The new North-west., 1881-09-30
THE PRESIDENTS osssoulEs.


Last Sunday evening those citizens as
sembled in the Court House to attend divine
service, resolved themselves into meeting
TO arrange for funeral ceremonies in honor of
the memory Of the late President Mr.. Ad-
olson Smith was called to the chair, and Mr..
L. s. Stackpole was made Secretary. After
discussing the matter few moments the fol-
lowing committees were appointed:
To invite speakers and arrange programme
e. s. stackpoie, o. B. O'Ban.on and L. H.
Irvine.
On Music-R. G. Humber, s. K. Larabie,
T. w. Catlin, Sam Beaumont, Miss b. @.
Williams, Miss Carrie Grimes and Mrs. w.
J. Galbraith.
To Drape Court Room-J. I'll. Meyer, j..
Y. Batterton, Z. s. Stackpole, Miss Ella
Irvine, Miss Zona Batterton and Mrs. J.
Gerber.
On Resolutions-O. h. O'Bannon, w. T..
Irvine, J. II. Meyer, j. Y. Batterton and II.
g. Humber.
Monday morning the committees worked
faithfully In carrying out the duties assigned
them. The rostrum in the Court House was
draped in tlack and white crepe in festoons
hung portrait of Garfield on background
Of national flags, the whole veiled with black
crepe. All around were hung bouquets Of
flowers, and on the wall were the words,
% Rest in Peace" written in sweet violets
and pansies. The committee was assisted by
Mrs. K. II. Irvine, Miss May Manning and
Mrs. McGovern, and desire to return thanks
TO Messrs Il. L. Bonner & Co. and Klein
schmidt g. Co. for articles furnished The
Committee on Music selected appropriate
hymns, and were assisted in the service by
Mrs. Bruckman, Miss Mamie Kelly and Miss
Ella Irvine.
At two o'clock Monday afternoon the
Court room was completely filled with citi-
zens, while number stood outside the door,
The ladies were in about equal number with
the gentlemen, and all seemed imbued with
the spirit of sorrow that had called them to-
gether.
order, saying that to-day fifty million free
men were mourning the loss of the Presi-
dent. From the st. Lawrence in the North
TO the Gulf of Mexico in the South the re-
verberations of the funeral bells are heard.
Yes, the whole world, from the Neva to the
Golden Gate, mourn the loss, and in common
with our whole nation we meet to-day to pay
the last honors to the memory of our dead
President.
The large choir then sang "My Country,
'Tis of Thee," many in the audience joining
in. The singing was followed by the reading
of the 46th, 91st and 133d Psalms by Rev. H.
d. Fisher, ID. D., who also made an eloquent
prayer, asking Divine help to bear the great
calamity that had befallen the nation, and
confessing that the nation was becoming
more wicked that the Sabbath day had be-
come secular day; that the nation was not
as sober as II should be; thatthere was much
laxity IN political morals; praying that the
present demonstration be the signal of a new
life in our nation. He prayed for the widow,
for the fatherless children, for the good
mother whose love had done so much, for
the people, who had lost wise ruler.
After the prayer, Mr.. o. B. O'Bannon, from
the Committee on Resolutions, reported the
following, which were adopted:
The citizens of Deer Lodge, lamenring the
cruel death Of our President, "over which 1t
il manly to weep and Christian-like to
mourn" in mass meeting assembled, do re-
solve:
First-That the people of Deer Lodge
county having, in common with the whole
prayers the prolonged suffering Of our stricken
ruler, do now mourn with unspeakable sor-
row his untimely end
Second-That President Garfield, by his
courage and patriotism, his talents and at
tainments, his eminent public services, his
hris tyirt ia
death, has honored his country and human
ity, and grandly represented and illustrated
the best type of American manhood;
Th!rd-That the family of our murdered
President his aged mother, his devoted
wife and orphaned children-have the tear
full heartfelt sympathy of our entire com
munity in their unparalleled bereavement.
The choir rendered the hymn "He is
Gone" after which Rev. Wiley Mountoy
addressed the assemblage. He said that
moved by common purpose we had met to
give expression to the sorrow universally
felt at the death of the President; the whole
nation was draped in mourning. What
causes this weeping and refusing to be COM
forted? d? 1t is not because President is dead;
the demonstration is not such as is shown at
the ordinary death Of friend. The cause is
W oc iounu Al tue ptCuldI uistoiy VI INC hie
that has just ended, and in the peculiar cir
cumstances that attended the tragic death.
Another element that added to the solemnity
Of the occasion, was the feeling that q great
wrong had been enacted, crime committed
that left a blot upon the national record that
could not be erased by years of political rec
titude. On the I'd of last July the news
flashed over the wires that President Gar
field, as he was about to start on visit to his
Alma Mater, had been shot down by cow
ardly assassin. The nation was astounded.
Ever since that day the great heart of
the people had been throbbing with love
and sympathy for the sufferer, and just
Indignation against the man who had struck
the fatal blow. This was the reason why
the whole nation sorrows and mourns. But
the suspense Is over. The President is dead.
Christian and political philosophers may see
that a great good is to grow from this calam-
lty but we, the great masses of the people,
can only re-echo the touching words of the
devoted wife when the crisis was upon her
why am called to suffer this great wrong?'
why should we be made to endure this great
sacrifice? !? Why should this great, noble life
be blotted out by dastardly wretch whose
name hereafter will be synonym of all that
is mean and venomous? But we must bow
In humble submission to the will Of Provi-
dence, and say, in the language of Mr.. Gar
field, years ago In similar circumstances,
"God still reigneth," and as he said when
stricken down, Goods will be DONE" Vol
umes might be told of his life. After twenty
years of political service his name was un-
tarnishsd though reaching the highest point
of American ambition he never became too
great to attend each Sabbath day the little,
humble church where he held membership.
He excelled in every position he filed, and
was an ornament and blessing to the society
in which he moved. The pen may tell of
the mutations of empires, may tell of num-
bers of good men forgotten, of events the
memory Of which has been erased even from
the printed page, but as long as there is any
fragment Of our national history In existence,
on that page will be found, written in letters
of sacrificial blood, the name Of Garfield,
and Il will be found written in indelible