The Penn's Grove record., 1903-01-30
Pays TRIBUTE TO M'K|NLEY
The Presidents Eulogy at a Banquet
in Canton, Ohio.
VISITS WIDOW AND THE TOMB

Roosevelt Says That His Predecessor Will
Stand ~ Among tho Greatest Figures
in the Country's History-we Must
Finish His Tasks-Thc Birthday Of this
Martyred President Commemorated.
Canton, Ohio.-With President Roose-
velt as the guest of honor, and with
other noted men present, the Canton
Republican League celebrated the six
tieth anniversary of William McKin-
iey's birth at the Grand Opera House.
There Were 400 plates spread, and
besides the people at the tables 400
others witnessed the ceremonies and
beard the speeches, occupying seats in
the balcony and gallery.
The decorations were made up Of ex-
cellent portraits Of the martyred Presi.
dent and President Roosevelt, numer.
Jus flags, much bunting and many cut
lowers. There was a p%rofusion Of car
nations.
After the arrival of the President and
party at 2 o'clock p. IN. the President
was driven to the Mrs. Mckinley home,
where he paid his respects. Imme-
diately thereafter the President and
party visited the Mckinley vault, and
in silence bowed beside the casket of
his predecessor. He was then driven
to the site Of the Mckinley monument,
and expressed great satisfaction over
the selection. A tea was given at the
home Of Judge and Mrs. Day to the
President and other guests at 4.3O.
From 6.45 to Z o'clock the President re-
ceived banquet guests at Hotel McKin-
ley.
The banquet began at 7.30. At 8
o'clock the speaking commenced, with
Judge Day as POSTMASTER. The Presi-
lent responded to William Mckinley"
He said in part:
Throughout u history, and indeed
through history generally, it has been
given to only a very few thrice-favored
men to take so marked a lead in the
crises faced by their several genera
tons that thereafter each stands as
the embodiment of the triumphant eff
fort Of his generation. President Nc
Kinley was me Of these men.
"Itwas given to President Mckinley
to take the foremost place in u pOlit-
ical life at a time when our country
was brought face to face with prob
lens more momentous than any whose
solution we have ever attempted, save
only in the Revolution and in the Civil
War, and it was under his leadership
that the nation solved these mighty
problems Alright. Therefore he shall
stand in the eyes of history not merely
as the first man of his generation, but
as among the greatest figures in our
national life, coming second only to the
men of the two great crises in which
the Union was founded and preserved.
mo mar could carry through sue
cessfully such a task as President Nc
Kinley undertook unless trainedby long
years Of effort for it's performance.
knowledge of his fellow citizens, abil-
ity to understand them, keen sympathy
with even their innefmost feelings, and
yet power to lead them, together with
far-sighted sagacity and res0lute belief
both in the people and in their future
all these We're needed in the man who
headed the march Of our people during
the eventful years from 1896 to 1901.
These were the qualities possessed
by Mckinley and developed by him
throughout his whole history previous
to assuming the Presidency.
I'VE are gathered together tonight to
recall his memory, to pay u tribute
of respect to the great chief and leader
who fell in the harness, who was
stricken down while his Eyes were
bright with the light that tells of
triumph tasted We can honor him
best by the way we show in actual
deed that we have taken to heart the
lessons cf his life. We must strive to
achieve, each in the measure that he
car, something of the qualities which
made President Mckinley a leader OF
men, a mighty power for good-his
strength, his courage, his courtesy and
dignity, his sense of justice, his ever
present kindness and regard for the
rights of others. He undertook mighty
tasks. Some of them he finished com
pletely; others we must finish, and
there remain yet others which he did
not have to face, but which, if we are
worthy to be the inheritors Of his prin-
ciples, we will in our turn face with
the same resolution, the same sanity,
the same unfaltering belief In the
greatness Of this country, and unfal
tering championship of the rights OF
each and all Of our people, which
marked his high and splendid career
The President was followed by Sec
rotary Root, who spoke on s"The
Army"
A short letter from former Secretary
Long was read by Judge Day, in which
regrets were expressed. General Luke
Wright responded to .The Philip.
pines.s
In the absence of Governor Nash
WHO was detained by illness. "Ohio'
was responded to by J. ]. Grant, OF
Canton.
Charles Emory Smith, responding to
the toast, "Our Country. the Philip.
pines" referred to President McKin-
ley as one of the few Presidents who
were recognized makers of chiefs OF
distinctive or creative epochs.
Mckinley he compared to Washing
ton and Lincoln, and asserted that he
was the highest symbol of the Amer
car purpose in the third era of our ma
tional progress; as Augustus found
Rome in brick and left it in marble, sc
Mckinley found the United States
within the continental lines and left its
domain and its power extended beyond
the seas.