The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-02-02
Speaks On the Natal Day
of Mckinley.
He SEEMS INSPIRED
And With Lips Touched to idusis He
Lauds in Glowing Periods Mckin.
lev the Healer OF Wounds and
Wise and lust
Ruler.
(By the Associated Press.)

(By the Associated Press.)
Canton, Ohio, Jan. 31.--Commem-
Grating the natal day of the late Presi-
dent Mckinley, the Young Mems Nc
lSinley Club, of Canton, tonight held
g notable banquet in the auditorium,
Cartons new assembly hall of heroic
proportions. Vice President Elect
Fairbanks occupied the central posi-
| ton as chief guest of honor.
Justice William T.. Day, friend neigh
Dor and confidante of the late Presi-
dent, was master of ceremonies. To
his left was General FitZhugls Lee.
| idol, and hero of the South. Vis-a-vis
st General Black, one of the heroes
of the Civil War and former command
er-in-chief of the Grand Army of the
| Republic. To either side of these
, guests were Governor Myron 7. Her
rick and Lieutenant Governor Warren
| G.. Harding, of Ohio. These were the
speakers of the evening. Among the
listeners was Mrs. Mckinley.
ADDRESS or GENERAL LEE.
Mckinley and the South was Cen
eral Lees subject He said
ohio, it is true, is the State Of his
nativity. Her citizens knew and loved
| the living Mckinley; her soil is sacred
with the grave which marks the rest
ing, place Of the dead Mckinley; her
people will cherish his lofty character
and his splendid services as long as
| the mountains kiss the Heavens, or
| The rivers roll Ia the sea.
''Ohio however cannot hound his
bcundless fame, for on the wings of
rcnow,l his glory has been waited TO
all parts of the world.
."ronight, each State which is rep
resented by n star i'm the national
crown which binds the American UNI
| ion, is equally interested in all that
concerns the name and fame of the
man who sleeps his last sleep in your
midst so quietly that no sound can
ever wake him to glory again.
sleep on, oh just and wise ruler.
Your birth was a blessing to your
country; your life a blessing TO all Its
inhabitants; your death calamity
which has excited the lamentations of
| a world.
"The poison under the wing Of the
American eagle Which John Randolph
said he saw when first pluming him.
self fo~ his splendid fight, has been
extracted and all the sections tonight
hear the. echo of the voice of the great
soldier, L. S. Grant, when on his death
| bed he said I feel that we are APP
preaching an era of great good feeling
between Federal and Confederate SOL
diers. / shall not be here TO witness
! in its perfection, but ! feel within
me that it is to he SO. Let us have
peace
II have tried in my own person to
make good this expression of the re-
/ nowned soldier and today there are
hanging in my library two swords
| mixed together, side by side, one
lsed as major general when IL Con-
| federate soldier. tho other worn as a
major general of the United States
| volunteers.
"The weapons of Grant ana Lee
have been Sheathed forever. Thc
sabres OF Sheridan and Stuart have
been returned to their scabbards ana
/ the tents of Sherman and Joe Johnson
have been pitched forever on the eter-
| nal camping grounds and all over this
land. at this hour Is shining the great
| CRIB of peace, in all the splendor of
! Edimnel majesty.
| 'The birth Of the man whose MEM
CRY we unite in recalling tonight is a
great event. and should be annually
celebrated by all our people lest we
| forget that he was foe without hate,
! a friend without treachery, a soldier
without cruelty, u public officer with
out vices. a private citizen without re-
Iproach, Christian without hypoc-
| r sy, d man without guile. Therefore
we all should delight to unite to honor
his memory at all times and in all
places
May the harmonious invocations
| from forty-five States rise TO the
! Heavens, sweep above the stars. in
vol>ing on our country progress, peace
| and prosperity! and let all ferventiy
pray that when the veil of futurlty
shall be lifted, there shall be revealed
1.-THE upward ard onward course of the
| American union. That republic will
be visible, representing q power ana
&C mmanding a respect that the mighty
armies of Caesar and Augustus never
won for the imperial eagles; and that
in it section may never lift its hand
| against section again, neither shall
| they know war any more and that the
/ reign of peace, unity and fraternity
shall be as lasting as the home OF the
stars. as eternal as the foundations
Of the everlasting hills
Justice and Mrs. Day this afternoon
gave a luncheon in honor of General
Lee Late in the afternoon the local
posts of the Grand Army of the Re-
public gave post room reception in
| honor of Generals Lee and Black