The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-10-04
HE OWOSSO TIMES
EDMUND o. DEWEY. EDITOR.
OWOSSO. FRIDAY OCT. 4. 1907
dwelling Of the Mckinney Monument

dwelling Of the Mckinney Monument
Canton, Ohio, Sept. 30.-Fully
1sN00 visitors are in Canton to wit
ness the unwilling of the Mckinley
monument. The city Is deliberately
decorated. President Roosevelt and
party arrived on a special train at
a0sl5. Vice-President Fairbanks,
Senator's. representatives, infantry,
cavalry. national guard and promi-
aent men and women from every part
al the country are present.
As soon as President Roosevelt
reached the city he was escorted to
anA congregation Of school children
in front of the Central high school,
where the children had formed a hui
man flag and sang America. The
president was then escorted to the
reviewing stand and West Public
square .r ~
The exercises began at 1:45. JUS
tice William r. Day. president of the
Memorial association, introduced
GOV. Harris as president of the day.
Invocation was offered by DR.. Frank
M, Bristol, of Washington and Gov.
Harris delivered an address.
Justice Day spoke on "The Build
Sag of the Memorial"
Bliss. Helen Mckinley, sister of the
hase president, unveiled the bronze
status. on the south staircase. James
%hitcomb Riley read poem. Pres
Ssene Roosevelt delivered an grafton
ass Mckinley" america was sung
aad bishop Hortsmann, of Cleveland,
graaounced the benediction.
President Roosevelt spoke as fol-
rows:
We are gathered together today to
pay our need of respec and affection
10 the memory of William Mckinley,
who % president won a place in the
Aa8Pts of the American people such
Ss nnt three or four of all the presi-
&eatS of this country have ever won.
He WSts of singular uprightness and
purity of character. alike in public
and arivate life; a citizen who loved
Tse2ea no did his duty faithfully and
~eas for four years of war when the
nSaar of the nation called him to
arms AS Congressman, as Governor
az his state, and finally as President,
ne sosa to the foremost place among
asr statesmen, reaching position
which would satisfy the keenest am
sis2ons but he never lost that simple
aR5 thoughtful kindness toward
every human being, great or small,
aepkfy ar humble, with whom he was
ersaght in contact, which so endear-
ed Alm to our people. He had to
gysnpfe with more serious and COM
pleg problems than any president
sssaee Lincoln, and yet, while meeting
ayery demand OF craftsmanship, he
continued to live a beautiful and
snwching family life, life very
seaIthy for this nation to see in it's
Foremost citizen; and now the woman
who walked in the shadow after his
death. the wife to whom his loss was
q calamity more crushing than it
soati be to any other human being
ifcs beside him here in the same
spafcher
There is singular appropriate
ness in the inscription on his monu-
saens. Mr.. Cortelyou, whose rela-
tfons with him were of such close
intimacy. gives me the following in
loymstioD. On the presidents trip
ia the Pacific slope in the spring Of
1901. President Wheeler, of the Uni
sersfty of California, conferred the
degree of LII. D.. upon him in words
ga well chosen that they struck the
esstidioUs taste of John Hay, then
SECRETARY of state, who wrote and
asked for copy of them from Presi-
tent Wheeler. On the receipt of this
copy he sent the following letter to
President Mckinley, letter which
aow seems filled with strange and
unconscious presc!ence:
Dear Mr.. President:
president Wheeler sent me the
enclosed at my request. You will
have the words In more permanent
shape. They seem to me remarkably
we'll chosen, and stately and dignified
enough to sarve-long hence, please
God--as your epltaph.
Yours faithfully,
John Hay"
University of California,
"Office of the President.
by authority vested in me by the
Ecgents of the University of Califor-.