The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-20

movement which / represent for the entire
Southern people. this being the sixth year
he gave $50 and he at the time a very poor
man.
Nobody knows that but you and the
committee. a limited five. and this is the
fitting occasion for it. That beginning was
10 prove that there was a general harmony
and feeling among sectionalists in a great
movement to bring about good, and he was
the exponent that the Cabinet followed;
that the rich men of the North followed;
that enabled me To secure a quarter of a
million of dollars from the section that Is
to be benefited by it because of the general
good feeling of the American nation and
of the characterization Of every section of
opponents as they now stand.
There was but one William Mckinley,
a combination Of husband first, why? 1t
takes the strongest kind of a man to be
a husband in every sense. His action To
his invalid wife has endeared him 10 every
hreside, TO every home throughout the en-
tire country, and as strong a man as L
claim to be, when on the train between
Washington and New York i got the news,
l could not keep the tears from coming
to my eyes. 1t has been well said that
iC was Il H-dil Ol SUCH DDlSt dllu SuCl
broad imagination and thought and such
action with determination to carry it out
that he has builded a nation and extended
it and has under it knit all with his per-
feet courtesy of action. perfect deport-
ment toward all, so that it is nearly i'm
possible. sir, as well said by yourself turn
ing to Mr.. CampbellI to comprehend how
any one under any circumstances could
wish to do him a personal harm.
Il have said about that which 1 wanted
TO say-simply TO state a fact which could
be obtained no other way-but the fact
itself mas UNDERWATER the man of whom
l say it would be very difficult to find a
duplicate anywhere"
a SOUTHERN MAN HEARD.
The next address was delivered by o.
J. Semmes. OF Mobile, Ala, whose position
as a prominent SOutherner and his flial
relation to the naval hero of Farragut fame
gave him a peculiar right to speak concern
ing the dead President, and clothed his re-
marks with unusual interest. Nh. Semmes
said:
Grand Sire, Grand Representatives, La
dies and Gentlemen: Alabama desires to
add her tribute to the memory of our
dead President. His bravery in war COM
manded the respect of the old Confederate
soldier. His purity in public life has won
the respect, aye. the love of even his po-
htical enemies. To-day my jurisdiction,
not only Odd Fellows. but every man,
woman and child will read about the SOL
emn pageant, long and solemn and slow.
with bowed head and trembling lips as a
spontaneous tribute TO the memory of as
brave, as great and as pure a man as the
American continent has ever produced. l
have finished. Human utterance cannot
add one leaf TO the dead Presidents crown
of glory. Let the memory of him be en-
shrined in the heart of every true American
citizen. THIS is Alabama's tribute to Pres
ident Mckinley"
Other addresses were made by Grand
Representatives ReueI Robertson. of Cam
den. Me-; Hill Montague, of Richmond,
Va; Rev. William F. Dussault. of South
Acton, Mass, and Robert L. Wright, of
Allentown. Pa.
The grand sire's closing remarks were ut
tered in broken voice and his eyes filed
with tears as he said: Representatives,
it occurs to me that this occasion fixes in
our minds the fact that an awful, awful
sacrifice, too great, it seems To me, for a
loving-hearted people, a loyal people such
as ours to he called upon TO make at such
a time of peace and tranquility, has been
made. L believe, as L had occasion to say
before, that out of it all God will break
through. make "A rift through this daTk
cloud and let us know what His will is. 1
believe tina as a thoroughly united broth
erhood of Americans we will follow the
path of duty and perform it as God
Directs When the grand sire concluded
he called upon all who favored the resolu-
ton to rise and stand a moment with
bowed heads. The entire membership of
the Sovereign Grand Lodge of Odd Eel
lows arose reverently and stood with heads
bowed as if in prayer. Then the voice Of
the leader rang out fun and clear in the
beautiful words of the Lords prayer, in
which the entire audience joined stimuli
taneously. At the close the grand sire
dismissed the audience with the words,
spoken so low as to be almost inaudible,
"The resolutions are adopted and the Sow
ereign Grand Lodge now stands adj
jOurned.'
Grand Marshal John &. Cockrum formed
the Sovereign Grand Lodge i'm a procession,
headed by the grand sire and grand Of
ficers, and the march TO Meridian-stree
Methodist Church was Immediately taken
up.