The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-01-30

wards effecting a peaceable settlement. When this became impossible he was the first to see it and acted accordingly.
 Said the speaker: War came It was short. sharp. decisive. It lasted little more than a hundred days. And yet within these hundred days the map of the world was forever changed. Napo- Icons hundred days In Italy kindled the ambition of soldiers and bewildered the judgments of statesmen; changed for a decade the boundaries of Europe, and then faded into history, leaving empire and kingdom as they had been. "The war with Spain has made the Orient over. and has opened vistas whose ending no man can yet forsee.'' The next speaker istroduced was Congressman Frank B. Brandegee. MT. Brandegee's address was upon 'The Life, Character and Public Services of William Mckinley"
 After expressing his thanks for the honor of being selected as one of the speakers, congratulating the associa- tion on it's distinguished membership and the big attendance at the meeting, also referring to New Haven and Yale, Mir Brandegee spoke of the republican party as party which stands and ever ! has stood for education, freedom, mor- ality and national prosperity. By forming this club 1t was apparent that republicanism in Connecticut was a { harmonious, united, aggressive and erl- thusiastic force, and that thi sorgan- ! ization was proud of it's past history and confident of a glorious future. The 1 choice of the clubs name was a tribute to one of the most beloved leaders and one of the greatest statesmen of the age.
 MT. Brandegee then vividly referred
 to the mourning of the nation at the death of Mckinley and the universa sorrow and grief over the shocking tragedy. Tonight we were assembled to recall his memory, recount his achievements and take to our hearts the lessons to be learned from his dis tinguished services and his lofty char acter.
 The speaker then proceeded to speal of the services of Mckinley to the na tion and whence were derived thost high, intellectual and moral qualitie! which raised him from the obscure
 station of poor country boy to thu
 chief magistracy of the grandest ant freest nation in all time.
 With words of power the speaker re viewed McKinley's early life and strug gles, his gallant and distinguished ser
 vices in the war for the Union, his re sumption of the duties of civil life afte
 the war was over, and other events il
 his career, deyoting due attention t, \ McKinley's entrance into public Tiff
 and his battling in behalf of protec
 tive tariff and other issues in the hall
 of congress.
 McKinley's personal, appearance an
 traits were then dwelt upon--McKin ley's self-poise and self-possession il
 debate, his temperate life, his freedom
 from malice in controversies and in al
 his dealings. He was tactful, even
 tempered, kindly, considerate and of in l finite patience. In the hottest debate
 and the fiercest contests he gave no of
 fense and bore no malice. He treate
 an opponent with deference an
 courtesy that approached the chival
 rous, and in the battles of the forur
 his shield always bore the motto
 ''Noblesse oblige." His conviction lwere of that intense earnestness whic