Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1903-02-04
PAYS TRIBUTE TO NJ M'KINLEY
The Presidents EuIogv at Banquet
in Canton, Ohio.
VISITS WIDOW AND THE TOMB
Roosevelt Says That His Predecessor VIII
stand as Among the Greatest Figures
in tho Country's Hfs:ory-Wc Must
Finish HIS Tssks-The BirtIday of the
Martyred President COMMUNICATED.


Finish HIS Tasks-The Birthday of tn.
Martyred President Commemorated.
tanton.Ohio. With President Ruo>c-
welt rs the guest OF honor. and with
other notcd men present. the Canton
Rcpselican League celebrated the six
ucth anniversary of William McKm-
ley's birth at the Grand Onrra House.
fhcrc We're 4Gn plates spread. and
besides the people III the tables 45O
others witnessed the ceremonies and
heard the speeches. occupyin. seats i'll
thc balcony and gallery.
The decorations were made III ~ cx-
ccllcnt portraits of the martyrcd Prcsi-
tcnt and President Roosevelt. uumcr-
sus flags. much hunting and many cut
flowers There WAS Il prot uSiun o. car
nations
After the arrival Of the President and
party at = o'clock u. III. the President
was driven 10 the Mis-. Mckinley home.
where he paid his respects. Imme-
stately thereafter the President and
part" visited the Mckinley vault. and
II; silence bowed beside the caskct of
his predecessor He was then driven
Ia the site of ihc Mckinley monument.
and expressed great satisfaction over
the selection. y tea was given at the
home OF Judge and Mrs. Day TO the
President and other guests at 40
From 60 to . o'clock the President re-
ccived banquet guests at Hotel MclIiu-
ley
The banquet hogan ut 30 At 9
O'Clock the speaking commenced. with
Judge Day rs tOaStmuSter. The proSi-
dent responded la William Mckinley"
He said in part:
Throughout our history. ana indeed
through history generally. it has been
given TO only Il very few thrice vorrJ
men to take 50 marked Il lead in the
crises faced lay their several genera
tionS that thereafter each stands aS
the embodiment of the triumphant eff
fort of his generation. President Nc
i\lnley was one OF these men.
1t WAS given TO President Mckinley
to take the foremost place in our polit-
ical life at Il time when our country
was brought face to face with prob
lens more mOmentouS than any whose
solution We have ever attempted save
only i'll the Revolution and i'll the Civil
war. and ii 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 Ia tia.
mon OF the two great crises in which
the Union WaS founded and preserved.
NO man could carry through sue
ccSSiully such Il task as President Me-
kinley undertook unless trained by long
years Of effort for its performance.
Knowledge of his fellow citizens, ahil-
lily 10 understand them. keen sympathy
with even their innermoSt feelings. and
yet power To lead them. together with
far-Sighted Sagacity and rcSnlutc belief
both III the people and in their future -
all these were needed in the man who
headed the march of our people during
The eVcntful years from 1896 TO 1901
These were the qualities possessed
by Mckinley ana developed 10y him
throughout his whole history previous
to assuming the Presidency.
we are gathered together tonight 20
recall his memory. to pay our tribute
oi 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
besf 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 lie
can. something of the qualities which
made President Mckinley Il leader OF
men, Il mighty power FOR good his
strength. his courage, his courtesy and
dignity, his sense of Justice. his oyer.
present kindness and regard for the
rights OF others. He undertook mighty
tasks. Some of them he finished com.
plctcly: others we must finish. and
there remain yet others which he did
not have TO face. bat which, if we are
worthy to he the inheritors OF his prin.
cipleS. we will in our turn face with
the same resolution. the same sanity.
the same unfaltering belief in tho
greatness OF this country. and unfal-
terinS championship of the rights of
each and all OF our people which
marked his high and splendid career"
The President was followed by Sec
retary Root, who spoke on The
Army
short letter from former Sccrcts.-y
Long was read by Judge Day. in whicn
regrets were expressed. General Lake
Wright responded to THE Philip
pines
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 rs 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
can purpose in the third era OF our ma =
tional progress; as Augustus found
Rome in brick and left it in marble. so
Mckinley found the United States
within the continental lines and left its
domain aDT it's r-wer extended beyond
the seas