The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-30
MEMORY OF MARTYR
ST. PAUL APPROXIMATELY on
SERVED M,KINLEH
DAY
MANY TRIBUTES OF ELooUENcE
Commercial Club Exercises Marked
by SpOntaneity and Sincerity
-Gov' Van SAINT, Judge VIII
lis and Others Speak.

The anniversary Of the birth Of tho
Iate President Mckinley was fttinpI0
ana appropriately observed by the mem.
Oers OF the Commercial club Yesterday
afternoon In the club parlors. The OBJ
servance consisted Of addresses and sa.
cred music. The theme '.McKinIav',
which has been assigned to each of the
SIX speakers was sufficient to draw OUT
al the1r eloquence, and as they spoke
Oh the universal sorrow they had been
.al4eo upon 10 commemorate, the mem
US ana their ladies gathered there
were profoundly impressed with the SOL
emntty and awe Of the occasion
Through all the addresses of the after
noon there ran two predominant senti-
Inents, around which all others chung,
the 1rreparable loss to the Country bv
ms death, and the magnificent gain by
ms life, with its striking example Of all
tnat was true, noble and grand
An altar draped in the national colors.
III the center of which was a portrait Of
the late president, occupied the center Of
the parlor floor Palms were gracefully
arranged around it, and evergreens dec
GRATED the wall, symboHcal of the ever
freshness Of his memory in the hearts
and minds of those present.
Inc Orpheus Male Quartette began the
services With the hymn so dear to the
nlartyred president. Lead kindly
Light, after which Rev A. B. Medium.
pastor Of the Central Presbyterian
church, pronounced the Invocation.
GOV. van SAINT was the first speaker
OF the afternoon. In his opening re-
marks ne made brief reference to the
request of Gov. Nash, Of Ohio. reIativa
10 the monument contemplated The i'm
perishability Of the name of Mckinley
was the theme of the governor. he main
tanning that while men might carve their
names high on the most enduring tablets
known, the devastation of time would
eventually reach them and blot them out.
DNt that when a man has inscribed his
name in the hearts of his fellow country
men In letters so deep as had the late
president, it would be remembered as
long as there was any person left to re-
member 1t.
Charles w. Hornick in his address said
that 1T was seldom equal to the man to
be equal to the occasion. but such had
been the case with President Mckinley,
The maxim great moments are pregnant
and produce their men" was never bet
ter eXemplified than in his life He
dWelt long on the life and deeds of the
late president saying that he knew not
whether fate minded of the chronology of
man, but he was certain that the year
1900 had been a most momentous one in
the history of the country, and man
was found to shape the ends for the
good Of all concerned.
III. p. Halls Tribute.
II. P. Hall said that he was no hero
Worshipper in the ordinary sense of the
word, maintaining that in the usual turn
of events mans destiny was to a large
extent the result of his environment,
lYNd h.
in the life of President Mckinley there
was something so grand, generously no.
BILE, that exception had to be made. He
was man who could see no right in A
wrong, no matter how it was presented
to him, ana he always acted accordingly.
Judge John w. Willis spoke of the
qualifications President Mckinley b. Ought
to the executive chair. His personal
characteristics were such as to compel
admiration. He was an accomplished
statesman, learned in the science Of
government, thoroughly understanding
legislation, and possessing a knowledge OF
judicial proceedings that was that Of an
experienced publicist Experience wide
and varied, extending through many de-
cades of official life, rendered his equip
ment for the station of chief executive
deliberately complete.
Judge E. A. Jaggard said that while
there was no lack of appreciation of
Mckinley as a soldier, a husband and
a man, there was stin another side of
his life that was worthy of emulation
that of an executive. AS an executive
he fully recognized the limit Of the ex-
ecutive power, and he would have
thought it a crime to transcend and ap-
propriate to himself judicial or legisla-
tive powers Nevertheless he was the
possessor of an extremely judicial mind,
that in keeness probably excelled his
other mental traits. For this reason he
was slow and deliberative, and when
many thought he was merely hestating
in a vacillating manner, he was carefully
going over every phase of the subject.
That which was in nature uncertain
could not be made to appeal to him as a
certainty.
Ex-Lieut. Gov. John H. Worst, of
North Dakota, being present, was called
upon. The governor said that while
the roll of American heroes was long,
there was no model for the youth of the
day like President Mckinley, who should
be copied from his early boyhood
through all the phases Of his life until
the last final moment saw his departure
to his reward and eternal fame.
Oar F. Reese read an account of the
life Of President Mckinley, after which
the audience arose and sang Nearer
My God to Thee" President II. A.
Boardman, of the Commercial Club, pre-
sided
n anu r,