Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1901-09-26
THE CITY IN SORROW
Lancaster Bows its Head In Grief over the
Dreadful Calamity of the Nation. : :;

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lainy and the warm. firm and I'M
blemished hand of our noble MeKin-
ley? In our confusion it is proper
that We should halt and mediate and
answer why.
In our affection and in our gloom
we find great deal OF consolation, a
great deal to be thankful for. In this
grand life we find life OF almost
earthly perfection and a life of COM
pleteness A life full of devotion,
full OF wisdom, full of courage, full Of
faith and good-fellowship-a grand
legacy. To the question so often
heard. is this and must this be the
end Of such life, we can answer,
thank God, mo- for il was life the in
finence Of which is immortal and will
remain with us to inspire and to
purify and to add character to the
formative forces of our national life.
This is indeed a sad, sad subject but
glorious theme. This we must
leave 10 a master mind.
The band rendered a dirge after
which prayer was offered by Rev. T.
j. Brown. A choir consisting of
Messrs Alex. Ivey, Edward Hyde,
Frank lockwood. Earl Ivey, William
Kingsley and Roy Ivey and Misses
Buck. Rundell, Mitchell, Hyde,
Schmitt and Mrs. f. b. Goodsell,
with Miss Nettie Woodhouse at the
organ rendered sweetly McKinley's
favorite hymn, LEAD, Kindly Light. y
Hon. James G. Monahan of OAR
lington was then introduced by Mayor
Hassell and delivered in his own in
imitable manner an address the equal
OF which on such an occasion is sell
dom heard. The only fault heard eX-
pressed concerning his remarks was
that it was all too short; but with a
voice stided with sadness and lump
of sorrow for his dead chieftain, the
speaker did exceedingly well. We
reproduce his address in full below:
FELLOW CITIzENs:-.sNot our will,
but Gods be done" With these
words upon his lips the central figure
of the world passed from life to eter-
nal rest.
| To-day this proud nation to whose
services he had given so many years
of his sweet, noble life, is crushed with
grief. and the people he loved and
trusted with aching hearts and weep
ing eyes, in spirit, stand around an
open grave at Canton and see his body
consigned to the narrow house pre-
pared for all the living.
BE silent there cometh on spirit wings sped,
The wall of a nation in grief tor its dead.
The strong and the mighty, from glory and
Has waned in his brightness. and left us in
night;
The proud eagles banners, all droopingiy
And the wild winds are hushed round the
Presidents grave.
BE silent, our fathers hath laid him to rest,
A hero OF battles. hath yielded his crest;
statesman hath fallen. his counsels are Ger,
His firnness and wisdom shall guide US no
Let cannons boom forth, flags droopingly
While we mingle our tears Ger the Presi-
dents grave
For the third time in thirty-six
years president has been assassinat-
ed, and each time death sought a shin
ing mark and took from us one we
loved and trusted. Yet never before
has such feeling of universal sorrow
pervaded the land as to-day.
Lincoln was shot at the close of four
years of the bloodest war in history,
when hot passion ruled. Sectionalism
was rampant. The people were AZ
customed to bloodshed and dea.h, and
the land was one vast sepulchre filled
with the forms of our heroic dead.
Garfield died in the early morning
of his administration before the peo-
pie had comprehended the full meas
ure Of his greatness, or given to him
completely their love and their conf
dence.
Mckinley like Lincoln had been Civ
en- vote of confidence by the people.
His administration had been endorsed;
his policy sustained. They had read
the story of his life. They him saw first
as a young boy, studious. kind and
NlAle cav hlAiA th44ot a. tiAN
age of eighteen years as a private
soldier, at the beginning Of the war to
be mustered out at its close a Major
They saw him lay aside the uniform
of war, don the garb Of peace and be-
gin the study of law, and later saw
him winning honor and fame in his
chosen profession. They saw him en-
ter Congress in 1876, and with pride
witnessed his growth in each succeed
ing session for II years. And then
they heard the voice Of his native state
say, 1T is enough. come up higher.
and he was twice installed as Cover
nor Of that great commonwealth.
And then they saw the plain people
Of this country arise in their might
aud with the song, I'VE want you,
Mckinley. yes, we do" ringing
through the land, with implicit trust
in his honor, honesty, and judgment,
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