Excerpt from Memorial Service to William McKinley, Late President of the United States Upon the stage were seated officers of the Ohio Republican Association, the speakers and a number of representative citi zens of the District and other sections of the country. Back of these, and in contrast to the somber black worn by those upon the stage, were grouped the members of the United States Marine Band in their scarlet full dress uniforms, who rendered appropriate selections during the exercises. The decorations of both the stage and auditorium were in keeping with the spirit of the meeting, and the absence of color in the dresses of the ladies, who formed a large part of the audience, was also noticeable. The speakers faced a multitude of earnest upturned faces framed in a background of simple black. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.