 1785, Jefferson In acknowledging a letter received from Governor Harrison of Virginia writes: There could be no question raised as to the sculptor who should be employed, the reputation of Monsieur Houdon of this city, being unrivalled in Europe. He Is resorted to for the statues of most of the sovereigns of Europe. Lafayette sent by Houdons hand a letter, to Washington,- - written July 4, 1785, in which he said: Nothing but the love of glory and hts respect for you could Induce him to cross the seas, as his business here far exceeds his leisure, and hts numerous and gratified friends make him very happy at home." Houdon obtained special permission from the French government to travel for six months In order to make It possible for him to come to this country When Houdon was embarking with Franklin, Jefferson wrote. Washington July 10. 1785: He comes now for the purpose of lending the aid of his art to transmit you to posterity. He Is without rival-shi- p In it. being employed from all parts of Europe In whatever Is capital. He has had difficulty in withdrawing himself from an order of the Empress of Russia. In introducing and recommending Houdon to Richard Henry Lee, Monroe and thevent!re Virginia .delegation in congress, Jefferson among other things says: He Is, without rlvalshlp, the first Ills age; as a proof of which he receives orders from every other country for things Intended to he capital." the Canova story Is Moreover, hardly borne out by the dates In Antonio Canova (1757-182volved. was undoubtedly a great sculptor, but lie wqs, born sixteen years later than Houdon and certainly was no rival of the Frenchman in 1784. It was in 1780 that he went to Rome and devoted himself to the antique and the revival of the art of classic sculpture.- It was about 1790 that he begun to be famous. Incidentally, Canova In the last years of his life modeled a statue of Washington which is in the museum at Iossagno, Italy. Jean Antoine Houdon on the other hand, won the Prlx de Rome In 1761 and studied In Rome for nearly ten years. His stay there was marked by at least one production of world-widimportance, Ecorclie, an anatomical model which has served as a guide to all aitists to this day. Houdon returned to Paris and was admitted to the Academy in 1769. In statuary of (1741-1828- ), e jL mvr&K-Y- . n 1785 he visited America In company with Benjamin Franklin to make the Washington statue ordered by the legislature of Virginia. Houdons reputation was then paramount and secure. It has lasted to this day. More than 20Q portrait busts and statues of the great do him credit. Diana, the Huntress is probably the best of his nude (emale figures. His portrait statue of Voltaire is considered one of the finest in modern art. So much fCr the Houdon statue of George Washington. , . And now for another statue of this one a .. Washington mystery. It is a colossal wooden figure, 9 feet high and weighing 800 pounds Just now It stands in the basement oi the city hall of Wilmington, DeL, among the belongings of the Historical Society of Delaware. George Washing ton Is carved In Continental uniform blue coat, faced with . buff ; bull trousers and high Hessian boots. Yes; the statues In colors, and they ar still quite distinct. And its a statu of George Washington. Whats morn Its a good one an excellent llkenes and an inspiring figure. Pinned upoil the statue is a printed card stating that it formerly stood in Bowling ' Green, New York. Did it ever stand In Bowling Green 1 The City History club of New York city cannot find any trace of such a statue. The art commission in th city ball of New York has no official knowledge of It. Yet tradition is that the statue was placed in Bowling Green in 1792, replacing the leaden statue, of George III of England, and stood there until 1835 or even later Here Is the chronology of the stat ue, so far as it is known at present: 1845 Sold at a New York municipal auction sale for $250 to a Mr Jacques, South Norwalk, Conn. 1860 At the death of Mr. Jacquei in 1860 a Mr. Sch'ff became its owner Next owner, Antonio Decorate; nexl owner Frank Theobald, tobacco dealer New York. 1890 Surmounted arch across avenue Fifth in New Yorki celebration of the centenary of Washington's inauguration. Illustrations it Harpers Weekly end Frank Leslie! show the arch with the statue in place 1907 Joseph Liebman, tobacconist tried to sell if to the New York His torical society for $5,000. Incidental! Liebman used the statue as an ad. vertisement. 