The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-02-22
VIRGINIA AGaENfn.

By those PROCEEDINGS Virginia Was
greatly excited. aud 40 little alarmed.
Ht- Legislature and Governor took Inn
WetIat, au1 strenuous action. protested
against amy such removal. called upon
the proprietor ol 1lt Ncaon to prevent
SO and sent for,h o special dcpHtatou 20
ail iu sD.uru- their W.-he. Judge Mar
shall va- requested t0 0ead tu's dcputd-
ton. thtt u might. have the greater he
nuci.c Thi. honor hc with his .harac-
tcrsuc upr-htu,-s and consistency. de-
,huci because of thc part hc had borne"
op the othe, side. BOO 1893 Mr.. John y.
Washington refused This renewed request
of Con-rs--. for which the LEGISLATURE Of
Virginia hI-ht commended him
lu ls4A tho monument fund. .o taidN
invested u ISIS amounted to about for
ty-two thousand dollars. Nessrs Patton
and Got u-or. In their revision OF the
code of ta. state. lrN The fund to go on
acrumu'aigs Gut member Of the Nlr
ginil Hi~tor I'D Society conceived the idea
of invoking tho AID OF that influential body
iu trying Co b. ducc the legislature TO
erect at once a suitable memorial ~
Washington. rsiuE the monument fund
in part for tha' purpose Accordingly "a
resolution with rhe above Wow Wa. offer
cd u the annual mcetin- of The Hist0r.-
cal society. lith OF December. lN,. and
unanimously adopted The committee dp-
pointed To- execute 81 were Benjamin H.
Minor. its mover William IA. Nacfarlaud.
James Lyons Roy. g. :. p Tnsley and
John w. Anderson. They prepared tu
earnest memorial aud presented 10 10
Tho L'gislatuFe asking fo} the appfoprit-
tion OF one hundred thousand dollars. i'm
Guiding the monument fund. and that a
suitable monument Doe erected as soon as
practicable, The memorial was not sign
ed hy Mr Anderson because he was
absent lie said he would gladly have
signed 20. ~ was referred 10 a very select
committee OF thirteen OF which Mr. H.
". Thomas. the delegate from Fairfax
county which embraces Mount Vernon.
was chairman. and was ordered 10 be
printed. 10 requested that the "a OF Feb
rudI} Dee set apart for crantlng its petit
non De- committee reported their bin.
ana the way was chcerfully ard harmo-
niOusN paved. sometimes even by the
suspension OF the rules. for the happy
sWundt ton. which did take place as
already stated. on that Indictment Eel
ru"i =, I"tf. 'Se' Doc. 63, House DCcu-
ments. 1Sls-'9l
inc commissioners under the aforesaid |
act OF the Assembly We're duly appointed |
BY Governor John g. FLOYD 1,bev az !
fered Prize OF 500 for the best model |
or the proposed monument. and received |
about Forty designs from which tn. I
rendered hy the distinguished A,Do,,...,,
% hIpiOr Thomas Crawford was selected /
and was ~ due time executed. as it may |
now be admired i'm the CapitoI souarc
Secretary Maxwell. who b1d hean a.,
pointed commissioner ON behalf 81
Historical Society did not concur in tbis
selection. but the Governor and n n,s.
forty OF his executive council did Mr.
Maxwell resigned. and g. \. Myers su,..
cocded him. The commissioners must
have known very welt that the execution
of such d plan would greatly exceed
500 900, but they wero willing TO trust
the Legislature. relying upon their dis
petition a. pay Just tribute TO other
0usLd sons Of the Old Dominion, whilst