The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-10-03
ROOSEVELT PAYS
TRIBUTE TO DEAD
BEAUTIFUL EuLoGY GIVEN AT
M'kiNLEY's GRAVE.
MONUMENT DEDICATED TODAY
Great Crowds Throng the Streets Of
canton--Miss Helen Mckinley,
Sister Of Deceased, IN
wells Bronze Statue.

schedule time at 1915 this morning.
The president was driven at once to
the Central High school building, where
were assembled all the school children
of the city. The President did not
address the children. but, contrary to
expectations, stood in his carriage and
waved to them.
He rode with Mayor Trumbull and
secret service men between two lines
OF soldiers. The soldiers stood few
feet apart on account of the large
crowds in attendance. James Gilbert,
member of the Cleveland Memorial
Post of the G. AR, was knocked down
and injured by carriage containing
Fairbanks.
Memorial Is Dedicated.
Immense crowds gathered about the
Mckinley monument to witness the
dedication, and hear the President.
Justice William r. Day, president
of the memorial association, intro
duced Gov. Harris as president of the
day. Invocation was offered by Dr..
Frank M. Bristol, of Washington, and
Gov. Harris delivered an address. Jus
tice Day then spoke on 1.-THE Building
of the Memorial"
Miss Helen Mckinley, sister of the
late president, unveiled the bronze
statue on the south staircase. James
Whitcomb Riley read poem, and
President Roosevelt delivered an ora.
ton on Mckinley"
President RooseveIt's Address.
1--WE nave gathered together today
TO pay our need of respect ald affec.
ton to the memory of William Nc.
Kinley, who as President won place
in the hearts of the American peo-
pie such as but three Or four of all
the Presidents of this country have
ever won. He was of singular up.
rightless and purity of character
alike in public and private life; a
citizen who loved peace, he did his
| duty faithfully and well for four years
of war when the honor of the nation
l'called him to arms. AS Congress
man, as Governor of his State, and
| finally as President, he rose to the
foremost place among our statesmen
| reaching position which would sat
isfy the keenest ambition; but he
never lost that simple and thought
ful kindness toward every human be
| ing, great or small, lofty or humble
with whom he was brought in con
| tact, which so endeared him to our
people. He mad to grapple with more
| serious and complex problems thai
any President since Lincoln, and yet
while meeting every demand of states
manship, he continued to live beau
tiful and touching family life, LIE
very healthy for this nation % see
in its foremost citizen; and now The
woman who walked in the shadow
ever after his death, the wife of whom
| his loss was a calamity more crush
ing than it could be to any other hui
man being, lies beside MIN mere II
the same sepulcher.
There is a singular appropriateness
in the inscription on his monument
Mr.. Cortelyou, whose relations with
him were of such close intimacy
gives me the following information
about it: On the Presidents trip tc
the Pacific slope in the spring of 1901
President Wheeler, of the University
of California, conferred the degree OF
Ii. d. upon him in words so wei
chosen that they struck the fastidious
ts'-4A of John Hay, then Secretary Of
State, who wrote and asked for copy
of them from President Wheeler. On
the receipt of this copy he sent the
following letter to President McKin
ley, a letter which now seems filled
with a strange and unconscious pre-
science: -x
Dear Mr.. President: President
| Wheeler sent me the inclosed at ny
request You will have the words II
more permanent shape. They seen
to me remarkably well chosen, AM
stately and dignified enough to serve
long hence, please God-as your ep
itapn. Yours faithfully.
John Hay.
University Of California Office o.
the President: BY authority vested
in me by the regents of the Univer
sity of California, / confer the degree
Of Doctor of Laws upon William Nc
Kinley, President of the United gates
statesman singularly gifted 10 u1itt
the discordant forces of the Govern
ment and mold the diverse purposes
of men toward progressive and sal
utary action, a magistrate whose
poise of judgment has been tested
and vinaicated. in succession OF
national emergencies; good citizen
brave soldi"~, wise executive, helper
and leader of me1, exemplar to his
people of the virtues that build aid
conserve the state, society and the
home.
Berkeley, May Is, 1901"
1t would be hard to imagine an cpl
taph which a good citizen would be
more anxious 10 deserve or one which
would more happily describe the quail
tiles of that great AID good citizen
whose life we here commemorate, He
possessed to very extraordinary
degree tine gift of uniting discordant