The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-09-22

| dredth anniversary OF his death J,
Washington memorial day
throughout the country.
1t is winning approval in sew
eral important bodies, and their
influence is already being exerted
to bring it to pass.
The Society of American Au-
thorS, which includes Mrs. Julia
Ward Howe, Mrs. E. II. Wal
worth, General Lew Wallace and
Others of Importance has sent the
following resolution in engrossed
form 10 the President of the
United States; to the Vice Presi-
dent and to the Speaker of the
House. In addition it has dis.
tributed one thousand printed
copies throughout the country:
Whereas, the fourteenth day
OF next December marks the COM
pletion of one hundred years since
the death of George Washington;
and
whereas, the Society of
American Authors recognizes the
Importance of giving special en-
phasis to such a centennial;
therefore be it
Resolved, by the society in an.
nual meeting assembled. that a
tit recognition of the occasion
would be the legal cessation of
all avoidable labor for that day,
i'll order that the nation may be
free to do honor to the memory
of one whose life and acts and pa.
triotism have in large measure
rendered possible the progress,
the strength and the political
freedom OF the United States"
Similar action has been taken
by the Daughters of the Cincin.
natti, and before this brief record
is read four other important pa
triOtic bodies will have acted in
the same way.
AT the meeting of the board of
officers of the Order of United
American Mechanics on the 18th
instant special action was consid.
cred and the national secretary
was Instructed to prepare a peti.
ton to the President asking for
the setting aside of the day for
the purpose. From the head of.
flee a circular letter will be sent
to every subordinate council of
the order urging similar and i'm
mediate action.
On the other hand, one thou
sand men and boys on the crowd.
ed east side of New York-nearly
all OF them Russian eXiles-have
signed a petition to Governor
Roosevelt asking for the same
thing, because they recognize
how much of the hopefuiness
that fills the heart of the emf.
grant comes from the leadership
and success Of Washington, him.
self the leader of a large proper
ton of emigrants.
Furthermore, the Adiutant.
General and Chief of Staff of the
United Confederate Veterans.
writes: ''The United Confederate
Veteran Association is purely so.
clal, literary, historical and be.
neyolent for the specific purpose
OF caring for manned and disabled
veterans, but l am sure that
every old veterans heart will
give a responsive throb in an.
proval of anything which is being
done to honor the "Father of His
Country"
The plans of the various Ma
sonic bodies throughout the cOun-
try are also rapidly maturing.
Every Grand Lodge of the coun.
try VII be represented at the
Mt. Vernon gathering on Decem.
Der l4th and there is also being
completed an effort to have every
lodge in every corner of the coun-
try publicly identify itself with
local effort to do honor to the one
who though dead, yet speaketh.
Some details regarding the at
titude of the colleges will give
further idea of the spread of the
conviction that the one hun
dredth anniversary should be
publicly commemorated.
Georgetown University, Wash,
ington, d. c., writes: sour fac
ulty had some time ago decided
that we should do what we could
to commemorate the centennial
anniversary of Washington's
death, and has therefore arranged
to have all the speeches delivered
at our commencement by Oul
graduates treat of Washington as
a subject. The individual sub
jects will be: "Washington as q
Citizen" "Washington as a Gen
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