New-York tribune., 1908-02-05
IN HAMILTON'S MEMORY
4 ssoc1atiOn to Erect M MOnument
INCORPORATED an Washington.
TF-om the Tribune Bureau ]

Washington Feb. 4-The Alexander Hamilton
National Memorial Association was incorporaIeo
to-day under the laws OF the District OF Columbia
Those interested in the movement attingiy TO com
rnemorate the public achievements Of the great
Secretary of the Treasury believe they have en-
barked upon a project which will win immediate
popular approval and support
According to The articles of Incorporation, the
objects OF association TO solicit, raise and
receive the funds necessary TO maintain suitable
memorial in the form Of a monument TO Hamilton
The incorporators are Of the opinion that the most
suitable site for the proposed statue IS the espla-
made in front of the Treasury Building. at the end
of Pennsylvania avenue, overlooking that LhoF-
oughfare in the direction OF the Capttol.
simultaneously with the Incorporation OF the as
sociation call was issued for the board or trIs-
tees to meet on February L. in Washington. 70
effect permanent organization On that date II
is expected. bylaws will be adopted and plan
OF campaign will be decided on
The incorporators OF the Alexander Hamilton Ma
tioual Memorial Association are: George B. Cor
teIyou Secretary of the Treasury; Milton E Allies
vice-president Of the RiSgs National Bank; Samuel
". Woodward. Josiah A. Van Orsdel, associate
Judge of district Court OF Appeals; Aids B.
Browne. George A. King, Paul E Sle1nan and
Franklin W. Collins, OF the Department OF Justice
The board Of trustees. IN addition 10 the cor
porarors named includes the following members:
Justices John NJ Harlan and David j. Brewer, OF
the Supreme Court Of the United States; George
r. Peck of Chicago; Thomas c. Noyes. Governor
Curtis Guild of massachusetts. George z. Roberts
ex-director OF the Mint. and president of the
Commercial National Bank of Chicago; Frank A.
Vanderlip, ex-Assistant Secretary OF the Treasury
and now vfce-presdent Of the National City Bank
of New York; Henry D. Estabrook. of New York;
]. Henry Small. of the District of Columbia Gov
ernor George L. Sheldon OF Nebraska; ex-Judgc
John + Dillon, Of New YORK, Thomas D. Knight.
president of the Hamilton Club OF Chicago; San
ford II Steele. president of the Hamilton Club, of
Brooklyn; Philip NJ. Ashford, of the Court Of
Claims. William II. Ball of the Pennsylvania Com
pany. of Philadelphia Henry B. T. MacFarand.
president OF the Board Of Commissioners of the
District of Columbia; William E. Curtis of this
city; Dr. Daniel c. Gilman. ex-president OF Johns
Hopkins University; Mrs Gertrude Atherton. OF
California; Andrew D. White. Stanton PeeIle OF
the District Bar; Dr. Henry 6. -Pritchett. ex-pres-
dent of the Massachusetts Institute Of Technology
Jesse Wilson Assistant Secretary of the Interior ::
Jasper /. McBrien. Superintendent of Public In
struction OF Nebraska. and George W. Evans dis
bursting officer Of the Department Of the Interior
1t is expected that among the names 10 be added
TO the board OF trustees will be those of Elihu Root
Secretary of State James r. Garfield. Secretary OF
the Interior General Horace Porter, Joseph II.
Choate Charles c. Mott. ex-Chief Justice OF the
Court of Claims of Princeton. and leading
representatives of the Society of the Colonial Wars
Sons and Daughters OF the American Revolution
and other patriotic organizations
we teel Conttdent tldt the public VIII unite with
US IN efforts build the Hamilton monument -
said Franklin ". Collins who has been largely
instrumental in putting the project upon its feet
1T admitted by all thoughtful students Of
American history that owe ar irnnea stIrabEs
debt hamilton II is not the language OF ex-
trava ganCe to say that his services were indis-
pensablc in the formative period of our history
Not only did he hold the pen OF Washington during
the Revolution. but he held the pen OF Congress
during the critical that followed. Had II not
been for the herculean labors o. Hamilton in The
FeGeralist and in the hostile convention OF his own
state the Constitution would have been rejected
He created the financial system of this government
just surely. DR.. John Lord SO well saws as
Michael Angelo created the painting in the Sistine
pal at Rome.
Although lo4 years have elapsed since Han-
tons death, Up 10 this time absolutely no steps
have been taken TO commemorate his achievements.
Others of much less value country have been
remembered but the or whom Washington
leaned mos heavily in times az peace and war haa
been completely forgotten 7 believe the public will
Join with the Hamilton Club Of Chicago. the Union
League Club o. Philadelphia and the various pa
triotic organizations Of New York which have ex-
pressed desire 70 aid the movement