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Show THE DEWEY ARCH. New York, as was to be expected, is beginning to lag in the matter of raising rais-ing funds, to make permanent the Dewey Dew-ey arch which was erected in a temporary tem-porary structure last summer. New York, which dnaws the very blood out of the nation, always lags when such propositions are placed before her citizens. citi-zens. The completion of the Grant ! monument is a striking instance in point. In the affair of the Dewey arch, a New York paper thus parades that city's niggardliness, in an attempt, to make it appear jjit the metropolis should not be called on to do what is the duty of the nation as a whole to do: "There is a delay in securing the money mon-ey that is needed to make permanent the Dewey, or naval arch, which is not encouraging. The. trouble is that the. task of raising this money $1,000,000 is the sum needed, we believe-has been looked upon as a local affair. Of course New York is the richest and largest city in the country', and erected the temporary arch for the occasion of the Dewey parade. But New York City has very little local pride or sentiment. It will be recollected that it was at one time thought that it would be very difficult diffi-cult to get the necessary small .ppro-p?!ation .ppro-p?!ation from tha aldermen for the mere material structure. The arch is, in truth, the expression of the essential essen-tial patriotism and enthusiasm of the democracy, and this expression was formulated by the American artists, who, for the love of country and for the honor of their city, gave their time and labor and the fruits of their genius to the framing and embellishmen of the structure. They have done nwe than all the rest of the city and all the rest of the country have done, and in their achievement they have embodied the spirit, the feeling, the intelligence, the opportunities, the spiritual gains, the noble generosity and the patriotism of democracy. Their fellow countrymen can only emulate their work and follow their example by contributing a sum of money sufficient to perpetuate this triumph of the art of men who have themselves achieved through the opportunities oppor-tunities offered them by democracy, and have given this fine utterance to their joy in the achievements of the naval heroes of their democracy." On the occasion of the Dewey celebration celebra-tion in the city of New York millions on millions of dollars were expended in that city by people from all parts of the United States. The people of New-York New-York were the chief beneficiaries of that event. The merchants and hotel keepers earned fabulous sums. It is true that these people displayed a most loyal feeling in getting up a celebration from which they were to receive such great reward and we would not care to suggest that personal interest had a part in it; but the suspicion is forced when we see the remarkable lack of activity ac-tivity now that they are called upon to give instead of receive. The people of New York made enough money out of the Dewey demonstration to build a permanent arch, and if they fail it will be to their great disgrace. |