The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-09-15
MONUMENT TO-
MN NHNAlL!EY
in THE cAPIToL GROUNDS AT
coULMsus UNVEILED FIJI
DAY AFTERNOON.

Haa- 81
COLUMBUS, Ohio Sept IS. A
statue erected to the memory Of Pres
Eident william Mckinley, by the people
OF Ohio, was unveiled yesterday in
this city, where the dead executive
had made his home during the four
years he served as governor. Mrs.
Nicholas Longworth. daughter of Pres
hent Roosevelt, did the unveiling
while Senator John w. Daniel; Of vir-
gfnla. representing the South, and u.
is. Supreme Court Justice William r.
Day, for the North, de1iyeted the prin-
cipal addresses.
Rev. Washington GLADDEN. offered
the invocation after which Governor
Andrew Harris spoke in behalf Of the
state. At his signal Mrs. Longworth
pulled the strings which held the COW
erings in place and the heroic figure
In bronze OF the martyred president
was exposed to full view. The memoir
tal is the joint tribute OF the people
of Columbus and Ohio. 1t consists of
a ~semt-circuiar base of New Jersey
granite, on either end of which stands
two large Allegortcal figures in bronze
representing peace and prosperity. A
life sized statue In bronze Of the dead
president as he appeared when max
ing his Buffalo speech, the day of his
assassination, stands on a PEDESTAL of
granite and completes the memorial.
The memorial was designed by Sculp-
tor H.. A. Maxwell. OF New York. and
cost $4,000.
Judge Days Speech.
Judge Day reviewed McKinIey's life
and said:
1--WE may be too near the events to
weigh with importantly OF. the histor-
ian, the achievements OF his admins
tratton. OF some things it is certain
now as it will be a century hence. He
found the country in the slough of
financial and Industrial dependency;
he left 1t prosperous as never before
in its history. He directed a peace
of unexampled 1lberality towards a
conquered foe, and the making of a
treaty of peace, which took millions
of people under the protection of our
flag and began their tutelage for en-
lightened selfgovernment. He set an
example of liberality and fairness in
the treatment OF the people Of the far
east, which required only remunera-
ton for offenses committed against
our citizens and left their territory
.unespoiled by seizure against their
will. His country became as never
before a power among the nations,
and her flag the only passport needed
to insure the protection OF the rights
of her citizens. He crowned all with
a clean life and u~nspotted character,
and a devotion to the simple duties OF
home and Preside, which have made
his name a synonym for all that is
best in the most sacred relations OF
son, husband and father.
Senator Daniel paid tribute to Nc
Kfnley's memory and said: History
has already lifted to a plane higher
than these material memorials could
ever rise, his name and his browning
works. We believe that its final word
will confirm Its contemporaneous 1udg-
ment. We also believe that his fame
win grow, as grows all good fame
well, planted.
81 do not seek to canontze him as
a saint, or to exalt him as a DENT
god. He was neither. Such ranks do
not belong to men. He doubtless had
his faults, at least this I assume, and
this l think, for he was a man. and
there is none perfect no, not one.
But he was a Christian, and a gentle
man. He made mistakes and errors.
as have done the great and the small,
the good and the bad, the wise and
the foolish; but bentgnity beamed in
his couutenance; charity was in his
heart and In his hand; and If none
threw stone save those who had les
ser faults then the stone would lie
still and hands hanging down. There
was in the sum of his qualities a no.
BILE aspect, a G genial influence, a friend
ly attraetfveness. and an upward and
onward exhortation. And there was
also a certain subtle nameless mag
netism that drew men to him, and
made good women honor and love him.
He loved his fellow men. All, there
was the inclination of his nature. He
said all he could to cheer them, he
did the best he could to serve them.
and this to my understanding. what
is meant by true glory"
Buster Browns Holiday.