The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-23
Senator Mason Condemns the Assss-
sInation Of President Mckinley as
Cruel, Diabolical Murder.
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TIONAL MEMORIAL SERVICES.
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Jersey City.

CHICAGO, Sept. 22.-Chicago to-day paid
its second tribute to the memory OF Pres
ident Mckinley. Memorial services were
held in all parts Of the city during the
day and night. At the Coliseum, where
the principal exercises were held. so many
people applied for admission that an over
flow meeting was arranged at Tattersalls.
In the afternoon the services were for
school children and all the speakers en-
deavored to impress upon the young peo-
pie the significance of the assassination OF
the President and the conditions that
tuated the assassin.
Senator Dolliver, of Iowa, was the prin-
cipal speaker at the evening meeting. He
said in part: There will be opportunity
enough to make inquiry into the causes
of the enormous offense against mankind.
of which the President OF the United States
was the victim. But il cannot be out of the
way, even at such time this, to recog-
nize that in the midst of modern society
there are a thousand forces manifestly
tending toward the moral degradation. out
of which this wicked hand was raised to
kill the chief magistrate of the American
people. The government of the United
States has given no attention. and the gov
the activity, in many of our cities, TO or
ganizations, inconsiderable I'm numbers.
which boldly profess TO seek the destruc-
ton of all government and all law. The
crime of Sept. 6. though evidently COM
mitted under the influence. If not the di-
rection of others. easily battles the courts.
because being without the common motives
of murder, it leaves no tracks distinct
enough to be followed, ard for that rea-
son, it escapes through the very tenderness
Of our system of Jurisprudence towards
persons accused of suspicious, however
grave.
"A government like ours is always slow
to move and often awkward in it's mo-
tions, but il can be trusted TO find effective
remedies for conditions like these. at least,
after they become intolerable. But these
remedies, in order TO be effective, must not
evade the sense of justice which is uni
versal nor the traditions of civil liberty
which we have inherited from our fathers.
The bill of rights, written in the English
language, stands for too many centuries
of sacrifice, too many battlehelds sancti-
fled by blood, too many hopes OF mankind
reaching toward the ages TO come To be
mutilated in the least in order TO meet
the case of handful of miscreants whose
names nobody can pronounce
LAWLESS ELEMENTS.
'It ought not 10 be forgotten that con-
spirators, working out their nefarious plans
in secret in the dens and caves OF earth.
enjoy an unconscious cooperation and side
partnership with every Iawless influence
abroad in the world. Legislators VINO be-
tray the commonwealth, judges who POISON
the fountains OF justice. city governments
which come to terms with crime-all these
| are regular contributors to the campaign
fund Of anarchy. That bowling mass.
whether in Kansas OF Alabama. that as
| sembly of wild beasts. dancing in drunken
carousaI about the ashes OF some negro
malefactor, is not contributing TO the
curity of society; 1t is taking away from
| society the only security il has. 1t belongs
to the unenrolled reserve corps Of anarchy
in the United States. The words which
came spontaneously TO the lips OF William
Mckinley. as he sank under mortal wounds
and saw the infuriated crowd pressing
about his assailant. ought 10 be repeated
in the ears OF the officers OF the peace from
one end Of the land 10 the other In all the
/ him. let the law take its course
| ''The fatal word In the creed OF anarchy
| is atheism Until that word is spoken.
/ until all sense of the moral government OF
| the universe and the moral significance OF
/ human life is lost il is impossible a. con-
| ceive. much less 10 execute. this malignant
| propaganda against the rights Of mankind.
| No man who brings nothing with MIN eN-
| cept a blind faith IN natural laws which
| nobody made and nobody administers, viii
/ ever find a permanent disclpleship m a
| world like this IL Is their misfortune tnat
| their works have had the most influence
| among those who have been least able 10
| understand them.
| ut may be an idle Imagination. bus as L
| have heard the prayers which have been
| offered and the sermons which have been
! preached about the dead body Of William
| Mckinley il has come 10 look more and
| more rational TO me that n indeed hls as
| sassinatfOn was an incident of the standing
! challenge Of atheism against the peace and
| order of society. IL could not. now that
! Gladstone Is no more, have chosen sacri-
| fice more Mt 10 illustrate the nobility OF
! human character, nurtured IN the features
of God and trained from infancy in The
law OF Christ.
"A long acquaintance with the late PIesi-
dent in the intimacy OF a personal friend
/ shin which ended only with his nfe. has
| always saved me from thaJ error OF yudg-
| ment which has In some quarters undcr-
I rated his abilities and underestimated tho
| value OF his public services; but standing
| here before yet the flowers have wittered
! which cast their faded beauty upon his
| grave. / declare my solemn belief that 10
| achievement OF his great career. np tri-
| umph Of his epoch-making record dr our
! capital. will weigh So much for the welfare
| OF the world as the everlasting ministry u
| the stainless life which he lived in tlle faith
| OF the mother who taught him nrst 90 re-
| peat the words OF the Master. Thy will 90
| done.
senator Mason. who addressed the aster-
! noon meeting. condemned the assassin uon
| Of President Mckinley as the most cruel.
diabolical and cowardiy murder ever re-
| corded He said that ne believed that The
! red flag OF anarchy would never again be
! permitted 80 float under the same sky vii n
the stars and stripes. In closing his ad-
dress Mr. Mason said: Where before IA
history is that character OF gentleneSx. of