The San Francisco call., 1904-11-25

craftsmanship. 1t was a plea for
greater freedom of trade, a larger
amplitude of commerce, for a closer
relationship among the peoples of all
nations. and for the maintenance of
peace through high courts of arbitra-
ton. God and man. he said. have
linked the nations together; no na-
ton can any longer be Indifferent to
any other; and, he added, "Our ear
nest prayer is that God will graciously
vouchsafe prosperity. happiness and
peace to all our neighbors. and like
blessings to all the peoples and the
powers of the earth.'
That great appeal Of large, divine
and comfortable words" found a re-
sponse in the hopes and in the hearts
of liberal men all over the world. 1t
is not too much to say that civiliza-
ton itself, hearing the speech, paused
to watch what action would follow,
to what higher heights of statesman
ship the great leader would lead US on;
and then. on the next day after that
speech, ''the eagle, soaring in his pride
of place, was by a mousing owl haWked
at and killed"
It is a part of the established order
of the universe that the influence Of
great man lives after him and never
wholly dies. Our thoughts and lives
are largely colored and shaped by
spiritual influences that have come to
US from far back in the ages; and we
may be sure that the patriotism, the
humanity and the faith of Mckinley
still survive in the world and will not
be without potent influences in the
councils of the republic and the minds
Of the people so long as the nation
endures. He served the republic with
a devotion inseparable from an equal
devotion to the welfare of humanity
itself. He was one of the great men
through whom God hath wrought great
things. In four years of office he freed
Cuba and established its. government
in independence; he made a way in
peace for the construction under Amer
lean control of an isthmian canal to
connect the Atlantic with the Pacific;
he established in Asiatic affairs a policy
which all civilized nations must in the
end approve and uphold; he extended
the domain of the republic far into the
Orient and gave to millions of people
who had hitherto known only anarchy
or despotism, the blessings Of liberty
protected by law; he won back to the
Union the affections as well as the al
legiance of the South and made us for
the first time a wholly united people,
and above all he set an example or
purity of life which has it's honOred
remembrance in every American home
He was indeed a gOOd DIS Wen as d
great man: in the solemnity OF this
Thanksgiving day we can with all
reverence include his memory among
the things for which we are grateful
to the God of nations. His was no
lingo patriotism with the cry my
country, right or wrong" but the holier
patriotism expressed in the sacred
motto God and country" To that
patriotism we as a people must attain
or our republic will go the way or
pagan empires. 1t is good therefore to
have this memorial ever before our
eyes, that we may never lose the mem
ory nor fail to feel the inspiration Of
the life of the great statesman who
in a crucial hour Of our country fought
the good fight and kept the faith.
The speaker had stirred the audience
to the spirit of the occasion and there
was prolonged applause when he con-
cluded. The band gave a concert for
half an hour, while the spectators
walked around to view the monument
from all sides and admire its impress
siveness. Throughout the afternoon
the crowds continued to come to see