The Washington times., 1901-10-10

| IL further
Resolved, That the chairman of this
ileetlhs name Il committee of eleven for
the purpose of selecting officers and com
pleting the organization"
Perfccting the Organization.
The chair then selected the following
committee. which retired for the purpose
OF perfecting the organization of the as
sociatlon: John JOY Edison. President of
the Board of Trade; Mitchell Dyrenforth
freslaent OF the Business Mems Associa-
uoh' Chapin Brown, President of the Dis
trict Bar Association; c. ]. Bell S. w
woodward, a. w. Gould. District Attor-
ney; w. S. Knox, R. F. Doan, President
of the National Memorial Bridge Asso-
citation; j. w. Stone, ]. T. Callaghan, and
Lee M. LipscoDb. After the retirement
of the committee Commissioner Macfar-
land introduced the Rev. T. Dewitt Tai
mage, formerly pastor of the First Pres
byterian Church of this city, who deliv-
cred a most eloquent address.
ne violent paroxysm of the taking off
OF the President. he said, has devel-
oped INTO calm from which has grown
the question, What best can be done to
perpetuate his memory? The poets will
praise, the sculptor will make immortal
his form in marble,rbut in the hearts of
his countrymen shall his greatest fame be
kept bright and clear.
In the great city ifounGed by him and
| bSdIlIB MS name rises the ldli marble
shaft of nations, mourning, but this
| monument which shall commemorate the
life of William Mckinley is to be an arch.
Gods favorite form, the figure of the
rainbow of proIhise,' beautiful ana grace
| full.
| LAS 1t has done all that it can for
| Washington in The erection of the marble
pillar in memory of the First President,
am glad that the design chosen for Nc
| kinley is an arch, the arm of the nation
affection. 1t shall be honored for thou
| sands of years by generations and gener-
ations.
1T will not be like the arch commemor
ating the victory of Napoleon at Auster-
| itz. for that was followed by defeat. IL
1 VIII not be like that of Titus, nor OF Janus
the heather. 1t will be the arch Of pure
and holy life, the arch of the triumph OF
victories from mothers knee to the Presi-
| dency. 1t is in his honor that the arch Is
to be erected.
His humanity was broad. broader than
| all cresds, and all religions will unite in
love of a nation in grief. He did not be-
] lieve that there is but one gate into
| heaven, but that there We're many. and
he held the doctrine that the right to his
religion implied your right to yours. All
religions are on the platform tonight the
| Ion lies down with the lamb, and the
| lamb cannot be distinguished from the
| lion.
Il think that the greatest characteristic
| of the man, as 1 knew him thirty years
! ago at Canton, the characteristic which
| me was rove, iONe OF WlIt,
love of children, love Of country, love of
! God. Why is it that so many bells tolled
| out upon that day OF his obsequies and
that trade and traffic were at stand
| still? The love which others bore him.
! Il am glad he lived long enough to COM
| plete the work of making forever the
| United States a world power among the
| nations OF the world That is what he has
| done. When 1t shall demand that the
| Turkish Government atone for the kid
| mapping Of the American missionary
| the Dardanelles demanding her return.
and asking for satisfaction. William Nc
Kinley has helped to make us this world
/ power.
The arch which shall be built win be
| built on public property. 1t shall be my
arch, your arch it shall belong to every
man, woman, and child in the country.
| From the coast Of Maine to the Gulf of
! Mexico and from the Golden Gate to the
| Florida Keys there shall be closer
! union, deeper and more holy sentiment
| as a result of the death of this man.
That was his greatest work. He
!, brought together the North and the
! South. He said: Peace to all the boys
| who fell in battle, blue or grey II
mother went out and found her two sons
wounded in a struggle would she stop TO
! blame the one or the other? No. she
would put one arm about one, and the
! other arm about the other, and kiss them
| both. SO I would that In the sDringtime
we put our arms about them both and
| give them caresses of love.
| The ScufptOr's Tnsk.
TT is but natural that the earthly
mausoleuru of Mckinley should be built
at Canton, but just appropriate that
/ at the Capital there should be some
/ grand commemorafiou. Here it was he
! did his work, here II was he attained his
greatest fame. j think he expected to be
/ remembered by the people in this way.
( We have a habit of denouncing public
tvhf live of Iii
/ amends by big funerals after death, but
/ this is no atopemept. II any especial
! sculptoring should be placed upon the
arch one is William Mckinley as Presi-
dent, taking the oatn Of office on Capitol
/ HILL hope that on the other side Will
/ be given William Mckinley at home.
4 Never in your time nor mine has been
I seen better example Of manhood. TIL
I death do US part was said with ciasped
hands IN the little church at Canton, and
remem0ered until that last hand clasp
/ before the finaf goodbye. In this day
! when light literature Is putting sacred
/ ness into frivolity, II would be wise for
! artists to commemorate this sentiment
/ best expressed by home.
When Henry Clay was on his way to
1 take his seat in Congress he stopped on
! the top of a mountain. and standing out
| on a great rock, gazed of into the dis
| tance. lost in reverie. A friend asked
| him what he did. 1 am listening to the
| tramp of the oncoming generations of
! America he replied. The oncOmlng gem
| Grafton must be told the story; they must
| walk beneath the arch. Let it stand there
| to tell the story of liberty until earth
! shall be no more"
| At the conclusion of DR.. Talmage's ad-
| Gress, Commissioner Macfarland read
| letter from Rev. DIT Stafford. who sent
| regrets at being unable to attend the
meeting. My heart is with you in the
| cause said he, although l have found
! it impossible to be with you tonight"
The Committee on Organization,
| through Chairman EdsCn. then reported
/ that there had not been sufficient time TO
make complete statement. He an
nounced the election of Commissioner
Macfarland as President of the asso-
citation, and Lyman J. Gage, Secretary Of
the Treasury, as Treasurer.
As organized last night the association
Is on national lines and will embrace all
sections of the country. The additional
officers, it was stated, will be selected
from prominent citizens of the various
States and Territories especially those
who have been identified with the Ma
tional Capital. The report of the commit
tee WAS unanimously approved Although
Commissioner Macfarland thought that
no further action was necessary the COM
mittee decided to continue it's work.
Chairman Edison will make arrangements
today for the next meeting of the associa-
ton. which will probably be held within
a few days.
Commissioner Macfarland expressed his
thanks for the honor conferred upon him
and said that he had every reason to be-
lieve that the undertaking would prove
successful. He read a letter from +. B.
Chase offering the first contribution to
be received, the gross receipts from some
one performance at his opera house.
The meeting was closed by the rendi-
tlon of America by the Marine Band
followed by benediction pronounced by
DR.. Talmage.
A NEGRO LABoRER DROWNED.