The evening world., 1891-11-27
GRANT MONUMENT POLITICS
Ex-Mayor GraCe's Friends Think
He Is Unfairly Treated.
Banker Hotchkiss Explains Ills Al.
legged Breach of Faith.

The friends of cN-Mayor William II. Grace
Insist that he has been treated unfairly by
COL Elliott r. shepard and the latters allies
In the Grant MonumcIi Associations Execu-
tive committee. They claim that the alleged
breach 0t faith Of Horace l.. Hotchkiss. the
Wall street banker, In voting for the election
of two members after having promised Mr.
Grace, aS Is said, that he would not do so.
lett the oN-Mayor no honorable alternative
but to resign tho Presidency, which he had
held so long aud so hunuraDy.
MIR. Grace says: =" | have no personal obIec-
tions to Gen Horace Porter. nor to MIR. {. c.
Reed (tho members 80 choscn). resigned on
principle.
"No member OF the Association was ever
elected by the Executive Committee before.
had learned that the Committee would be
asked to usurp this function OF the ASsocia-
tion, and ! asked Gen. Coils to seek q legal
opinion from MIR. Sanger ON the question.
al wrote to Mr.. llotchkiss, asking him to
join Mr. o'Reiily and MIR. Dillon in opposing
such action II II should DO proposed. Mr..
Hotchklss promised that he would oppose 1t,
but when returned from Washington ] was
surprised to tind that Gen. Porter and MIR.
HOtChki-s had voted aye.
:" immediately sent IN my resignation.
COL. Elliott f. Shepard Gen. coils aud the q.
A. X. may now run the Association to suit
themselves. lWill have nothing iurthcr IL
do withi II. told Mr. iIotchkiss that | should
resign; that could not serve as President OF
an .rl AnlAation thr word Of whose Treasurer
could not bC relied upon"
Mayor GTNcc'S friends say that col Shepard
ms degraded the Grant Monument ASsucia-
'iun iuto II cheap Advertising scheme Tor his
payer, and that hc has bcen II blight upon the
enterprise.
Gen. coils said TO an EVENING WORLD re-
porter To-day " have Just read what Mr..
Grace has said aud what others have said.
body OF my old friend Gen. Grant. Everybody
who knows me knows that | want u monu-
ment To Gen. Grant. l believe that all the
money VIII co raised and We shall have such
monument. refuse to say anything iur-
. ther"
/ Gen. Horace Porter said. alt seems to me
there is great tembcst In teapot. Polite.
Is suggested. hope we can bury our dead
and erect monuments over their graves with
out polaics. As for mo, have been notified
OF my election 10 the Association, but don't
know as shall accept Tho subject OF my
election was never broached to me. IL was
entirely unthought OF by me. There Is no III
feeling between Mr.. Grace and myself
at Is limited that your election WAS part
OF col. shepard,s scheme to forward his own
election to the Presidency of the association,
that liotchkss Is plastic In his hands, and
that he Influences others and VIII influence
you. GeneralS' said the reporter.
/ This idea seemed to anuse Gen. Porter.
Banker liotclkiSS Justified his action. lie
! said: "N hen i promised MIR. Grace I did
not and do not think he knew Of the bylaw
authorizing the Committee to elect members
When II was shown to me ] was astonished
II. with that bylaw before me, opposed Gen
| Porter and MIR. Reeds election, the act would
I'be construed as personal.
81 am sorry that Mr. Grace offers his resig-
nation. | hope and l believe II will not be
accepted. ] shall vote against It's acceptance.
Mr.. Grace has worked too hard for the monu-
ment.
"There Is no politics In It,"