The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-01-24

king. IL ruled him with an iron
hand Let US erect 10 his memory a COM
memorative monument betting the man
and his great deeds Let its foundations De
deeply laid as were his principles. Let it
be as heroic in size as was his character.
Let it be as enduring as his name ana
fame. BY his open grave there stood one
OF the worlds greatest and noblest or men,
He. too, with Mount and Harrison, was AT
the christening of the Republican party
He. too, was a battles front: ne, too, was
a distinguished leader in Congress. lie
completed the trinity of martyred Presl-
dents But two of the Presidents OF the
United States. Washington and Lincoln,
have left more enduring monuments tnah
he. The Bedouin, resting his lance on ms
Arab steed, points TO the crumbllng re-
mains of the monuments of David ana
Solomon; the Italian peasant sham-
bles along the Roman roads, but glances
at the remains of triumphal arches con-
structed by the Caesars. All over France
the descendants of the HuguenOtS and the
cavaliers behold the talismanic letter N
on monuments that mark the progress of
the conquering legions of Napoleon
NEW BOUNDARY POSTS.
william Mckinley has erected new boun-
Diary posts for our Republic, reaching al
most half way around the world. On their
granite faces no kingly crest will appear,
but, instead thereof, cut deep therein will
be the letter M
THE black man in the West Indies and
the yellow man in the East Indies will look
upon these, not as reminders of a ruthless
cOnqueror, but as emblems Of liberty and
the deliverance from oppression They VIII
mark the dawn of a new era, an era of hon
est administration of public affairs, of lib
erty of conscience and freedom of action;
an era of life, liberty and the pursuit OF
happiness. They Will be TO them a sign
perpetual that the rights of property will
be respected and that the day for the right
of petition has come. and that the stars
and stripes will be perpetual protection
against the OppressOrs' wrongs.
Whatever may come TO these new wards
of our country, this much is certain, that
they have tasted of the tree Of liberty and
the fountain of freedom and have been re-
freshed. They will never again uncover at
the scepter of a king. They have seen but
the fashlight of the new civilization, un-
known and undreamed of by them, and
they will see further light. They have
heard a little of the truth and they will de-
mand more. They have hesitatingly Joined
i'm the march of progress, and, while they
may be the laggard in the army, neverthe-
less they will go on. But the greatest work
of this great man was not under foreign
suns nor III distant chimes; it here at
home in our own beloved America VIII
liam Mckinley was the exponent Of ma
tional prosperity and progress.
I'm the years that are TO come labor will
instinctively call his name from among all
the nations dead it's steadfast friend.
The man in whose face flashes the light of
the forge and the furnace, the man in the
mine, begrimed with powder smoke and
dust, the farmer boy in the field the work
man in the foundry and the sailor on the
of the greatness and glory of William Nc
KinleV"