Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1903-01-29
RECEPTION Ar HOTEL M'KlNLEY
Met Hundreds e People before Go ng
into ths 3DnQuet Hail.

lnto tnS 73EQuet nal.
Canton. Jan. 27-President Roosevelt
and his party arrived at Canton at 2
O'Clock this afternoon. In accordance
with the Presidents desire the reception
accorded the distinguished visitors was
quiet and unostent atious.A great throng
Of people had assembled at tho railway
station but IL was n quiet tnrong. All
seemed imbucd with the spirit of III,
anniversary which is being commemorate
ed hv the visit Of the President
While tho reception given President
Roosevelt was quiet, 1t was none the less
cordial and the pleasure of the great
crowd was indicated by the waving OF hats
ana handkcrchiefs and flags There was
no music and not a cheer was heard.
Az tho Presidents train stopped at the
Htation Judge VIM. II. Day. accompanied
by Major General 8. Il. NJ. Young boarded
tho private car to greet tho President.
Soon aftcrward President Roosevelt
alirhted from the car ana was greeted by
the local reception committee. With his
party h" was driven drectlv to tn" rest
d"n"c of Mrs. Mckinley, Mr.. Roosevelt
desiring first to pay his respects to her.
The party then was driven to the West
lawn cemetery to visit the tomb of Prosi-
dent Mckinley. There the President and
the entire party paid n silent tribute Of
respect to tho memory Of the DISTINGUISHED
dead.
After wing the site selected for the
magnificent monument To be erected in
memory of Mck inlcy, the visitors return
ed to the city. they We're driven to tho
residence of Judge Day. where they were
entertained ut luncheon with several no.
table persons who al, hero to attend the
banquet
At G:'5 O'Clock this evening the ProSi-
! dent held reception at the Hotel Me
! kinloY for those IN attendance upon the
! banquet and for the citizens Of Canton.
| During the three quarters of an hour
| the reception lasted, hundreds Of people
| embraced the opportunity to greet the
| President
! Soon after the close of the reception at
| tho Hotel Mckinley, President Roosevelt
and party walked in driving rain from
tho hotel to the banquet hall. hall a square
! distant. Despite the inClcmoncv OF the
! weather. the streets were thronEed with
people. Special precautions were taken to
| insure tho safety of the President and
| his pathway To the opera house was lined
| with secret service officers. policemen
| and soldiers.
AS the President entered the banquet
| hall. the asscmhage rose and checrcd him
| heartily. The Observation-Disclosures first of
the daN--was a personal tribute TO the
| President, which he acknowledged with
| evident pleasure AS soon as the fres-
dent aud party were seated. the doors Of
the balcony and gallery were opened and
|
| The menu was not concluded until ten
| o'Clock. Judge Day, as toastmastcr, in in
Producing President Roosevelt, spoke
| briefly.
AS the President rose to speak the
audience rose and cheered him enthusiast
| tically. When he addressed the toast
master as Mr.. Justice Day" a designa-
ton applied only to justices of tho Su-
prcme Court of the United States. his
auditors shook the building with applause,
President Roosevelt spoke In part as fol-
| lows
MIR. Toastmaster and Gentlemen:
| Throughout our history. and indeed
throughout history generally 1t has been
given to only a very few thrice-favored
men to take marked lead In the crises
| faced by their several generations that
| thereafter each stands as the embodiment
Of the triumphant effort of his generation,
| Pre- sidont Mckinley was one of these
| men.
Ii during the lifetime of general no
| crisis occurs sufficient to call out in mark
ed 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 consequence there are
long periods in the history of every
nation during which no man appears
| who leaves an indelible mark in history,
II. on the other hand. the crisis Is one
so many sided as to call for the de
|
attributes, it may be that more than
one man will appear in order that the re-
Iqurcments shall be fully met. In the
Revolution and in the period Of construc-
Tive craftsmanship Immediately following
II. for our good fortune 1t befell us tina,
the highest military and tho highest civic
attributes were embodied in Washington
and so in him we have one of the undying
men OF history--a great soldier If possible
and even greater statesman, and above
all a public servant whose lofty and dis
Interested patriotism rendered his power
and abilty-alike on fought fields and In
lcouncll chambers-of the most far-reach.
ing service to the republic, In the Civil
War the two functions were divided, and
Lincoln and Grant will stand forevermore
with their names inscribed on the honor
roll of those who have deserve dwell of
mankind by saving TO humanity a prec-
ious heritage, In similar fashion Thomas
jefferson and Andrew Jackson each stand
as the foremost representative OF ths