Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-09-24
ADDRESS AT UNWILLING OF NE.
MORTAL AT COLUMBUS, OHIO.
OF AMERICANS
Mrs. Nicholas Longworth Daughter
of President Roosevelt, Drew the
Veil-Glad That the Great Pro-
tectionist Lived and Worked
Danger of Panic.

in the city last night, Senator John
w. Daniel of Virginia was the princi.
pal speaker, and his address an elo-
quent tribute to the martyred presi-
dent. The veil was drawn aside by
Mrs. Alice Roosevelt Longworth, the
daughter of the president. This act
called for gallant mention by the ora
tor of the day. In part his address
was:
Around are your people of Ohio,
representative not only of yourselves,
but representative also of the ma
jestic and farstretched masses of our
fellow citizens who are in the multi
tudinous homes and cities of the
greatest republic of the world, inhab-
tied by the freeest people of all the
ages. One language do they speak.
One voice do they utter 1t is the
voice of gladness that William Nc
Kinley lived, mingled in pathos vita
the voice of sorrow that he died. But
our sorrow is not without hope, for
the memory of his good deeds and his
example will stand when bronze and
iron and stone and marble nave been
resolved to dust"
He said that history has already
lifted to a plane higher than thes9
material memorials could ever raise
his name. We believe that it's final
word will confirm it's contemporaries
GUS Judgment. We also believe that
mis- fame will grow, as grows all good
fame well planted. Ohio gave him TO
the republic. He glorified it in deeds
OF peace, friendship, fraternity and
charity. The republic gave him to
humanity. The world is wiser. hap
pier and better that he lived. and if
saw in his death the evidence of
things seen and the substance of
things hoped for. He brought all his
countrymen to better understanding
and closer communion. He sent forth
the Wearers of the blue and the wear
ers Of the gray to battle, elbow to
elbow, heart to heart rank to rank.
IN honor prefering one another. He
trusted all alike; and well he might
lime and again I heard him say that
his highest ambition was to make all
the people feel that they were Ameri-
cans. This he did and the PROHIBITS
ecstacy was ours, for how pleasant a
thing to behold brethren dwelling to-
gether in unity. McKinley's place is
that of the great pacifcator.
Mckinley was neither Englishman
lrishman nor Scotchman. Neither
puritan nor cavalier, huegonot nor
German. He was an American of
Americans, with the fresh ways and
the fresh strength of the new com.
posite nation that stands in the fore.
most file of time. No one of the presi.
dents of the United States ever
touched a deeper or tenderer. cord in
the hearts Of his countrymen than did
he, and no one more thoroughly an
preciated the good will that was given
him"
Danger of Panic
With panic threatening in a crown
estimated at $4,000 people, surging
about the stand erected in the capi-
tai ground, frantic to secure glimpse
of Mrs. Nicholas Longworth, the pres
ident's daughter, the exercises were
suddenly terminated after the statue
of the martyred president had been
hurried1y unveiled by Mrs. Lone
worth.
The prompt action of the committee
on arrangements was regarded al
most fortunate, for the crowd was
beyond control and the shriekfng of
women and children caught in the
crush was rapidly working the crowd
into frenzy. Many women were so
badly hurt that they were removed in
an ambulance
After the panic started Governor
Harris tried to stop it, but the fran
tic people paid no attention. The
commotion became so alarming that
those on the stand asked Mrs. Long
worth to come forward in the hope
that glimpse of her might satisfy
the crowd. She came to the front
Of the stand and it was seen that
something must be done and it was
decided to unveil the statue at once.
Mrs. Longworth pulled the ribbon at
tached to wires, which drew the flags
covering the statue aside. A man
hoisted on another's shoulders grasped
the ribbons and wire and they were
quickly torn into fragments by relic
seekers.
The crush was stopped for a few
moments but it soon renewed ana
Mrs. Longworth again came to the
front Of the platform and bowed to
the throng. In the meantime how
ever, the committee on arrangements
had decided to defer the addresses
until the evening at the memorial
hall, and as soon as Mrs. Longworth
retired the announcement was made.
The Longworths had an exciting ex-
perience In escaping the crowd. From