In a long public life, ever open to his fellows, nothing was ever found,
even by intemperate partisan zeal, that would cast a shade upon his
character.
The kindly and unselfish attributes which his colleagues knew and loved,
the public felt, and now men of every faith and following join in
reverent acknowledgment of those distinctive virtues and abilities that
lift him among the truly great of all ages.
The passing of Presidents and Kings usually evokes tributes of praise,
but in William McKinley's life there was an element that made him more
than ruler, and which, in the hour of his death, is above the tribute
of speech and tears.
The ordinary tributes paid to the memory of the great when they pass
from earth utterly fail to satisfy the mind in an attempted application
of them to our dead President.
L.J. GAGE,
_Secretary._
CERTIFICATE OF THE CORONER.
FORMAL RECORD OF MCKINLEY'S DEATH FOR BUREAU OF VITAL STATISTICS.
The coroner of Erie County issued the following certificate of death of
the late President:
CITY OF BUFFALO,
BUREAU OF VITAL STATISTICS,
COUNTY OF ERIE, STATE OF NEW YORK.
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