The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-10-01
IN MEMORIAM.

places of business were draped in
mourning, many persons wore APP
propriate badges, and on Monday,
the day of the Presidents funeral,
the stores were closed, business
was generally suspended and SER
vices were held in the Presbyte-
rian, Catholic and Episcopal
churches. On Monday afternoon
in the Presbyterian church a large
number of people assembled and
listened 10 eloquent orations by
Judge S. II. Clough and Messrs.
NJ. Macara and J. d. Whitney; as
well as prayer by Judge Gates
and the singing of appropriate
hymns by the church choir. On
Saturday evening meeting of cit
izens was held in Mr.. Whitney's
store at which a committee consist
ing of ). II. CIough, G. Brinkcr-
hof' and James Bardon was APP
pointed TO draft suitable rcso utions.
On Monday evening Judge Clough
of the committee, before an ad-
journed meeting, presented the fol
lowing which was unanimously
adopted:
"WHEREAs the fell hand OF assas-
sination has for the second time in
the history Of our country, dis
placed It's chosen rule, and thwar-
ted the expressed will, and disap-
pointed the cherished expectations
Of the people, and plunged in the
deepest affection the immediate
family and friends of the exalted
victim; therefore,
RESOLVED, That we desire to
add our voice to the universal eX-
preston Of horror, Indignation,
sympathy, and patriotic concern,
which, flowing from this terrible
event, to-day peryade all the land.
RESOLVED, That standing awed,
and with bowed heads, in the pres
cnce Of that sacred and peculiar
sorrow which over Whelms the
mother, aud the widow and child
rem OF our late president, we crave
the privilege OF saying rcverentIy
TO these bereaved ones, that our
heart strings vlbrate to the thrill
Of their anguish, and that our
prayers to God are for such allevi-
alton of their sorrow, as He Ill the
omnipotencc of Ills iatherhood can
give.
Resolved, That in all the rela-
tionS sustained By the late James
a. Garfield, whether as the Illus
ttIous Chief of the Government,
the patriotic soldier, and statesman
of the nation, the manly fellow
citizen Of the people, the ardent
and philanthropiG co-worker in So.
cicly, tie sincere christian in the
church, or in the tender associa
lions OF family life, he was precmi-
neuJ IN excellence and Worths and
that all the incidents Of his career,
from his early struggles with pen
ury, 10 his heroic and patient en-
counter with the ''last enemy,
DEATH Will endow the annals Of our
country, and Of the race, with price
less lessons, which through their
educating influence on generations
to come, will yield the richest fruits
Of public and private virtue.
RESOLVED, That we believe the
people are disposed, as becomes
them, to accord a generous conf
dence and support to the Hon.
Chester \. Arthur, who as the
constitutional successor of the late
President, enters upon the dis
charge of his duties, under circum-
stances calculated to awaken pop
ular scrutiny and compari on; and
that the country, sensible Of these
conditions, will be quick to award
him as it ought, the full mead of
praise, TO winch conscientious pur-
poses and adequate ability in ad-
ministering his office, shall ent:tle
him.
Copies of these resolutions were
ordered to be sent to Mrs. Garfield
and to President Arthur. In this
connection it may be proper to
state that much credit is due to
Messrs Brinkerhotf, T.. H. Warner,
L. Moran, J. d. Whitney, J. E
Norton, Engineers Conner and
Stearns and other newcomers for
the proper aud fitting way in which
the memory of James a. Garfield
was respected in Superior.