The daily sentinel., 1907-09-30
mcludcs Twenty-six Acres

Twenty-six acres of ground were
purchased by the monument COM
mission. and the utmost art of the
landscape gardener has been lavished
upon the grounds. Natural streams
flow past the base Of the mound. and
trees and flower beds have been ar
ranged with an eye to the greatest
artistic beauty. From the entrance
Ito the grounds on the south to the
foot OF the mound is $50 feet. and
along this distance a double drive
way l75 feet in width has been con-
structed. Between the two sides of
the driveway, lagoon which is con-
stantly filled with fresh water. Long
rows of trees flank the lagoon and the
driveways.
The mausoleum and the grounds
have been built and arranged at a
cost of $500 900, and It Is the inten-
tion of the commission to raise an
endowment fund of 100000 which
preclude the charging of a fee for
admission.
At the next meeting of the mauso-
leum trustees, custodians viii be
chosen, and 1t is the intention to ask
for the indefinite detail of the sold
lers OF the regular army to gaurd
the tomb.
The architect was II. Van Buren,
Magonile, OF New York and the de-
singer of the bronze figure standing
before the mausoleum was Charles
Henry Niehaus.
The Presidents Address
President Roosevelt's address was
most enthusiastically received. 1t was
one of the most impressive and inter
esting speeches he has made this
year. The address in fun is as
follows:
We have gathered today to pay
our need of respect and affection to
the memory of william Mckinley,
who as President won place In the.
hearts of the American people such
as but three or four of all the Pres
idents of this country have ever won.
He was of singular uprightness and
purity OF character, alike in public
and in private life; citizen who
loved peace, he did his duty faith
fully 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 statesman, reaching
position which would satisfy the
keehest ambition; 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
manshp. he continued to live
a beautiful and touching family
life-a life very healty 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 loss
was a calamity more crushing than
ia could be to any human being, lies
beside him here in the same
sepulcher.
There Is a singular appropriateness
in the inscription Oh his monument.
Mr.. Cortelyou, whose relations with
him We're of such close intimacy,
gives me the following Information
about it: On the presidents trip
TO the Pacific slope in the spring of
1901 President Wheeler. of the Uni
versity of California, conferred the
degree of LID. upon him in words
so well chosen that they struck the
fastidious taste of John Hay. then
Secretary of State, who wrote and
asked for a copy of them from Presi-
dent Wheeler. On the receipt of this
copy he sent the following letter to
President Mckinley, a letter which
now seems filled with strange and
unconscious prescience:
Dear Mr.. President:
President Wheeler sent me the in
closed words at my request You
viii have the words in more per
manent shape. They seem TO me re-
harkably well chosen. and stately
and dignified enough to serve-long
hence, please God-as your epitaph.
Yours. faithfully,
John Hay.
University Of California"
"Omce of the President.
by authority vested in me by the
regents of the University of Cali
fornia, l confer the degree of Doctor
of Laws upon William Mckinley.
President OF the United States, a
statesman siugularly gifted to unite
the discordant forces of the Govern
ment and mold the diverse purposes
of men toward progressive and salu-