The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-01-28
Canton. Mans Great Eu-
Iogy at Columbus Me-
morial Service Sunday.
LATE PRESIDENT AS
HUSBAND AND.FR|END
Hcury w. Harter the
Principal Speaker at the Un-
ION Servlee--Great Crowds
Pack the Auditorium.
trrom a stan Correspondent

(lrrom a STAFF Correspondent
Columbus, Jan. 27.--rHon. Henry w.
Harter, of Canton. was the principal
! speaker yesterday at the union SER
vices in memory of the late William
Mckinley, held, under the auspices Of
the Y. M. c. A., of Columbus.
Hon. Il. M. Rownd, presided. The
great auditorium was crowded. The
musical program included LEAD, Kind
ly Light" and Nearer, My God, to
Thee" Judge Harter spoke for over
an hour. He said in part:
I'VE meet this afternoon to do rev.
erence to the memory Of our martyred
president not because Of the high place
which he filed in the history Of his
country and the world, but because Of
what he did, and what he was. On
the Fourth of July, 1894, distinguish
ed citizen of this state, in dedicatory
address in the city of Cleveland, the
theme of which was patriotism, used
these significant sentences: L wish
that all the world might have witnessed
the sight which we have just seen, and
have heard the song to which we have
just listened from the school children
of the city of Cleveland. With patriot
ism in our hearts, and the flag Of our
country in our hands, there can be no
danger Of anarchy, and no danger to
the American union"
"These memorable words were the
words Of William Mckinley. 1t seems
like the very irony of fate that tho
patriot who could give expression to
such noble sentiments should himself
become the viclim of the hatred, the
malice and the malignity of anarchy
And yet, when we come to analyZe what
he said, We realize the profound wis.,
dom of his patriotic declaration. For
1t is apparent that il the misguided
assassin had been animated by senti-
ments of patriotism instead of treason;
if the image of the flag of his country
and all that 1t stands for had been i'm
pressed upon his mind and heart in
stead of the bloody teachings of anar-
chy, he never could have murdered the
president, or for that matter any other
man.
What was there about the president
which attracted and attached his fell
low-citizens to his person and his des-
tiny? First Of ALL he was manly
man, and then to the attributes OF a
noble manhood he added the adorn-
ment of varied accomplishments. he
was soldier, orator, statesman, presi-
4 dent, husband, citizen, friend. With
what a chaplet of manly virtues wal
this national hero crowned! Y
FIRST IN WAR AND PEACE.
"As a soldier he was brave, cour-
ageous and patriotic. He had but
one ambition for his country, and that
was, that 1t should be supreme and
paramount in the world There was
something chivalric about him, and he
was too brave to fight save in defense
of his country, or for the establishment
of human rights. He was true knight,
transplanted from the fifteenth into the
twentieth century. He was a modern
Sir Philip Sidney, a twentieth century
Chevalier Bayard. A knight without
fear and without reproach.'
LAS statesman be believed in tho
highest destiny of his country. He
believed that the United States ar,
nation. He imbibed these ideas OF
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