Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 147, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 June 1916 — MONUMENT TO GENERAL LEE. [ARTICLE]

MONUMENT TO GENERAL LEE.

Fortunately? there is a breezier and more refreshing side to pohttad Washington, says a correspondent of the Philadelphia Inquirer. One ° new southern congressmen recently was walking down Pennsylvan av with an older southern member, and they stopped in front of a Grant. They admired it for a few moments, and later in their walk stopped in front of a statue of Sherman. “What puzzles me,” said the new southern member, is that nere bi the United States there is no monument to Robert E. Lee. The Ration is now united, and Lee was one of our greatest men. There should be w impressive monument to him right here in the capital. “Why, haven’t you seen the monument to Lee. ’ asked .the so wn congressman. “It is the greatest monument ever erected to any man. Iwm take you over and show it to you right now.” They walked rapidly for fifteen minutes, and the older southern member showed the newer one the pension building.