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

The friends OF ex-Mayor william II. Grace
Col Elliott +. Shepard and the lattcrs allies
In the Grant Monument Associations Execu-
tive Committee. They claim that the alleged
breach OF faith Of Horace L.. llotchkiss, the
Wall street banker, In voting for the election
OF two members after. having promised MIR.
Grace, as Is said, that he would not do 30,
lett the ex-Mayor no honorable alternative
but to resign tho Presidency, which he had
held so long and so honoraDly.
Mir. Grace says ~ have no personal objec-
tions to Gen. Horace Porter. nor to MIR. e. c.
Reed thc members SO chosen. 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-
ton, and ! asked Gen. Coils To seek legal
opinion from Mr. Sanger on the question.
~ wrote to MIR. Hotchkiss, asking him to
Join MIR. O'Reilly and Mr. Dillon In opposing
such action II II should be proposed Mr..
HotchAiss promised that he would oppose It,,
but when returned from Washington I was
surprised to find that Gen. Porter and Mr..
Z eed had been elected, and that Treasurer
liOtchhi,s had voted aye.
81 Immediately sent In my resignation.
Col. Elliott J.. shepard, Gen. coils aud the O..
! 4. II. may now run the Association to suit
themselves. viii have nothing further to
do With 1t. I told Mir. iiotchkiss that | should
resign; that could not serve as President OF
an organization III" word OF whose Treasurer
could not be relied upOn."
Mayor GraCc'S friends say that Col. Shepard
has degraded the Grant Monument Ass0cia-
tion into cheap advertising scheme Tor his
paper, and that ho has been blight upon the
enterprise.
| Gen. Coils said to an EVENING WORLD re-
| porter tU.day :" | have Just read what MIR.
Grace has said and what others have said. ]
Will enter into no controversy over the dead
body OF my old friend Gen. Grant. Every body
who knows me knows that l want n monu-
| menL to Gen. Grant. ! believe that all the
money VIII be raised, and we shall have such
monument. refuse TO say anything fur-
ther."
/ Gen. Horace Porter said at seems to me
there Is great tembest In teapot. Politics
Is suggested. hope we can bury our dead
and erect monuments over their graves with
out politics. AS for me, have been notified
OF my election TO the Association, but don't
election was never broached to mo. 1t was
entirely unthought OF by me. There Is no Ill
feeling between Mr.. Grace and myself"
ut Is hinted that your election was a part
election TO the Presidency OF the association,
! that llOtchkiss Is plastic In his hands, md
| that he influences others and Will influence
you. Generaly" said tho reporter.
This idea seemed to amuSe Gen. Porter.
Banker iotchkiss JUSTIFIED his action He
said: when ] promised Mr.. Grace l did
not and do not think he knew OF the bylaw
authorizing the Committee to elect members.
! When IL was shown to me ] was astOnished.
| II, with that y-law before me, opposed Gen.
Porter and Mr.. Reeds election, the act would
be construed as personal.
| ~ am sorry that Mr. Grace offers his rcsig-
nation. hope ind l believe II will not be
accepted. ] shall vote against Its acceptance.
Mr.. Grace has worked too hard tor the monu.
ment.
| There is no politics In it."