Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1903-01-31
IN MEMORY OF MKINLEY
Mr.. Rocsevelt's Touching Tribute
to Martyred President.
ATTENDED BANQUET AT CANTON

ATTENDED BANQUET AT CANTON
The Presidents Eulogy Regarded by
Mary as the Most Beautlfu! and
Heartfelt Tribute Ever Paid to Dis
tinguished Dead.
Canton, o., Jan. %. - President
Roosevelt last night participated In
notable tribute to the memory of the
late President Mckinley. He was the
principal orator at banquet given Ok
der the auspices Of the Canton Re
publican League in commemoration OF
the birthday Of Mckinley. Surround
ed by friends, neighbors and business
and political associates of the dead
president, he pronounced a brilliant
and eloquent eulogy on the life and
works Of Mckinley, an eulogy by many
regarded as the most beautiful and
heartfelt tribute ever paid to the mem
ory OF the distinguished dead. The
banquet was held in the Grand Opera
House. The interior of the building
was beautifully decorated with flags
and flowers, the floral decorations be-
ira of 25 pieces furnished the music.
Among the 457 guests assembled
about the boards were some OF the
most distinguished men in the civil.
public and political life of the coun-
try. At the speaker's table, besides
President Roosevelt, were seated,
among others, Judge William II. Day,
who acted as POSTMASTER; Secretary
Root, Secretary Cortelyou, General S.
b. M. Young Generay Leonard Wood.
General Luke e. Wright, vice .overnor
OF the Philippines; Surgeon General
Rixey, Captain w. S. Cowles, the pres
ident's naval aide.
Among other things President
Roosevelt said:
Throughout our history. and, indeed.
,, throughout history generally, II has been
given to only "a very few thrice-favored
men to take SO marked a lead in the
crises raced by their several generations
that thereafter each stands as the em-
bodiment OF the triumphant effort of his
OF these men,.
1t was gtven 20 President Mckinley TO
take the foremost place in onr political
life at a time when our country was
brought face to face with problems more
momentous than any whose solution we
revolution and .n the civil war; and IL
was under his leadership that the nation
Therefore. he shall stand in the eyes of
history not merely as the first man OF his
ures in our national life, coming second
only to the men OF the two great crises
served.
No man could carry through success
fully such task as President Mckinley
Of effort for it's performances. Rnewiedgs R
Of his fellow citizens, ability to under
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their innermost feelings. and yet power
to lead them. together with far-sighted
people and in their future~aiI these were
needed in the man who headed the march
o 9uT 6 6geGpie tp 1901 curing tse eyentfui tS years
ties possessed by Mckinley and developed
by him throughout his whole history pre-
lad he had the inestimable privilege OF
serving. first in the ranks and then as a
for national union. righteousness and
grandeur; he was one of those whom
IN struegie WScR emnoSed 70 every maS Par
more than a boy, had seen the grim stead
fastedness which, after four years OF
freed the slave was not thereafter to be
his belief In the great destiny OF our
Some years after the war closed McI,in-
ley came to congress and rose. during q
succession OF terms. to leadership in his
came governor 20 @ of his nasive s State aSS obie I
During this varied service he received
practical tra!n;ng Of the kind most valu-
tive of the nation. To the high faith of
his early years was added the capacity
to realize his ideals, to work with his
fellowmen at the same time that he led
them.
President McKinley's rise to greatness
had in 1t nothing of the sudden, nothing
OF the unexpected or unseemingly acci-
dental. Throughout his long term of ser
Oya cta ANy tn
crease alike in his power OF leadership
and In the recognition of that power both
| the public itself.
Eight years before he was nominated
o presidential possibility. -Four years be-
fore he was nominated only his own high
a Formidable competitor of the CHIEF upon
actuaily fell. IN 1896 he was chosen e- be-
him and believed him and regarded him
as symbolizing their ideals, as represent
| But even as candidate. President Nc
Kinley was far more than the candidate
the broadsst and fullest sense Hi the Was pres n
dent OF all sections. Of the country.
| His first nomination came to him be-
J leadership which 81 WORD and and dee2 deed ime hne
upon the people at large, and which has
| aothing in common with mere Intrigue
I OF HdHlpulHtlOn, All otner Issues sank
| In importance when compared with the
vital need of keeping our financial sys-
tenn on the high and honorable plane I'm
/, peratively demanded by our position as
| great civilized power. He triumphed.
| and he made good with scrupulous ndelity
| the promises upon which the campaign
1 was won.
| But. as so often happens In our his
| tory. the president was forced to face
questions other than those at Issue at the
| time OF his election; Within a year the
| situation in Cuba had become literally
l tntoIerable. President Mckinley had
\ fought too well in his youth, he knew
j too well at FIRST hand what war really
was. lightly To enter into q struggle. He
! sought by every honorabls 40 cans to nreo