Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-09-30
BEAUTIFUL M'N|NLEY MAUsOLEUM
DEDICATED TODAY At CANTON
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT CHIEF FIGURE At CEREMONIES
Chief Executive Pays Martyred Predecessor Glowing r
bue.-.Monument is Magnificent Piece of Architecture
and Was Erected at Cost of Half Million Dollars.

Canton, Ohio, Sept. 30.-The mas
sive mausoleum erected at cost OF
half million dollars by the people Of
the United States as lasting tribute
to the late William Mckinley, was
formally dedicated here this after.
noon. President Roosevelt was the
chief figure at the impressive cere
monies and delivered the dedicatory
address. A crowd second only to the
one that attended the funeral Of the
martyred president attended.
Among the prominent citizens here
to witness the ceremonies were Sec
retary of the Treasury Cortelyou, Cor
nelius N. Bliss, chairman of the Ma
tional Republican Committee, Former
Governor Murphy of New Jersey, Gov
ernor Harris of Ohio, who was presi
dent of the day, former Governor
Herrck Of Ohio, John G. Milburn, OF
Buffalo, in whose home Mckinley
died six years ago, and Lieutenant
James, representing the British EN-
bassy.
Miss Helen Mckinley of Cleveland
sister of the martyred president un
yelled the statue James Whitcomb
Riley read a poem written for the
occasion. The dedication commenced
at 1:45 o'clock this afternoon. Presi
dent Roosevelt and party arrived at
1915 o'clock this morning and were
driven to the reviewing stand where
they reviewed the parade lasting an
hour and a half
Following the close Of the cere
monies President Roosevelt and
party left on a special train
for Keokuk, Iowa, where to
morrow the chief executive will be
gin his journey down the Mississippi
river. In eulogizing the martyred ex
ecutive President Roosevelt said:
Glowing Tribute to Martyred Presi
dent.
1--WE have gathered together To-Day
to pay our need of respect and affec
tion to the memory of William Nc
Kinley, who, as president, won place
in the hearts of the American people
suth as but three or four of all the
Presidents of this country have ever
won. He was of singular uprightness
and purity of character, alike in pub
lie and in 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 called him tC
arms. AS congressman, as governor
of his state, and finally President, he
rose to the foremost place among oul
statesmen, reaching position which
would satisfy the keenest ambition;
but he never lost that simple and
thoughtful kindness toward every
human being, great or small, lofty OF
humble, with whom he was brought il,
contact, which so endeared him to oul
people. He had to grapple with more
serious and complex problems thar
any President since Lincoln, and yet
while meeting every demand of states
lmanship, he continued to live beau
tiful and touching family life, life
very healthy for his nation to see IN
it's foremost citizen; and now tls
woman who walked In the shadow cy
err after his death, the wife to whom
| his loss was calamity more crushing
than it could be to any other human
being, lies beside him here in the
same sepulcher.
"There is a singular appropriateness
| in the inscription on his monument
Mr.. Cortelyou, whose relations WIN
him were 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 University Of Califor
MIA, conferred the degree of LII. D. up
on 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 President Wheeler.
ut would be hard to imagine an
epitaph which good citizen would be
more anxious to deserve or one which
would more happily describe the
qualities of that great and good citizen
whose life we here commemorate. tie
possessed to very extraordinary de-
gree the gift of uniting discordant
forces and securing from them a har'
monious action which told for good
government. From purposes not mere
lily diverse. but bitterly conflicting, ne
was able to secure healthful action for
the good of the State. In both poise
and Judgment he rose level to the
several emergencies he had to meet
as leader of the nation. and like all
men with the root of true greatness
in them he grew to steadily larger
stature under the stress of heavy re
sponsibilities. He was a good citizen
and a brave soldier, chief executive
whose wisdom entitled him to the
trust which he received throughout
the nation. He was not only leader