The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-09-21


SURPRISED.
San Francisco, 20.-No orders regard
ing he observance Of the death Of III
President have yet been issued from tn
military headquarters. Gen Mcdowell
and stat were taken entirely by surprise
as short time before the anDouno emeu
o. the death they had received favotabl,
adVices from Washington. The neces
saFy orders will be issued tomorrow.
The NEWS IN CALIFORNIA.
San Francisco, 19.-The announce
nent of the Presidents death was re
ceived 10 the city without any specia
demonstration, except the gathering O
crowds around the bulletin boards Dis
patches from the interior towns say bell
are being tolled and citizens prepariu,
for formal demonstrations Of sorrow.
The board of supervisors, tonight, oil
receipt of the news of the death of tn
President, passed resolutions deplorin,
the event, euloQizing the deceased, ant
recommending that the city be draped il
mourning for thirty days, that bushes
be suspended on the day of the funera
and services be held IN the churches
The i,y Hall bell was tolled during the
evening and various public bodies. in
session, adjourned.
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE.
The Chronicle, tomorrow, will say
that the career of GARFIELD is more
significant 20 American youth and
t. the people of other lands, who watch
with interest the workings Of our free
popular Institutions, than that of Jeffer-
son or Madison, or even of Washington
himself. Reviewing the life Ct the de-
ceased it will say this surely may be
CONNIE. ded to the youth of the country
as an ideal career worthy Of emulo Us
imitation: and II his example sd all have
this effect on the rising generation oi
America, james A. Garfield wi not
have lived i'll van. In future agss his
name will be associated in the minds OF
his countrymen with that OF Lincoln,
and the two will be held in reverent re-
mem brsnce as types OF the represent -
tive American citizen, owing nothing 10
adventurous ciecum ;ances Of birth o.
fortune. But anil the general grief
caused by this national bereavement,
there is n political or financial disturb
ance. The routine of government will
sti'l go Oh, without a jar, by the
methods prescribed in che Constitution.
! be con-tnu,i nal successor of the dead
President will take the vacant place Hnd
enter up"n be discharge Of the duties
that have ben devolve1 upon him. Let
us tope tnat be will accept bis new re-
sponsIbI!Ities in such temper and spiril
as will not dl>appo Mt the best hopes oi
the country.
THE SAN FR ,ECIsCo "ALTA
San Francisco, 20 -The Alta. this
morning, says: This period Of grie,
through with We have how passed TO III
bitter end with but one ret of il.egality
or laWlessne,s, has its Lessons. 1t teaches
the world that We are laW-abiding ppo-
pie, that our institutions depend upon The
life OF no man, hO~eVer Irecioa,; that
Americans, a mort to q man, rstive a. d
naturalized, loathe the methods Cf the
assassin; that they are united a & f ID
by patriotism IN great emergencies, !or-
getting mere partisanship in their love OF
country and faithfulness 10 the letter snd
spirit OF the Constitution; that our
institutions are strong and stable eaough
10 surVlce the disturbances that Graft II
crisis in almost any other country; that
we need TO curb the faction spirit that
has been too prevalent among US; that
the vice-pTecidency must hereafter b. re-
gsrded "a of almost first import nee.
that the law of succession mu.t bo
amended; that our civil service sy- TEN
must be improved. As for Guitle4u the
public voice solemnly demands in tice
upon him, sure and speedy, By lawful
methods.
SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER
The Examiner says the assassin's bul
let silenced the voice of party. The sor-
rowful tidings were received with 10 le,s
sorrow by our late Presidents political
opponents than by those whose who had
been his most ardent supporters. No
more sincere prayers for his recove Y
were offered even in his own state than
those which spring spontaneously from
the hearts Of the people in the section of
the country which cast its votes against
him. be was not president OF a party,
but chief magistrate of the nation.
lie fell in thu discharge of
the peoples work, and that
was enough. 1t properly entitled him
to the sympathy Of all hearts, which in
truth was very earnestly extended to him
without regard to party or sectional dit
ferences. Happily, when the better
sympsthies Of the heart are involved,
human nature rises above and supe ior
to the contests that ere right enough, AZ d
even necessary, under other circum-
stances. The effect of the great persOaat
and national calamity is one thing, ind
difference Of opinion as to how the nation
can be governed is another. Our whole
people forget the latter in their great
grief over the former.
IN CLEVELAND.
Cleveland, 20.-The news of the Pres
ldent's death spread rapidly and called
put q large number Of people. The
deepest sympathy was expressed for the
stricken mother. The trustees of Lake
view Cemetery beautifully decorated it
in honor OF the dead, just outside the
limits of Cleveland, overlooking Lake
Erie. Their president, Hon. J. 81. Wade,
The widow, Offering her any
ot in the cemetery they may choose for
he final resting place of the Presidents
'emains. In the same cemetery rests the
Presidents uncle, Thomaa, killed by a
rain fortnight before the assassination,
nd cousin who died few years ago.
GRANTS SYMPATHY.
New York, 20-Gen. Grant, who is in
own, was interviewed at midnight. He
aid the event was sad and unexpected.
BE sent the following to Macy eagh, at
Long Branch: "Piease convey to the be-
,eaved family of the President nv heart