Sunday Washington globe., 1901-12-22

Delay, inattention and procrasiination,
characteristic OF clique in this city the
names of which are constantly in the news
papers, are the joint causes which Killed
the originally organized successful move
ment for the William Mckinley Memorial
Arch That the proposed bridge will also he
hasco If left In the hands Of these incapa-
bles the GLOBE hasn't the slightest doubt.
Commissioners mcfarland and his as
sociates absolutely killed the Mckinley
memorial movement after il had been
worked up and put on its feet by the ca
pable gentlemen who were al The inception
Of the movement These men not bearing
official titles and having no other recom-
mendations than their practical common
sense were set aside by the Macfarlands.
the Edsons, the Talmages, the Cages. Bells.
Washes ET AL and POsERs put in the Of
fees of honor, and their nanies as usual.
in capital letters appeared in the news
papers.
Then President mcfarland rested. so did
his colleagues, and they jointly waited for
willy Mark Hanna TO get his movement
well organized and under way AT the be-
ginning the Washington William Mckinley
National Memorial Arch Association was
the only one known 10 the entire country
and if the capable men who gave it the
proper impetus were selected as its execu-
tive or working force, it would be the only
national association to-day instead of being
as dead as julius Caesar.
Wednesday afternoon last meeting of
the incapables was held at she Office Of the
chairman, Mr. Charles ]. Bell r4o7 street
II was determined that bill should be
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the purposes of the two associations; that
joint petition, to be signed by the officers
and members of the two associations, should
be present ia support Of il, and that the
Senate Park Commission should be asked
to include a recommendation on The subject
in its report to the Senate
The meeting was largely attended Com
missioner Mcfarland president Of the as
sociatiOn, reported the result of inquiries
made by himself and others among Senators
and representatives., which indicated ap-
proval Of tile proposition and the determi-
nation to advocate IT, It was explained
that provision had already been made by
Congress for the erection Of a monument to
Grant, and that twas desired and expected
that Congress would take steps at this
session toward the erection Of a memorial
to Lincoln and then Of a memorial TO Nc
Knley
Gen John NJ Wilson moved and DIR. T.
DE Witt Talmage seconded the motion that
the officers of the association, Commissioner
Macfarland, Secretary Gage, Mr. Charles J.
Bell. and Mr.. Thomas + Walsh be directed
to draft bill for the Mckinley Memorial
on the general lines Of that offered By Sen
ator Cullom at the present session for the
memorial to Abraham Lincoln, and have
it presented to Congress by a Senator and a
Representative who have signifed a desire
to introduce it. The Lincoln bill, which
may not be followed exactly, creates a COM
mission composed of the chairman of the
joint Committee on the Library, the Secre-
tary of State and the Secretary of War, to
secure designs for a monument and to
select any unoccupied Government laud in
the District Of Columbia outside Of the
Capitol and Congressional Library grounds
for a site II authorizes the commission to
obtain by any form of competition which
may seem advisable" plans, specifications.
and models, and to pay competitors in ali
not exceeding $4,000, which is appro-
priated and then to select any Of the plans,
specifications or models and report to Con-
gress. No amount is named as desired, be-
cause that is TO be left to later considera-
tou.
On motion Of General Wilson, seconded
by Dr. William T. Harris, the officers OF the
association were instructed to lay the mat
ter before the Senate Park Commission,
with a request that il include a recommen-
dation in its report to the Senate
A committee, consisting of Gen John NJ.
Wilson, Mr. w. S. Hutchins, and Mr. T.
Parker. was created to complete
the list Of vice presidents of the association.
will be made at the next
meeting for drafting the memorial to Con
gress and securing the signatures of the
officers and members Of the two associa-
tons
And there you are Thus the obituary of
as popular a movement as was ever organ
lied In this or any other city was beauti-
fully laid to rest and the entire Nation
turned over TO Mark Hanna and the Canton
(Ohiol Mckinley Memorial Association
We predicted this from the beginning
When the MacFarlauds sf al got to the front
and began where asing" and resolving
and procrastinating and posing We knew
they would kill the movement and they
have
Now they propose to peter out gracefully
aud let Congress administrate on the effects.
rhe great movement has degenerated into
he regular routine channels of monument
in which Lincoln and Grant.
he former dead for thirty.six years are in
,luded and which means that some day
nay be, in the distant future, a cheap
Italian marble bust, or Bavarian bronze
,asting OF the late martyr will be screwed
o a pedestal of limestone in some one Of
ne government reservations of the city.