Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-01-28
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Ifntrodncin2 Presidept Roosevelt. spon,
biieAs, in part as follows:
+ We commemorate today, the brit
lof q great American. Though gon,
Ifro.n us. he has left the imperishabl
lfnemory of his character and deeds
Ills life is q part of the history of hi
ltinc. The great things he wroueh
have left tiieir, impress upon hi
country's destiny and have writer
i y rs pllilss-auioi1ss the iinsportals. TO fh
Ifndst sof THOSE Who gather about TIL
tbe'ffsss tonight. it waS; given to krffSy
sfaiE Ieaa Mckinley. To have knopl
tsA Sia9:. si1sk illeyr was n constant Lessor
+ieszIatsiRsis devotion to public.duty al,
('eheeffH- eopsfancy in upright living
He believed in the upbufding o
American citizenship. He had suprem
faith in the people ana recognized tina
ban enlightened public sentiment WA
the ultimate appeal of the statesman
IN u free country. He kept in torcl
with the people, and, as far as pos
slbte delighted to take them into nj.
! coaiidence. In private life he met hi:
! fellow citizens upon equal terms.
| as thn President rose to speak NJ
| addressed the toastmaste as Mr.. Jus
tice Day.
| President Roosevelt spoke as follows:
hr. Toastnaster, and Gentiemen:
Throughout our history, and indeed
throughout history generally, il has
been given to only Very few thrice
favored men to take so marked a lead
IN the crises faced by tnelr several gen
erotions that thereafter each stands as
| the embodiment of the triumphant ef-
fort of his generation President Nc
k!rlcy was one Of these men
II during the lifetime of q generation
no crisis occurs sutficientsto cail out in
marked manner the energies of the
strongest leader, then of course the
world does not and cannot know Of the
existence of such a leader; and in con-
sequence there are long periods in the
history of every nation during which no
man appears who leaves an indeiible
mark in history. IF, on the other hand.
Inc CRISIS IS one so many sided IS to
gall for the development and exercise
Of many distinct attributes, it may be
that more than one man VIII appear in
oInt tlal the requirements snail De
luiy het, IN the revolution and in
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snip lmlEeelately folloWlng It. for our
E"ou io't1Ie IL peiell US that the nigh
'st lt'llltafF ana me highest civic at
tributes We're embodied in Washington.
anu SO u; nm We nave one OF the UNI
lying men of history-a great soldier
IL nosslbie. an even greater states
man. am above all public servant
Nhose LOFTY and disintarested patriot
ism rendered his power and ability
aFke on fought fields ana III council
clamherS-of the most far reaching
service 10 the Republic. In the Civil
War fhe two fune tons were divided,
CIV .'iH''p. Inv otahl WI Stai'a lot
~ sfh'Pf@ VIVA man names Inscribed on
ne H,''io' .oI Vi most VINO nave de-
~ ven et .i''ahNist oN SAVING u
lfa'''anitv Il precious heritage. In SINH
iar iasiiioii 1hohlls JEFFERSON ahdAn-
ere, 'acNSoh caeii sti'hds as the tore
hlos, representative ol the great move
ileHt d nls sF'ieraeioh, ana their
n'tiiieS Synlpoii|c 10 Us then lines and
ne nol"S INA aspirations oil their
EtlIlacs.
II was given to President Mckinney
to take the foremost place in our polit-
lcaI Ire at time when our country
NUS brought race TO lace with problems
more inomehtous thah any whose soiua-
tioh we nave ever attempted, save
only IN the heFolutlon ana IN the civil
war ana 1t was under his leadership
that the Nation solved these mighty
pfopiems arlSht- Therefore he shall
stahd IN lhe eyes OF history not merely
as the lirst man OF ms generation but
as among the greatest hgures in oul
hailonil me coming second only to
the men OIL tue TWO great crises III
Wllleh the Union was founded ana pre-
served.
No man could carry through success
fully such a task as President McI<in-
lev undertook. unless trained by long
years of effort for it's performance.
knowledge of his felloW-citizens. abil-
itv to understand them. keen sympathy
with even their innermost feelings,
and vet power to lead them. together
with far-sighted sagacity and resolufe
belief both in the people and in their
future-ali these were needed in the
man who headed The march of our peo-
PIE during the evcntful years from 1896