ACKNOWLEDGMENTS HE editor of this volume wishes briefly to mention again the obligation that the city of Chicago is under for the splendid work of the Lincoln Centennial Memorial Committee of One Hundred, appointed by Hon. Fred A. Busse, Mayor of Chicago, and to give a list of that committee, with the officers and its sub-committees. The scope and magnitude of the Chicago celebration, the participation therein of all classes of citizens, the lack of friction in the carrying out of the plans of the Committee, the general success and wide publicity achieved, were largely due to the able leadership of Hon. William J. Calhoun, the distinguished President of the Committee of One Hundred. He also wishes to take this opportunity of thanking by name some of the men who helped make the week in Chicago a success, and regrets that this acknowledgment will have to be confined to those connected with the official celebrations, as to attempt to name the hundreds of speakers and organizations, or the thousands of earnest and effective committeemen, who helped to make the general celebration memorable in the history of the city would take a volume in itself. THE LINCOLN CENTENNIAL MEMORIAL COMMITTEE OF ONE HUNDRED was appointed by the Mayor of Chicago, under the following resolution introduced in the Chicago City Council by Alderman Albert J. Fisher on March 16, 1908, and unanimously adopted: WHEREAS, The memory and public acts of President Abraham Lincoln of Illinois have become the priceless heritage of the people, irrespective of, and above all party lines and affiliations; and WHEREAS, Movements are in progress throughout this State to fittingly recognize and commemorate the centennial year of his nativity, 1909; and WHEREAS, It is only proper that this metropolis in which Lincoln received his nomination for the high office of President, should bear its full part in such proposed memorial; therefore RESOLVED, That His Honor, the Mayor, do appoint a Lincoln Memorial Commission, whose duty it shall be to cooperate with other like committees throughout the State to the end that this city government shall be properly represented in such memorial proceedings, and shall contribute to their promotion its proper share of assistance and encouragement. This Committee, originally a committee of one hundred, by the additions to its various constituent committees was considerably augmented in numbers. It was organized as follows: PUBLICITY, T. Edward Wilder, Joseph Basch, Shailer Mathews Boyden, William C. Baker, Charles A. Bancroft, Edgar A. Culver, Dr. Forest E. Gregory, S. S. Glogauer, Fritz Hamlin, Frank Jones, Rev. Jenkin Lloyd Keep, Chauncy Kohlsaat, Judge C. C. Kohlsaat, H. H. Kelly, John T. Kelly, Rev. Edward A. Lawrence Andrew MacChesney, Nathan Wil liam McCormick, Robert R. McCormick, Harold F. McCormick, Medill McClurg, Ogden T. MacVeagh, Eames Mack, Judge Julian W. Murphy, Dr. John B. Meeker, Arthur Muldoon, Bishop P. J. Masters, Edgar Lee Mills, S. B. Roberts, E. L. Rosenbaum, Col. Joseph Snow, Ald. B. W. Sprague, Albert A., II. Sullivan, Roger C. Simpson, James Shedd, John G. Tenney, Horace Kent Taylor, Ald. Francis W. Olson, Chief Justice Harry Upham, Fred W. Metz, John Noyes, Frank B. O'Keefe, P. J. Purdy, Capt. W. F. Perkins, George W.. Roth, John C. Revell, Alexander H. Tolman, Maj. Edgar Bronson Wacker, Charles H. Wilson, John P. Wilder T. Edward Young, Gen. E. C. Zimmer, Ald. Michael Quigley, Archbishop James E. Walker, Francis W. Reynolds, George M. Roberts, George The following named gentlemen, after the organization of the Committee under the authority given to it by the Mayor, were added to the original Committee of One Hundred: Arnold, Lt. William Barber, Maj. Frank W. Brand, Horace L. Browning, Granville W. Burry, George Burley, Clarence A. Dixon, George W. De Blois, Rev. Austin K. Fisher, George P., Jr. Garrity, Col. John J. Musgrave, Harrison Morse, Charles F. Matz, Rudolph Norcross, Frederick F. Strong Szwajkart, Stanislus Wheeler, Arthur D. Wigmore, John H. In addition to the general Committee there were a large number of citizens who served on various sub-committees, especially in connection with the splendid work of the Finance Committee under the chairmanship of Mr. Arthur Meeker. Among those who served on these sub-committees were: |