The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-09-20
CHURCHES WERE FILLED
WITH MOURNING CITIZENS
Memorial Services In Salt Lake Yesterday Were
Attended By Sorowing Thousands.
Bishop Whitney Delivers Eloquent Grafton at the Tabernacle
Strong Address BY Bishop Seaman


Probably In no city in the United
States, aside from the stricken city Of
Canton. was a more magnificent audi
ence gathered to honor the me mory Of
the dead chief magistrate chan that
which assembled in the tabernacle yes
terday morning. Fully 10000 people,
were seated or standing in the sre-It
auditorium when the services beg an,
and hundreds more were turned away.
Every seat was taken on the lower
uoOr and in the gallery, nearly every
foot of standing room was occupied
By citizens eager to pay a tribute to
the nations martyr. On the organ
was q great portrait of the man for
whom the people mourned. 1t was six
by nine feet and was draped in white,
the Mormon emblem Of sorrow
President Angus NJ. Cannon was
chairman of the meeting. He an
nounced that the services would
the hymn. Farewell All Earth
" Pleasures. Bid You Long
Adisu.' The choir. with nearly
800 voices, led the singing. and the
congregation Joined in it. When The
last notes of the hymn died away DR..
J. r. Talnage offered the opening
prayer.
Dr. Talmage's supplication was On
ished effort. He briefly sketched the
sorrowfui event that formed the ocea-
his hearers might follow the great ex-
ample OF upright living and good cit
izership set by the dead president. DR.
Talmage asked that special consolation
be given the widow and intimate
friends of President Mckinley.
Grafton by Bishop Whitney.
The hymn. "ThQu Dost Not Weep
to Weep Alone" was the next number
and Bishop Orson 2. Whitney who
vas the only speaker, delivered the
Grafton. The address of Bishop Whit
ney was most eloquently delivered. He
spoke little more than hall an nour
and held the rapt attention of his great
audience.
After speaking Of the deep sorrow
caused by the assassination of Pres
ident Mckinley and giving bries
sketch OF his life Bishop Whitney con-
tinued:
, wv at was there in the life =
= OF steh man to Justify. even y
in the mind Of an anarchist. the =
? deep camnation of his taking =
? OFF, II anarchy were asked this =
2 question. l. would probably =
= point to the burning social and =
financial questions that are agi-
tati1g the world at the present =
lime. As II anything could jus =
thy crime. and especially the y
crime of murder, As IL assassi- =
nation could be warrsntable or =
tolerated on any terms As if y
the great commandment. Thou =
shalt not kill. and the solemn y
warning. a murderer hath not 2
= eternal fife abiding within him. =
could be abrOgated by the argu- >
ment that some are rich while y
y Tany are poor, that the strong =
IN some cases Cypress the weak. =
that there is war between labor
and capital. a conflict between 4
= the, pr0letgriat and the boIr- =
= geoisie. that. Tie money kings =
= are said to ertpte1ft atDou the =
= ensiavement OF the masses the =
= enthtonement OF the. dollar the =
= DELEGATION Of Mammon and the =
= establishment of a i,t,.t ocracy in =
= this land Of liberty
Be such arguments true or fs.ise,
in what manner can they be made 10
Justify the Cowardly crime committed
against the person Of our late chief
magistrate. and at the same time
against the sovereignty of the Amer
lean pe)ole of whom he was the legal
" chosen representative? If the rich
men of our laEd and the lords and
rulers Of ali lands were the unfeeliBg
tyrants that their enemies declare
them TO be. ~ would not furnish
valid reason for the murder of the
cruelest and most sordid one among
them How then can it excuse the as
sassination Of an innocent. kind-heart-
I'd Christian man like McKfnley2"
w hen Bishop Whitney had finished
Professor Mcclellan played the Chopin
IunerHl march on the organ. the choir
ana congregation sang Nearer. Nv
God. TO Thee" and the meeting closed
with benediction pronounced by
Apostle Anton II. Lund.