Arizona republican., 1901-09-16

who is nODly amDltlouS To make IOr ! himself a name that cannot be forgot ten.
 Mir Mckinley was of Scotch-Irish ' descent and was born at Niles, Ohio ! January 20, 1S43. His parents, neither rich nor poor were hard working peo- ! pie. and his boyhood home was noted for plain living and high thinking rather than for luxuries.
 By strict self denial and through the encouragement and loving sacrifices of [ his mother. MT Mckinley was able to obtain a good education. although, owing to sickness and strengthened cir cumstances. he completed only one year of the college course.
 After leaving college he engaged in teaching. and there are men and wo- men in Ohio today who are proud to remember that they recited In a little district school house to William Me Kinley.
 When the civil war broke out McKin- ley enlisted as a private in the Twenty third Ohio infantry. Among its field officers were Colonel w. s. Rosecrans. Lieutenant Colonel Stanley Matthews and Major R. B. Hayes. The ability of young Mckinley was quickly recog niZed and he was promoted from grade to grade. serving for years on the staff of General Hayes and rising to the rank of major.
 After leaving the service he read law. and attended lectures at the Albany law school. Entering with his whole heart into politics, he was elected pros ecuting attorney of his county and be- gan to win fame as a political debate-. At the age of 34 he was elected to con- gress and was soon recognized as one of the ablest of the representatives of his party. Under his leadership congress repealed the Wilson tariff law and en- acted the celebrated statute known the world over as the Mckinley bill.
 Elected and reelected president oe the United States by his admiring feI- low citizens Mir. Mckinley has won the respect and confidence even of his po- litical opponents, and when he recently traversed our country from the Atlantic to the Pacific he received such a pop ular ovation as has been accorded to few rulers In the worlds history.
 We remember how it was here in Phoenix. Men of all political opinions seemed to vie with one another in giv- ing glad and courteous welcome to our chief magistrate. who won all hearts hy his kindly bearing and by the eloquent and appreciative address at the capitol. But while we mourn for him as our president it is as Christian citizen that We especially revere his memory and gain inspiration from his life. He was not only our chief magistrate but was in truth as well in name the first citizen of the republic. In win ming love. goodness surpasses great ness The world honored Victoria be- cause she was England's queen and the empress of India. The world loved Victoria because she was a good wo- man. In winning affection and rever- ent remembrance. and possibly in win ming fame. her goodness far surpassed her greatness. She was great because she was good. The influence of tho loving wife and faithful mother were | felt the world over as an influence for | truth and righteousness. and when Mrs. Lincoln and Mrs. Garfield were l bowed down by sorrow. the good queen. in loving and sisteriy compassion. wept | with them.
 Although she was an old-world mon- arch. although the nation over which she ruled was our rivai and our ances- tral foe. we Americans mourned for Queen Victoria because We loved her. and we loved her because of her good ness-as a woman rather than for her greatness as a queen
 So all kinds and conditions of men learned to love Abraham Lincoln. not because of his big brain. but because of
 his bigger heart; because to know him
 was to know man: because his whole life was an exemplification of those ! unforgeta ble words of his: with mall
 ice toward none, with charity for all.''
 Thus men learned to love Garfield
 our second martyr president. As they looked into his home life and saw its
 purity, it's sacredness it's strength-saw
 him turn to kiss his mother arter taking
 his oath of inauguration, saw him
 'strangulatus pro patria." stricken for
 his country's sake. yet struggling to
 live for the love he had for the faithful
 wife who was watching with him, c
 we, his fellow citizens, learned to love
 William Mckinley, not because he was
 president but because he was one ot
 us: because he was in touch with us:
 because in his exaltation he was no;
 forgetful of his friends or unmindful
 of the wants and wishes of his loved
 ones. We saw him lowing reverentlv
 before his mother, honoring her to
 whom in great part he owed his exalta-
 tion. We saw him ministering with
 lover-like devotion to the cherished wife
 of his youth, living to anticipate her
 every want, and as far as possible tC
 shield her from every sorrow.
 It is thus that as a citizen William
 Mckinley stands on his highest ped
 estal. We remember our presidents
 for what they were rather than because of the offices they held. That is as ia! as there is any power or inspiration ir the remembrance. Some of them. al most as soon as they laid aside thei' robes of office, were remembered by tn, ; masses of the people only by name. More happy Is William Mckinley
 our third martyred president, who vii be remembered during this generation , by Americas millions as mode American citizen. noble and pure in thu home life. kind and considerate in pub : lie life, a man who honored the pos
 tions in which he was placed by hi fellow citizens, who was a true patrio. wise statesman, man who loved hi 2 fellow men.
 2 How touching were the closing scene 1 Ia tha Ia i,,R ho