The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-01
MausoIeuln of Wlliarn
 McKinleY at Canton
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 Canton. O.. Sept. so.--The Mckinley !, tiausoleun, the tribute and gift Of nation to the memory. of the martyred President, < william McKiniey' was dedicated thls afternoon in the pres ence of hundreds of distinguished men from ail psrts Q fthe United States m inc rrupSiice Of representatives of for !. T. 1iirif countrieS, and in the preeence ck ' crovd of approximatcly B0.00o gath- cred from all parts of the country.
 The section of the city immediately surroundingl the reviewing stand VI ! roped on as we'll as other M pr.sr shsr ra,,tss = @ frayersed by the President and wese
 tA At this point the soldiers stood .bou,der to shoulder and no one was s,lowed near the chief executive. HeI was closely guarded by secret seFvlSs l:s operators who also walked nesios A's carriage -,.. the nreser1ce of the Preaident of the united States. Theodore Roosevelt. Vice-rrosi,- aant Eairhs r,1xe. members of the Fresi- dsnt.s Cabinet. United States senasors: < and Governors Of several States. ne President of the day was Governos Harris. who WAS ntroducea ey 'pras Tsrt of the day was followed by an t,,vocst,on br Rey. pr. Frank M. Brisf xri 'n. sfor of the Metropoiitan Metn9 dist Episcopal Church cf Wasn'ns 'pA'
 Ii; Tha m openinr address was then sivsn bv Justicc pAx. fhis was foiioWso s ps the singins ef 1s' She s sss Rssad of sS.satnn the Canton Singing Club tno { She entire assemblaSe.
 U S.overror Harris then delivered sn q sadfess which was folioweq py IIn1 .,
 # sss{lIT | .ssk xhs ne afne ez s, sx.s ,s,.s Tim Mckinley by Nlss f1eieh - tts of Cleveland, the only sister
 ar,ss Whitcomb Riley read poem composed for the occasion.
 Trsbute of Rooseyeit.
 At tbp conclusion of MT. Riley's poem, president roosevelt was introoueea d., s Governor Harris. The Presiue nnre- r,ssion of william Mckinley, ne poyUa have gathered together touay to nav our need of respect and deKsn- tion to the memoiiSS merssiSSe1t D won a place in tss' hgarts of the American people sucn ag hut three or four or all sne @ yo,, dents of this. country s.nssa nhse and r,,ritv of character. alike in puohc anS fn nyivate life; citizen who ioveu i,s., peace, but he did his duty Iai.nsI,y hay aha she honor wT. Of of the nation called him to arms. As Congressman. as Ssaant Sossealn"f of his state, and finally as Presiaen. he rose & to the loaehU reacbins position which would satisfy the keenest s amp. lien: but he never lost that simplo and thoughtful kindness toward every human bsi1s' ,as wSem greas he % was brought in contact, which so endeared mn ,at, 70 oora or people. He had to grapple with more serious and complex propiemds vef shar watis a meeting every demand of statesmen, ship. he continued to live a neautirni and touching family life. life very foremost citizen; and now the woman who walked in the shadow ever aiter his death, the wne to whom ms Ioss was a calamity more crushing than It could be to any other human being, lies beside him here in the same sepul- cher.
 in the inscription on his monument Mr. corteiyou. whose relations with him were of such close intimacy. gives
 the ss eiSwnE srs.asns srp to the Pa cific slope In the spring of 1901 Pres fdent wheeler. of the University of Cal nornia, conferred the degree of IL. D uuon him in words so well chosen that they struck the fastidious taste of Holm Hay, then Secretary of State. who wrote and asked for copy of them caint of this copy he sent the following letter to President Mckinley. a letter which now seems fiiled with a strange and unconscious prescienee:
 .President Wheeler sent me the in- closed at my request. You will have the werss 9 more %s shsef we chosen. and stately and dignified enough enough to serve-long hence. please God--as your epitaph
 university of California,
 '"Office of the President.
 By authority vested in me by the regents of the University of California, I confer the degree of Doctor of Laws upon William Mckinley, President of the United States. statesman singu- iariy gifted to unite the discordant forces of the government and mold the diverse purposes of men toward progressive and salutary acton; mag istrate whose boise of judgment has been tested and vindicated in suc- cession of national emergencies; good citizen. brave solder, wise executive. helper and leader of men. exemplar to his people of the virtues that build and conserve the state. society. and the home.
 "Berkeley, May IS, 1901"
 It would be hard to imagine an epi- taph which good citizen would be more anxious to deserve or one which would more happily describe the quali- ties of that great and good citizen whose life we here commemorate He possessed to very extraordinary de- gree the gift of reuniting disccrdant forces and securing from them a har- monious action which told for good government. From purposes not mere iy 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 sew erai emergencies he had to meet as leader of the nation. and like all men with the root of true greatness Tn them be grew to steadily larger stature un- der the stress of heavy Responsibilities He was a good citizen and brave soldier. a chief executive whose wis aom entitled him to the trust which