The Red Cloud chief., 1907-10-04
M'KINLEY MONUMENT
EuLoGY BY PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES.

President Wheeler OF University Of
California Furnishes inscription.
Canton Crowded With Visitors from
All Parts Of the Country.
Canton, o., oct. 1.-The nation paid
homage to the memory OF william Me-
kinney when the splendid monument
which marks his last resting place was
unveiled in the presence OF an assem-
BLEED thrOng such as Canton never
saw before and with the president of
the United States as the principal
speaker. II was the tribute OF a CRATE
full nation. both in word and in deed.
to "a good citizen, "A brave soldier, Il
wise executive" ANA more than 10000
people, representing all walks of life
and every part OF the country partici'
patcd in the ceremonies dcdiCating the
monument, the loving gift OF u million
Americans. whose contributions, az.
~grcgating $500. 900, provided the splen.
did tomb in which rest the bodies of
the third OF the martyrcd presidents,
his wife and their two children.
The monument is a magnificent
structure, simple but imposing. In
the ~sarcophagus are the bronze cas-.
kets containing the bodies of both
President Mckinley and his wife. In
inches in the wall OF the tomb are two
Little baskets containing the ashes of
their only children. Ida and May,
both OF whom died in infancy.
Presidents Address.
President Roosevelt, in the course
of his address. gave the following ac.
count of the inscription:
There is a singular appropriateness
in the inscription on his monument.
Mr.. Cortclyou, whose relations with
him were OF such close intimacy,
gives me the following information
about It:
"On the presidents trip to the Pa.
cifc slope in the spring Of 1901, Presi.
dent Wheeler of the University of Cal.
iiornia conferred the degree of Ill. ID.
upon him in words so well CHOSEN that
they struck the fastidious taste OF
John Hay, then secretary of state
who wrote and asked for a copy OF
them from President Wheeler. On the
receipt OF this copy he sent the follow
ing letter to President Mckinley, q
letter which now seems filled with a
strange and unconscious prescience
Dear Mr.. President: President
Wheeler sent me h Enclosed ut m
request. You will have the words In
permanent shape. They seem tc
me remarkably well chosen, and state
ly and dignified enough to serve-lone
hence, please God-as your epitaph.
"'University of California, Office Of
the P~resident--By authority vested IL
me by the regents OF the University o
California, | confer the degree OF doc
tor of laws upon William Mckinley
president OF the United States, &
statesman singularly gifted to unite
the discordant forces OF the govern
ment and mold the diverse purposes
of men toward progressive and alu
tary action, a magistrate whose poise
of judgment has been tested and win
dicated in a succession OF national
emergencies; good citizen, brave sol
ulcI, Wloc cAcCuti'C, hVipS ohu SouS'
of men, exemplar to his people of the
virtues that build and conserve the
state. society and the home
1T would be hard to imagine an
epitaph which a good citizen would be
more anxious to deserve OF one which
would more happily describe the qua
tiles of the great and good either
whose life we here commemorate"