Evening star., 1914-01-30
M'K|NLEY A DIPLOMAT
OF THE HIGHEST TYPE
John Bassett Moore Pays Tribute to
Late President in
Address.

CharacteriZation OF the late President
William Mckinney as diplomat of the
highest type and one whose statesman
like abilities had. perhaps. not always re
ceived the recognition they deserved, was
the keynote of an address by John Bas-
sett Moore. counselor of the Department
of State, before the Ohio Society of
Washington last night.
The large ballroom at Rauscher's was
filed to its capacity and decorated with
flags and palms for the occasion. which
marked the fourth anniversary ceiebra-
ton of the association and the anniver-
sary date of Mckinley's birth Contrary
to the usual custom. it was pointed out
the speeches of the evening served as ap-
petizers for the supper that followed in
stead of as the dessert of the feast.
Mr. Moore. who was assistant secretary
of state under and intimately associated
with Mckinley during the trying tunes
of the latter's administration said that
the martyred President had been called
to office at a peculiarly critical time IN
the history of the United States and had
proved himself the man for the place ana
for the time in every sense
He traced in detail the affairs IN uba
leading up to the late war with SPAN.
and, for postponinS this war. the result
of popular clamor. as long possible.
gave Mckinley the highest praise.
Strong Personal Characteristics.
The Boxer troubles in China that
came later, said Mr.. Moore. probably
were the most serious hostilitieS in his
tory that fell short of an actual war.
and here, again, the moderation, care
and diplomacy of Mckinley served as a
check to the great temptation to eX-
cesses that resulted when the various
powers threw armed forces into the
Chinese empire for the protection OF
their legations and property.
Il would call to your mind said Mr.;
Moore, in conclusion, those personal
characteristics. so essential to great
Idiplomatist. that We're possessed by Mr.
Mckinley in the highest degree: open
ness of mind and readiness to consult
the opinions of others; sympathy-tha'
quality that permitted him to get the
other mans point of view; regard for
understandings and agreements; patience
and the absence of all irri.ability. anG
kindness of heart-a very serious factor
| in preserving international concert
| President Mckinley stood. as in al
other ways, high in the human qualities
now known to be SO necessary to a greal
Ediplomatist. His life and career were
| "a benediction."
| Col. Clem's Address.
ohio in the Army was the title o
an address by Col. John l.. Glen. L. S
A. the Drummer Boy of Chickamau
ga" Col. Clem spoke of the 23d Ohie
Regiment that, from its roster in the
| civil war, afterward furnished two
Presidents of the United States. Haye:
| and Mckinley He called to mind the
many great figures of the war who Were
natives of the Buckeye state-Grant
Rosecrans. Mcpherson. Mcdowell Sher
man Buell. Sheridan. Stanton, Chase
Garfield Mckinley and Gov. Dennison
Reference was also made to the famous
| lighting McCook family of Ohio, which
furnished no fewer than sixteen de
tenders of the Union in that conflict
! Prof. Charles F. Marvin. chief of thu
weather bureau, in his address on ''Wh,
the Rainbow Comes Down in Ohio tolt
| the members and their guests how th'
| wonderful myth of the pot of gold at th'
end of the rainbow is realized in th'
great agricultural wealth of Ohio, wher'
| an increase of a half-inch OF July ram