Mr. Smith
says:
"Senator Hoar was the earnest foe and critic of President
McKinley's policy. But President McKinley had the warmest
regard and consideration for him. Nothing, indeed, in public
life was sweeter than the sentiment of these different and
differing men toward each other. President McKinley was anxious
to commission Senator Hoar as Minister to England, and proffered
him the place. It was without any desire to remove him from
the arena of contention--apprehension of such a reflection
restrained the proffer for a time--though the contention had
not then been fully developed."
After President McKinley's death I expressed the public sorrow
and my own in an address to a vast audience of the people
of my own city of Worcester, in Mechanics' Hall; and again,
at the request of the Republican State Committee, at the Republican
State Convention shortly afterward.
I have reason to know that both the addresses gave pleasure
to many of the lamented President's closest and warmest friends
throughout the country. I was afterward invited by the City
Government of Worcester to deliver a historical eulogy on
President McKinley before them.
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