Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-01-31

and crises, and showed him the really
great and forceful character he was
1.-THE popular pressure for war with
Spain he resisted with all his strength.
be .ause he hated war and because he
kr ew how unprepared we were Tor such
a struggle as he supposed we must nave
His hand was forced. war was declared
and the whole burden OF the preparation
and the campaign fell on him. With an
other able Ohioan. Henry G. Corbin. as
his chief Of staff. he carried on that war
from the White House. and 1t is no dis
paragement to all who won fame in the
contest to say that the victory was his.
Brings Sections Together.
THE uniting of the whole country be-
hind him In the war had brought the
north and south together. into a closer
union than in seventy years. The demo-
cratic agencies in his election had al
ready softened for him the asperities OF
party strife. He cultivated the good will
of the democrats in House and Senate
fIpm the beginning of his term, and by
his exquisite tact, his delicate courtesy,
his real goodness of heart, his knowledge
Of congressional and senatorial traditions.
and his consequent care in the exercise
of his legitimate executive influence. he
brought about a sympathy and co-opera-
ton between the two ends of the Avenue
that was exceptional in the country's his
tory. From a partisan congressman he
became in truth and in fact a President
OF all the people, with catholic spirit
Of patriotism that embraced in his anx-
ious care every one. friends and enemies.
supporters and detractors.
.'He felt the expansion of this country
into great world power. He saw the
future growth of its commerce with othef
nations. He came to know that the high
protection policy was too provincial and
that 1t was time to moderate 1t. chi
nese wall and entire exclusiveness did
not commend themselves to him In the
then state of the country and the devel-
opment of its industries. He had mel
lowed in his views on this subject. He
continued to believe in protection enough
TO prevent our industries from being de-
stroyed by competition under conditions
a broad that were impossible here: but
he proposed to mitigate the eXcluslveness
of protective tariff by reciprocity treat
les that should reduce rates where the re-
auctions would do no substantial injury
to any class of our producers or manu-
facturers and would secure more faVor-
able markets for our own goods.
Justice Days Address.
Justice William r. Day of the United
States Supreme Court, who acted as
| POSTMASTER, opened the speaking.
"There are many in this presence to-
night" said Justice Day, Ito whom the
mention of the name of President Nc
kinney suggests not SO much the states
| man and leader and chief executive OF
| the people as he friend and neighbor
| known SO we'll and cherished SO much.
| we see again his cordial look of kindly
welcome and enjoy anew the friendly
| grasp of his familiar greeting.
| .'rhe quick passing Of the years, the
1 great events which have followed each
| other SO rapidly in the history OF our
/ country. are already making the admin
| istration of William Mckinley memory
1 of the past Whatever the historian
NAV record hereafter. there are certain
| great events identified with the admin
| istration of the Office to which his coun-
| trymen called him which never can be
| altered and ought never to be forgotten.
| He found his country in financial and
| commercial dependency: he left 1T more
prosperous than ever before in it's his
| tory. He took upon himself the respOn-
| sibiljtfes of war. a war which he did
| everything I'm his power to avert until
| 1t became inevitable.
| HE prosecuted it to a glorious termn-
alton and to a peace which enlarged
| the borders Of liberty for a strange peo-
pie and established new and indie
| pendent nation with untrammeled OBJ
| portunity for self government a peo-
Pile. lie held open the door of opportu-
! nifty to the people of China, and led the
| ne lions of the world In the policy which
resisted the ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of that en,-