The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1904-02-05
6[BRATlON IN
EtMORY OF M'KINLEY
Midday OF MartYred President
Honored by Men OF
Distinction.
anouET MI SPEECHES
st,p.r From George 9. corteIyol,
|sssner Private Secretary TO Pres!
s.nt Mckinley, Touching and
Eloquent, Was Read.

|y.% Haven, Conn.,. Feb. 1.-Men Of
s,NiaMstion in the political. business
ssmlal life were guests at the ban
Es,Sof the Mckinley Association Of
saecticut, held in Harmonic hall.
xiv $50 covers were laid, besides
IL II which was a menu card bear
4. aYiikeness of President Mckinley.
] nall was draped with national col
md a large portrait OF the mar
ssdsnresident occupied a place at the
h of the speakers table.
|president John Il. Gaffey, Of the as
iafion, read a telegram from Sem
/, Wanna, expressing his regret at
Inability to be present. and his
Ennafhy with the commemoration OF
!. Frthday Of Mckinley. President
Tcy then read a letter from George
Erortelyou, secretary Of the DEPART
NAT commerce and labor.
me- letter said, in part:
{Naieannot too often repeat to the Amer
N neaople the story of his life, his youth
Epaairiotisln, his devotion to his mother;
shne loyalty in all the sacred relations
name. his long years of public service,
krsel BY ever increasing growth in the
|sauon and regard of the people. Such
|SeA and such a service, even had they
Eknown the great responsibilities and
s1l have entitled him to q place high
(ihe honor roll OF the nation. But from
kdas that lie became president he grew
4 broadened in his grasp Of public ques-
A.. In his realization of the needs and
weaknesses and the possibilities of our
[seasfip, in his determination SO to
|dnister the affairs of his great offlcd
10 contribute in substantial degree I'd
\ republics progress along the paths
4 of enlightenment and civilization. His
Eheyencnts have gone into history, to
Hold and retold in the coming ages. AS
gain a better perspective of the event
years of his administration we shall
he to know more and more the great
u and nobility Of his nature and tho
Eness Of Ills c~oasecration to the welfare
Fail tie people.
b died as he llved-to the last gentle.
sent, ~considerate, forgiving, and the
this stricken land with the beauty and
In!ty OF a benediction.
4, his successor s ~eloquently said:
EHe shall stand In the eyes of history
merely as the first man OF his gen
laon, but as among the greatest figures
b died in the golden fullness of his
eaaph. He died vigorous in that highest
oil kinds of strife-the strife of an
bpler. iuster and more generous ma
bal life.
Stewart L. Woodford's Address.
eewart L. Woodford of New York
BIKE on Mckinley and the Spanish
kerican War" and gave an interest
account Of events leading up to the
p President McKinley's conduct OF
war, and OF the beginning Of the
Y and OF the beginning Of the set
e1ent OF problems arising from 1t.
Epeaking of American expansion, he
Edtcted that the time Is near at hand
En San Domingo must become
= and that some time the Amer
p domination will extend from the
laama canal to the Arctic sea.
Porto Rico is ours; San Domingo
Fatably will be, for constantly re-
ping useless rebellions must give
BE to law and order"
y speaking OF the far east. he said:
[the Philippines are ours. The new
pain In the orient opens with our
4 republic master in fact. or in ef-i
eve influence, of the entire eastern
~ line OF the Pacific from the 18TH
VOL Panama to the Arctic seas. It
[iae steady movement of our nation
EEafd power on the Pacific is as rel
E4ess as the sweep Of the ocean,.
u Iererring to the isthmian canal
Woodford Endorsed the recommen-
Pongof President Roosevelt and Sec
nv Hay, both of whom did the
4. Thing at the right time, and in
right wavn
Eae hands OF the dial of time, he
Esdid not move backward. Tho
Eallsn canal will be constructed, and
E9ugh 1t will go the fleets of COM
6Mhateper may be the rivalries Of
tAa he continued. that movement
(wase and progress which William
Enaley so guided and impelled In
solution of the Spanish war will
Es,a an abiding influence through all
sehtury into which our republic
EsMered with high purpose OF duty
slrseiVes and OF duty to the world"
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