Evening star., 1901-12-09
Outcome of Conference of Mckinley
Memorial Committees.
PROPOSITION OF CANTON TRUSTEES
Suggest That Arch Be Provided
for by Congress.
STATEMENT BY JUDGE DAY

A resolution was adopted Saturday by the
Mckinley National Memorial Association
to the effect that 1t be the sense of the
trustees of the Mckinley National Me-
mortal Association that the field of popular
subscription should be left to 1t for raising
the sum necessary to provide a suitable
memorial to the late President at Canton.
where his body lies; and that this associa-
tion should join with the William McKin-
ley Memorial Arch Association of Wash
ington in memoralizing Congress to erect a
national memorial at the capital of our
country to commemorate his services to
the nation"
In that brief statement is comprehended
the result of the conference held in this
city Saturday between the trustees of the
movement to erect a memorial to the late
President Mckinley at his grave in Canton
and the special committee which represent
ed the William Mckinley National Memoir
tai Arch Association. The trustees OF the
Canton movement received the delegation
from the other association cordially, and
took under advisement the proposition Of
fered by the latter body that the funds
raised by popular subscription should be
divided-one-third to the Canton memorial
and two-thirds to the Washington memor-
ial. The answer Is virtually a counter
proposition-that the field of popular SUBJ
scription shall be left solely to the Canton
ASSocldlioll anu tnal the promoters or the
arch fund and the Canton fund shall unite
in petition to Congress for the erection
OF the arch by the national government.
Action by Local Committee.
When the conclusions of the Canton COM
mittee had been made known to Commits
sfoner Macfarland and his associates from
the arch association, the latter gentlemen
withdrew from the meeting at the Airing
ton and arranged to report the result of the
negotiations to full meeting of the execu-
tive committee of the arch association, 10
be held this afternoon at o'clock in the
office of Mr.. Charles J. Bell, president of
the American Security and Trust Company.
There are twenty members of the execu-
tive committee, and only five gentlemen
served the committee which treated
with the Canton board of trustees. So, the
members of the special delegation-Com-
missioner Macfarland, Mr. Charles ]. Bell
Mr.. Thomas F. Walsh, Mr.. E. Southard
Parker, Secretary Gage and Mr. Barry
Bulkley--do not feel warranted in forecast
Ing the action Of the larger body on the
proposal from the Canton committee.
There has been, already, however. a
great deal of gossip on the subject. The
report most persstently circulated is that
the arch project has been practically aban-
doned. and that the plan embodied in the
resolution adopted by the Canton commit
tee Is to be followed. According TO the
members of the committee representing the
arch association this is entirely unwar-
ranted. When the reply of the Canton
body was received, say the members. their
mission was completed. Their only duty
now is to certify the resolution to the
whole committee. Their personal views on
the subject will then be expressed, as other
members of the executive committee will
express their views. But the committee
had no authority to take action on the pro-
posal from the Canton trustees, and did
not do so.