The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-09-18

stood like, a rock against the folly of
such a course, and time has vindicated
the wisdom Of his position. When his
mind was made up be was firm and
immovable. Seeking the advice and
| listening to the opinions of Others
associated in the responsibilities OF
his administration, he was the execu-
tive head of the government and took
the responsibility of intimate decision
upon himself
Turn again to his picture Of Lircoln:
He was neither an autocrat nor a
| tyrant; If he moved slowly sometimes
II was better to move slowly and like
the successful general he was, he was
only waiting for his reserves to come
up. Possessing almost unlimited
power, he yet carried himself like. one
of the humblest of men. He weighed
every subject. He considered and re-
| flected upon every phase of public
duty. He got the average judgment of
! the plain people,"
| AS truly as Abraham Lincoln, Will
liam Mckinley believed that this aver
age judgment was the power that
should control in the public affairs of
free people
Burke has said: "a disposition to
preserve and an ability to improve,
taken together, would be my standard
Of a statesman William McKinley's
career was steady growth from his
entrance into public life to his last
speech at Buffalo, which comes to us
with the force of the last words OF
wisdom and the tender beauty of a
/ benediction.
PLEAS FOR RECIPROCITY.
The first of protectionists, he lived
to see his country develop until it led
the manufacturing nations of the
| world, when more markets must be
so"glt for our products, and he boldly
ed for an enlightened public
l.--~. which should seek the recipro-
cal trade of the world without impair
ing the present high standard of Amer
lean production and wages.
! In touching words, bidding farewell
to his neighbors and townsmen, when
| leaving them to take up the untried
duties of the presidency, he declared:
! ITO all of us the future is as a sealed
book; but if / can by official act or
administration or utterance in any
degree add to the prosperity and
unity of our beloved country, and the
advancement and well-being of our
splendid citizenship l will devote the
best and most unSAfsh efforts of my
life to that end" III
To promote he~festoration of cor
dial feeling between the sections Of
our country which had been in deadly
difference, was purpose close to his
heart. Early in his administration he
found gallant son of the South in
the most important consular position
within his gift. To the partisan de-
mand for his removal to make place
for another he returned the same an
swer that he afterwards made to Spain
when she requested his removal that
it would not be thought of SO long as
he did his duty with the devotion and
patriotism which characterized his
acts. When war came he had the
satisfaction of giving to Fitz Hugh
Lee commission to lead the sons of
those who had worn the gray, as we'll
as those who had worn the blue.
against the enemy of a common coun-
try. He had the supreme satisfaction
NJ EppinU the Cpptinno1
in the devotion to country of those
who had met but few years before in
the strife of the greatest of civil con-
fiicts. He believed that war had been
prosecuted to make this a Union in
fact as well as in name, end he stirred
the Southern heart with love when he
declared in the presence of a great
gathering at Atlanta: Every sol.
dier's grave made during our unfor-
tunate civil war is a tribute to Amer
ican valor."
So responsive had he found his
Southern brethren to his expression of
good will that the following day he
gave utterance to sentiments which
expressed his gratitude in these fer
vent words: Reunited! Glorious
realization! 1t expresses the thought
of my mind and the long deferred con-
summation of my hearts desire as
stand in this presence. 1t interprets
the hearty demonstration here wit
messed, and is the patriotic refrain of
all sections and all lovers of the re-
public. Reunited-one country again
and one country Proclaim II
from the press and pulpit; teach it in
the schools, write it across the skies.
The world sees it and feels it. It
cheers every heart North and South,
and brightens the life of every Amer
ican home, Let nothing ever strain it
again, AT peace with all the world
and with one another, what can stand
in the pathway of our progress and