Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-03-06

ruin on himself and incaIculapIe narm
to the country. | believe that the
verdict of history will be that he met
all the grave questions with perfect
yalor and inconQuerable ability,
that in graphing with them he rose
to the full height of a great OCCASION
in a manner which rebounded to the
lasting benefit of the country and 20
his own immortal honor.
In dealing with foreign powers,
he will take rank with the greatest CT
our diplomatists. 1t was a world CT
which he had little special knowledge
before coming to the presidency. But
his marvellous adaptability was in
nothing more remarkable than in the
firm grasp he Immediately displayed
in international relations. By patience,
by firmness, by sheer reasonableness,
he improved our understanding with
all the great powers of the world, and
rightfully gained the blessing which
belonged to the peacemakers.
But the achievements of the ma
ton in war and diplomacy are thrown
in the shade by the vast economical
developments which took place dur
ing Mr. McKinley's administration.
The most extravagant promises made
by the sanguine Mckinley advocated
five years ago are left out of sight oy
the sober facts. The debtor nation
has become the chief creditor nation.
| will not waste your time by explain
ing that | do not invoke for any mai
the credit of the vast results. The
captain can not claim that it is he
who drives the mighty steamship
over the tumbling pillows or the
trackless deep, but praise is justly
due him ii he has made the best of
her tremendous powers, if he has read
Alright the currents of the sea and the
lessons OF the stars, and we should
be grateful. If in this hour OF prodI-
glous prosperity We should fail to re-
member that William Mckinley with
sublime faith foresaw it, with indom-
table courage labored for it, put his
whole heart and mind into the work
OF bringing it about; that it was his
voice which, in dark hours, rang out
heralding the coming light, as over
the twilight waters of the Nile the
mystic cry of Memnon announced the
dawn to Egypt waking from sleep.
The obvious elements which enter
INTO the fame of public man are few
and by no means reconcile. The man
VINO nils great station in a period
OF change, who leads his country sue
cessfully through a time of crisis.
VINO by his power of persuading and
controlling others has been able 70
command the lest thought of his age
so as to lead his country in a moral
or material condition in advance of
where he found it-such a mans no.
sition in history is secure. If in adj.
dltlon to lis, his written or spoken
words possess the subtle qualities
which carry them far and lodge them
IN mems hearts; and, more than all.
II MS utterances and actions while in
formed with lofty morality are vet
tinged with the glow of human SYM
pathy, the fame of such a man will
SHINE like beacon through the mists
OF ages-an object of reverence. of
imitation, and of love. 1t should be
to us an occasion of solemn pride
that in the three great crisises of orr
history such man was not denied us.
The moral value to a nation of a re-
nown such as Washington's and Lin.
coins and McKinley's is beyond all
computation. No loftier ideal can be
held up to the emulation of ingenious
youth. With such examples we can
not be wholly ignoble.'