The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-01-29
Birthday Banquet in Memory of
Martyred President.
ROOSEVELT PRINCIPAL ORATOR.
distinguished Men in Public Life
Unite to Fay Signal Homage to De.
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Evens in Canton's History.
Canton, o., Jan. 2S.-President
Roosevelt last night participated in
notable tribute to the memory of the
late President Mckinley. He was the
principal orator at banquet given
under the auspices of the Canton
league on the birthday Of Mckinley.
Surrounded by friends, neighbors,
business and political associates of the
dead president, he pronounced bril-
liant and eloquent eulogy upon the life
and works of Mckinley, eulogy by
many regarded as the most beautiful
and heartfelt tribute ever paid to the
memory of the distinguished dead.
The banquet was held in the Grand
opera house The interior of the build
ing was beautifully decorated The
occasion was the most brilliant of its
kind ever witnessed in Canton and few
banquets held in Ohio have equaled it
In beauty, elaborateness and interest.
Among the 457 assembled about the
| boards were some of the most distin-
guished men in the civil, public and
| private life of the country.
Soon after the close of a reception
to the president at the Hotel McKin-
ley, President Roosevelt and party
| walked In a driving rain from the
hotel to the banquet hall, a half square
distant. Despite the inclemency Of
the weather the streets were thronged
| with neople. Special precautions were
! taken to insure the safety of the
| president and his pathway to the
cDera house was lined with secret
service officers, policemen and SOL
diers As the president entered the
banquet hall the assemblage rose as
one man and cheered him heartily.
The deponstration-the first of the
dav-was a persona. tribute to the
president which he acknowledged
with evident Measure. As soon as
| the president aud nartv We're seated
the doors Of the balcony and gallery
We're opened and in q few minutes
both were crowded with handsomely
gowned women and men in evening
dress. The menu. admirably served
was all that could be desired.
AS the president rose to sneak, the
audience rose and cheered him enthu-
siastically. When he addressed the
| POSTMASTER as "Mr Justice Day." a
| designation aop,ied only to justices of
| the enn~arne co,rt. his auditors shook
| the building with annlause.
President Roosevelt said, in part:
eve are gathered together tonight to
| pay our tribute of respect to the great
| chief and leader who fell in the har-
ness, 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 of his life. We must
| strive to achieve. each in the measure
| that he can. something of the qualities
which made President Mckinley a
leader of men, 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 won greatness by meeting and
solving the issues as they arose-not
by Sinking them. He met each crisis
on its own merits; he never sought
excuse for shirl,ing task in the fact
that it was different from the one he
had expected TO face. The long pub
Tic career. which opened when as a
bow he carried a musket in the ranks
and closed when as man in the prime
Of his intellectual strength ne stood
among the worlds chief statesmen
came TO what It was because he treat
ed each triumph as opening the road
to fresh achievements"