The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-02-04
CELEBRATION IN
! MEMORY OF hA'KINLEY
birthday Of Martyred President
\ F1onored by Men Of
Distinction.
Q AND SPEECHES
. Letter From George g. cortelyo.
Former Private Secretary to Pres
ident Mckinley, Touching and
Eloquent, Was Read.

5@ New Haven, Conn.,, Feb. 1.-Men of
in the political, business
SEand social life were guests at the ban
gsquet OF the Mckinley Association of
saConnecticut, held In Harmonic hall.
s. Nearly $50 covers were laid, besides
#each of which was a menu card bear
cling q likeness of President Mckinley.
hell was draped with national col
and a large portrait OF the mar
styred president occupied a place at The
back of the speakers table.
President John f. Gaffey, OF the as
association, e a telegram from SEN
GATOR Hanna, expressing mis- regret at
his inability to be present, and his
ISsympathy with the commemoration of
birthday OF Mckinley. President
ssssGaffey then read a letter from George
EEgB. Co.telyou, secretary Of the depart
#menS Of m and labor. 4
s The letter said. in part:
sN We can1sot too often repeat to the Amer.
atcan people the story of his life, his youth
5Sfui patriotism. his devotion to his mother;
fine loyalty in all the sacred relations
cot hon1e: his long years Of public service.
and regard of the people, Such
life and such a service. even had they
ssnot known the great responsibilities and
s#great opportunities of the presidency.
g#on the honor roll OF the nation. But from
day that he became president he grew
sSaand broadened in his grasp OF public Ques,
in his realization of the needs and
weaknesses and the possibilities Of our
8ScitiZenship. in his determination SO Ia
administer the affairs of his great offce
gas 10 contribute in substantial degree ia
republics progress along the paths
of enlightenment and civilization. His
sSachieVements have gone into history, to
told and retold in the coming ages. Az
we gain a better perspective Of the event
tul years of his administration we shall
Il come TO know more and more the great
IN n nd .flnhjiifN ~ \, ~ ~ 80 u md tln
ful!neSS OF his conservation to the welfare
a Of all the people.
He died as he lived-to the last gentle,
patient, considerate, forgiving, and the
q words of his faith and of his hope fell up
en- this stricken lane with the beauty and
@dignity OF a benediction.
B9 As his successor SO eloQuently said:
III He shall stand in the eyes of history
58not merely as the first man Of his gen
ssration, but as among the greatest figures
~ He died in the golden f~ullness OF his
NJ Triumph. He died vigorous In that highest
s&of all kinds Of strife-the strife of an
&%8tional life.
Stewart L. Woodford's Address.
Stewart L.. Woodford of New York
%spoke on Mckinley and the Spanish
American War" n ave ar interest,"
ting account of events leading up to the
war, President McKinley's conduct of
war, and of the beginning Of the
sSWar and OF the beginning Of the set
S&tlement OF problems arising from it.
REL Speaking Of American expansion, he
predicted that the time is near at hand
when a Domingo must become
ours" and that some time the Amer
lean domination will extend from the
Panama canal to the Arctic sea.
8 Porto Rico is ours; San Domingo
Inevitably will be, for constantly re-
curing useless rebellions must give
E#piace to law and order" -
In speaking Of the far east, he said:
S THE Philippines are ours. The new
aomain in the orient opens with our
new republic master in fact, or in ef-
lectiye influence, Of the entire eastern
coast line of the Pacific from the 18TH
mills OF Panama to the Arctic seas.
%"The steady movement Of our nation
howard power on the Pacific Is as re-
Sslstless as the sweep Of the ocean"
8aIn referring to the isthmian canal
NJ Woodford Endorsed the recommen-
dation of President Roosevelt and Sec
s@fetnry Hay, both of whom did the
Tight thing at the right time. n In
about the right way"
The hands of the dial of time, he
Haad. did not move backward. The
isthmian canal will be constructed, and
Through 1t will go the fleets of COM
naerce.
"Whatever may be the rivalries Of
Today" he continued, that movement
pf peace and progress which William
@Mckinley SO guided and impelled In
his solution of the Spanish war will
remain al abiding influence through all
century into which our republic
q entered with high purpose of duty
ITO ourselves and of duty to the world"
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