The Philipsburg mail., 1899-07-28
THE BLAND MONUMENT FUND
Mass Meeting Held at Granite Last SuL-
day Afternoon a Success.

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Mass Meeting Held at Granite Last Sui.-
day Afternoon Success.
The mass meeting held in Granite
Sunday afternoon was called to order
by President Harry Lewney, J. @. Duffy
acting as secretary. Samuel L. Walker
was made temporary chairman and l..
r. Hoss temporary secretary.
The chairman called upon Senator
Connolly for remarks regarding the
object of the meeting, whereupon he
said he understood they had been called
together for the purpose of considering
ways and means for raising subscrip-
tion to be donated to the R. P. Bland
monument fund He heartily endorsed
the move, and he believed it would re-
suit in the starting Of organizations in
other cities of the state. 1T showed,
he said, that the people of Granite
county recognized in Mr.. Bland one of
their most constant friends" He con-
cluded by moving the appointment of
an executive committee Of five to have
full charge of the work in hand
Mr.. Ziegler amended this motion,
with the consent of Mr.. Connolly, by
substituting ''and with full power to
appoint vice-presidents, draft resolu-
ttions, and effect permanent organiza-
ton
Mr.. Duffy sent to the secretary's desk
the following communications, which
were read:
St. Louis, Mo, July 80, 1890.
J. G. Duffy, Secretary, Granite Miners
Union, Granite, Montana:
I am in receipt of your telegram re-
garding meeting of Granite Miners
Union to be held July 23d for the pur-
pose of devising means of securing funds
by subscription of the Richard Parke
Bland monument. l thank you for the
invitation, but regret that owing to the
long distance will be unable to reach
there in time for the meeting, especially
so as go east in few days. l am
heartily in accord with the movement
and will do all 1 can to cooperate.
Paul A. Fusz.
Mr.. Brown wrote:
Philipsburg, Mont, July 20 1899.
j. 9. Duffy, Secretary, Granite Miners
Union, Granite, Montana:
Dear Sir-I beg to acknowledge the
receipt Of your communication of the
goth inst. attracting my attention to the
call for citizens meeting to be held in
Granite next Sunday afternoon for the
purpose set forth in the enclosed ex-
cerpt.
l very sincerely regret that I must
leave Philipsburg upon important busi-
ness, but I beg to assure you OF my
hearty support in the cause indicated in
the enc.o 5ed paper, and request that you
subscribe for me the sum of s. to be de-
voted to the end desired.
earnestly hope that your meeting
will be successful in every respect.
That the monument to be raised to
commemorate the work of Richard P.
Bland, in his brave fight for silver, will
be sufficiently imposing to engrave in
delibly upon the minds and memories
of the present generation the name of
the champion of the interests of the
people Of this great commonwealth.
lremain, most respectfully,
Frank D. Brown.
At the suggestion of those present,
Chairman Walker named the following
committee: Paul A. Fusz, Werner
Ziegler, S. L. Walker, Senator Connolly
and Lon R. Hoss.
Hon. Charles Bonner being called
upon responded with eloquent words to
the memory of the late champion and
friend of silver, R. P. Bland.
E. H. Campbell of Philipsburg made
a few appropriate remarks and offered
valuable suggestions to the executive
committee.
Mr.. Duffy suggested that the execu-
tive committee ask the press of Granite
county to open their columns for sub
scriptons to the Bland monument fund,
saying that he knew how hopeless it
was to attempt such undertakings
without the cooperation of the papers.
From subscription list circulated
among those present $95 was realized.
A motion for adjournment carried,
and the executive committee went into
session, electing Paul A. Fusz, Chair
man; Lon R. Hoss, Secretary, and S. L.
Walker, Treasurer. A number of vice.
presidents were named, but as the list
could not be concluded at that time
this matter was postponed until the
next meeting Of the committee.
A Question of Chemistry.