Evening star., 1901-11-23
DESIRE FOR COOPERATION
LOCAL MCKINLEY MEMORIAL ASSO-
CATION SEEKS HARMONY.
Conference to BE Held With Repre-
Committee Appointed.

| At a meeting of the executive committee
! of the Mckinley Memorial Arch Associa-
| ton in the offices Of the Security. Loan and
| Trust Company yesterday afternoon plans
were formulated for practical cooperation
| with the Canton Monument Association. A
| committee of five was appointed to confer
with the board of trustees Of the Canton
association in this city, November Z. and
| the members thereof were named as fol-
| lows: Commissioner Henry B. F. Macfar-
| land, Secretary Gage Thomas F. Walsh,
| Charles ]. Bell and Myron NJ. Parker. This
| committee inc.ldes the president, secretary
and treasurer of the association. the chair
man of the executive committee and the
chairman of the committee on the District
of Columbia.
A working plan for this committee was
outlined in the form of the following men,
orandum:
That a subcommittee of five. to consist
of the president secretary and treasurer
of the association, the chairman of the ex-
ecutive committee and the chairman Of the
District of Columbia committee, be empow-
cred to appear before the board of trustees
of the Canton Memorial Association, at the
meeting to be held in Washington on De-
cember I, and. if possible, secure that
bodys assent to a joint appeal to the coun-
try for funds TO erect both the monument
at Canton and the memorial arch at Wash
ngton; all money collected outside of the
District of Columbia and the state of Ohio,
after that date. to be divided between the
two associations in the proportion of one
third for the Canton monument and two
thirds for the memorial arch at the ma
tion'S capital
Senator Hanna's Suggestion.
This action is the outcome of a visit to
Washington of Senator Hanna who is vice
president of the Canton body. 1t was then
suggested by the Ohioan that the WASH
ington committee suspend operations until
the amount needed for the Canton memo
rial shall have been collected. To this the
managers of the Washington project would
not assent, on the ground that a cessation
of active effort on their part would mean
the death Of the movement. Accordingly,
a telegram was sent to Senator Hanna ex
pressing the sentiment of the executive
committee. and a letter dispatched later,
explaining the situation viewed by the
patrons of the arch aSsociat ton, wherein 1t
was proposed that committees from both
bodies meet and confer. A meeting of the
Canton association was held last Thursday
in the offices of Senator Hanna. Action on
the proposal of the Washington association
was then referred to the board of trustees,
which is to assemble in this city Decem-
ber II.
Mr.. Bell Presides.
Mr.. Charles ]. Bell presided over yester-
days meeting of the local committee, Mr..
Macfarland being unavoidably absent on
account of the illness of Mrs. Macfarland.
Those present in addition to the acting
chairman were Secretary Lyman ]. Gage,
Mr.. John Joy Edison, Mr.. John W. Doug
lass, Mr.. E. Southard Parker. Mr.. Mitchell
Dyrenforth Mr.. w. S. Hutchins, Gen. John
NJ. Wilson, Mr.. John w. Foster, DR.. w. T.
Harris. Gen. H. V. Boynton and Mr.. Thos.
F. Walsh