The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1907-10-01
MAUSOLEUM DEDICATED
Memories of President Mckin-
ley and Loved One
H0NORED BY THOUSANDS.
Pre.ide,t Roosevelt, the Orator Of the
DAY, Praises His Predecessor Is Not
Only Leader Among Men, but
Also Their Helper.

Canton, u, Oct. l-oNeI my /
special trains came here on Mon
day crowded with passengers to attend .
the unwilling of the mausoieum con
tanning the bodies of the late President
Mckinley and wife. Fully $4,000 risi
tors were in the city. An immense
concourse was at the depot to welcome
President Roosevelt and party and
great was cheering when the special
pulled up at the platform.
The parade to Monument hill. where
the mausOeum was erected, was an
IMPOSING officer and of considerable
length. 1t was composed of civic and
military organizations.
Beside the president, other distin-
guished guests were Vice President
Fairbanks, several governors, mum
Der OF senators. Secretaries Wilson
and Garfield and Surgeon General
Rixey. The city was beautifully dec
Grated
Governor Harris of Ohio presided
He delivered an address, The Star
Spaneled Banner was then sung.
Justice Day spoke on The Building Of
the Memorial" Miss Helen Mckinley,
sister of the late chief executive, I'M
yelled the bronze statue. James Whit
comb Riley read poem.
President Roosevelt was orator OF
! the day During the course OF his ad-
dress the chief magistrate said:
we have gathered together today
| to pay our need of respect and affec-
| ton to the memory OF William Me
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| in the hearts of the American people
such as hut three or four of all the
presidents of this country have ever
| won lie was Of singular uprightneSs
| and purity OF character alike In pub
| lie and in private life: citizen who
loved peace. he did his duty faithfully
| and we'll for four years OF war when the
honor of the nation called him to arms.
| AS congressman, as governor OF MS
| state, and finally as president. he rose
| to the foremost place among our
statesmen. reaching a position which
would satisfy the keenest ambition,
but he never lost that simple and
l thoughtful kindness toward every hui
man being. great or small lofty or
humble, with whom he was brought in
contact. which so endeared him to our
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serious and complex problems than
anv president since Lincoln, and yet,
while meeting every demand OF states
manship, he continued to live beau
tiful and touching family life. life
very healthy for this nation TO see in
its foremost citizen: and now the
woman who walked in the shadow ever
after his death. the wife to whom his
| ,salo prlIShin
than it could he to any other human
being, lies beside him here in the same
sepulcher
| Mr. Mckinley possessed to very eX-
traordlnary degree the gift of uniting
discOrdant forces and securing from
them harmonious action which told
for good government From purposes
not merely diverse. but bitterly con,
nicting. he was able to secure health.
ful action for the good Of the state
In both poise and judgment he rose
to the level of the emergencies he
had to meet as leader of the nation.
and like all men with the root of true
greatness In them he grew steadily
to larger stature under the stress of
heavy responsibilities. He was good
citizen and a brave soldier. a chief ex,
the trust which he received throughout
the nation He was not only leader
Of men, but prominently a helper OF
men; for one Of his most marked
traits was the intensely human quality
of his wide and deep sympathy. Final
ly, he not merely preached, he was,
that most valuable of all citizens in a
democracy like ours, a man who in the
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example to his people OF the virtues
that build and conserve alike our pub
lie life, and the foundation of all pub
lie life, the intimate life of the home.
| Many lessons are taught us by his
career, but none more valuable than
the lesson of broad human sympathy
for and among all of our citizens OF
all classes and creeds. No other pres
ident has ever more deserved to have
his life characterized in Lincoln S
words as being carried on with NAL
ices toward none; with charity toward
all" AS boy he worked hard with
his hands: he entered the army as a
private soldier: he know poverty: he
earned his own livelihood: and by his
own exerticns he finally rose to the
position of man of moderate means
Not merely was he in personal touch
with farmer and town dweller. with
capitalist and wageworker, but he felt
an intimate understanding OF each
and therefore an intimate sympathy
with each: and his consistent effort
was to try to Judge all by the same
standard and to treat all with the
same Justice. Arrogance toward the
weak, and envious hatred of those well
off were equally abhOrrent to his Just