Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-01-29
MKlNLEY'S BIRTHDAY
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT pARTlcl.
PATEs IN A NOTABLE BAN.
QUIET At CANTON, o.
PAYS A BRILLIANT TRIBUTE

Chief Executive Expounds an Eloquent
Eulogy Upon the Life and Work Of
the Martyred President-Regarded
by Many as the Most Beautiful and
Heartfelt Reference Ever Made to
His Memory.
Canton, O., Jan. %. - President
Roosevelt during the evening partici-
pated in a notable tribute to the men,
DRY Of the late President Mckinley.
He was the principal orator at a ban
Quet given under the auspices Of the
Canton Republican league in common
Grafton of the birthday of Mckinley.
Surrounded by friends. neighbors and
business and political associates of the
president, he e%XpOunded a brilliant and
eloquent eulogy upon the life and work
of McKinley-a eulogy by many re-
garded as the most beautiful and heart
felt tribute ever paid to the memory
of the distinguished dead.
The banquet was held in the Grand
Opera House, the seats being removed
in the pit and the house entirely re-
f1oOred for the occasion. The interior
of the building was beautifully dec
Grated with flags and flowers. the
floral decorations being particularly
elaborate. Festoons of flags were ar
ranged about the balcony and gallery.
and the thirteen great banquet boards
were massed with roses and carna-
tions. l~nterspersed with smilax and
ferns. A selected orchestra of twenty
five pieces furnished exquisite music
at intervals during the banquet.
The occasion was the most brilliant
Of its kind ever witnessed in Canton,
and few banquets held in Ohio have
eQualled it in beauty. elabOrateness
and interest.
Among the 457 assembled about the
boards were some of the most dis
tinguished men in the civil, public and
political life Of the country.
AS the president entered the banquet
hall, the assembly rose as one man and
cheered him heartily. The demonstra.
tion-the first of the day-was a
Personal Tribute to the President
which he acknowledged with evident
pleasure. AS soon as the president and
the party were seated, the doors of the
balcony and gallery were opened and
in a few minutes both were crowded
with handsomely gowned and
men in evening dress. Hundreds who
desired to attend the banquet were un-
able to obtain tickets. The menu,
which was admirably selected, was all
that could be desired.
The material part of the banquet was
not concluded until 10 o'clock. Judge
Day, as POSTMASTER. in Introducing
President Roosevelt. spoke briefly.
AS the president rose to speak, the
audience rose and cheered him enthu-
siastically. When he addressed the
POSTMASTER as "Mr. Justice Day. a
designation applied only to justices of
the United States supreme court, his
auditors shook the building with ap-
plause.
In thanking President Roosevelt for
his speech, Judge Day said that by it
"a classic has been added to the liter.
ature of eulogy."
Secretary of Val Root responded to
the toast The Army"
At the conclusion Of Secretary Roots
speech, Judge Day read a letter of re.
greet from ex-Secretary of the Navy
John d. Long.
Vice Governor Of the Philippines
General Luke E. Wright responded to
the toast, The Future of the Philip
pines"
After the Hon. James G.. Grant of
Canton, in taking the place of Governor
Nash, had responded %eloquently to the
toast, "Ohio," the Hon. Charles Emory
Smith, editor Of the Philadelphia
Press, spoke to the toast, Our Coun.
try"
At the conclusion of the banquet, the
president and party were driven to the
station and shortly after 1 o'clock the
special train started for Washington.