Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1903-01-30
PAY TRIBUTE TO MKINLEY
Dining Room at the Millard Crowded at
the Club Banquet
MANY FROM OUT OF THE CITY PRESENT
Addresses Made by Governors Mickey
and Cummins, in which the
Latter EIaborates on the
"Iowa Idea"

ley club was the occasion of about 800
persons meeting at the Millard hotel last
night and the dining room was not large
enough to accommodate the guests and the
overflow was seated in one Of the adjoin-
ing rooms. The dining room was decorated
with the national colors. Behind the prin-
cipal table, resting upon a large American
flag, was a portrait in heroic size of the
late president, the sixtieth anniversary NJ
whose birth the club and its invited guests
had assembled to commemorate.
In addition to members Of the club there
were present republicans from all parts
Of the state and a few from Iowa, forty
persons arriving at 7:45 from Lincoln. In
this party were a number of members Of
the Young Mems Republican club of the
Capital City and six Of the members OF
the state senate, with but three members
of the house of representatives
1t was S:45 before the banquet was served
and 9:45 before the toastmaster, Frank
Crawford, president Of the club, called for
order at the conclusion OF the feast.
He read a telegram from President
Roosevelt sending greeting and best wishes,
and then introduced Charles G. Mcdonald
to respond to the toast, THE Mckinley
Club" Mr.. Mcdonald told Of the organiza
tion and history Of the club in a well re-
ceived speech.
Governor warmly Received.
The second speaker was Governor Mickey,
who responded to the toast, "Mckinley's
Character" This was the first public ap-
pearance OF Nebraska's chief executive
since he assumed the duties of office and
he was greeted with warm applause. Mr.
Mickey said in part:
1 am glad to be here this evening to pay
tribute to the memory of Mckinley and
also glad to be here to be away from the
McKinley's motto was the Golden Rule
and who can truthfully say IL was ever
s broken by him? We all remember the
81 believe that God calls men to their
places in life" and believe Abraham Lin
coin spoke by inspiration when he said
in New Orleans that he would live to gee
slavery abolished | believe with all my
heart that this nation has been led by
liam Mckinley.
II has been said that Mckinley fixed
upon the country the policy of protection.
He was able to grapple with the great
financial questions, and to this great mind
Is due more than TO any other the benefits
of our present system. God uses good men.
God can trust those who are led by His
spirit and they, glorify Him. The only
safe leader is he who seeks divine help, and
Lincoln, Washington and Gladstone.
Mckinley, the Soldier.
C. E. Adams of Superior spoke of INC
Kinley, the Soldier" He said in part:
The men who feff IN the struggle for
human liberty we mourn, but to Mckinley
we have a feeling closer. The deeds of the
soldiers have been commemorated in song
! have recorded their heroic lines. We are
| here as republicans. Republicanism stands
| for all progress, for those loftier theories
| of government taught by William McKin-
! ley and the enforcement of law by Theo-
! dore Roosevelt. / sometimes think we for
ges what %s 0we 10 10 he PeSPe sd T the te
/ Mckinley the soldier and patriot, whose
| far-seeing military ability humbled proud
| ern seas. The principles of William Nc
/ Kinley were handed down to him from
Bunker Hin, from Chapultepec. Where in
one country can be found three such men
| as Washington the father; Lincoln, the
savior, and Mckinley, the conservator OF
| the nation.
Always Did His Duty.
Judge Paul lessen was then introduced
| to respond to the toast, THE Victory Of
Defeat" He said in part:
! care not how you view McKinley-as
a soldier, as statesman, as an executive
/ nina ton to do the duty which devolveo
| upon him. There is one thing that i'm
presses me with Mr.. McKinley's character
| and that was in the election of 1890. For
| fourteen years Mckinley had stood upon
| The floor of congress battling for protec-
| ton His bill was attacked on every hand
! by the opposition and given only lukewa I'm
| support by some of its friends, before II
had been tried. For the first time in his
! district refused to give him a seat in con.
! gress. The newspapers not only recorded
what they called the s defeat Of tn the pro pro,
! had been sent to oblivion. He published nc
book to tell how the defeat was accom-
plished. Sure of the truth of his Princi'
| nj he npOnle realize
| When the atmosphere cleared William Nc
Kinley was called to be governor, anc
! be president in time OF trouble, with one
! voice the people cried William Mckinley
and, the delegates at 81. Louis simply rat
by the people. This was the victory of his
defeat.
Mckinley, the Man.
mckinley the Man" was the theme o
Charles F. Reavis of Falls City. ell saiC
in part:
Development is the direct result OF ever!
! man who has worked. The man who ha!
contributed most to this result we call
| great man; that man who by his power in
stalled civilization where anarchy ruled
| that man who placed the world far chad o
its time was the man Mckinley. That maj
| who believed that the only eternal part 70
! man to play was man, who was true MAJ
| because he was great. shall not speak o
him as soldier as an offlcer OF the stat
the man himself.
The speaker then related incidents in tn
life Of Mckinley, describing in effectiv
word pictures his first meeting with Nc
Kinley at the White House, the scenes a
his inaugural his arrival at the bedside O
his dying mother and his own Oourageou
conduct during his closing hours after tn
assassination.
Following this address Norris Brow
was introduced TO speak OF THE Opposi
ton" Mr.. Brown, after bearing greeting
from the Lincoln Republican club. said /
part:
| It is a peculiar thing. that the smalle
| the opposition grows the more II become
divided There are democrats who ar
| lust democrats; democrats who are jus
! Bryanites; pops in the middle OF the rOaC
! pods In the brush on the side Of the road
then the free silver replb blican party whic
! died young. However many divisions
! the opposition they are united on a nun
ber Of principles-frst, TO oppose every
/ thing that is; second, to decry eVerythin
| that will be, and third, 10 prophecy every
thing that never will be. Its demonstrs
| tiOn OF power was such that no one
. / willing 10 endorse its last admin = ira tiOl
II Is peculiar how willing they are TO abaI
don the issues upon which II wages its COZ
tests. What are they up TO? They hay
undertaken to ressurrect that old skeleto
"tarin reform" In this connection IL
the only way 20 destroy the trusts. II
| will destroy the trusts now why did a n
D do so in Sc and '9I?. IL destroys aimO
o | everything else