New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-02-15

NAV no coI,od tho fou ndcr of tho plan. For many
ve,rs he was secretary of the society and con-
ducted ITS correspondence. The great Judge MAT.
shall the biorraoher of Washington, was the hrs'
| pres,dent. He was succeeded by Madison. wiz
took the honorary Office in his eIghty -hi.n yc"i'
| and held it in 1885 and 1888. Judge Lillian
Cr.ncb q pure and noble statesman whose lie
was identified with the best interests Oh Tue CUM
try was vice president and acting pfesiien''
ITpder the first plans, no person permitted 10
contribute 10 the fund moro than 81 year
But this restriction was removed in 1910. In looo
SOS. 900 had been collected and was sliey III
vested Tn 1917 this sum- with interest ana new
suhscriptions amounted to $4,000 and thc soci-
ETY. resolved 70 begin the monument. On the olst
of January 1913, Congress granted sl'e ior ~
to be selected by the President and manager IL
WAS sad that Washington himself marked the spo,
os carly as 1875 as a site for monument 10 the
American revolution.
A plan was agreed upon by the man.
apcment and the cornerstone was laid, uhher
most auspicIous Circumstances on the An oil July
1913 The Hon. Robert c. WInthrop delivered an
grafton, q truly admirable memorial OF Washli9toh'
Other addresses made by ether ccntielht'n
The work was pushed steadily upward Tor SIX years
when the funds of the society were exhausted. III
this time the monument had risen ~ iet,', duo
$4,000 hal been collected and eXpenhcd Oh IT,
Various efforts made 10 collect new SUI
| / 4
on the dav of the Presidential election, III many
States. and the aims thus collected Were usoi ~
the of tbe fund: AT the animal ee,tP1 t %.
| 1860 the people of California contr uted al inc
polls $40 962 OF, which was remit led to me secie
! tary of the society. 1t Californms waV oi
showing loyalty just before the great sruagie pcSan
1t was invested as a nestegg for further use. But
work was not in fact renewed ill after the war
| with the rev wealth and more than fabulous pos
perty of the newborn natOn-Congress assumed ~
its right, the completion of the monument. biaceu
IT. dyrn inu nj
and pre- sscd it TO the happy conclusion winch ho"
| is to he celebrated.
Some fears having been expressed that the ionn-
datiOn not secure, IN elaborate ana interesting
report was secured from the Engineer beard, which
| proved lis absolute suiclcncy.
| During the long period when tho association hai
charge of the work they Invited and received
| blocks of stones to be wrought INTO tne IN
| terror from various States and societies tniong,
| of these blocks many OF them curicus Tor thelr
emblems other Inscriptions. Brigham louhe
| sent one; one is from Brad1ocks field, one pro
| fssses to lie from the ruins of the AieXanirlan
| Library one is from the Merchants in China
! one Is from temple IN Carthage, ana one ii"'H
| the Government of Greece.
| In the original plan-tO harmon &c tho wishes oil
people who wanted a Greek temple WIN these o.
| people who knew that an o6clisk was the most III
| monumental drawing made oil clrci'ai
! temple-nOt unlike the Odoon at Athens, hii
anybody ever been absurd enough 10 place a porch
aud rising gu above it, was the Oboiisk. IRE
| cisey whcI this pieposterous temple, was
abandoned formally no man need ask. II VIII fever
| he built But IT'S tate spoken the day when a
| Pennsylvania farmer told an agent "f the MONT
lnent Society that he would not subscribe. ihi>
| honest man had simpler taste than he ncerorG =
| tan committee. give no tollar.' ne SAID, 10
| any house INIT such pig ciiimblv.'
| Aud thus, through the perils OF hnndred years'
with the actual cooperation of hundreds of thou
sands OF people. aud with the glad sympathy OF all.
the Nation has built its tit monument to hun who
| SSH a.,
First in war; first N. peace. and first III the
| hearts of mis- cOuntrymen."
EDWARD L. HALE.