1913 Stood in front of a barbei shop at St. Nicholas avenue and On Hundred and Eighty-Secon- d street, George . New York. .. .1919 Found. In a Junk shop and bought by General Coleman Du Ponl for $800 to give to the Historical - . , Society of Delaware. There are many printed allnsioni to the statue and all say, .said have stood-iBowling Green. If it didn't-stanthere, where did It stand? Some day the Delaware Hlstorica society ,vvlll have a home of Its own And then this mystery statue oi George Washington will have a pep manent resting place t d WAS INAUGURATED AT NEW YORK 4 . He shall review his ability to read t road map (preferably a government opographical map), to use a compass, tnd shall be required to make a writ-eplan for a hike from the map. Francis Lake of Troop 6, Bingham-owas made an Eagle scout at the lame court of honor session at which he hiking merit badge was conferred in Scout Hotchkln, who Is already as 7. the most public manner Vice President Adams conducted General Washington to the outer gallery. Cliancelloi He stayed at the residence of Livingstone administered the oath. tions. Governor Clinton, ami on the morning of inauguration day a carriage' cnlled Put Honesty Above All. for shlm. . He seated himself in the I hope I shall always possess firm-nesconveyance, being accompanied hy and virtue enough to maintals Colonel Humphries, his what I consider the most enviable oi and Tobias Lear, his private secre- all titles, the character of an honesl tary. He was escorted to Federal hiiil man. George Washington. hy a civic procession and a body of regular troops. To 'the end that the Luxury Isnt worth while, but a dlf o'.th of office tnhy be administered In Into If now and then is Interesting. - Sagle. tCOUT TRACKS OWN BICYCLE Bruce E. Cox, a thirteen-year-ol- d toy scout of Detroit, woke up one norning to find his beloved bicycle nlsslng. A scout knows how to track tnd trail, and having first . notified he police of the theft, young Cor set nit to recover the property. He found he track of the wheel In the moist larth near the garage. Found also s nans-size- d footprints. The footprints lisappeared In the alley.' Deduction So. 2: At this point the man-size-d person began to ride the wheel. Fot Sherlock ,wo blocks the amateur ffolmes traced the bicycle tracks. At die door of the private garage the racks stopped. Inquiry of the owner: Anyone put a bicycle In your gaWhy, yes, was the answer. rage?" Yesterday a D. P. W. workman asked f he could store some tools here and It was easy :oday he left a bicycle. snough to prove the real owners claim :o the wheel. They are still looking tor the thief, but Bruce doesnt care whether they find him or not. ' He has die bicycle, thanks to his own keen nother wit and scout training. A FIRST-CLAS- 8 TROOP Troop 1 of Westboro, Mass., has s scouts In its membut bership of 25 boys. Five of these are also Star scouts. The troop had the honor of being awarded the silver cup conferred by the Algonquin council for efficiency In scouting and has been granted permission by the governors of the local country club to establish within the limits of the club property a bird life sanctuary and haven for wild life generally. The territory Included covers about 50 acres. The sanctuary project has the sanction of the state department of conservation under the direction of which It will be carried out. This troop Is also one of the successful pagers, having recently been successful In finding a young man, who, temporarily Insane, had wandered away from home and baffled the efforts of the police to locate him. none first-clas- all-rou- CALIFORNIA GOOD TURNS A scout on duty at the California Industries exposition, noticed that some . temporary wiring in the Civic auditorium ' looked hot. Touching it gingerly he found It was quite as hot as It looked. He reported the matter and an examination proved that the wires were overloaded. The trouble was repaired and - damage avoided. Two San Francisco scouts put out a In the fire in an apartment house. same city a lady driving up a steep hill discovering that the car had engine trouble got out to Investigate. The car began to roll down hill., A passing scout jumped in, put on the brakes and stopped the machine. . PAGE LOST CHILDREN Pasadena boy scouts were, not long ago, called out in answer to a hurry call to find three missing maidens, all under five years of age, who had simultaneously and unaccountably- - disappeared. At the end of an hour one of the 20 shouts who were on the quest, discovered the three young ladles being entertained at a school cafeteria, a mile from their homes, while the teachers, vainly tried to learn their meats names and addresses. . |