The Owosso times., 1902-01-31
BIRTHDAY OBSERvD
interesting Program at Congreg cation.
al Church.

for the first time Wednesday-the
birthday of the late beloved Presi-
dent William Mckinley. In this city,
besides exercises in the G.. A. II. hall
under the auspices OF that order,
there was public program carried
out at the Congregational church
where a number OF speakers spoke in
memory Of our martyred president.
The program was prepared under
the general direction Of eX-mayors
Morris Osburn and Ira G. Curry who
form the local committee for the rails
ing Of funds in the city for the Ma
tional Mckinley Memorial, and it was
expected that the occasion would see
a splendid start IN the work Of rails
ing the amount which it is hoped to
raise in this city for the memorial.
The result in that respect was de-
cded disappointment. The attend
ance was not large and not wishing
to discourage the public by any in
auspicious beginning of the subscrip-
tions the committee said nothing OF
the matter and left the raising Of the
funds until later.
The evenings program was begun
with an organ voluntary played by
Miss Peterson and the invocation was
pronounced by Rev. j. II. Coultard,
of the Disciple church. The congre-
CATION then united with the choir in
singing "Nearer my God to Thee"
after which Ex-MaYor Osburn, who
acted as chairman Of the meeting,
read the call issued by the Mckinley
National Memorial Association ask
ing that the nation observe the Doth
OF January, President McKinley's
birthday, as memorial day on which
appropriate exercises should be held
and subscriptions taken for fund to
be used for the erection Of suitable
monument to the memory OF Presi-
dent Mckinley. Mr.. Osburn made a
suggestion also that an auxiliary COM
mittee be appointed to look after the
IaisiGg Of funds about the county.
He then introduced Mayor Emery the
first speaker on the regular program
OF the evening.
The key note of the mayors address
was that President Mckinley is not
dead so far as the most real part of
him is concerned, his influence on his
fellow men for good. President Nc
Kinley will always live ia the minds
Of the American people. He will al
ways seem to them good man and
noble president. His good deeds and
rare virtues will last through eternity
after monuments of stone have
crumbled and wasted away.
Rev. Carlos II. Hanks, of the Con-
gregational church, timed his address
the most closely of all, not taking all
OF the time allotted him rather than
exceeding it. There were among
other things in President McKinley's
character, three phases Of courage for
which the American people loved him
his physical, moral and spiritual
courage. The speaker also referred to
the necessity which human beings are
under Of expressing themselves, say.
ing that expression is one Of the laws
of life. Life expresses itself. Love
always strives to express itself The
woman who broke the alabaster box
of ointment and poured it on the
head of Christ was but expressing her
love. So the memorial services which
were being held all over the country
then were expressions Of the love of
the American people for their dead
chieftlan, and they seek to express
their love for him through their ef-
forts to raise monument to his
memory, the memory Of one of the
purest and noblest of men. His
closing sentence, "Yes. let us do all
we can to honor his name," was the
sentiment Of all.
The address of Rev. J. p. Warner
was unlike any Of the others. He un-
derstood the object of the observing
Of the day to be more along the lines
Of patriotic education than the mere
reciting OF eulogies to the memory of
President Mckinley or the making of
plans for money with which to erect
a monument to his memory. The
terrible assassination to him meant a
fearful object lesson. The saloon was
to blame for. Czolgosz the assassin,
and when the day Of judgment comes
the man who by vote has helped
perpetuate the saloon evil will be
judged accordingly. To those &C.
quainted with Mr.. Warner it is need
less to say that his speech seeme1 to
indicate generous slice of the above
named article for any and all who
vote any ticket other than the prohi-
bition. Patriotic education along the
line Of stamping out the saloon evil
was the way which seemed most flt-
ting to him for the observance of the
day and he devoted his energies to
that work in no half hearted way. /.
After song In which the words
'We have sinned but not designedly"