The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-12-07
FOR A UNION
OF PROJECTS.
The Mckinley Memorial
Associations Confer.
NR. HAGFARLAND'S EXPLANATION.
Proposed Division Of Funds Re-
ceived From All States and
Territories Save Ohio and
District of Columbia.

The second executive session of the
trustees of the Mckinley National Ne
mortal Association, the Canton organiza-
tion. was held in the Arlington Hotel this
morning. Judge William r. Day presiding.
With the Memorial Association met
Commissioner H. 3. F. MacfarIand, Sec
retary Gage Mr.. Thomas F. Walsh. Mr..
Charles J. Bell. Mr.. E. Southland Parker,
and Mr.. Barry BuIkIey, a committee repre-
senting the National William Mckinley
Memorial Arch Association, who are work
ing for the erection of q monument in this
city
Judge Day submitted for the considera-
tion Of the trustees = report Of the prog
ress made thus far in the work.
GOV. HcSweeney's Attitude
Secretary Ryerson Richie made re-
port on the work of organizing the States
and a discordant tone was struck by the
reading Of a letter from Governor Nc
Sweeney, Of South Carolina, who de-
clined 10 promote the enterprise by as
sisJing IN the organization Of his State
He gave 70 reason for his decision. The
replies from Governors Of other Southern
States were uniformly IN favor Of The
scheme
Replies from editors and prominent citi-
zens OF Governor McSweeney's State,
showed that the movement there was pro-
crossing Irrespective of Governor Nc
Sweeneys attitude.
1Ir. MacfaTIand's Statement.
Commissioner Macfarland made brief
statement in which he reviewed briefly
the history of the movement IN the Dis
triet of Columbia He told Of the mass
meeting of representative citizens held
here en- October g, when the movement
for a national memorial had its birth. He
said that the first intjmatiCn he had had
OF the movement to erect a monument at
the grave OF Mr. Mckinley was when he
read in the morning papers OF October Il
Of the organization Of the Mckinley Ma
tionaI Memorial Association at Cleveland
Mr.. NacfarIand said that the directors
OF the William Mckinley National Ne
mortal Arch Association ar once decided
thar the two organizations must work
together in harmony and that tEat had
been their attitude ever since.
Senator Hanna's idea.
Senator Hanna, he stated. came to
Washington shortly afterward and IL an
informal conference suggested that the
movement for & monument in Washing
ton be suspended until the Mckinley Ma
tionaI Memorial Association had secured
the full amount Of funds necessary for the
erection Of the monument at Canton This
action. If taken, Mr. NacfaTland said, was
felt by the Memorial Arch people TO be a
practical abandonment Of the movement
and they concluded 1t could not be done.
From that time. he said, the directors of
the arch project had sought for q com
mon basis on which the two organizations
might meet.
Proposed Division OF Funds.
Mr. MacfarIand then stated that the
committee had been instructed by their
association to present to the trustees a
proposition that from today the two Or
ganizations present joint appeal to the
people The amounts already pl15ged un-
der this plan should be given TO the re-
sBective organizations for which they
were designed, but future contributions
were TO be divided between the twO-twO-
thirds of the proceeds to go for the cree
ton Of the Arch in Washington and one
third to the monument in Canton
This division, Mr. Macfarland stated
was to except the State of Ohio and tht
District of Columbia, the idea being thai
the money collected in those places go
respectively to the Mckinley Nauona
Memorial Association and the William
Mckinley National Memorial Arch Asso
citation
Secretary Cages Remarks
Secretary Gage followed Commissions
MacfarIand with brief address, in The
same vein. and as the author Of tht
plan for a division Of the proceeds
further elaborated it.
The trustees said that the matter
would be taken under consideration bI
them. committee of five was appoint
ed to meet the deputatiOn from the Ma
tionaI Arch Association in Joint confer
ence at 3:3o D. m. and consider tn
matter still further
Officers and Trustees Present.
All the officers and trustees Of the as
socfation were present this morning a
fellows:
Judge William r. Day Canton. Presi
dent: Senator Marcus a. Hanna. Vic
President; Mr.. MyrOR T HerTick, Cleve
land. Treasurer; Mr. RyersOn Ritchie
Secretary; Mr. Cornelius N Bliss, NeN
York: Mr. Thomas Dolan, Philadelphia
Gov. " Murray Crane Boston; Mr. Alex
andeF h ReveIl. Chicago, Senator Charlie
". Fairbanks Indianapolis; Gen Heur
NJ DufBeid. Detroit; Mr.. George B. Cor
telyou Washington, Gen. Ell Terrence
Minneapolis Mr. William 4. Lynch, Can
ton, Mr. John 6. Miiburn, Buffalo; III
William McConway, PittsbuPg; HoT
David Y, Francis, ST. Louis; Col RObeT
J. Lowry. Atlanta; Hon. Henry c. Payne
cisco: Hon Franklin Murphy, Newark
Judge e $ Hammond. Memphis, and Ml
Z W Ploomingdale, New York.