The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-19
From End to End Of the
United States
The People Unite in Tributes
Of Love and Esteem.
BUSINESS ESTOPPED
While Millions of the Dead Pres
ident's COuntrymen
Do Homage to His Worth as a
Man and a Citizen.

Baltimore, Sept 1s.-Memoria1 serv-
aices were almost universal today
Throughout this state. many congrega-
tions meeting and uniting in other than
their own places of worship. Perhaps
the most important and impressive
We're the ceremonies at the cathedral
in this city at which Cardinal Gibbons
delivered the following eulogy:
CARDINAL GIBBONS ADDRESS.
1t has been my melancholy experience
in the course of my sacred ministry to
be startled by the assassination of
three presidents of the United States.
Abraham Lincoln was shot in 1861
flames A Garfield was mortally wound
ed in 1881, and William Mckinley re-
iceived a fatal wound on the 9Th day
5of September. Mr.. Lincoln was shot in
la theater; Mr.. Garfield was shot while
about to take train to enjoy needed
vacation, and our late beloved president
Hell by the hand of an assassin while
lending the prestige of his name and
Influence to the success of a national
Exposition.
In the annals of crime it is difficult
to find an instance of murder SO atroc-
siOus, SO WantOn and meaningless as the
assassination of Mr.. Mckinley. Some
areaSOn or pIeLeXL mas Deen usually as
ssigned for the sudden taking away Of
Searthly rulers. Balthasar, the impious
liking of Chaldea, spent his last night in
srevelling and drunkenness He was
suddenly struck dead by the hand Of
1.-THE Lord
How different was the life of our
achief magistrate. No court in Europe
sOr in the civilized world was more con-
3spicuous for moral rectitude and purity !;
or more free from the breath of scandal
than the official home of President Nc
sKinley. He would have adorned any
court in Christendom by his civic vir
tues.
Brutus plunged his dagger into the
sheart of Caesar because of his over
aweening ambition. Whatever may have
4been the errors of judgment on thel
part of our late president (and who isl
free from them) no man can honestly
.charged him with tyranny or official
corruption
The Redeemer of mankind was be-
strayed by the universal symbol of love.l
gIf may reverently make the cOmpar
iisons the president was betrayed by thel
universal emblem of friendship. Christi
isaid to Judas, Friend, betrayest thoul
1.-THE son of man with a kiss" The pres
sident could have said to his slayer, i
i ''Betrayest thou the head of the nationl
with the grasp of the hand?" He wasl
sstruck down surrounded by a host of
his fellow citizens, everyone of whOml
would have gladly risked his life in de-
.fense of his beloved chieftain. Few
presidents We're better equipped InaIi
Mr. Mckinley for the exalted positionl
which he filed " hen a mere youth
lhe entered the union army as a privatei
soldier during the civil war and wasl
promoted for gallant service on thel
field of battle to the rank of major. Hel
IserVed his country for IA years in the
halls of congress and toward the close
lof his term he became one of the mostl
sconspicuOus figures in that body Hel
safterward served his state as COVER
8nor.
AS president he was thoroughly con-l
3Versant with the duties of his office and
tails His Characteristic virtues Werei
courtesy and politeness, patience and
lfOrbearance and mastery Self-cOntrOli
3under very trying circumstances. Wheni
unable to grant a favor, he had the
hare and happy talent to disappoint the
applicant without offending him
The domestic virtues of Mr. Mckinley
We're worthy of all praise. He was a.
model husband Amid the pressing and
sengrossing duties of his official life he
would from time to time snatch fewl
moments to devote to the invalid and.
.lOVing partner of his joys and sOrroWs.i
sOh what a change has come over this
Iaff1icted woman. Yesterday she Wasl
the first lady of the land Today shel
lis a disconsolated and broken hearted
widow. Let us beseech Him who com
Iforted the widow of Naim that He con-l
Isole this lady in her hour of desolation.
It is sad reflection that some fa-l
,nat1c or T01SCGeanL mas II III his DOWtIl
Ito take the life of the head of the ma.
|tion and to throw the whole country
Into mourning. 1t was no doubt thisl
Thought that inspired some writer's
within the last few days to advise that
the president should hencefOrth abstainl
.from public reception and handshakingl
and that greater protection should bel
given to his person
You might have him surrounded With
cohorts, defended with bayonets andi
have him followed by Argus eyed DEL
|tectives and yet he viii not be proof
against the stroke of the assassin AreI
mot the crowned heads of Europe usual
|Iy attended by military forces, and yeti
how many of them have perished att
1.-THE hand of some criminal No let thel
president continue to move among hisI
.people and take them by the hand. Thei
strongest shield of our chief magistratel
lis the love and devotion of his fellowI
Icitizens The most effective means tol
stop such crimes is to inspire the risingI
generation with greater reverence fori
lthe constituted authorities and a great.
Ter horror for any insult or injury tol
their person. All seditiOus languagei
should be suppressed. Incendiary speech
lis too often an incitive to criminal actst
lon the part of many to whom the tran-I
|sition from words to deeds is easy.