Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-03
JEFFERSON MEMORIAL
Board of Governors to Or
ganize in Philadelphia.
INDEPENDENCE HALL
GOVERNORS OF STATES TO BE
MADE VICE PRESIDENTS.
Proffers Of Aid From Prominent Citi-
zens-Present officers Of
the Association.

The board of governors of the recently
Incorporated Thomas jefferson Memorial
Association Of the United States will be
formally organized in independence Hall.
Philadelphia, Saturday, the 18th instant,
the day preceding the one hundred and
seventeenth anniversary Of the memorable
surrender Of Lord CORVALLIS to General
Washington at Yorktown, Va, the grand
climax to the struggle of the American
COLONIES for indep, ndence. TIE occas on OF
this proposed meeting will, therefore, be
doubly interesting, and the officers Of the
association have assurances from the citi-
zens and press Of Philadelphia that the
event will be a notable one. Independence
Hall has been rendered by the city officials.
mainly through the efforts of Mr.. Charles
Emory Smith, a member of the board OF
governors of the association. A very inter-
eSting feature of the meeting VIII be the
use of the table upon which the Declara-
ton of Independence was signed by the
members of the continental congress- and
the chairs and desks used by Thomas Jef-
ferson and other members of that body.
The principal object of the association
Is the erection in this city of a truly ma
tional memorial to the author Of the De cla-
ration Of Ind pendence," none row ex St
ing, which latter fact has been frequently
commented upon. and is attracting national
consideration.
1t is the determination of the officers of
the association that all its work will be
conducted upon strictly partisa an lin' s.
as is already evidenced by the ecsonnel Of
the board of governors, the members haV-
ing been selected solely on account of their
superior standing in the respe ct.ve states
and their willingness to engage in the great
undertaking, which even at this early date
gives promise of SUCCESS.
A goodly number of prominent citizens of
Pennsylvania and other states will be pres
ent at the meeting in Independence Ha L.
and it Is the purpose of the Sons o. the
American Revolution, Of which Mr. Edwin
Warfield, a member of the board of gov
ernors, is president general to take part in
the proceedings, which W IL, in addit on to
the business aspect, be in celebration of the
great historical event before mention d.
Board of Governors.
Following are the names of the board Of
governors. representing the thirteen origi-
nal states. District of Columbia and the
territories:
Connecticut. Judge Morris B. Beardsley;
Delaware, Richard R. Kenney; Georgia.
Gov. Allen D. Gambler: Maryland Edwin
Warfied; Massa chusetts, Charles Francis
Adams: New Hampshire, Horace S. Cum
mings New Jersey, Philip P. Baker: North
Edward NJ. Shepard; Pennsylvania Charles
Emory Smith, Rhode Island D. L. D.
Granger; South Carolina. Capt. F. w. Wag
ener; Virginia, Andrew A Lipscomb; Dis
tories. Mark A. Smith.
The elective officers of the association
are: Andrew A. Lipscomb, president, who
will probably give way to some one else,
but will retain his place as a member Of
the board Of governors: w. s. Mexican.
secretary, and Jesse B. Wilson, treasurer.
The vice presidents Of the association will
probably be the governors of the several
states and territories and the president of
the board of District Commissioners. These
appointments will not be made. however.
until after the meeting in Philadelphia.
Band associations will be organized in all
the states and territories and the District.
the latter-named likely to be the first
formed, which will be soon after the or
ganization Of the board. the 18th instant.
Action has already been taken in many
states In this matter. and the officers Of the
association expect to have a majority of
the states and territories organized by the
first of the coming year, when an active
canvass for funds will be inaugurated.
Proffers Of Assistance.
Many proffers Of assistance and encour-
aging words have been received, among
which a few are here given:
Gov. A. B. Cummings of Iowa writes: II
beg you to believe that I have the utmost
reverence for his Uefferson) memory, and
earnestly sympathize with any effort to
properly commemorate it,
Gov. Miguel A. Otero, New Mexico: II
will take great pleasure in appointing a
committee for the territory to solicit funds
to assist In the erection of a suitable memo
RIAL
Richard s. Rowland, proprietor Of the
Providence, r. l., Journal: 81 shall hope to
have the pleasure Of contributing to your
fund"
Adlai E. Stevenson. Bloomington, ILL.,:
"You have inaugurated noble work, which
will I trust. be crowned with success"
Edward NJ Shepard New York: ut is a
long discredit to the United States that
there Is no genuinely national memorial to
Jefferson
Edwin Warfeld, president general Of the
Sons of the American Revolution, Balti-
more. Md; Il shall gladly aid in any way
to further the patriotic work.
Judge Morris B. Beardsley, Connecticut:
81 approve Of the objects of the association,
accept the position with pleasure and will
hold myself In readiness to respond to any
call"
Judge George Gray, Delaware: 81 admire
more and more the years go by the
teachings and philosophy Of the great man
whose memory you propose to honor"
Governor Jefferson Davis, Arkansas: II
heartily agree with the association not to
ask Congress for any contributions. These
should come from the people direct-those
for whom Jefferson had so much love"
David r. Francis, president of the Loui-
siana purchase exposition: Thomas JEFF
ferson, the author Of that magnificent docu-
ment the Declaration of Independence did
enough for his country and his fellow-men
to merit a memorial in every state in the
Union