Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-01

york, architects and Mr.. Daniel Chester
French of New York. sculptor. Novem-
| per -, 1904, the trustees met in New
1ork and received the report of the COM
mittee conveying the information that
after viewing and considering the ten de-
signs submitted that prepared and sub
mltted by Mr.. Harold Van Buren, Magon-
lyle of New York had been selected. With
slight notifications which have occurred
to the architect from time to time, the
competed design is now before You. The
bronze statue and lunette are the work of
Mr.. Charles Henry Niehaus of New York
sculptor. The statue is made from the
photograph by Miss Frances B. Johnston
of Washington. representing President
Mckinley in the attitude of delivering at
Buffalo that message of peace on earth,
good Will toward men, which fate had
decreed should be his last public utter
ance The lunette above the bronze en-
trance doors represents the victories of
peace.
Family Reunited.
For the construction and endowment of
the monument the sum of $4,000 has been
raised. These subscriptions have come from
every part of the national Union Every civ
lllzed country in the world is represented In
these contributions. On the reverse of the
pedestal is inscribed the simple fact, more
eloquent than words can be, that more than
q million people thus testified their devotion
to the memory and their appreciation of the
life and character of the President who has
been well called The Beloved of the Peo-
pie"
Perhaps no public man in our history has
more attracted the attention of the people
by the simplicity and beauty of his home
life than did William Mckinley The de-
voted affection for the invalid wife repaid
by her with love which never altered,
mace OF the Canton home a picture which
all the world salutes as the perfection of
domestic peace and eonjugal affection and
whlch is forever eonsecrated in the memory
OF all who were permitted to behold it.
1t Is fitting that no
1rst thought and purpose We're ever for her
The beloved wife, should be laid to rest In
the wall of the mausoleum inches have been
provided for the two infant children early
called from earth.
Thousands Of loving hands have Joined to
bring the-little family together in this beau
tiful temple.
In dedicating this memorial from this day
forth. to the high purposes for which il is
intended, the trustees of the Memorial Asso-
cation cannot refrain from expressing the
NE and deeds of the illustrious dead; may
teach coming generations the lesson of a
noble, pure and generous life.
Address of Ex-Gov. Harris.
Ex-Gov. Harris OF Ohio spoke, in part, as
follows:
All who knew our Mckinley loved and
admired him. He was worthy of their full
est confidence and equal to any emergency
In either public or private life.
"Of the eight Presidents since the IN
auguration Of Grant. five were natives of
Ohio and they all had been soldiers in the
civil war. They were the only civil war
veterans who reached the presidency. The
last in that eminent line of Union soldiers
to be honOred with the highest office in the
gift of the people was Mckinley, one of the
purest and noblest Americans of. them all.
Mckinley had been pupil of Grant, Hayes,
Garfield and Harrison in war and in peace,
and he added fresh laurels to the crowns of
his elder comrades.
I'm the alienation between Ohio and New
York during the past four decades none
has contributed more to the honor and
the glory of their country to the prosperity
and to the welfare of the people than the
last two in the presidential succession. It Is
therefore eminently fitting that the great
defender of popular rights, who took up the
work when Mckinley was stopped by the
hand of the assassin, should be the one on
this sacred occasion to speak of the life and
services Of the martyred President"