Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-31
PLAN FOR BIG SHAFT
Memorials of Six States Not in
Washington Monument.
NATIONAL BODY TO MEET
T. W. Noyes Will Entertain Mem
bers Tomorrow Afternoon.
ASSOCIATION IS 70 YEARS OLD
Names of Some Of Nations Most Dis
tinguished Men on Roster Of
the Society.
ASSOCIATION IS 70 YEARS OLD

a meeting Of the Washington National
Monument Society will be held tomor-
row afternoon from until o'clock at
the residence Of Theodore w. Noyes, a
member, No. 1870 New Hampshire ave-
nue.
The society was organized as volun-
tary association at the city hall in this
city. September 70. 1885, to erect at the
Federal Capital a monument, national
in character, TO the memory Of Wash
ington. The society resulted from a para
graph in the National Intelligencer. the
then leading paper Of the city of WASH
ington, calling for a public meeting of
the citizens OF Washington to take up
the redemption Of the resolution of the
Continental Congress adopted August Z.
11S3 Unanimously, ten states being
presenD, that an equestrian statue Of
Gen. Washington be erected at the place
where the residence of Congress shall be
established" as amended and proposed
| by John Marshall in the House of Rep
resentativeS, December %, 1888, on whose
| motion the Congress resolved, among
other things, that a marble monument
be erected by the United States in the
Capitol at the city Of Washington, and
requested to permit his body to be de-
posted under it: and that tine monu-
ment be SO designed as to commemo-
| rate the great events OF his military
and political life
The call for the meeting Of citizens was
occasioned by the failure of resolutions
to carry the original resolution into eff
feet moved in Congress May ., 1900, in
1916. 1924 and 1882.
John Marshall First President.
John Marshall. the great Chief JUS
tice, then seventy-eight years Of age. was
chosen the first president Of the society.
and Judge William Cranch, eminent as a
learned jurist, as a just and impartial
| magistrate and for the uprightness OF
his life. was selected as the first vice
| were the mayor Of Washington. second
vice president lat that time John P. Van
Ness, formerly a representative in Con
| gress); w. w. Seaton. third vice presi.
dent; Samuel H. Smith. treasurer. and
| George Watterston. the first librarian OF
| Congress. secretary. a board of man
ayers was elected. consisting of Gen
Thomas S. Jessup, U. S. A; Col. James
kearney. U. s. A: Col. Nathan Towson
Y. S: A; Col. Archibald Henderson. U
s. NJ. c.: Matthew st. Claire Clarke
John McClelland. Thomas Munroe {tht
| first postmaster Of Washington, Col
George Bomford. U. s. A; Roger c
Weightman. Peter Force. William Brent
| berry.
On the death Of John Marshall ex
President James Madison was elected
president. On the death of Mr.. Madison
1t was provided that the President O.
| the United States should be ex-of1cit
president. and such has been the cas-
! ever since
February %. 1853. the society wa
| chartered by Congress after having, as
! voluntary association. raised by popula
subscription the money to lay the founda
ton Of the Monument lin July, 1S4S). an,
to carry the shaft to 1856 feet in height
/ During the period of the civil war an
| reconstruction days the society continue,
it's efforts to raise funds to continue tn
work and to complete the shaft. but tn
condition Of the times and country wer
not such as to give encouraging results