. Speeches and addresses of William McKinley, from his election to Congress to the present time. a large space in their countrys history; soldiers of highachievement in the earlier and later wars of the Eepublic; CabinetMinisters, trusted associates of the martyred Lincoln, who had de-veloped matchless qualities and accomplished masterly results in theNations supreme crisis; but from the roll-of illustrious names theunanimous voice of Ohio called the youngest and latest of her historicdead, the scholar, the soldier, the National Eepresentative, the UnitedStates Senator-elect, the President of
. Speeches and addresses of William McKinley, from his election to Congress to the present time. a large space in their countrys history; soldiers of highachievement in the earlier and later wars of the Eepublic; CabinetMinisters, trusted associates of the martyred Lincoln, who had de-veloped matchless qualities and accomplished masterly results in theNations supreme crisis; but from the roll-of illustrious names theunanimous voice of Ohio called the youngest and latest of her historicdead, the scholar, the soldier, the National Eepresentative, the UnitedStates Senator-elect, the President of the people, the upright citizen,and the designation is everywhere received with approval and acclaim. By the action of the authorities of the State he loved so well andserved so long, and now, by the action of the National Congress inwhich he was so long a conspicuous figure, he keeps company to-daywith the immortal circle in the old Hall of Representatives, whichhe was wont to call the Third House, where his strong featuresand majestic form, represented in marble, will attract the homage of. ^5 hy Jiniij^ Jr ;rl Tf-- Z^-^.J^^ ^^^ Xs Ayplptor. !i Co, JAMES A. GARFIELD. 125 the present and succeeding generations, as in life his great characterand commanding qualities earned the admiration of the citizens ofhis own State and the Nation at large, while the lessons of his lifeand the teachings of his hroad mind will be cherished and remem-bered when marble and statues have crumbled to decay. James A. Garfield was born on the 19th day of November, 1831,in Orange, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, and died at Elberon, in theState of New Jersey, on the 19th day of September, 1881. His boy-hood and youth differed little from others of his own time. Hisparents were very poor. He worked from an early age, like mostboys of that period. He was neither ashamfed nor afraid of manuallabor, and engaged in it resolutely for the means to maintain andeducate himself. He entered Williams College, in the S
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