Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-01-30
ABRILLIANT EVENT
President Roosevelt Eulogizes
His Predecessor.
At Banquet Held i'm Canton, O.s
More than $50 Men, Including
Prominent officials, Asscn-
Bile 10 Honor NTcEkin-
lcy,s Memory.

Canton, o., Jan. 2s. President
Roosevelt and party arrived here
Tuesday afternoon. In accordance
with the presidents desire, the re-
ception accorded the distinguished
visitors was transformations. \ great
throng of people had assembled at
the railway station, but it was n si-
lent throng. All seemed imbued with
the spirit of the anniversary COM
memorated by the visit of the presi-
dent.
AS the presidents train stopped at
the station, Judge William r. Day,
whose appointment to the United
States supreme court bench was an
nounced by the president on Monday,
accompanied by Maj. Gen. S. B. NJ.
Young, boarded the private car to
greet the president. Soon afterward
President Roosevelt alighted from
the car and was greeted by the local
reception committee. The president
and party entered carriages and were
driven to the residence of Mrs. Nc.
Kinley. The party then was driven
to Westlawn cemetery to visit the
tomb of the late President Mckinley.
After viewing the site selected for
the magnificent monument to be
erected in memory of Mckinley, the
visitors returned to the city. They
were driven to the residence of Judge
Day, where they were entertained at
luncheon.
At 6:45 o'clock the president held a
reception at the Hotel Mckinley.
During the three-quarters of an hour
the reception lasted, hundreds of
people greeted the president
President Roosevelt last night par
ticipated in notable tribute to the
memory of the late President McKin-
ley. He was the principal orator at
banquet given under the auspices
of the Canton Republican league in
commemoration of the birthday of
Mckinley. Surrounded by friends,
neighbors, and business and political
associates of the dead president, he
pronounced a brilliant and eloquent
eulogy upon the life and works of
McKinley-an eulogy by many regard
ed as the most beautiful and heart
felt tribute ever paid to the memory
of the distinguished dead.
The banquet was held in the Grand
opera house, the seats being removed
in the pit and the house entirely re-
fioored for the occasion. The inter
Tor of the building was beautifully
decorated with flags and flowers.
The occasion was the most bril-
liant of it's kind ever witnessed in
Canton and few banquets held in
Ohio have equalled it in beauty and
interest
Among the 457 men assembled
about the boards were some of the
most distinguished men in the coun-
try.
|, Gov. Nash, of Ohio, who expected
to respond to the toast "Ohio," was
unable to leave his home on account
of illness. His place on the program
was taken by Hon. James w. Grant,
of Canton. Soon after the close of
the reception at the Hotel Mckinley,
President Roosevelt and party walked
in driving rain from the hotel to
the banquet hall, a half square dis
tant.
The material part of the banquet
was not concluded until 10 o'clock.
Judge Day, as toastmaster, in intro
ducing President Roosevelt, spoke
briefly. AS the president rose to
speak, the audience rose and cheered
him. When he addressed the toast
master as "Mr. Justice Day." desig-
!, nation applied only to justices of the
United States supreme court, his au-
ditors shook the building with ap-
. plause.
{ Secretary of War Root responded
, to the toast "The Army"
Vice Governor of the Philippines,
Gen. Luke e. Wright, responded to
the toast, ''The Future of the Philip
. pines"
Hon. Charles Emory Smith, editor
of the Philadelphia Press, spoke to
the toast "Our Country"
At the conclusion of the banquet
the president and party were driven
( to the station and shortly after
: o'clock the special train started fol-
n Washington. -