The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-14
FIRST MONUMENT
TO WIN. Mckinley
Statue of the Martyred President Is
Formally Unveiled at
Toledo, Ohio.
Senator Fairbanks of Indiana and
Senator Hanna Were Among
the Speakers.

Toledo. Ohio, Sept 14.-Toledo is en-
fete to-day over the unwilling Of the Nc
Kinley statute. the first memorial to the
late president erected In Ohio. The
breeze.
In the forenoon there was naval
parade on the river, including the United
States gunboat Michigan and the train
Ing ships Yantic and Hawk.
Promptly at o'clock the procession
moved thru the principal streets. led by
q battalion of United States infantry
from Fort Wayne and Detroit. The pa
rade was made up of the local regiment
Of the national guard, the G.. A. r. and
Spanish war veterans. and general
turnout Of all the benevolent and fraternal
organizations Of the city.
Arriving at the monument which stands
fronting the courthouse the statue was
unveiled by Miss Dorothy Bonner. After
president of the Memorial association and
the invocation by the Rev. Father
O'Brien, Colonel Bonner presented the
monument to the county In feeling
address and Henry Conrad. president Of
the board Of county commissioners, ac-
copied the trust on the part Of the county
Senator M. A. Hanna was then introduced
as honorary president of the day and
made a brief extemporaneous address.
A dedicatory poem by Theodore Nc
Manus was read by the author and the
orator Of the day. Senator Charles w.
Fairbanks, Of Indiana, was introduced.
The senator said:
Senator Fairbanks Address.
1.-THE place of William Mckinley in his
tory Is secure. we are not too near the
events Of which he was a part, correctly
to measure his proportions. nor do we
look with too partial eyes upon what he
did We know the great share he bore
iin the significant events thru which he
passed, and we have faith to believe that
the Judgment of his contemporaries Will
he confirmed by history, when, with i'm
partial hand, she shall record the deeds
Of men.
"You honor yourselves in honoring him
You make the future your debtor by erect
ing this statue in commemoratfon Of his
life and services. for, like his immorta
prototype. Abraham Lincoln, he belongs
to the ages Either the lovers Of Amer.
lean institutions will come in the unnum-
bered years before us and derive new
hope and new inspiration. Similar monu.
tr1ents will rise In other lands, to which
peoples not of our race will pay thei,
homage
1.-THE people Of Cuba, whose liberty wa.
secured thru his genius and statesman
ship, will erect monuments in his honor
So also the people Of Porto Rico and thu
far off Philippines will raise enduring
memorials to perpetuate to the furthes
ages the memory Of the president VIII
lican government. ..-'. ~
''It seems but yesterday that William
Mckinley stood among us at the yer.
zenith Of his power He possessed in full
degree the affections and confidence o
his countrymen. and his name was
benefcent influence. Without warning
the cruel bolt fell We stood speeches
in the midst of uncommon sorrow. Gu
great and beloved leader, by some mys
terious providence, fell in the plentiful
Of his strength. Upon the day Of hi
sepulture rulers and peoples in many for
eign lands united in impressive memoria
services, and the flags Of all nations wer
IN mourning. Thruout the great repub
lie busy trade stood still, the Telegram
was silent. and as, by some common i'm
pulse. steamships and railroad train
stopped and the people uncovered in tn
streets, or knelt in the sanctuary. VIII
knows but the divine master, thru ti1i
unspeakable tragedy, sought to imprir
forever upon the human heart how spler
didly the just and brave can live, an
hoWa1eautifully they can die. Against tn
background Of two years stand In sharpe
outline than were otherwise possible til
high and noble achievements and the ma
jestic personality Of one Of the creates
Of Americans"
After the singing Of America" by tt
by the audience, Rev. A. M. Hyde Pre-
bounced the benediction which closed tt
services.
The monument consists of a. squa,
column of gray granite bearing the IL
soription: William Mckinley cut {
It's face. On the four sides his life hi
tory Is briefly recited. This shaft Is SUI
mounted by heroic statue Of the la
president in bronze, Weighing 1,s
pounds. The statue itself Is eight . fe
high. . .
The monument was erected by tt
contributions Of $4,000 residents Of Tolet
and the surrounding country. The a
tendance was very large