ANOTHER HENRY COGSWELL

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.

His statue had been generally unwanted everywhere it had been erected. It was even suggested that many cities had established commissions on art so that similar statues could be rejected before they were constructed. Dubuque's statue had disappeared, but here was the "news."

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 bridges, manufactories and all other good things. As mayor he felt 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."

See: ELECTROCUTION OF DOGS

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Source:

"Another of Dr. Cogswell," The Dubuque Herald, May 22, 1900, p. 3