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Show PORTING A fine ARTS BUREAU Senator Newiauds Creates Stir in Commenting Upon Roosevelt's Appointment Washington, May 11. Architects, artists, landscape gardeners, sculptors, sculp-tors, men of science and others from organizations intended for the promotion promo-tion uf art. met ir convention here today. The object of tho gathering Is the formation of a national art federation. AnJ it Is being held under the auspices of the National Academy of Art ot which J. P. Morgan Is president. pres-ident. ' Vice President Sherman welcomed the delegates. A stir was ricalod when Senator Ncwlands, of Nevada, hi si caking of Ms bill for the creation of a government bureau of line arts, declared de-clared 'that cx-Prcsideut Roosevelt intrenched somewhat on the prerogatives preroga-tives of the legislative branch of tho government, by appointing without authority a council of arts which would pass uoii the designs for contemplated con-templated goornment .slructures.Cnn-giess. .slructures.Cnn-giess. he said, had resented this interference, in-terference, and the council had gone out of existence. Senator NewlamH gave the council credit, however, for performing distinguished services while they held office. A suggestion that. In the dep.ut-nient dep.ut-nient of rivers and harbors, there should be al.-o mi artistic division uf every town upon a river or harbor, met with hearty applause. He closed by saying thai the United States government gov-ernment should lead in artistic development devel-opment while tho states individually should follow. There should he built up a strong pvldic sentiment,' he said, which would have its effect on coi;- gross, which, he asseited, rarely led, but ahvas followed. This afternoon the delegates were received in the east room by President Presi-dent and Mrs. Taft. |