The Washington times., 1913-09-24
DEMANDS OUST|NG
OF LINCOLN BOARD
Congressman BorIand Offers
Resolution to Replace Taft
and Others.

Proposing to legislate out of office tn,
present Lincoln Memorial Commission
OF which former President Taft is chair
man, and to name new commission
Congressman Borland, a Missouri Dem
ocrat, introduced a resolution in the
House today. Continuing his igh
against the legislation which decreet
that the Lincoln memorial should be 10
Gated in Potomac Park, Mr.. Borland
also introduced resolutions to repea
such authorization and requiring the
commission to report facts relative tc
change OF design and increase of cost
due to the unsafe foundation at the 10,
cation selected
The Lincoln Memorial Commission viii
meet at 1920 O'Clock tomorrow morning
and probably will award the contract
for the big memorial here. Former
President Taft and other members of
the commission have signified their in
tention of attending.
Washington bidders on the S2,0oO,o ,od
memorial include James L. Parsons,
John Gill & Son, Arthur Cowsin, p. F.
Gormley & Co., and the Crawford Paw
ing Company.
The decision on a sculptor for the
Lincoln statue may be given tomorrow:
When the Lincoln memorial bill was
pending, Mr.. Borland was persisten,
advocate Of a highway to Gettysburg In
honor of the wartime President rather
than, as he described it, "a phoney
Greek temple down by the brewery here
In Washington
New Commission.
One of Mt. Boriands resolutions pro-
rides that a new commission shall be
named, composed of the Vice President.
the Speaker of the House, Senators
Martin, Oliver, Works and Bankhead.
and Congressman Sherwood, Talbot,
Anthony and Mann.
The commission which Mr.. Borland
would legislate out of office comprises
former President Taft, former Senator
Cullom, former Speaker Cannon, former
Senator Wetmore, former Congressman
Mccall, Speaker Clark and Senator
Martin
Mr.. Borland's resolution comes on the
eve of a meeting of the commission,
scheduled for tomorrow, at which fur
ther plans will be considered for be-
ginning work on the Lincoln memorial
on the Potomac park site.
II the first Borland resolution should
be approved by Congress II would
leave tobless the venerable former Sena-
tor Cullom Of Illinois, who is now
rounding out his public career as spe-
cial resident commissioner on the Lon
q cum SOIDutiSslOu-
In the preamble of the resolution pro-
posing to repeal the act authorizing
the construction of the Lincoln me-
mortal IN Washington. Mr.. Borland says
that recent investigation has shown
that the memorial cannot be erected for
the 100000 appropriated. He charges
that the commission was presumed TO
have made a full and thorough inves-
tigation of the subject prior to the pas
sage of the memorial bill, that 1t recon-
mended the Potomac drive site as suit
able and safe, and that II reported the
memorial could be built for the sum
namcd.
Asks for a Report.
The resolution directs the commits
sion to report to the House whether
any facts have recently come to. its
knowledge which change the original
estimates of the cost of such me
mortal, and IL so, In what respect;
whether any facts have come to the
knowledge of said commission that
the original estimates were incom-
rlete, and did not cover all of the
cost of the design and the location
selected
OF the various members OF the
present commission, Mr.. Borland
would retain in their places only
Speaker Clark and Senator Martin.
The majority of the proposed new
commission would be Democrats,
whereas the commission as now con-
stituted is composed largely of Re-
publicans