The Monticellonian., 1903-09-17
fl 'KINLEY MEMO-
 RIAL AT TOLEDO, ].
1t Was Unveiled With Due Cere- mony In the Presence of
 Large Audience.
SENATOR FAIRBANKS, OF IN-
 DIANA, DELIVERED GRAFTON.
Second Anniversary of the Death of the Late President Not Observed With any Set Programme at Can- ton, O.-FIoraI Tokens From Friends nnd Strangers.

Toledo, Sept 15.-Toleda was en fets Monday over the unyeiling of the Me- kinley statue, the first memorial to the late president erected in Ohio. After naval parade on the river, including the United States gunboat Michigan and the training ships Yantie and Hawk, and a procession led by bat talion of United States infantry, the statue which stands fronting the court house, was unveiled by Miss Dorothy Bonner. Col. J. c. Bonner, president of the Memorial association, in brief address, presented the monument to the county, and Henry Conrad. presi- dent of the board or county eommis- sioners, accepted the trust on the part of the county. Senator NJ. A. Hanna was then introduced as honorary presi- dent of the day, and made brief ex- tempofe address. A dedieatory poem by Theodore McManus was read by the author and the orator of the day, Sen ator Charles w. Fairbanks, of Indaina. was introduced. The senator said: Senator Fairbnnks' Address.
 'The place of Wm. Mckinley in his- tory is secure. We are not too near the events of which he was part, cor rectly to measure his proportions, nor do We look with too partial eyes upon what he did. We know the great share he bore in the significant events through which he passed, and we have faith to believe that the judgment of his contemporaries will be confirmed by history, when with impartial hand she shall record the deeds of men.
 You honor yourselves in honoring him. You make the future your debtor by erecting this statue in commemora- ton of his life and services. for, like his immortal prototype, Abraham Lin- coin. he belongs to the ages. Hither the lovers of America institutions will come in the unnumbered years before us and derive new hope and new in- spiration. Similar monuments will rise in other lands to which peoples not of our race will pay their homage The people of Cuba, whose liberty was secured through his genius and states manship, will erect monuments in his honor. So also the people of Porto Rico and the far-off Philippines will raise enduring memorials to perpetu- ate to the furthest ages the memory of the president who carried to them the blessings of republican government It seems but yesterday that William Mc- Kinley stood among us, at the very zenith of his power. He possessed in full degree the affections and conf dence of his countrymen and his name was a beneficent influence throughout the world Without warning, the cruel blow fell We stood speeches. in Our great and beloved leader, by some mysterious providence. fell in the plentitude of his strength.
 Upon the day of his sepulture rulers and people of many lands held memori- al services. and all nations were in mourning. Throughout the great re- public busy trade stood still, the tele- graph was silent, and as by some com- mon impulse, steamships and railroad trains stopped, and the people uncov- cred in the streets or knelt in the sanct- uaries. Who knows but that the di- vine Master, through this unspeakable tragedy sought to imprint forever up- on human heart how splendidly the just and brave can live, and how beau tifully they can die. Against the dark background of two years ago stand in sharper outline than were otherwise possible, the higher and noble achieve ments and the majestic personality of one of the greatest of Americans
 After the singing of America" by the audience, Rev. A. NJ Hyde pro- nounced the benediction, which closed the services.