The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1905-02-03

ence here, the sincere appreciation of
an invitation, which carries with it,
the opportunity to pay my humble tri-
butte to the memory Of the great man
whose birth we celebrate tonight.
Ohio, 1t 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 resting 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 to the sea.
Ohio, however. cannot bound his
toundless fame, for on the wings OF
renown, his glory has been waited to
all parts of the world.
Tonight, each state which is repre-
Bented by star in the National crown
which binds the American Union. 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.
Old Virginia Is proud of the fact,
that she gave to the country George
Washington. whose brilliant sword
carved its independence, and who laid
on the pillars of National liberty, the
foundation of a great Republic. He
was magnanimous in youth; glorious
through life; great in death. His high
est ambition was the happiness OF
mankind; his noblest victory, the con-
quest of himself"
She reioices too, that she was the
mother of Thomas jefferson. whose
hand guided the pen which transform
ed British colonies into American
states, and transferred power from
king to people.
She sent forth too. James Madison,
the father of the constitution-Patrick
Henry, the great orator of Ameri-
ean liberty, who, with more than DEM
psthenian power and might, kept the
hres of the first revolution so bright
by burning.
She brought forth. too, among 9TH
FRS, James Monroe and the great jur-
lst, John Marshall, whose decisions
stand today so strong, they cannot be
cut by the sharpest sword, or bat
tered down by the heaviest cannon
shot. - -
Proud as the old state might we'll
be at the career of her sons. she is
equally proud as an American state,
in all that concerns the noble life and
great work of William Mckinley-the
typical American citizen.
Great rivers flow from state to state,
bearing on their bright broad bosoms
The white winged messengers Of COM
nerce. Do not our thoughts dwell t.
seldom upon the sources from which
these blessings flow.
The fiery steeds Of heaven. shod
with electric hoofs, place in close COM
munication state with state, but do VIC
think often enough of the inventor ol
The telegraph?
Parallel lines of steel make the track
Tor the iron horse that rushes needless
pf danger and fearless of opposition
leaping rivers, diving under noun
lains; bringing together the surgint
billows of the Atlantic, and the colder
,ands of the Pacific. making possible
The realization of Benton's dream, tina
The statue of Christopher Columbus
should be placed upon the highes
peak of the Rocky Mountains, will
The whole mountain as the pedestal
while, with face and arm turned to
wards the west, he should seem to sa!
10 the flying traveler-Lo, there
he East-there is India" But VIII
thinks often enough of the originate
,f the steam engine?
The great men l have mentioned
with Adams, Hamilton and Franklin
Ind other distinguished colleagues
worked out SO successfully, the prob
iem of human government. Discover
ID Constitutional liberty; caused free
lom to dwell in our midst, and erecte
popular government, which has wild
ened and broadened since their day
antil the National Banner floats owe
more square leagues of land, than di
n that of Rome after seven centuries c
IA yrowth.
We should look more frequentl
:. back to those men of the past who's
Intellectual labors accomplished S
much, while gazing too, upon the grea
Mture unrolling before us, but whethe
looking back or looking forward, ou
hearts and memories should go out
one man whose splendid Nations
work healed the scars OF war an
brought in closer union, the me
whose loaded guns were once pointe
At the breasts of each other. He is tn
source, to marvellous degree, frol
which has flowed the fraternity of tn
sections. "Could P'-he once said
me-'write an epitaph upon my tom
| would say-'Here lies a Presidel