Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1901-09-26

He was elected to Congress and served IN
| that capacity number Of years. BY reason
Of his great ability, his quickness at repartee
and his knowledge Of affairs he quickly
| became the leader OF his party in Congress
| A bill which bears his name is probably the
most famous one of the last fifteen years
| The Mckinley Bill'' was introduced by
him and has always been known by his
name, and the tariff act passed that same
year will always be known as the 'McKin-
| lev Tariff y When it became time for the
people to elect President they cast their
| eyes around for someone who could properly
| fill the place, and their eyes were no doubt
directed by that same God who had directed
and moulded him for this purpose, and
William Mckinley was elected President.
A great many people think that the
Spanish War was the result Of the sinking
Of the Maine; that the Spanish War was
caused by an outbreak Of recent years. 1t
was not. The Spanish War began as far
back as 1854 to show itself small cloud
upon the American sky. There was a CON
ference then held at Ostend, France, when
representatives of this country, at the
Courts of Great Britain France and Spain,
p lblished manifesto that Spain should
either sell Cuba to America or America
should take it by force. Nothing came
from it and it was passed over until the
question arose again oyer the Virginius
affair, during President Grants term, and
again during President Cleveland's admin
istration. But the time was not yet ripe,
the man was not yet in the Presidential
chair upon whom this responsibility should
deyolve, and when the time did come for
him to act in this matter, how patient and
iudicious was his conduct then. We were
all reused and inAamed with the desire for
at once marching on to Havana. How
patiently he listened, how carefully he
watched, and when at last the time came to
strike, it was not as a great many people
hoped it might be, for the sake Of conquest;
but with the sole object Of interfering for
the sake of humanity
That war was fought, and by that war
the iron heel of Spain was forever taken
from the necks of her subjects in Cuba,
Porto Rico and the Philippines. And by
reason of the life of William McKinly
| millions more of people have become free,
. and Christianity and education have still
further spread throughout the world.
My friends, the memories of William
| Mckinley constitute monument in the
hearts Of his countrymen far greater and
more enduring than any that genius could
fashion. Wondering and dilapidated are
the Pyramids of Egypt, gone are the cities
of Ninevah and Babylon, forgotten are the
countless millions who moved upon this
earth for little while and made their exits:
but the eternal principles of truth and JUS
| tice which existed in him can never he
demolished; the memory Of him will
remain in our hearts until natures temple
is destroyed and until that day when the
great Angel of Time, standing with out
stretched hand DER sea and land, shall bid
time be no more. By the memory OF
William Mckinley will be made greater,
purer and stronger the love of our God,
our country and our home.
| Verbation report of Geo. w. Hughes address
| FELLOW CITIZENS
| am asked to-day to speak for the Grand
| Army. That ought to be easy enough at any
1 time, but, The Ex-Governor has said, it is by
| no means easy to talk now. This occasion is
one which inspires tears rather than speech.
It is not easy to talk with emotion filing you,
| throat and tears filling your eyes.
To the Grand Army members this becomes
special service. We meet upon such occasions
| as this to have service and talk over our dead
| and we thank you, gentlemen, for this privileg,
because we are getting too few and too feeble tt
meet ourselves on all these occasions, and Glady
we accept of this opportunity to say word fol
our comrade who is dead, for in our Association
the Grand Army of the Republic, General Grant
the COMMANDMENT Chief of the army; William
Mckinley, President of the United States, ano
the lowest drummer boy all hold the same rank
that of comrade. No one has any distinction
over another.
OF our comrade who is dead, we know tina
before he nineteen years of age, when re
bellion threw its dark cloud over the Unitet
States, he heard his country's call and responded
shouldered his musket and went to the front a
private enlisting on the 18th day of July, 1861
The testimony is that he did his duty ON 81
occasions, whether in the routine of camp life
the lively skirmish line or in the heavy charg
| in the midst of battle. He was always a soldier
pure and true, brave and gentle Perhaps on
of his bravesS deeds was at the battle of Ante
tam, thirty-nine years ago All day the mer
had been on the field fighting the enemy, ant
| what few were left were very hungry. McKin
ley hitched up team and drove it himself t.
the 'front.' taking provisions out to feed thos'
hungry men. By that deed he won the applause
of his officers and received his first commission
that OF second lieutenant and from then unit
the end of the war, whatever he was doing, ht
was always William Mckinley, the soldier
read in the Constitution this morning that III
| was with Sheridan at Winchester. Only those
who were there realize what that means, t,
have been with Sheridan at Winchester i
meant Jackson, New Market, Port Royal wind
! ing up with that glorious fight at Cedar Greek
all that and more what it meant to be with
Sheridan at Winchester. We all know, wha
Out of them have grown Governors, Congress
men and Presidents, ard proud of any oil
our comrades who were there. They fought the
| war through and took UP tic peaceful pursuits
of life with the same knowledge, ability ano
courage they displayed in the demands made
| upon them during the exciting events of the
war. Mckinley one OF these. He was
always man to be trusted, whether as soldier
Congressman or rs Chief Executive OF the
| United States, confidence in him i'm
plicit He was always the same trusted ant
ready Mckinley, and under his Administration
the nation has attained greater prosperity anC
higher degree of usefulness and acknowledged
supremacy throughout the world than it ha;
ever before accomplished. Monuments will be-
erected to his memory on which Will be en-
4 graved the noble deeds ne has done; these
monuments will crumble into dust, but in thu
hearts OF the people will remain a memory thai
neither time storms erase. The pros
perty that country has attained under hi
leadership will constitute monument that cal
never be destroyed,
My friends, this is an occasion on which W,
meet to bury a comrade, sacred time with u:
who remember the days when the battle
field, in the tent on the bare ground we spen
our time together and saved our countrys life
1t carries ahead to that grand band of i'm
who have passed on before and pitched the
tents on the last camping ground. We know tina
they were there to welcome Comrade Mckinley
What host is there-Grant, Sheridan, Garfield
and a host of Others and they are all ready tx
welcome us, my comrades, we drop off, one
by one, and it will not be long before our tim,
will come, too. 1t will not be many more year
before the last comrade of the Grand Army viii
stand on the shores of time and wait for til,
bugle to sound for the last roll call. We vii
not have many more of these gatherings before
the bugle will sound for and we will answer
the call and will pitch our tents on the othe
shore.