The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-15
IN CHICAGO COUNCIL
SPECIAL MEETING YESTERDAY
WAS PRESIDED OVER BY
MAYOR HARRISON
RESOLUTIONS ARE ADOPTED
Of Regret for the Presidents Death
and of sympathy for Mrs. Me-
Kin4ey Public Demon
stration Planned.

CHICAGO, Sept, 14.--At special meet
ing of the city council, presided over by
Mayor Harrison, resolutions of regret
for the presidents death and of sympathy
fer Mrs. Mckinley were adopted. A COM
mittee to arrange for a public demonstra-
ton was appointed The resolutions, which
will be engrossed and sent to Mrs. Nc
KinJey, are as follows:
I'VE, the mayor and aldermen of the
city of Chicago, in city council assem-
bled for the purpose of giving expression
TIC the sentiments of our people regardin g
the death of William Mckinley, president
of the United States, do hereby declare:
In common with our fellow citizens at
large and liberty and law abiding people
oW of this national sorrow and are touch
ed to the quick by the crime that has
caused it.
1--WE deplore the death of William Nc
kinley. As chief magistrate OF this re-
public he augmented the glory and added
to the power of the American nation.
Removed in the midst of his term Of
public service and at a critical period Of
the history of our country, his death is
more than a private grief, 1t is the loss
and sorrow of the nation. We abhor and
denounce the crime of his assassin. We
denounce it as a crime against the Illus
trious man, as a crime against his sor-
rowing family, as a crime against the
high and useful Office he held, as crime
against. the free institutions of our demo-
cratic republican government.
1--WE demand that the perpetrator of
this crime and all the instigators AMI
cGnfederates, shonld any be discovered
be subjected to the penalties of the Grim
inai law in their full severity, but with
all the dignity of outraged justice and
strictly in conformity with those sacred
institutions of our. republic which are
designed for the protection of innocence
and the preservation of order and liberty.
Sharing. as We do, sin the grief OF
President McKinley's family We here y
extend TO them the most cordial sympathy
of the people of Chicago IN their sad
bereavement. Especially do the people of
our city sympathiZe in this mournful hour
with the stricken widow. The bride of our
dead presidents youth, she remained his
affectionate partner IN all MS successes
and reverses. and now survives the dan K
moment with the symbols of authority
in the public SCI vice falling from his life
less grasp. In the great affiiction we
tender her this expression OF affection
and sympathy on the part OF the people
of our city as tribute to the memory
of her honored dead.
Representative CT more than twenty
five different nations, including the con-
sulate corps at Chicago called at the
Offices of Mayor Harrison today and ex-
pressed profound regret because of the
death of President Mckinley The con-
suls met at the offices of the Italian
consulate and framed, resolutions that
were presented to Mayor Harrison with
the request that the original copies be
forwarded at once to the proper officials.
Charles Henrotin, consular representa-
tive of Belgium and Turkey; Count An
thony Rczwadoski, consul for Italy, and
Henri Meriu, consul for France, COM
posed the committee that addressed the
mayor.
The largest meeting of government OFF,
Gals ever held in Chicago was held in the
Office of United States District Attorney
Bethea. Expressions OF sorrow and SYM
patty were heard on all sides. All the
officials spoke of the death of President
Mckinley as one Of the greatest losses
the country has sustained. and many
denunciations of the anarchists were
heard
No resolutions were passed. 1t was de-
cided to charter a special car so that as
many of the government officers as could
get away might attend the funeral serv-
ices
From the national headquarters of the
w. C. T. U. at Rest Cottage, Evanston,
has been sent the following expression to
Mrs. Mckinley:
ITO Mrs. William Mckinley: The Of
fcers of the National w. C. T. U. extend
their warmest sympathy in this hour of
your great sorrow.
Il. NJ n. Stevens. President.
3. NJ, D, Fry, Secretary.
e. NJ. Barber Treasurer
There will be no, public expression by
tional convention assemblies in Fort
Worth Tex