Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-10-01

hfr. PreSlueHt.
;aant Wheeler sent me the in
as III Request. You will have
H an smorc permanent shape.
.apm to me remarkably we'll
and stately and dignified
to .serve-long hence, please
your epitaph.
Yours, faithfully.
JOHN HAY.
.University of California,
"Offlce of the President.
authority vested in me by the
4 of the University of Cali
confer the degree of Doctor of
mon William Mckinley. Presi-
the United States, statesman
r,y gifted to unite the dis
forces of the Government and
he diverse purposes of men
progressive and salutary action,
istrate whose, poise of judgment
on tested and indicated in a
sion of national emergencies;
r,tizen, brave soldier. wise ex-
helper and leader Of men. ex-
to his people of the virtues
mild and conserve the state, So
and the home.
Kelley, May 10, 1907
rould be hard to imagine an
m which a good citizen would be
anxious to deserve or one which
more happily describe the quail
4 that great and good citizen
life we here commemorate. He
sed to a very extraordinary de-
he gift Of uniting ldiscordant
and securing from them a har-
us action which told for good
ment. From purposes not
diverse, but bitterly conflicting,
able to secure healthful action
= good of the state. In both
fand Judgment he rose level to
keral emergencies he had to meet
der of the nation, and like all
NTH the root of true greatness in
me grew to steadily larger stature
the stress Of heavy responsible
- He was a good citizen and
40 soldier, a Chief Executive whose
Ilsdon entitled him to the trust which
received throughout the nation. He
l. not only a leader of men but pre-
kinntly a helper,of men; for one of
a most marked traits was the in
snsey human quality of his wide and
|eep sympathy. Finally. he not mere
a p,eached, he was. that most valu-
liz Of all citizens in a democracy like
|brs a man who in the highest place
rived as an unconscious example to
- people Of the virtues that build and
serve alike our public life. and the
kaation of all public life, the init
i. life of the home.
= Nv lessons are taught us by his
Ter, but none more valuable than
! lesson of broad human sympathy
and among all of our citizens OF all
Uses ard creels. No other PreSi-
ID has ever mere deserved to have
Saife work characterized in Lincoln's
6ords IS being carried on with malice
ward none, with charity toward all. )"
~ boy he worked hard with his
ads; he entered the Army as a
11ivate soldier; he knew poverty; he
ned bis own livelihood; and by his
sIertions he finally rose to the
= 1tI0n Of man of moderate means.
4 - merely was he in personal touch
Nh farmer and town dweller. with
1vltalist and wageworker, but he felt
= Intimate understanding of each.
~ therefore an intimate sympathy
A sch: and his consistent effort
= try to judge all by the same
n1ard and to treat all with the
- justice. Arrogance toward the
y, and envious hatred of those well
were equally abhorrent to his just
"a gentleseoul.
Surely rs attitude of his should be
e 1ttitt of all our people today.
fHqpMs III q cruel disaster to this
0untfy Wgpermit ourselves to adopt
8 4 hatred and envy toward
billy won, toward wealth
6 h quired. Let us in ~ this
L. by the example OF the
Il
- ~ of us. Some of these re-
llcs b prospered greatly; but
M an certain ones that haye
a3at ehind, that still continue in
1qditi46 of material poverty, Df
and political unrest and coHS
Pa. khout exception the re-
ch the former class are those
hlq pnest industry has been
reward and protection !:
where cordial welcome has
extended to the kind If enter
1se which benefits the whole country,
ME Incidentally, as is5.right and
oper, giving substantial rewards to
ose who manifest it. On the other
md. the, poor and backward republics,
e republics in which the lot Of the
'erage citizen is least desirable, and
e lot Of the laboring man worst of
!, are precisely those republics in
men industry has been killed because
eaitn exposed it's owner to Spoliation
, these communities foreign capital
w rarely comes, because it has been
und that as soon as capital Is
'pioyed so as to give substantial
to those supplying it. II
cites ignorant envy and hostility
lch hesult in such oppressive acton
tnin or without the law. as sooner
iater to work a virtual cOnfiscation
'ery manifestation of feeling of this
no IN our civilization Should be
ushed at the outset by the weight
!, a sensible public opinion.
osperity there is only one other
ing as important as the discourage
,nt OF a spirit Of envy and hostility
Nard honest business men, toward
nest men OF means: this is the dis
aragemen&s of dishonest business