The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-09-23
MONUMENT TO
VIM. M'kINLEY
TO BE ERECTED ON THE COURT
HOUSE SQUARE.
That 1t May Be an Assured Popu-
lar Movement the Subscriptions
Are Limited to One Dollar--Pro-
ject Is Launched at Meeting of
Citizens in the Board of Trade
Rooms - Luther Keller Elected
Chairman Of the Organization to
Have the Affair in Charge.

| Scranton is to have Mckinley
monument. 1t is TO erected by the
citizens OF Lackawanna county by
popular subscription, and will likely be
located on court house square.
| \ movement to this end was inau-
| guJicd at citizens meeting in the
board of trade rooms Saturday night
and from the enthusiastic manner in
which the project was taken up the
erection of the monument is almost
absolutely assured.
| on Friday last a number of citizens
met in the office of Secretary Ather-
| ton, of the board of trade and decided
to issue the following call:
scranton. Pa, Sept %. 1901.
| Dear Sir A meeting has been called in the
| hoard Of trade rooms at s o'clock sharp Saturday
night TO consider plans TO form an organization 10
| raise funds for a Mckinley Memorial monument.
| 1t is the earnest request Of the committee that
| you do not fail to attend 4 full meeting is
| desired.
| Colonel T.. II. Ripple. Liyy :. Richard, d y.
| Athcrton, G. T.. Daniels, J. q. Sandcrson, Cap.
| tain W. A. May, {. u. Sandcrson, NJ X. Edgar,
| John Schcucr, ir.. scliconStitutcd committee.
| These were sent out to representa-
| tive men. whose names occurred to
! ihe committee as being men likely to
! take an active interest in the move
W"nt.
MANY RESPONSES.
All of saturday Secretary Atherton
was in receipt of telephone messages
| from the recipients of the cards. an
| nouncing their hearty approval of the
| project and their desire to further it
in any. way in their power.
George B. Smith sent word that he
would gladly contribute whatever
amount the committee might choose
to assess him. Others made very lib
eral offers of assistance.
When the hour for the meeting ar
rived. there was a large and represen-
tative attendance at the board of
trade rooms, and the sentiments ex-
| pressed were a continuation of those
| that We're messaged to Captain Ather-
ton during the day. IT was not only
a hearty willingness, but an anxious
desire to help along the movement.
After +. l.. Wormser, director of
| public safety, had been elected tenn
porary chairman and G.. r. Sanderson.
secretary, Captain Atherton and Mr..
Richard explained the manner in
which the meeting had come to be
| called and the details of the commit
tees purposes. MIR. Richard added a
suggestion that the subscriptions be
limited to a dollar, 60 insure that it
would be popular movement.
OFFICERS CHOSEN.
There was an enthsuiastic discussion
OF this and other suggestions as to
| procedure. and then the chair. on mo-
| tion, appointed Livy :. Richard Hon.
G. p. O'Malley and Mark *. Edgar a
| committee on nominations. The COM
mittees recommendations We're adopt
| ed as follows: President, Luther Kel-
Ter; vice presidents, w. a. May, A. w.
| Dickson, l.. A. Watres. William Con-
| nell, Rev. Rogers Israel, d. D., Right
Rev. NJ. j. Hoban, Judge II. NJ. Ed
wards, Judge John =. Kelly Charles
ROBINSON secretary. c. r. Sanderson;
| treasurer, ID. Il. Atherton.
On motion of Magistrate w. 5. Mil
lar, seconded by Hon. Alex. II. Con-
| nell, permanent organization was ef-
fected with the above officers, and on
| motion of Hon. c. p. O'Malley, second
ed by John Gibbons, the officers We're
! empowered to add to the vice-presi-
dents and appoint committees.
James G.. Sanderson moved TO make
| it, exclusively, "A Scranton affair, but
j. W. Smith. of Peckville, protested.
and, after some discussion, it was de-
| clded TO open the subscriptions to the
whole county and country.
All the newspapers. dailies and
weeklies, are to be asked to receive
and acknowledge subscriptions.
THE CONTRIBUTIONS.
All present at the meeting paid
dollar apiece to start the fund, some
contributing both for themselves and
other members of their families.
These first subscribers are:
W. S. Millar and Mrs. Hattie \. Mil
lar, Mr.. and Mrs. John Gibbons. Misses
Theresa, Annie and Alice Gibbons,
James and Edgar Gibbons, Mr.. and
Mrs c. p. O'Maley, Mrs John O'Mal-
ley, Mr. and Mrs. j. w. Howarth,
Misses Marion and Helen Howarth
and Miss Bridget 'Fahey, Rev. T.. r.
Pateman, Mr.. and Mrs. James Gard
ner Sanderson, II. l.. Levy, William G.
O'Malley, George s. Atkins, Mrs. Mary
NJ. Atkins, Oscar Myers, George Wahl,
John Carl Wahl, d. B. Atherton, T.. l..
Wormser, NJ. h. Edgar, 4, ~. Connel,
James W. Smith, Peckville; Livy s.
Richard, II. II, Patterson, j. u. Hope
well, Rev. DR.. d. S. Bentley, pastor
African Methodist Episcopal church;
j. w. Housor, NJ. D., and Rev. II. II.
Harris, Taylor; A. L. Carey, G. r.
Sandcrson and T., w. Gallagher.