Show MRS LITTLETON SCORES VICTORY mrs martin W V littleton wire wife ol of representative littleton of new york Q won a notable victory the other day before the senate committee on libra 41 TY ry when she ehe secured by una un almous amous 00 1 botean vote an for a favorable report on senator martinea Martl Marti neB neu resold lion authorizing the appointment of a joint committee of five senators ic ana five to investigate and report on the tha feasibility ot of having the government acquire monticello the 1 home of thomas jefferson 40 mm airs littleton became interested in having baying the tha government acau acquire ire the estate and tomb of thomas jefferson Je neron ya i A 4 and preserve it ia like ke mount blount vernon 0 and arlington after she had bad made a visit to the place A year ago she i sent out art aa int interesting 0 resting pamphlet devoted to proving the patri patriotic otle duty of the tha government to acquire and preserve monticello since then mrs mm littleton has hag kept up the fight over many obstacles the most formidable of 0 these theae has been the opposition of representative jefferson at levy who owns monticello abd declares that he will not noil it to the abe government when mrs airs lAtt lettleton leton app appeared efured before the ills committee she he found confronting her judge IL T W duke jr art of charlottesville Charlott orvllle va who appeared as aa tho the representative of mr air levy and who took issue with mrs MM littleton Litt letona a statement tatem lit in regard to the present condition of 0 monticello sho she had told tho committee that he roads roada leading 0 the jefferson estate were atrocious that the residence needed painting and that the general appearance of the place was one of 0 neglect and dec decay ay 11 mr duke explained that representative levy had no desire to sell eoll monticello Montt cello even to the government ern ment lie ile insisted that the place was kept to repair senator cummins cummin B a member ot of the committee suggested eug that monticello might bo be acquired by tho the exercise of the right of eminent domain we have taken private property from private owners for public purposes herit heretofore afore and there Is in no question that we can do so DO in tills this case it it becomes necessary nece aary suggested senator cummins the fore force of this suggestion appeared to appeal to judge duke who observed that in spite of mr levys unwillingness to sell the property he be believed that it if tho the congressman could bo be convinced that there was a wide popular interest Inte Int refit in acquiring it for patriotic use that he be would yield |