Evening star., 1901-10-11
Washington Citizens Approve Two
Memorials to Mckinley.
TEE NATIONAL ARCH ASSOCIATION
Organization to Be Perfected at
an Early Date.
WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT

The organization of the William McKin-
ley National Memorial Arch Association,
begun at the mass meeting on Monday
night by the election of Mr.. Macfarland,
president of the Board of Commissioners
Of the District of Columbia, as president
and Mr.. Gage, Secretary of the Treasury,
as treasurer, will be perfected by the COM
mittee on organization, of which Mr.. John
Joy Edison is chairman, as early as posSi-
BILE. Already, although no formal an
nouncement of its purpose has been made
to the country, marked interest in it is
shown, and there can be no doubt that
the response to it's formal invitation will
be general and generous.
The association will be thoroughly ma
tional in character, every state and terri
tory will be represented in it's manage
ment and subscriptions to it will come from
all over the country. The evident propriety
of having the national memorial to Presi-
dent Mckinley in the national capital
where he had his official home and where
he did his greatest work and made his
fame, is already recognized throughout the
country At the same time 1t is equally
well recognized that 1t is appropriate To
have a monument to his memory erected
over his grave in Canton. There is be-
lieved to be no incompatibility between the
two projects, and there is no reason why
Interest in Memorial Arch.
Naturally the first interest of the citi-
zens of the District Of Columbia Is in the
proposed memorial arch to be erected at the
Washington end of the memorial bridge,
but they will without doubt contribute also
to the Canton monument
In speaking Of the matter today Commits
sioner Macfarland said:
There is no conflict between the propo-
sition to erect a national memorial arch
in honor of President Mckinley in the ma
monument to his memory over his grave
in Canton. 1t Is self-eyident that both
should be carried out, and that both can
be carried out, 1 believe that the
people Of this country, who loved President
Mckinley, and who revere his memory,
will contribute the necessary funds for
both objects. The provisional estimate for
the national memorial arch is 81 900, ,00O.
According to the press dispatches, the pro-
visional estimate for the Canton monument
is H,50O,OOO According to these estimates
the total cost of the two projects would be
100000 But this would be less than a
nickel apiece for the people of this country.
The main thing is that the subscription
should begin at once"
DIR. Stafford Promises Support.
Rev. DR.. D. J. Stafford, pastor of st.
Patrick's Catholic Church, called on Com
missioner Macfarland at the District build
ing this morning to assure him that he
gave his hearty support to the movement
inaugurated by the National Memorial
Arch Association to build an arch in MEM
ory of the late President Mckinley. Father
Stafford said that he felt sure all the MEM
bers of the Catholic Church here in Wash
ington and throughout the country would
have the same feeling, and that personally
he was ready to contribute the proceeds
of one or more of his lectures If the asso-
citation desired.
Commissioner Macfarland thanked DR..
Stafford and said he felt sure that what the
clergyman had said concerning the CO.
operation of the members of the Catholic
Church was correct. DR.. Stafford suggested
that 1t was desirable that what was done
should be done quickly, and he proposed to
appeal to the members Of his own congre-
cation Immediately.
Commissioner Macfarland has received
many other assurances Of interest and CO.
operation in the movement.