The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-05-01

and District of Columbia with 55l, fourth. During the past year new members have been added to the num- Der of of 1,OO2 which is more than in any year with the exception oe 1898. Every society added new members. I Even Hawaii and France have societies and plans are now being formed for branch of the organization in Manila, I where there are seventeen eligible per- l sons.
 It was voted to print 800 600 copies of a brief history Of the United States, printed in different languages and con- l taining an explanatcn of the principles upon which the government was found 1 ed, to be distributed among the immi- grants at Ellis island.
 The report of the martyr tomb com l mittee in charge of William Ridgeley 1 Griffith as chairman. was next read. Phe object of this committee is to raise l S200,000 for the erection of a monument | on Long Island for the martyred heroes who died in the prison ships. Of the | $200,000 the United States has appro- priated $10O,OOO with the provision that an equal amount be raised by the socie- l ty. New York state has appropriated l $25,0O0 and the city of New York $50,OO0, l private subscriptions has netted $20,Oo0 and it was urged that the Sons of the 1 American Revolution raise the other necessary 5000. After some discussion as to the best method by which to do | this it was voted to assess each society per capita.
 George William Bates, historian-gen- | eral of the society, said in part: 'The historical work of this society for the past year has been of the high est character and of the greatest im- portportance to the real purposes of its | existence If a positive influence is not exerted to create true national. spirit | which will affect the relation of the in- dividual to each other, to the state and nation, either in the field of labor, or as 1 to the power of wealth, or on the vast 1 horde of foreigners, imbued with sen | timent hostile to our institutions, this | is very limited field for it's activities. This republic has ever been a menace | to monarchiaI institutions abroad, To counteract the effect of these hostile in- l fiuences, there has always existed in l this country an active force which has | operated to restrain the effect of such l tendencies.
 "The reports of the various state so- cieties show that they have all been at work to bring to notice some important revolutionary event.
 What should be the position of this organization on questions affecting the l nd sive public sentiment is required to deal with the Irresistible conflict which seems to involve the perpetuity of our institutions. - Fidelity to our principles make it our duty to preserve these in- i stitutions. The past was only an area i of creation but the time now is when the emergencies of the hour put this obligation upon us. We must show
 that we stand for American institu- | tions." }.'
 At the meeting of the board of man.
 agers of the Connecticut society yester- | day afternoon the following new mem-
 bers were admitted:
 Frederick Burton Street of East Ha- ven.
 l Walter r. Prince os Stanley street. | E, B. Dihble of 67 Whalley avenue.
 L. E. Adams of Wethersffeld.
 Harrison Hewitt of SS5 Edgewood avenue.
 Charles sedgwick Robbins of Hart
 ford.
 William r. Hopson of New Haven,
 H, l.. Huntington of Girard avenue, aHrtford.
 William H. Clapp of East Windsor.
 D. A. Jones of New Haven.
 Edward G. Fox of Wethersfield.
 Theron .Upson of Hartford.
 Moves D. Clark of Bethany. | A picture of the delegates was taken this afternoon. They were grouped on Center church steps on the central green.
 At the conclusion of the meeting in
 the Historical society building the so-
 ciety was escorted through the college
 buildings. Sheffield Scientific school
 was first visited and the various build- ings were inspected in turn.
 The new dining hal called forth much
 admiration from the visitors The hi-
 centennial buildings, gorgeous in their newly completed decorations. were the .I I
 At the Yale gymnasium the trophy
 room and the various apparatus of es-
 pecial interest
 The party after calling at the Peabody
 museum completed their round of irl-
 spection by touring the campus which
 in it's new moWn green sWard was at
 it's best.
 The many friends of General Edwin
 S. Greeley of this city were at work
 yesterday booming him for the next
 president of the society. General Gree
 ley is favorably known all over this
 broad land and his many exploits dur
 ing the war and his triumphs ill peace
 all add to his chances for the election If it would be left to the New HaVer
 delegates he would not have an oppo'
 nent for the honor.
 While the preparations for the fes- tivities of the Sons of the American
 Revolution were in progress the D. A. R had not been idle.
 Mrs. George F. Newcomb and Mrs Rutherford TroWbridge placed a beau
 tiful wreath of gallax leaves tied witf ' blue and white ribbons on the grave O , Mary Clap Wooster in the Grove stree , cemetery yesterday morning. The S. A. R's marked the graves O soldiers Of the Revolutionary war an( < other men prominent in the history O. f New Haven in those days, and it wa! , considered an appropriate mark of re