Evening star., 1927-03-20
DRIVE FOR BRYAN
MEMORIAL OPENS
FrienCIs, Comprising Commit
tee, Held Dinner en- Eve
of Campaign.

erect a memorial in this city To VIII
liam Jennings Bryan viii open
formally today, it was stated last
night at an informal dinner of in
innate friends of the great commoner.
who gathered at the Lafayette Hotel
and exchanged personal "reminiscences,
some of them bearing on the famous
episodes of his long public career. The
occasion marked the sixty seventh an
nversary of the birthday of Bryan
and most of those attending the din
ner are members of the executive
committee of the William Jennings
BRYAN Memorial Association.
Plans for the memorial, which will
depict the many sided activities OF the
famous Democratic leader, are already
in process of preparation. it was dis
closed while campaign contribu-
tions to the memorial fund total sew
eral thousand dollars.
Statuary Group Planned.
Members of the committee viewed
several available sites yesterday which
have been suggested for the memorial
and il was indicated that tentative
select on had been made, although the
exact location was not disclosed, pend
ing formal selection of the spot for
the memorial. which it is hoped TO
make a national shrine.
When the plan of creating a. me-
mortal first began to take definite
form committee members stated, 1t
was proposed to have it partake of
the nature of hospital or other pub
lie welfare project. The suggestion
was advanced also of a great carlton.
After due consideration, however
those in charge Of making the me-
mortal a reality arrived at the con-
clus;on that lasting, symbolic
statuary grouping, to be located here
in the Capital City. where so many
of the. Nations famous ones are per
petuated i'm bronze and marble, would
be the most suitable form of memorial
Episodes of Life to Be Shown.
Salient episodes in the life of the
great Commoner, beginning with his
delivery Of the Gross of Gold" ora
ton and including his exponency OF
fundamentalism in the last days OF
his life, will be depicted, it was indi-
Gated.
The financial campaign will, APP
propriately enough, be termed the
"Bryan Dollar Campaign" and the
rank and file of his admirers VIII ne
enabled to contribute in small amounts
toward the memorial so that they
may have a practical part III IT'S efec-
tion. Each State is expected to make
mn anproximately $4,000. and the
campaign in more than half oil the
States has been thoroughly organized
In these states representatives oi
the memorial fund have been ap-
uointed in each Congressional dls
trict Thirty-nine state presidents IN
charge of raising the quotas IN thelr
respectiye states have been appointed
also.
No professional Fund Raisers.
Col Patrick Henry Callahan, OF
7 opisyille XIV. secretary Of the me-
r,orioI association and one of the
orioirators OF the memorial pan,
Amnhasized the point that an o.
those engaged in raising the $Zoo,VoV
gn, tho memorial were doing so WIN
ont a penny Of cost TO the associa tioh'
having their own expenses throuSh-
out. ,c,rars
are "professional fund ralsers' ne
nointed out, and i'm virtually eTeis
ins+ance represent personal acqualht-
ancas of Mir. BRYAN. who look upon
their share in making possipls i"S
i've memorial to him as labof Oh
love. ~ n,o-
Even those engaged In the pre-
,.p,ina,.y organization work, requiring
lengthy trips and weeks or tlrle' palu
tbeir own expenses and VIII continue
to work actively during the campaign
ne stated.
Flowers Placed on Grave.
Yesterday afternoon mempeFS oi
the committee laid flowers upon ,Ii 1te
crave of Bryan at Arlington Ills
D., roe,ine Mace is marked ny
si,nnIa white stone. in conformity
yith the other headpieces in the m
closure where glory guards WIN
stlemn round the bivouac OF lhe
dead1 ,;,,,,
The dinner last night was slhsu
lar tribute to the personal character
;stics of one of the outstanding men
of his dav. The men who gathered
about the table were personally ana
Intimately associated with Mr.. Rfyah.
They knew him and loved HIM ana
their sentiments are expressed IN the
nurpoees of the memorial campaign
and the manner in which 1t VIII De
conducted ,s1a
Those attending the dinner included,
besides Col. Callahan, Josephus
Daniels, former Secretary OF the
NAVY and president of the assocla-
tion: Charles A. Douglas, Frank Nor
rison. Charles II. Ingersoll of Newark,
Y. J.; Michael Francis Doyle OF Phila-
delnhia and Charles G. McChord. for
mer member of the Interstate Com
merce Commission Several OF the
| committee were accompanied by mem.
bers of their families.
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