The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1907-09-12
BUFFALO UNVEILS
M'KINLEY 0BELISK
IMMENSE THRoNe ATTENDS THE
IMPRESSIVE CEREMONY IN
RAlNsToRM.
Canada Troops Assist-Many Men Of
National Prominence Are Present
Gov. Hughes Pays High Tribute
to Murdered President.

Buffalo, N. Y, Sept. 6.-In a heavy
downpour Of rain and before a vast
multitude, the Mckinley monument
on Niagara square was dedicated
Thursday afternoon and formally
turned over to the state of New York
through Gov. Charles e. Hughes.
The ceremonies we're brief, but
none the less impressive Assembled
on the stand near the obelisk with
Gov. Hughes were men prominent in
the state and nation, and also from
the Dominion of Canada. Back of the
speakers platform was a grandstand
filled with business and professional
men of Buffalo and western New
York, with their wives and daughters.
Another large body. consisting Of
Grand Army veterans who always
hailed President Mckinley as com
rade," formed in a circle In front of
the stand and on the steps OF the
monument. Interspersed with them
and In striking contrast to their plain
uniforms and battle flags, we're the
scarlet-coated Canadian troops.
Witnessed by Great Throng.
But by far the mightiest part Of the
assemblage was the multitude which
banked Niagara square and the ap-
preaching thoroughfares as far as the
eye could see. Tops Of houses and
the roofs Of nearby skyscrapers In the
business section we're used as vantage
points from which to view the monu,
ment and its surroundings. II was
before just such a crowd that Presi-
dent Mckinley. six years ago, deliv-
cred his last memorial address, which
breathed a spirit of amity for the ma
tions Of the western hemisphere and
spoke for an extension OF Pan-Ameri.
canism In its broadest sense.
Gov. Hughes, the members Of the
monument commission, their honorary
guests and the speakers Of the day
were escorted to Niagara square by
soldiers from the national guard, the
regular army. the Canadian troopers
and veterans Of the G. A. r. and the
Spanish war
Mayor Adams Speech.
Following a prayer by Rev. Z. H.
Dickinson. Edward H. Butler, chair.
man of the monument commission, in.
troduced Mayor ]. n. Adam, who said
in part:
Buffalo was bowed down in grief at
the death of William Mckinley To.
day she lifts her head and pays tribute
TO his memory.
mo marble column can make his
memory dearer to us. He was our
president, our neighbor, our friend
His name is enshrined in the heart OF
Buffalo. To future generations, who
will never know his kindly smile or
hear his voice, this noble shaft will
attest his fame. We need no other
measure of greatness than the meas.
ure Of his kindness and love-"
Mayor Adam was followed by Har.
Ian j. Swift. state commander of the
G. A. R., who delivered an eloquent
tribute to Mckinley, the soldier; Gen.
Miller, past commander of the Span.
ish-American veterans. who spoke Of
President McKinley's part in the
Spanish-American war, and Mrs. DON
aid MacLean, president OF the Daugh-
ters of the Revolution, who spoke of
his qualities as a lover, husband and
father.
At the conclusion of Mrs. MacLean's
address Mrs. Truman c. Avery pulled
the cord which released the flag, re.
vealing the white sides of the shaft
Chairman Butler then introduced
the governor.
Blow Aimed at America.
Gov. Hughes paid a high tribute t.
the late presidents and decried the
spirit of envy that led to his assassina.
ton.
Here was marked the tragic ter
Of a great career" said the
speaker. Here In an awful moment
there was revealed In sudden lurid
fash the opposing forces whose con-
fiict is the history of mankind. Never
did evil commit more dastardly deed.
THE victim was the chosen representa-
tive Of the American people, no less
representative In his death than In
his life. The assassin's blow was
aimed at an American institution, rep
yssepted IN the head of the nation,
and Mckinley fell because he was
our president"