Excerpt from Statue of Henry Mower Rice; Erected in Statuary Hall of the United States Capitol by the State of Minnesota: Proceedings in Statuary Hall, in the Senate, and in the House of Representatives of the United States Upon the Unveiling, Reception, and Acceptance of the Statue of Henry Mower Rice From the State of Minnesota; Sixty-Fourth Congress The presiding officer (mr. Frederick G. Ingersoll). Mr. Vice President, ladies, and gentlemen, the Legislature of the State of Minnesota, at its session in 1913, provided for the appointment of a commission to secure the erection, in this Hall, of a statue of one of its most distinguished citizens - henry mower rice. The completed statue is here for unveiling and installation, and it is with a great deal of satisfaction that we welcome the friends of Mr. Rice here today in such large numbers. Rev. James Shera Montgomery, of the Metropolitan Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church of this city, for many years a resident of Minnesota, will invoke the divine blessing. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.