Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 105, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 May 1914 — TYLER TO HAVE MONUMENT [ARTICLE]

TYLER TO HAVE MONUMENT

Appropriation by Congress of SIO,OOO for the Purpose Will Meet With Satisfaction. Secretary Garrison of the war department has been charged with the execution of the act of congress appropriating SIO,OOO for a monument -to the memory of John Tyler, former president of the United States. This memorial to one of the chief magistrates of the nation is to be erected over his grave in Hollywood cemetery in Richmond, Va. It is a modest appropriation for such a purpose, but it is proper and fitting that it should be made, even at this late day. Tyler was the least known, probably, of our presidents, and his chief title to fame came from the fact that he was the vice-presidential candidate with William Harrison. The battle cry of "Tippecanoe and Tyler, Tod/* has eome rolling down , the generations since both men made their famous fight Tyler was greatly respected in Virginia and had a deserved reputation for his high sense of honor. He came into the presidency through the early and unexpected death of Gen. Harrison. He was at his home when he learned that he had become president through the death of-the .incumbent and it is related that be was so poor that he had to borrow the money with which to get to Washington. This is a reminder of the fact that the United States has been singularly fortunate in the pergonal characters of the men that have ruled it since the foundation of the government. They have differed In many ways. Some have been great men and others have had only a fair degree of brilliance, but all, without exception, have been noted for their integrity of purpose Tyler does not loom so high In American history as some of the other Vii» ginians who reached the presidency, but tn any event it was highly appropriate that congress should property mark his last resting place.