The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-09-20

 him patience had "her perfect work. /" Shakespeare painted his portrait before he was born.
 He was gentle, and the elements
 So mixed in him that nature might
 stand up
 And say to all the world, this was a
 man"
 His domestic virtue was not some thing assumed or cultivated for state occasion. It was the soul of the man. It was witnessed in his tender, great full memory of Annie, sister of his youth, in his gentle devotion to moth er in her advancing years, in his solicitude for that fair frail woman by whose side he stood for thirty years. flavoring real life with the aroma of romance; and whether as private citi- zen in the village of Canton or chief magistrate at Washington, that devo- tion was ever the same.
 Robert and Elizabeth Browning England's gifted singers, living under the soft Italian skies, the worlds noise and confusion shut out, never absent from one another for single day, a veritabe lovers paradise, hallowed those all too short years. by an ideal marital life. And they have been can onized in the Worlds calendar of Low CTS. But William and Ida Mckinley, under the gaze of the multitude, often separated through the stern necessities of public duty, lived a life so sweet and gentle in it's domestic felicity, as to im- press itself, not merely on a lovers calendar, but OF the hearts of millions of people, and the home will ever mean more to this country than 1t did before the Mckinley home was established at the White House. In times when soci- ety furnishes influences often so wholly evil. when divorces are making their inrode on our family life at an ever in creasng rate, and when the gossip of scandal darkens those public homes that should furnish the world its exam pie of propriety, who can estimate the influence for good, which has shone out from that wholesome, unpretentious, American home, at Washington, for the last four and a half years?
 In any estimate of MT Mckinley we must not forget the perfecting influ- ence of Mrs. Mckinley. We have thought of her so often lately as an in- valid, that we may have overlooked the fact that she was helpmate as well, great help in many ways, and as first lady of the land, she carried herself with the dignity of queen. Her life will furnish an inspiration to Amerl- can womanhood for all times. Again to borrow from the Bard of Avon
 "He is the half part of blessed man Left to be finished by such as she;
 And she a fair divided excellence, Whose fulness of perfection lies in
 him.
 This warmth of the presidents na- ture, IS seen in his domestic qualities, found its outflow everywhere. It was seen in the grasp of the hand which turned an enemy into a friend, 1t was seen in the ardor of his personal friend ships. 1t was seen in the fascination he wielded over men, being more persuas- i've than men of greater magnetism. The cabinet felt it's bower and was transformed by it from an official body to an official family. Senators and rep resentatives felt it's power and never was a president so en rapport with congress The country felt it's power, and so not only honored and trusted him. but loved him. The same quality was seen in his relation with children. There are little boys in Washington who will never forget last June, when the Metropolitan church was crowded 1, ba in vited them into his pew. How proud there were And some of the last peo- pie whose hands he clasped and to whom he spoke a kind word at Buffalo, were children In his statesmanshfp, it was the desire for peace, concord, and domestic tranquility, that was ever up- permost in his mind, and he woed again to peace and prosperity the sec tional elements so long embittered by discord and strife. This characteristic is strikingly seen in his last speech, de- livered at the exposition, in his declar- ation for reciprocity, and those meas ures which would bring greater intel lectual and industrial happiness One sentence especially epitomizes this point and will vet be carved in marble "Our interest is in concord not con- flict: our real eminence rests in the victories of peace, not those Of war. And to this we should add the last sen tence of the address, Our earnest prayer is that God will vouchsafe pros- perity happiness and peace to all our neighbors. and like blessings to all peo- ples and powers of the earth.
 And so to the very end this mans in- terest in and love for his fellow coun- trymen. were manifested. His cry at the assassination, Let no one hurt him" was it seems to me, a call for law and order. and the revolt of great heart. against tine many lynchings, which had of late been plotting the fair fame of this free people. And then. as he held his wife's hand, for the last time and said, Goodbye" his beloved