Essentials of United States history . Liberty Enlighteningthe World. It stands on LibertyIsland, formerly called BedloesIsland, in New York Harbor. It ismore than one hundred and fifty feetin height and stands on a pedestal ofgranite, which is also more than onehundred and fifty feet high. In 1902Prince Henry, of Prussia, visited theUnited States and went as far west asSt. Louis. He received everywhere amost cordial welcome from the commemorate this visit, Emperor William, in 1904, pre-sented to the United States a fine bronze statue of Frederickthe Great, who was friendly to the col
Essentials of United States history . Liberty Enlighteningthe World. It stands on LibertyIsland, formerly called BedloesIsland, in New York Harbor. It ismore than one hundred and fifty feetin height and stands on a pedestal ofgranite, which is also more than onehundred and fifty feet high. In 1902Prince Henry, of Prussia, visited theUnited States and went as far west asSt. Louis. He received everywhere amost cordial welcome from the commemorate this visit, Emperor William, in 1904, pre-sented to the United States a fine bronze statue of Frederickthe Great, who was friendly to the colonies during the Revo-lution. This beautiful statue has been placed in a conspicu-ous position in the city of Washington. Another Frenchgift, a statue of Rochambeau (ro-shan-bo), who commandedthe French troops in our Revolution, was unveiled in Wash-ington in May, 1904. 502. Election of 1904. — We have already noted thatTheodore Roosevelt was the fifth Vice-President called tothe presidential chair by the death of the President. In. The Statue of Liberty. 370 ESSKNTIALS OF UNITED STATES HISTORY no one of the four preceding cases was the accidental Presi-dent elected for another term. The present case, however,was an exception to this rule. The Republican party nomi-nated Theodore Roosevelt for President, and Charles of Indiana, for Vice-President. The DemocraticI tarty named Alton B. Parker of New York, and Henry of West Virginia. Roosevelt received three hundredand thirty-six electoral votes and Parker one hundred andforty. The popular vote for Roosevelt was over seven mil-lion six hundred thousand, and the vote for Parker was alittle over five million. It is worthy of note that in theforty-five states more than thirteen and one half millionvotes were cast. SUMMARY President McKinley was assassinated while attending thePan-American Exposition. He was succeeded by the Vice-President, Theodore Roosevelt, who continued his policy andwon the confidence of the
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