The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-09-20
AT DWIGHT PLACE CHURCH
MANY COULD NOT ENTER AT THE
 KNIGHTS TEMPLAR SERVICES.
Brother Knights in Bereavement Eloquent Tributes Paid to the Dead President by Rev. George H. Ferris and Rev. w. F. RaIl-Services Most Impressive.

The union services at the Dwight Place church yesterday were very im- pressive. Two hundred and hfty Knight Templars occupied the body of the church and many people were turn ed away The late president was brother knight. Eloquent and able ad- dresses were made by Rev. George Il. Ferris of Calvary Baptist church and Rev. w. F. Rall of Trinity M. E. church. MT. Ferris said in part:
 No man was ever more truly rep resentative of the people than William Mckinley. His very death was due to X his unwillingness to have any barrier between him and the people of our land. T have often talked with him" says Senator Mason, "and urged that he secure better protection for himself, but 1t was of no avail He would not have it that way. He always said It was too much like royalty; that he was ! in free country and he wanted to be X lust like any other citizen The pres z ident's creed seemed to be the old prov verb. ssThere is nothing so kingly as Kindness" Governor Shay relates a touching incident Of his visit to Iowa.
 when woman past the prime of lire. X with plain clothes, bent figure, ana
 face deeply printed with the lines or care, was trying to make her way throueh the crowd to shake the presi- x dents hand. MT. Mckinley, perceiving X her efforts, reached past several strong < and well dressed men to take her hand, < and then, instantly removing a carna- x tion from the lapel of his coat, he
 slfpped it into her hand just as the N train moved out. Critics called these
 little acts the tricks of a clever pollti-
 ciall; but those who knew him best salo
 that they were done unconsciously' ana
 arcse from that chivaric tenderness \ that he always manifested i'll hls own z f{orne when the doors were closea
 aca cainst the world The utter absence cf yindictiveness from his c1aracter' N The lack of that bitterness and preJu- 5ice which sectional and political war x ftlrc is ever engendering. the thought
 ft,iness that made him responsive to every demand made upon him if it were air his power to help-all these made ms ASSssrhnracter attractiv and lCvable The
 it1ea that he was not his own master. hut was the mere tool of the men apout Blliri1. is a great mistake. He possesseo
 that Sentleness that osten dominates
 4vlif.n 1t seems to he dominated. ana
 tllat knows how to say "No.' as +
 granting favor so that the applicant
 departs at least half satisfied. Senator \ sIillman the "pitchfork" statesman \ Vsas once asked how he liked President
 NfcKinley, and replied, ''The president
 ernbarrasses me wits his consideration
 ata confidence. He is the most lovaole man I know This is invariably the te stfmony of those about him.
 3SA The story of his life is written. The \ sr,irit behind the words he spoke in re- 3 gard to his assassin, ''f4et no man harm
 i,itn!' will help us to solve many vex- Ii-lr problem, is we carry 1t With Us
 Into the future.
 < Rev. w. F. Rall said in part: we
 xra closing a week Of mourning. To
 many 1t has made clear the noble char Sacter of a man but partly appreciated < TIe was a man of peace. Persistently ss against the cry of his people and of x MI aAllais party he stood for peace He was
 simple in manner, real in life, demo-
 cratic by conviction, in spirit kindly < thoughtful, even brotherly, in every < point of justice and the right of other men absolutely unyielding. He was a
 man of honor, of integrity, of Chris
 tian character, this president of ours.