The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1902-01-24
.Mk|N[EY MEMORIAL DAY.
A Day That Will Be Observed in
Every State and Territory
of the Country.
AMERICANS ABROAD WILL OBSERVE IT.
Shoulder to Shoulder, Americans of
All Political Faiths Will Join in
Making Possible the Erection of
Fitting Monument to the Illus
triOus Statesman.

Cleveland, o., Jan. 1S.-"McKinley
Day" will be remembered from Maine
to California. Every state and terri
tory is responding to the call of Gov.
Nash of Ohio for fitting remem-
brance of the fifty-ninth birthday an
niversary of William Mckinley, and
75,000,o00 people will testify to their
love, sympathy and admiration for
the dead president. OF Americans
living in Buenos Ayres, in far off Ar
gentine, in France, in Asia and wher-
ever there is an American consular
representative. and news of the ac-
ton of the governors can reach them,
there will be gatherings in memory
of the dead. The response to Gov.
Nash's invitation has been most gem
erous. The south, shoulder-to-shoul-
der with the north, is cheerfully la
boring to make the fund for the
memorial tomb one of such proper
tions as to fittingly provide monu-
ment above the last resting place of
William Mckinley that will in every
way typify those qualities of charac-
ter that made him the foremost
statesman of his time.
On, Sunday, January 26, services
willS-be held in almost every church
in the land, in memory of the dead
presidents and contributions will be
received. On Wednesday, january 30,
the schools of the country will hold
special services, and opportunity will
be given to the pupils for contribu
tons to the memorial fund. In Kan
sas Coy. William E. Stanley and the
superintendent of public Instruction
have arranged a patriotic programme
for use by schools, and invited the
cooperation of all.
In the southern states such action
is being taken as will insure a large
contribution to the memorial fund on
Mckinley day. Gov. Jefferson Davis
of Arkansas set the pace by issuing
"a proclamation, upon receipt of, Gov.
Nash's request, and other states fol-
lowed the example. Gov. Gambler of
Georgia issued a request for special
services and RENE mbrance of the day.
The governor was a warm personal
friend of President Mckinley having
learned to know him well when both
were members of congress. This is
one of the most beautiful things in
the life of William Mckinley: the love
and respect and high appreciation of
the sterling qualities of his character
by those who held opposite political
faiths, but knew him personally in
congress. There was never any of
the acid of personal hate in William
Mckinley. He was not opposing men,
but measures; he acknowledged the
right of others to differ, and over his
garden wall of party politics many
beautiful flowers bloomed. Thence
it is that the old guard, who, sat with
him in congress, who fought his
measures and his policies, attest their
deep love for the man by beautiful
sentiments in letters and proclama-
tions and by being active in the
movement to erect tomb to the
memory of their dead colleague.
Governors Mcbride of Washington,
Gage of California, Wells of Utah,
Oman of Colorado, Toole of Montana,
acting Gov. Reynolds of New Mexico,
and the governors of almost every
state have acceded TO Gov. Nash's re
quest and issued proclamations for
remembrance of the Mckinley mem
orial on Mckinley day"
, The devotion of the children to
William Mckinley is something al
most pathetic. There was that in the
life of the man, so wickedly assassi.
mated, appealing to every American
boy or girl. Bereaved as he was by
the death of the two little children
who came to bless his home for Il
moment, to sanctify its atmosphere
with breath, and then to be laid
away to rest in beautiful Westlawn,
all children were to him beloved. \
tvpical American youth, with the life
in public schools and the academy.
struggles with the rule of three,
and the mazes of the text books;
toiler at home, he lived the life of
the average child and youth, finally
10 enlist and serve as a private sol
der and to come home and confront
the future with its uncertain possi-
bilities. Once chosen, the pathway
was followed with answering fidel-
itv. For this reason the public