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To this, according to the article, Mayor Berg answered back that "Dubuque is an orphan asylum for statues, railroads, railroad shops, high briges, manufactories and all other good things. As mayor he feels bounden (sic) to give the people what they want and bar the doors to things they taboo." He said to send the statue on and in the meantime he would test public sentiment. | To this, according to the article, Mayor Berg answered back that "Dubuque is an orphan asylum for statues, railroads, railroad shops, high briges, manufactories and all other good things. As mayor he feels bounden (sic) to give the people what they want and bar the doors to things they taboo." He said to send the statue on and in the meantime he would test public sentiment. | ||
If the friends of Dr. Cogswell act on receipt of the mayor's response, the statue should be here within two weeks. | The news concluded: "If the friends of Dr. Cogswell act on receipt of the mayor's response, the statue should be here within two weeks." | ||
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Revision as of 05:38, 26 January 2018
ANOTHER HENRY COGSWELL. Readers of the Dubuque Herald in 1900 must have been shocked at the news. According to the article, friends of Henry COGSWELL living in San Francisco were willing to replace the statue of the prohibitionist and advocate of cold water stolen from WASHINGTON PARK.
According to the article, the telegram read:
San Francisco, May 21
To the Mayor of Dubuque:
Friends of Dr. Cogswell learn (sic) of the larceny of
his statue from the public park and are indignant over
the outrage. Have another statue in private park we
want to send to Dubuque and give you opportunity to
vindicate Dubuque's integrits (sic) and your official
responsibility. Answer if you will accept. Will ship
immediately.
J. R. Stockton
To this, according to the article, Mayor Berg answered back that "Dubuque is an orphan asylum for statues, railroads, railroad shops, high briges, manufactories and all other good things. As mayor he feels bounden (sic) to give the people what they want and bar the doors to things they taboo." He said to send the statue on and in the meantime he would test public sentiment.
The news concluded: "If the friends of Dr. Cogswell act on receipt of the mayor's response, the statue should be here within two weeks."
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Source:
"Another of Dr. Cogswell," The Dubuque Herald, May 22, 1900, p. 3