Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-29
REPUBLICAN CLUBS OF NEW
YORK WOULD DELIBERATE
SECTIONAL LINES.
GENERAL eoRDoN's SENTIMENTS
TO BE PUT IN FORCE
Committee Of National Scope Selected
to Carry on Work of BIottins Out
Mason and Divon's Line-MemoriaI
Ono Of Matters Proposed and Funds
Arc to Be Solicited.
Especial Correspondence

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Instructions Of the League of Republic
can Clubs Of the State Of New York.
which met in Syracuse on March IL
and IL and adopted resolutions for the
memorializing Of the sentiment ex-
pressed by Gen. James Gordon, Of Mis-
sissippi, in his farewell speech in the
senate for the absolute obliteration Of
Mason and Dixon's line, a select COM
mittee Of the league met in Washing
ton to consider ways and means for
carrying out the resolutions passed by
the league The meeting was presided
over by John A. Stewart president Of
!. the league. After the meeting Mr..
Stewart announced the appointment Of
a preliminary, committee, which is en-
powered to carry out the purpose of
the resolutions and to organize a gen
eral committee, which will be composed
|-of non-partisan representatives from
every state in the union.
The resolutions adopted by the SYRIA
cuse convention follows:
whereas, Gen. James Gordon, of
Mississippi, in his speech of farewell
to the United States senate, Feb. "a,
1910, has deeply stirred the hearts Of
his countrymen by the spirit Of his ap-
peal for the extinction of every trace
Of division and alienation, and has sug-
gested an emblematic memorial of ma
tional unity in words that should never
pass into forgetfulness: want to see
Mason and Dixon's line obliterated
from the map Of the United States and
on it written the words. our country"
THE Republican League of Clubs Of
the State of New York herewith offers
it's grateful regards to this devoted up
holder of the common heritage and
complete reunion of the blue and the
gray, and congratulates Governor Noel
and the state of Mississippi on the
happy choice of this great-hearted
gentleman for an honorary term in the
senate. It welcomes the opportunity
to commemorate his patriotic appeal
and fulfill his hearts desire by under
taking to organize a memorial COM
mite with the intent to provide for
the erection of a monumental tablet at
the most suitable location on Mason
and Dixon's line, not as a partisan or
sectional offering, but as contribution
from every sympathetic American.
Resolved, That the president be, and
he is hereby directed to appoint COM
mittee Of fifteen from among the mem
bers of the executive and general COM
mittees of the league, which committee
shall carry on the work incident to the
formation Of national committee, In
which the cooperation of the govern
ors Of all the states will be invited for
the purpose of enlisting aid and invft-
ing contributions to fund to be used
in the erection Of a suitable memorial
in conformity with the sentiment ex-
pressed by Gen. Gordon
The preliminary committee as an
nounced consists Of the following:
Benjamin F. Buck, 100 Fifth avenue,
New York, chairman; Arthur Day.
New York, treasurer; Elliott Lord.
New York; Professor Samuel McCuen
Lindsay, New York; Judge Reuben G..
Sillirnan, New York; DR.. Joseph R.
King, D. D., New York; Reuben ]. Getz,
New York, A. II. Proctor. New York;
Judge George Mccain, New York; DR..
H. ]. Burkhart, New York; Hon. Fred
erick w. Welsh, New York; Frederick
w. Schmidt, New York; Donald Dey,
New York; James Bronson Reynolds,
New York: Salvatore Pellettieri, New
York; Charles T. Buermann, Brooklyn,
N. T.; Frederick Brommer, New York;
| William Shaw, NJ. D., Albany, n. Y:
and John J. Trenor, New York.
In speaking of the project Mr.. Stew
art said:
.Under our resolutions this commit
tee will have power to add to it's num-
Der, and Chairman Buck will undoubt-
edly announce the names of the new
members at the first meeting of the
committee, which will probably take
place some time next week. The pre-
liminary committee will invite sug-
gestions as to the course to be pursued
in the organization Of a national asso-
citation, In which the New York COM
mittee will be ultimately merged. and
will ask the governors Of the states to
suggest the names of three representa-
tive citizens to serve respectively as
president, secretary and treasurer as a
preliminary to the organization Of
state committee equal in size to the
New York committee, which will u1-
timately be increased probably to ESQ.
It has been suggested that memorial
to take the form OF a statuary group
or other monument be erected upon the
point of most frequent travel on Mason
and Dixon's line and that its sole in
scription be the sentiment expressed by
Senator Gordon in the course OF his