The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-15
THEMARTYR PRESIDENT
STATE AND CITY TAKE SUIT r ABLE ACTION.
The Governor Issues Proclamation and Council Passes Able, Eio- qnent and Appropriate
 Resolutions.

propriate action on yesterday in respect
 to the memory of the beloved ana
 Governor Jelks issued a proclamation early in the day informing the people of the sad event and ordering the capitol
 draped in mourning and that the nag
 fired and every mark of honor and es-
 teem shown in keeping with the occasion
 The City Council assembled at noon,
 there being full attendance. The Mayor sent in the following message: Executive Department
 Montgomery, Ala, Sept. IA. 1901.
 To the City Council of Montgomery:
 Gentlemen-Feeling assured that you
 would desire to express officially me unl-
 yersal sorrow of our people, at the tragic death of the patriotic, wise and lovaele President of our country, l have request
 ed you to meet in special session Tor that purpose.
 As the Chief Executive of the city. I have already sent Mrs. Mckinley the fol-
 lowing message of sympathy: Our people mourn with you the death of President
 Mckinley, whom we had all learn7d to
 love both as a great executive and as man. Respectfully, E. B. Joseph. Mayor Alderman Wiley thereupon introduced the following resolution:
 Whereas. the City Council of Moints some
 cry has heard with profound sorrDw of
 the untimeiy and unfortunate death of Hon. William Mckinley. President "f the United States. which tragic event Cccur- dk dh chIIy uOhT &tuS mus 'ih city Of Buffalo. N. Y.. and being desir, GUS of giving uterancc In some formal and Oficial manner to the deep ana wlde-
 spread grief preyailins thsougddGiia gd;iars sn,f nf men. therefore. be 1t resolved by this body,
 First. That the beloved and patriotic President, who has gone from Us forever, exemplided in his life and character. both public and private, the highest type of an American citizen: aud. In otIr opinion
 best men who ever occupied the exalted 0nlce of President of this Republic. In all his earthly walks he was ever true, loyal generous. chivalrous and honorable gentleman. He had a keen appreciation of the dignity of the lofty pos tiun he held. and understood the just rel ltiols existing between himeelf and all sections
 chapEed m 'n the duties e and fuifiiied the obi gations of the great tIAst committed to his hands .as practically to obliterate all sectional differences and to band the reo- pie together, as never before. in the bonds of union, loyalty, traternl t've and civil liberty As a husband, son. brother, neighbor. friend, soldier, pP triot and public official he discharged Cge.y
 duty with the approval oE good cen | science; and, today in the hearts Of the | American people his mem 'ry is cheriT.1ed
 with a holy sorrow and a sweet tendeI . meas. In the pride and strength Jf a ! vigorous manhood. in the midst of a use | ful career. he was sticken down fy' the ! asaMsgin's hand: but we inv" him fer those splendid qualities oe head snd ,leal | which have endeared him tn the American | people in larger measure than any other | President, not excepting the lane pted | Lincoln and Garfield
 Resolved, Second, That copy Of these | resolutions be spread 1pon tho plinutes of the Council upon a memorial page set I apart for that purpose; copy be pub | a copy be sent to the loving wife, at Can | ton, Ohio, to whom we ext end or tender | est coincidence in this nour of her over l whelming bereavement, and that enother | copy properly certified Dy His Homer. the Mayor and the Clerk of the Council, lee- pectively, be forwarded to the Honorable
 the Secretary of State at Washington, D. C.
 Resolved, as a further evidence and memorial of our sorrow the cily lu'ldlng
 be draped in mourning for a period cf thirty days.
 | The resolution was adopted unanimous | ly by a rising vote. and ou. Of respect
 to the President. the Council then ad- l journed.
 l were closed, 1t being their anlLal hcll- | day and New Year .and that gave the | day much the appearance of Sun1:y 7, and
 ns on o1heT evey nand | day was a sad one and everybody were
 a long face, expressing the deepest regret
 and sorrow that the beloyed Preside mt ssuccumbed to the assassin's bullet.
 Committee to Attend Funeral. 1 The following committee was appointed yesterday by Governor Jelks to attend
 the funeral of President Mckinley and
 represent Alabama:
 ham: Hon. H. D. Clayton. Eufaula; Mir
 Frank P. Glass. Montgomery; Judge D. D. Shelby. Huntsville; Hon. Robert L. | Houston. Mobile; Mir. Phares Coleman.
 Montgomery; Mir. Tyler Goodwin Mont | gomerv: Hon. Ross q. Smith. Brming- | ham: Mir. Erwin Crdighead. Mobile; Hon
 well. Decatur; Hon. 1T. Hefiin, Roa-
 poke: Mir. J. W. A Smith, Birmingha m
 Judge Dan Gordon. Abbeville; Mir II
 S. D. Mallory. Selma; Hon. Jno. A. Da- wis. Fort Payne.