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McKinley Montiment, McKinley ParK, CHicago. 
The monument to the late President McKinley 
in McKinley Park, Chicago, was unveiled last sum- 
mer with interesting exercises conducted by the 
South Park Board, is 
shown here in its com- 
plete setting. 
It was modeled by 
Charles J. Mulligan, of 
Chicago, and is a simple, 
sincere, expressive por- 
trait as well as a work of 
art fitted to adorn a pub- 
lic park, which could not 
be said of all of the Mc- 
Kinley memorials that 
have sprung up. The 
statue shows Mr. Mc- 
Kinley in Congress in 
the act of advocating the 
tariff bill which bears his 
name. The sculptor’s 
idea is to show the late 
president in his most 
conspicuous act in behalf 
of the people, since the 
statue is to stand in a 
workingmen’s park. He 
stands erect with one 
hand resting on his desk 
and the other holding a 
memorandum of his 
speech. An expression 
of earnestness and en- 
thusiasm lights up his 
face, and we get a glimpse of the genial nature of 
the man — so seldom expressed in a portrait statue 
— as well as the dignity and force of the states- 
man. It is a work full 
of life and vigor yet de- 
void of the theatrical. 
The setting is particu- 
larly appropriate — an ex- 
edra of Concord granite 
severely plain and of good 
proportion. The six gran- 
ite urns are to be plant- 
ed with trailing vines, 
which with the back- 
ground of trees will add 
much to the beauty of 
the site. 
Hunt & Hunt were the 
architects for the pedes- 
tal and Chas. G. Blake & 
Co., of Chicago, the con- 
tractors for the granite 
which was cut by John 
Swenson, Concord, N. H. 
The bronze was cast by 
The Winslow Bros. Co, 
of Chicago. The statue is 
a gift of Mr. D. F. Crilly, 
one of the South Park 
Commissioners, and was 
cast from the bronze of 
the old Columbus statue 
which formerly stood on 
the lake front. 
THE STATUE, M'KINLET MONUMENT. CHICAGO. 
Chas. J. Mulligan, Sc. 
GENERAL VIEW OF McKINLET MONUMENT, McKINLEY PARK, CHICAGO. 
Chas. J, Mulligan. Sc. 
