The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-09-30
Purity..o Life and Perfection of the
Character of the Late
President.

he stood, there came reaction. When
Republican defeat seemed to indicate
that Protection was not wanted. Nc
Kinley was conspicuously steadfast and !
he declared that national defeat did not
make less clear Republican principles. |
No other statesman ever rose more |
rapidly in the public estimation than
MIR Mckinley. When first called to the
presidential chair even his own political
supporters doubted that he would meet
the requirements of the position. He
dispelled every doubt During the
period of national storm and stress he
easily proved himself the master of
every situation and his election to the
second term by the largest popular
majority ever given to a presidential
candidate. was a splendid personal en-
dOrsement of the man These two ad-
ministrationS are the most brilliant in
American history. The future historian
| will rank Mckinley as among the really
great rulers-great in patriotism, great
! in leadership, great in his steadfast at
! tention 10 duty, great in moral courage,
great in simplicity of character and
singleness of purpose, great in his loyal
ty and lofty ideals,-in a word great in
all which goes to make a statesman and
ruler over free people to be proud of.
| This viii be the martyred president in
our history. At the close of our war
with Spain we stood at the parting Of
two ways. The cherished belief of
America that it was the aim of the
country to be the legal guardian of the
western world and go no further. Then
came the result of the war, expansion,
the possibility of having possessions in
every country of the world with the OBJ
legation and responsibility of Empire,
| The foreign press, especially the Eng
lish, which must understand us Ameri-
cans better than we understand our
selves, has called the attention of the
world since the death of Mckinley to
this significance of his work. The Lon
don Globe, shortly after his death, re
ferred 20 1t in this way: He was the
first to recognize clearly the necessity
of the expansion of the United States
the period of his administration will
always be famous in which the epoch
of the foundation of the American En-
pire began. He played, with entire sue
cess, the difficult part suddenly thrust
upon him by the new imperial policy of
his country" A Russian editor said:
He was the first of the American pres
idents to expound the imperial idea"
The same is true of commercial ex-
pansiOn. He was the first to see the
opportunity that was his.
In the world crisis In China he pur-
sued a policy which would have shed
luSter upon the prOudest constitutional
government anywhere, Here was a
situation that had in 1t the possibili-
ties Of a great world war. He repre-
sented America so firmly, so wisely,
so successfully, that he not only won
for his country renown,- but really
guided the West as against the East
and won the great powers of Europe
over to his way of thinking.
Like Lincoln, he was called an op-
portunist. but only in the sense that
he tried to translate the will of the
people for the nation. He was a clean
man. in love with his wife in love
with duty. His devotion to his invalid
wife won the admiration of the world.
1t was a sacred, beautiful thing. If
everything else of his career is for
gotten, the lesson of his devotion to
that invalid wife will live to teach the
American people the noble lesson of
domestic loyalty. The bullet that
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William Mckinley the man, but at
Mckinley the President. the represen-
tative of law and order. The cry of
the American people In this hour of
national sorrow is that some drastic
law be passed by Congress that shall
leave no place under the blue AmerI-
can sky for the red flag of anarchy to
float beside the Stars and Stripes. Such
measures may be necessary, but they
are not the real remedy. The real
remedy is the penetrating light and
uplifting power of the religion of Jesus.
No man who has ever been taught the
lesson of Christ redeeming can ever
become an anarchist. 1 say tonight
flood the dark places of the American
cities with the light Of the gospel of
Christ and anarchy will disappear. The
courage and Christian resignation Of
Mckinley when he faced certain death
has touched the heart of the entire
civilized world Goodbye all, good
bye. 1t is Gods way: His will be
done" These words have caused tears
to well in the eyes of his millions of
countrymen. His life had been so clear.
so sincere, 50 sweet. so full of good
will to his fellowmen. he could say
His will be done" During the trying
days intervening between the day he
was struck by the bullets and the day
he died, the American people had had
time to examine his life and work. and
study the aims of the deceased Presi-
dent, and because they have done so.
they have been able to arrive at a
true estimate of the man himself, and
every man and woman believes now
that his death is a personal bereave-
ment.
In those houses in which hang the
pictures of Lincoln and Garfield, whose
names have been household words
a 4 y.
Mckinley. to be held in equal love and
reverence.
JUDGE ESTEE'S ADDRESS.
Judge Estee spoke of his personal ac-