The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-01-25
ssNIcKinIex Memorial"

VIII H. Craig. of NoblesvflIe. delivered
sAe associations mckinley Memorial" as
follows:
"Some one has said that there is nothing
certain IN this world but uncertainty. We
know not what an hour or a day may
bring forth. In Shakspeare's Henry VIII
appear these lines:
" Farewell gSSS,ns.s, long farewell to all my
This is the state of man; to-day he puts
forth
The terder leaves of hope. tomorrow
blossoms,
And bears his blushing honors thick upon
hnl;
The third day comes a frost, a killing
frCst.'
"On tive morning Of the 9Th Of last Sep
TENDER how little did any sane man think
that before the setting the world
would be shocked by one of the foulest
crimes in all the annals of time. And
when the great and loved Mckinley FELL
the victim of mans inhumanity TO man,
the world felt and realized that a Prince
In Israel had fallen Not until his un-
timely fall did his admiring and loving
cOuntrymen realize the sweetness, and
purity and nobeness of his character. Not
until he was gone did the people under
stand the Kindness and gentleness and I'M
selfshness Of his nature-the strength and
poise of his mind and the patriot
life No pages in the worlds his
tory will be- more brilliant than those
illuminated by the public achievements and
private virtues Of William Mckinley His
was striking example of the cOnscien-
tious public servant and the pure, upright
citizen that ennoble our estimate of humap
nature and increase the homage we pay
10 virtue and character
William Mckinley was. by birth and op-
portuDity, a plebeian, but by nature and
manly virtues he was a nObleman He
possessed "A clear and strong mind. broad
ened by manly culture and varied learning
, and experience, gentleness and amiability
of temper, great practical wisdom. a tran
Gull and steady piety. high devotion and
loyalty TO family, friends and country; in
short, character complete, liberal and
magnamious to unusual degree. Not
brilliant as speaker. yet like our own
great Morton and Harrison, whenever he
uttered his sentiments his own cause and
party were strengthened. He swayed the
Feelings or the people and brought cOnVic-
ton 10 their minds by the vigOr of his
thoughts and the earnestness of his man
ner. lie thought deeply. studied carefully
and believed with all his mind in the
righteousness Of his cause. He believed as
LOngfelOW sang, that Life is real! Life Is
earnest! and that il was his duty to be
a hero In the strife He put into practice
the motto OF Cariisle-"TO live signifies TO
unite with party or to make one He
was no trimmer He did not set his sails
10 catch every wind that blows or every
war that flowed. To be- right was great
er with him than 10 be President He.
however, did not eschew party politics, but
stood steadfaSt and firm I'm the advocacy
of the principles and policies of his chosen
party. He believed that there was not
much patriotism without a good deal of
politics.
HIS LIFE AN INSPIRATION.
Taking his life as a whole. where will
you find one so upright. devoted. so gen
tie, so loving. SO kind. so great-a very in
spiration for the young-an encoura cement
and consolation to the old. As a boy he
was earnest and industrious; as a young
man patriotic and conscientious. and as a