The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-02-04
IN MEMORY OF WILLIAM M'K|NlEY.
R00SEvELT'S EULOGY.
Heads Of the Nation Honor the Mem
ory Of the Martyred President
at Canton, Ohio.

President Roosevelt participated in
notable tribute to the memory Of
the late President Mckinley. He was
the principal orator at a banquet given
at Canton. Ohio, in commemoration of
the birthday Of the late President,
William Mckinley. surrounded by
friends. neighbors and business and
political associates Of the dead presi-
dest, he pronounced brilliant and
eloquent eulogy upon the life and
works of Mckinley. President Roose-
welt said in part: Throughout our
history. and indeed throughout his
tory generally. 1t has been given to
only very few thrice-favored men to
take so marked a lead In the crises
| faced by their several generations that
thereafter each stands as the embodi-
ment Of the triumphant effort OF his
generation. President Mckinley was
one of these men. 1t was given to
President Mckinley to take the fore
most place In our political life at
time when our country was brought
face to face with problems more mo-
mentous than any whose solution we
revolution and in the civil war; and 1t
was under his leadership that the ma
tion 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 ma
tional life, coming second only to the
men of the two great crises in which
the union was founded and preserved.
Concluding, he said I'VE are gath
cred together tonight to recall his
memory. to pay our tribute Of 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 triumphs 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 Nc
Kinley leader of men. a mighty pow
er for good-his strength, his courage,
his courtesy. his ever-present kindli-
ness and regard for the rights of
others. He won greatness by meeting
and serving the issues as they arose
not by shirling them-meeting them
with wisdom with the exercise OF the
most skillful and cautious judgment,
but with fearless resolution when the
time of crisis came. He met each
crisis on it's own merits; he never
sought excuse for shirking a task in
the fact that 1t was different from the
one he had expected to face. The long
public career. which opened when as a
boy he carried musket in the ranks
and closed when as a man In the prime
of his intellectual strength he stood
among the worlds chief statesmen
came to what 1t was because he treat
ed each triumph as opening the road
to fresh effort. not as an excuse for
ceasing from effort. He undertook
mighty tasks. Some of them he fin
ished completely; others we must fin
ish and there remain yet Others
which he did not have to face. but
which If we are worthy to be the in
heritors of his principles we will In our
turn face with the same resolution, the
same sanity. the same unfaltering be
lief in the greatness of this country
and unfalte:ing championship of the
rights of each and all of our people
which marked his high and splendid
career"