The bee. (Earlington, Ky.) 1889-19??, 1905-02-02
NOTABLE EVENT
AT CANTON, OHIO
Banquet By the Young Mems M'Kin-
ley Club of That City.
Mr.. JUSTICE DAY PRESIDED
ReVercntIy the Vast Audience stood
aud gave silent Welcome 10
the widow of the Mar
tyred President.

Canton, o., Feb. 1.-Commemorating
the natal day OF the late President
Mckinley, the Young Mems Mckinley
club of Canton held notable banquet
Tuesday night in the Auditorium, Can
tons new assembly hall of heroic pro-
portions. Vice President-elect Fair
banks occupied the central position as
chief guest of honor. Justice William
r. Day, friend, neighbor and confidant
of the late president, was master OF
ceremonies To his left was Gen. Fitz-
hugh Lee. idol and hero of, the south.
Vis-a-vis sat Gen Black, one of the
heroes of the civil war and a former
commander-in-chief Of the Grand
Army of the Republic. To either side
of these guests were Gov. Myron T
Herrick and Lieut. Gov Warren G..
Harding OF Ohio
In the ilanInct Hall.
In the banquet hall banking these
guests and orators. were eongressmen
AMI eX-congressmen and party leaders
from Ohio, as well as notables from
remote distances
nown in the pit OF the hall, TO the
number of more than 500, were resi-
dents of Canton and many other per-
sons prominent in state politics.
The absence of wine at the banquet
was a tribute Of Cantonians 10 their
late fellow citizen. Always tolerant
and considerable of others, President
Mckinley offered no objection TO wine
at the banquets where he was a guest
of honor. but on the occasion of sew
eral such affairs arranged there dis
tinctiyely in his honor. he had ex-
pressed wish that wine be eliminat-
ed. Back of and all around the diners.
the vast ampitheater section of the
hall, with its capacity of 5000 people.
was almost completely filled with au-
ditors who wished to hear the speak
ing.
silent Welcome.
In the midst of the serving OF the
menu there was a sudden hush to the
festivities. and almost as one man the
vast assemblage arose to their feet and
for more than a minute stood In re-
spectful silence. The occasion was the
arrival of Mrs. Mckinley. wife OF the
late president. She was accompanied
by a large party of friends, including
Mrs. Day. Mrs. Fairbanks, Miss Grace
Mckinley, Miss Black, daughter OF
Gen. Black. They occupied box dur
ing the speaking. An invocation bv
the Rev. DR.. o. W. Holmes. pastor OF
the late presidents church. was fol-
lowed by the serving OF the dinner.
and then Justice Day, as POSTMASTER.
opened the speaking programme. Jus
tice Day said in part:
Justice Days Remarks.
William McKinley's birthday viii
be more widely observed as the years
go by. Appreciation of his character
will grow as his life is studied and
history reveals the patriotic devotion
with which he served his fellow men.
The aspiring youth OF America can
have no safer guide to follow than
that afforded in the life and career of |
William Mckinley. Great genius is |
rare. and its ways not always the ways |
OF truth and honor McKinley's life |
is a refutation of the oft-repeated sug-
gestion that great success in public
life and loyalty to high ideals in pri-
vate conduct are incompatible.
Devotion to duty. public and pri-
vate, is the keynote to his career and
the great lesson of life. beginning
with a patriots answer toe his coun-
try's call to arms. and, after many
honors and the highest place in his
gift, ending with the mar
fyr's crown and place with the i'm
mortal few not born TO die"