McKinley Memorial Association
The McKinley National Memorial Association, having
been incorporated according to law, met in Cleveland, Ohio, October 10, 1901,
for the purpose of effecting an organization by the election of officers and
adoption of regulations for its government.
The President of the United States, at the request
of Mrs. McKinley and members of the family, named the following Board of Trustees:
| Cornelius N. Bliss, New York, | William McConway, Pittsburg [sic], |
| Thomas Dolan, Philadelphia, | David R. Francis, St. Louis, |
| W. Murray Crane, Boston, | Robert J. Lowry, Atlanta, |
| Alexander H. Revell, Chicago, | Henry C. Payne, Milwaukee, |
| Charles W. Fairbanks, Indianapolis, | Henry T. Scott, San Francisco, |
| Henry M. Duffield, Detroit, | Franklin Murphy, Newark, |
| George B. Cortelyou, Washington, | E. S. Hammond, Memphis, |
| Ell Torrance, Minneapolis, | E. W. Bloomingdale, New York, |
| William A. Lynch, Canton, | William R. Day, Canton, |
| John G. Milburn, Buffalo, | Marcus A. Hanna, Cleveland, |
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Myron
T. Herrick, Cleveland.
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The Trustees having qualified, proceeded to election of officers, choosing as
President, William R. Day, Canton, Ohio;
Vice-President, Marcus A. Hanna, Cleveland, Ohio;
Treasurer, Myron T. Herrick, Cleveland, Ohio;
Secretary, Ryerson Ritchie, Cleveland, Ohio.
The purposes of the Association, as defined in
its certificate of incorporation, are the erection and maintenance at Canton,
Ohio, of a suitable memorial to the late President, and raising the necessary
funds for said purposes; and after fully providing therefor, the surplus of
such funds, if any, to be devoted to such memorial as may be provided for the
late President at the National Capital. The memorial will be erected at Canton,
that city having been his home throughout his public life and selected by him
as his final resting place.
The memorial is to be, in the highest sense, the
sincere expression of all the people of the country of their love for President
McKinley and of their admiration for the qualities expressed so eminently in
his life and deeds.
It is the purpose to have the offerings of the
people voluntary, with a full opportunity to all to contribute.
The Association will prepare and distribute to
all donors to the fund a souvenir certificate, which will be worthy of preservation
as evidence of the holder’s participation in the work. The name and post-office
address of each contributor should be forwarded to the Treasurer of the Association,
with the fund remitted, for preservation in the permanent archives of the Association.
It is hoped that the response of the people will
be so liberal that a memorial may be erected which will fittingly honor the
memory of our martyred President, and emphasize their loyalty to our institutions,
and their abhorence of that spirit of lawlessness which inspired the assault
upon his life. [878][879]
T N Y S O.
Auxiliary to the above-mentioned National Association, it was decided to form a State Association in the State of New York, and at a meeting held at the Chamber of Commerce of the State of New York, 32 Nassau street, New York city, October 23, a State organization was effected, with the following officers:
President, Governor B. B. Odell, Jr.;
Treasurer, James G. Cannon;
Chairman Executive Committee, Cornelius N. Bliss;
Secretary, F. B. Thurber.
Respectfully
yours,
C N. B, Chairman
Executive Committee.
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For the purpose of carrying out
the plans of the McKinley Memorial Association, T
B’ M will receive
subscriptions in amounts from one dollar upwards. Contributors will please send
name, amount and post-office address, and make checks payable to the order of
James G. Cannon.
Acknowledgment of all contributions received will
be made in the pages of T B’
M, unless donors request otherwise.
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Mr. Bradford Rhodes is authorized to receive subscriptions for the McKinley Memorial Association of the State of New York. Checks should be made payable to the order of James G. Cannon, Treasurer.
(Signed) C N. B, Chairman Executive Committee.