Evening star., 1901-09-23
THE DAY OF 2ATONEMENT
IT'S OBSERVANCE BY THE HEBREWS
OF THIS CITY.
Address by Mr. Simon Wolf Based
Upon Recent AssassinatiOn-
Defense Of Judaism.

| The exercises in connection with the Day
| Of Atonement, which began at the temple
| of the Hebrew Congregation, 9th street be-
tween II and streets northwest, last even
| ing at o'clock, were continued today, be-
; ginning at 10 am. The services were In
| charge of Rabbi Stern. and were conducted
strictly according to the ritual. The fea-
| ture of the meeting was an address on the
| late President, William Mckinley, by Mr..
Simon Wolf
Mr.. Wolf said, in part:
II recognize the Importance of what has
| occurred as the result of the assassination
of President Mckinley. The lesson has
come home to each and every one Of us.
The nation has been taught by three great
lessons to !nculcate the doctrine of love-
Referring to the death Of President Lin
coin, he said Mr.. Lincoln died in the very
zenith of his glory, after the emancipation
of 1900, 600 Of slaves. The second President
who died by the hand of the assasSin's bull
let was Garfield. the hero-soldier, who In
the ranks of civil life exemplifed the best
specimen of American manhood.
Referring to President Mckinley. he said
ne mad been acquainted with the martyred
PRESIDENT for forty years. He was always
a grand man. Mr.. Wolf spoke of the time
when he had asked Mr.. Mckinley to attend
the laying OF the corner stone Of the Wash
ington Temple. The President said in re-
sponse: My boy, I cannot refuse to do
So"
Mr.. Wolf said the chair occupied by Mr..
mckinley on the memorable occasion will
forever be held sacred by the members of
the Washington Hebrew congregation. He
rererred In eloquent terms to Mr. Mckinley
as true Christian gentleman In its highest
sense. and quoting his dying words, said he
believed his name would 60 down in history
as the greatest Of all In all the centuries.
His name will. he said, remain as an in
sparauon to the young OF all the American
people.
Faithfulness Of judaism.
Within the last three days. he said, there
has come cablegraE from the holy father
asking the Catholic priests to unite all men
against socialism, anarchism and Juda-
ISM. He said the idea of holding Juda-
ism responsible for the crime Of the last
few weeks was absurd. and he was as
founded. The Jewish church and the Jew
ish people have never taught anarchy.
They are a peace-loving people, They
never invade the sanctity Of the domain Of
other denominations. The speaker char
acterized the crime as an attempt to destroy
the government Of the United States He
did not, he said. hold any church RESPONSE
bic for Czolgoszs crime. but he would as
sert that anarchists fiourished most in the
countries where there are the fewest Jews.
He urged that steps ought to be taken to
remodel the immigration laws so that an
archfsts can be kept out Of the country
and said that while laws ought to be passed
to stamp out anarchists and anarchism, he
hoped no laws will be enacted to keep out
the. honest immigrants who come to this
country with honest purposes
He urged that what was needed In this
country was more religion, and he trusted
that In the future ages religion and liberty
would be the rallying cry in this country.