By common consent this superb statue of that brave soldier. Henry W. Lawton. was placed in a corresponding position to the Lincoln statue. in front of the courthouse. with the result that peddlers of shoe strings. peanut vendors and newspaper vendors. shoeblacks. immigrants from southern Europe surrounded it from morning to night. They obstructed the way in peddling their goods under the magnificent statue of General Lawton. Representatives from the Grand Army and from the Loyal LegionI think General Lawton was a mlember of bothand the societies of tile SpanishAmerican War united in requesting the governor that the statue of General Lawton should be placed in a better location.
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