The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-01-28
THE UNION MEETING
IS WELL ATTENDED
Request for Contributions
Meets With a Spontaneous
" Response--Ths Address
of Albert J. Nathan
Other Services.

Representatives from every religious
denomination and from every walk of
life composed the audience which fill
ed the Trinity Lutheran church on
Sunday afternoon TO do honor 10 the
memory of the late President Mckinley
Prominent Canton citizens and OBJ.
scure Canton workingmen were there
and all seemed bent on an earnest
mission. The excl cises were held as
a union meeting of Canton churches
under the auspices of the Young Mems
Christian association. No pa".iLulni
formalities were observed, the men
tion of Gov. Nash's proclamation was
not made, and the church was not dec
GRATED for the occasion.
Long before the hour sct for open.
ing services, the people began to enter
the church and when the services be-
gan, the auditorium was completely
filed. The greater part of the audience
was composed of men, the inclement
weather probably holding the women
at home.
SOLDIERS WE'RE PRESENT.
UCIOTe lHt SeTNlCeS Opcutu
Judge William r. Day and the Hon.
Josiah Hartzell, who had been close
to the president during his life, made
their appearance upon the rostrum.
Judge Day unobtrusively seated him
self in the rear. Others who were on
the rostrum were Attorney j. j. Grant,
chairman of the meeting; Frederick $,
Hartzell, secretary of the local Memo
rial association; DR.. c. e. House, pres
ident Of the Y. M. c. A.; the Rev. DR.,
o. w. Holmes, pastor of the First
Methodist Episcopal church; the Rev.
DR.. J. Fl. Hall, pastor of the Trinity
Lutheran church, and the Rev. c. w,
Brewbaker, pastor of the United Breth.
rem church. Seated to the right of the
church auditorium was detachment
of 23 of the soldiers, with their officers.
who are guarding the last resting place
of the martyred president.
The big audience rose to its feet
as the suIpliced choir of the Trinity
Lutheran church marched in, sing.
ing.
The Rev. DR.. Hall opened the service
by pronouncing the invocation. He
asked for Gods protection upon the
president of the United States and his
safeguarding from harm. Nearer, My
Gcd, TO Thee" one of the hymns be-
loved by the late president was sung
by the choir.
Rev. DR.. Holmes read the Eighth
psalm and the Euterpean quartet sang
Beautiful Isle of Somewhere"
Attorney Grant then traced some Of
the national events of the past four
years, the great influences to which
they are working and the results al
ready obtained. above all this" ne
said "rises one name and one per-
sonality-William Mckinley" With
few more words he introduced Albert
J. Nathan, Of Tangier, Morocco, who
has been acting for the Y. M. G. A. in
arranging tee memorial meeting.
THE AMERICAN MAN"
"The American Man." was the sub
ject of Mr.. Nathan's remarks, in which
he intertwined the character Of william
Mckinley with that of the Christian
American Citizen"
The speaker is of foreign birth, but
was in Morocco as a member of the
diplomatic corps during the time Ct
the Spanish war. At the close of his
address he made an appeal to the au-
ulenCt W TtSpOnu W tHe iHtInOTy OF
Canton's geTat man with large con-
tribution.
He suggested that each person pres
ent contribute one dollar to the memo.
rial fund and taking two silver half
dollars from his own pocket book, he
signified his intention of doing like
wise. Envelopes were passed to every
body in the audience and all were
requestd to place the money inside
mo less than dollar, please"-and
write the name of the donor on the
cover. Everybody on the rostrum
started the ball rolling by laying the
amount mentioned into the plate with.
out consigning it to the envelope. The
response to the appeal was most gen
eral. Very few of the people failed to
give the amount asked by the speaker
and the heaping plates were returned
containing several hundreds of dol
lars.
After the collection had been taken
mp the choir sang another of the pres
ident's favorite hymns, Lead Kindly
Light"
Near the close Of the exercises the
audience once more rose and while
standing sang the first stanza of
America" The Rev. G. w. Brewbak.
Or, pronounced the benediction.