The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-01
President Roosevelt Delivers Principal Address sf
 the Occasion
5O,OOO PEOPLE PAY TRIBUTE
 ID MARTYRED MI K|NLEY
Distinguished Men From All Parts of the Union Take Part In Cere- mones-Great Parade Takes
 Place In City Streets.

1 Canton, September 9O.-The nation paid homage today to the memory of Will | fam Mckinley when the splendid monn- l ment which marks his last resting place was unveiled in the presence of an as sembled throng such as Canton never l saw before and with the President of 1 the United States the principal speak CT It was the tribute of a greatful na- 1 ton, both in word and In deed to "a l good citizen, brave soldier, a wise executive" and more than 50,0G0 persons representing all walks of life and every part of the country participated in the ceremonies dedicating the monument, the loving gift of a million Americans whose | contributions aggregating $60o,000 provided the splendid tomb in which rests the bodies of the third of the martyred Pres idents his wife and their two children.
 Distinguished men from all parts of tho country and many representatives of for eign countries made their pilgrimage here to participate in the dedication of the mausoleum and made the event notable | one. The monument is a magnificent structure, simple, but imposing. In the sareophagi are the bronze caskets con- taning the bodies of both President Mc- 1 kinley and his wife. In inches in the | wall of the tomb are two little caskets containing the ashes of their only chil- dren, Ida and Mary both of whom died in infancy.
 The President arrived at Canton at io15
 
 he proceeded to Monument Hill where the ceremonies took place. Judge William R. | Gray. president of the mounmcue fonl- nlssiors first iueroduced Governor 1trr.s wno spoke pr hour. He was follow l by Judge Day, who, at the close of his remarks. introduced President Roosevelt.
 James Whitcomb Riley read a poem l composed for the occasion.
 l Immediately upon the close of the pro 1 gramme President Roosevelt and party l visited the interior of the tomb This l was followed by visit by the invited l guests and then the general public was l admitted. Thousands passed through the 1 tomb.
 Roosevelt's Address. | At the conclusion of Mir. Rileys poem, 1 President Roosevelt was introduced by l Governor Harris. The President deliv- cred short oration on An Appreciation "
 President Roosevelt spoke as follows We have gathered together today to pay our need of respect and affection to l the memory of William Mckinley who as l 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 up- rghtness and purity of character. alike in : public and in private life a citizen who | loved peace, he did his duty faithfully and well for four years of war when the I 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 q position which would satisfy the keenest ambition: but he never lost that simple and thoughtful kindness to- ward every human being, great or small, lofty or humble, with whom he vas brought in contact, which endeared him to our people He had to grappie with more serious and complex problems than any President since Lincoln, and yet, while meeting every demand of states manship, he continued to live a beautiful and touching family life. a life very healthy for this nation to see in it's fore most citizen; and now the woman who walked in the shadow ever after his death. the wife to whom his loss was d calamity more crushing than 1t could bs to any other human being, lies beside him here in the same sepulcher.
 Origin of Eptaph.
 There Is a singular appropriateness in the inscription on his monument. MT. Cortelyou, whose relations with him were of such close intimacy, give me the fol- lowing information about it: On the Presidents trip to the Pacific slope In the spring of 1901. President Wheeler of the University of California conferred the .t -xff n i.t well chosen that they struck the fastid- ious tase of John Hay, then Secretary or State. who wrote and asked for a copy of them from President Wheeler. On the receipt of this copy he sent the following letter to President Mckinley, & letter which now seems filled with a strange and unconscious presence:
 Dear Mir. President;
 President Wheeler sent me the inclosed at my request. You will have the words in more permanent shape They seem to me remarkably well chosen. and stately and dignified enough to serve--long hence, please God-as your eptaph. Yours faith fully. JOHN HAY.
 University of California,
 "Onlce of the President.
 By authority vested in me by the gents of the University of California, confer the degree of Doctor of Laws upon William Mckinley. President of the tHlleu Ststss, u statesman SlnkuldTfy gifted to unite the discordant forces of the government and mold the diverse pur. poses of men toward progressive and sal utary action. magistrate whose boise of Judgment has been tested and vindicated in succession of national emergencies: good citizen. brave soldier wise execu- tive. helper and leader of men. exempIar to his people of the virtues that build and conserve the state, society and the home.
 Berkeley May i5, 1901"
 Qualities of Citizenship.
 It would be hard to imagine an epitaph which a good citizen would be more anx- ious to deserve or one which would more happily describe the qualities of that great and good citizen whose life we here commemorate. He possessed to a very extraordinary degree the gift of uniting di discordant forces and securing from them a harmouious action which told for gocd