Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1901-09-23

ny us, ana the Ialtn ne taught us
practiced more fully in our lives.
Our late President lies dead, and upon
us devolyes the duty of carrying for
ward the principles for which he
strived. When we begin to estimate
citizenship by wealth or money. then
will VIM. Mckinley have been for
gotten. but when the soul is made
more than flesh he will live forever"
r. NJ. WANAMAKER.
"The whole world weeps, and the
ship Of state sails slowly upon sea
of sorrow. VIM Mckinley was q
great man, and his loss is deeply felt.
He had the advantage Of being born
Of parents who were not rich, and of
being brought, up among the common
people whose ways he knew, and
whose needs he had abundant oppor-
tunity to observe. He profited by all
this, and by having had the advantage
Of Christian training, he had that
love Of conscience and sublimity of
soul which enabled him to follow care
fully the dictates of his better self.
He was statesman without a
statesman's craftiness; a politician
without politicians meannesses;, a
great man without a great mans vices;
Christian without pretention; a
ruler without the pride of place and
power; an ambitious man without
selflshness; successful man with
out vanity. Washington commanded
the American people when 100000
We're liberated from English tyranny
and monarchy; Lincoln commanded
when 100000 people were freed from
the auction block and slavery; Nc
Kinley commanded when 100000
Filipinos and 100000 Cubans We're
freed from Spanish, mis-rule and OPP
preston, and 7O,O00,000 Americans
fred from the paralysis of hard times
and placed in the first rank among
the nations of the world. Thomas
Jefferson wrote our application for
membership in the Congress Of the
world when he framed the Declaration
of Independence, but John Bull de-
MED us admission; George washing
ton commanded our armies when we
modestly. entered and took our seat
in the rear rank; under VIM. Mckin-
ley we have moved to the front ranks,
aud today the American nation Is Sc
cure as the first In war, the first In
peace, and the first in industrial and
patriotic supremacy. In closing,
cannot better express myself than In
the concluding lines OF Whittier's
eulogy of John Quincy Adams:
"'Strong to the end, man OF men,
From out the strife he passed
The grandest hour of all his life
Was that of earth the last"
l.. S. EBRIGHT.
In speaking of President Mckinley,
Postmaster l.. $. Ebright, who was
a member of his staff while he was
Governor of Ohio, said: II would be
untrue to my trust did l not raise my
voice In behalf of one particular ele-
ment exemplified in the life of VIM,
Mckinley. He was a plain man, with
sympathy for all who We're burdened
or distressed. l question whether he
ever harbored spirit OF revenge. A
little scene enacted In January, 1895,
when the members of his stan sepa'
rated with him will serve to show this
ele)mept ,of his character. At fare
well reception l recall having ad-
dressed him in these words: Mans
life is sometimes compared to a book.
l trust that your life's book will be
large octave volume, bound In the
purest gold, printed on clear unsullied
paper. with such type as will never
blur. each page bringing you in daily
contact with the wise and the good
of this earth, never line or q SEN
tence causing you to exclaim, The
heart knoweth it's own bitterness its
finis being grand, glorious and beauti-
full as the setting of summers sum-
when had concluded, he ap-
preached each of us with out-stretch-
ed hands and eXclaimed; trust
there will be no time in my life when
any position to which / may attain
may make me more to any OF you
than plain VIM. Mckinley
His place has already been taken
in history. His history has already
been written, and he wrote 1t himself.
"Let us weep in our darkness,
But weep not for him
Not for him who departing left MIL
lions In tears, a
Not for him who has climbed fames
ladder so high
From the round at the top he STEP
ped into the sky"