Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1876-05-17
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ln6lpn CITY 10 carry out the Orlgln
idea Of Congress, to erect "a preat N,
p tionaf Mon1ment 10 tbo u,,.morv
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original mcmhsrs now remo;n 10 =, -, :
Z nosSsd ~ soma ~ tbe n',res, M,an , Son -
3 noblesf s,atcsmen or tSeir t;rnes "n
3 was headed H. Cbief Jns,;ee Wsrshal
AZ jts first pres;,lont NAt IL Hat,
two vears later ;n.Isah Ia,nss Nh MI
Son was called ,,non 10 accent ,hc ofIic
. Of President of The association Tbi
INDUSTRIOUS man ana honored statesman
tnen elgntylour years OF age, ana tot
EXPRESSED bis sense Of the bigh homo,
conferred upon him in n few elooncn
words, N when he said ..,..,...
A monument worthy III, memory Of Washing
ton, reared by the means proposed, will eommem
r,saas de ,rs ' Na,ion. i,ds WIZ pn,I9' nns
Of liberty overywhero viii sympnihilo, and q
which our country may always feel proud.
| The original design of the society
was to allow every one an opportunity
to contribute, and to carry out this
idea the amount 10 bc received from
any one individual was limited to one
dollar. The project was a grand one,
and their faith in the patriotism Of the
people nnflinching; but the progress
OF the society, in pccuniary sense,
was dlscouraglngly slow, and in 1926
the subscriptions had reached the sum
OF only S2o,O0O. The financial storm
OF 1887 which swept over the land left
the society's prospects for the time
PROSTATE. But, not discouraged, in
lS45 they removed the restriction as
to the amount TO be received from any
one person, and in lS47, having about
s57 900 IN their treasury, the members
OF the society believed themselves war
rapted IN making preparations iorItbc
laying thocornerstone on the Fourth
OF July, 1913. John Quincy Adams
was chosen to deliver the oration, but,
IN the iullness OF ripe old age, death
removed him before the event was in
augurated, and Robert 9. Winthrop,
then Speaker of the House of Repre-
sentatives, was selected to perform this
honorable duty.
Plans having been adopted, the So
clety prosecuted the work vigorously,
and at the expiration OF six years, in
1854, the monument had reached the
height Of one hundred and seventy
feet, a little less than one-third the
height originally designed, and the
society, having expended $3.50, 900,
found itself without funds and the
monument stands to-day substantially
as It was left in 1854. A memorial
having been presented to Congress in
that year by the board Of managers
stating that they We're unable to collect
any more funds and asking Congress
to take such action as It seemed prop
e.r, select committee was appointed
by the House TO whom the subject was
referred, and on the I'D of February, |
1904, most appropriate time, the
Chairman of the committee, it is said,
Hmade a most able and eloquent report,
in which, after careful examination
OF the whole subject, the proceedings |
of the society were reviewed and
strongly approved, and an appropria-
tion by Congress Of $500, 900 recon-
mended." Unfortunately" it is claim
ed, on tho very day the recommeda-
ton was presented the managers of the
society were superseded by an unlaw-
ful election" To obviate further diff
culties OF IKE character ana 10 over
come tho obstacles presenting them
selves In tho wov Of a voIpn,or,
a.. '"y
md rran,od hr canaress ~ 90 a9 ~ ood @
ac III rahrnas,. ,Sko Ses,sss ssrs on va s,rl nj
Wa sh;a~,ay, N@,;,na NJ, i',oras n onr., Guy
80, -. a" ,.;aNa, $500 49, ~
Il ~, mh;ah i.S ss1S ,h, plpsai,, p,yit 's'ons
H. Ira,,al &c. 60, ,"a"N a. ~ 'tns "a
ond tho covarnors ~ ,La c,a,os
nv VIZ 'o'e noie y, .'S '''N, c. W.
20, respectively, It's wee e-fresidents.