The Mena weekly star., 1907-10-03

Canton, O., Oct. 1.-In an address at the unveiling of the Mckinley mon ument Monday, President Roosevelt spoke in part as follows:
 We have gathered together here to pay our need of respect and affec. ton to the memory of William Mckin- ley, who as president won place in the hearts of the American people such as but three or four of all the presidents of this country have ever won. He was of singular uprightness and purity of character. alike in pub lie and in private life; citizen who and well for four years of war when the honor of the nation called him to arms. As congressman, as governor of his state, and finally as president. he rose to the foremost place among our statesmen, reaching position which would satisfy the keenest am bition; but he never lost that simple and thoughtful kindness toward every human being, great or small. lofty or humble. with whom he was brought in contact, which so endeared him to our people. He had to grapple with more serious and complex problems than any president since Lincoln, and yet, while meeting every demand of states manship. he continued to live beauti- ful live, life very healthy for this nation to see in It's foremost citizen: and now the woman who walked in the shadow ever after his death, the wife to whom his loss was calamity more crushing than it could be to any other human being. lies beside him here in the same sepulcher.
 There is a singular appropriateness in the inscription on his monument. On the presidents trip to the Pacific slope in the spring of 1901 president Wheeler. of the University of Cali fornia. conferred the degree of IL. D. upon him in words so we'll chosen that they struck the fastidious taste of John Hay, then Secretary of State. who wrote and asked for copy of them from President Wheeler. They were as follows:
 By authority vested in me by the regents of the University of California, confer the degree of Doctor of Laws upon William Mckinley. President of the United States, statesman singu- forces of the government and mold the diverse purposes of men toward progressive and salutary action, magistrate whose boise of judgment has been tested and vindicated in a succession of national emergencies; good citizen. brave soldier. wise ex- ecutive, helper and leader of men, exemplar to his people of the virtues that build and conserve the state. SO ciety, and the home"
 Tt would be hard to imagine an cpl taph which a good citizen would be more anxious to deserve or one which would more happily describe the quail ties of that great and good citizen whose life we here commemorate. He possessed to a very extraordinary de- gree the gift of uniting discordant forces and securing from them a har. monious action which told for good government. From purposes not mere ly diverse, but bitterly conflicting, he was able to secure healthful action for the good of the state. In both poise and judgment he rose level to the several emergencies he had to meet as leader of the nation. and like all men with the root of true great ness in them he grew to steadily larg- CT stature under the stress of heavy responsibilities. He was a good citi- zen and a brave soldier, chief execu- tive whose wisdom entitled him to the trust which he received throughout the nation. He was not only leader of men but preeminently helper of men: for one of his most marked traits was the intensely human qual- ity of his wide and deep sympathy. Finally, he not merely preached. he was, the most valuable of all citizens in democracy like ours. a man who in the highest place served as an un- conscious example to his people of the virtues that build and conserve alike our public life, and the foundation of all public life, the intimate life of