Sunday morning globe., 1901-10-13


FELLOW CITIZENS: We are to-day witnesses
of an event unparalleled in the annals Of
maukind-seventy-six millions Of freemen
plunged into an ocean Of grief and tears over
the untimely taking of of their beloved
ruler or rather with the whole world in
sympathy
40. what a fall was there, my countrymenl
Then and you and all of us fell down,
Whilst bloody treason hourished over us.
The bullet that killed Mckinley wounded
the heart of mankind Never before was
sorrow so profound or universal for the
death Of an individual no matter how great,
pifted exalted or illustrious-not even for
Washington, the Father of his Country, for
the honest Lincoln for the amiable and
scholarly Garhcd-both martyrs TO liberty.
And vet the deceased was no military
genius. as Napoleon no lawgiver, as Solon;
no sage. as Solomon; no discoverer OF worlds,
as Columbus; but a good, plain, modest
man a President "of the people, for the
people and by the people, though endowed
itistrue by fat more than average inita-
tive wisdom and executive ability,
What. then has been the secret of this
worldwide popularity and profound esteem2
The Philosopher Of Poetry reveals 1t when
he writes
'His life was gentle, and the elements
So MKT IN him that nature might stand up
And say to all the world
This was a man.
He had all those qualities which go to
make the perfect man, the noblest character,
especially those attributes of gentleness,
Kindness. forbearauce and generosity, which
draw al men as with the Chords OF Adam.
Manhood and character are above all the
achievements Of genius, science, power and
wealth Columbus calmly facing mutin-
ous crew that threatened him with angry
waves Hampden withstandiug a tyrant's
rage, Socrates placing the cup Of hemlock
to his lips, the Maid Of Orleans at the stake,
Capt. Nathan Hale in the shadow of the
gallows. were greater by nobility of mind
and heart than conquering heroes brilliant
statesmen and crowned monarchs Tenny.
son furnishes the key to his character
s'True hearts are more than coronets,
And simple faith than Norman blood
His integrity was withouta flaw. He was
the ideal man so graphically described by
the Roman lyric poet, the man whom cruel
death itself coulduot move from the path
of rectitude He was the Austides of the
age No Juguuha could upbraid him with
veuality
He was as the genie of the Lamp, ever the
slave of duty Duty Is the highest law OF
life, it cnnobles the peasant on the prairie
thc martyr In the arena 1t has placed the
halo of immortality around the bIows of
Horatius. Leouidas, Bolivar and Washing
ton. 1t has given Mckinley one of the
highest inches in the temple of fame
Like all the truly great, he was character.
lied by great plainuess and simplicity, yes
I'm simplicity sublime careless alike Of
ceremony and red tape, accessible TO the
humblest in the land shot down, In fact,
while giving the right hand of fellowship
60 another Iudas-a vile assassin
Hewas full of the milk of human kind
ness, never seeking revenge, never indulg-
ing in bitter speech, readily and sincerely
forgiving his bitterest enemies. In fact,
those who came TO scoG remained TO pray"
that heavens blessings be showered on his
head.
His domestic life win ever prove a model
for bis fellow couutrymeu To his mother
he showed the love, obedience and rever-
ence Of Washington, to his invalid wife
delicacy and tenderness that have never been
surpassed "We have ever been lovers,
and our love is still growing. " remarked he
20 a distinguished visitor at his Canton
home. The family is the unit of the nation
Given pure, irviolable family life, and
that nation can never perish or decay II
will ever flourish as the 'bay-tree by the
living waters, every home in the land
would be a paradise, the divorce mills would
cease grinding out broken hearth.stoues and
homeless children. William Mckinley was
deeply religious iu his convictions, as have
been all the greatest men of history His
dying words but reflected his Christian
feelings. and lorciby reminded us, be
ii said with true reverence of Gethse-
name and Calvary's mount words of for
giyeucss and of patient resignation of
Gods viii, words that EXPIRE ssed more than
human virtue lie was, moreover, a man
of singular equipoisc and selfcontrol and
singleness.of purpose, so that,
Take him all in all, we shall not look upon
his like again
If Mckinley was no brilliant meteor that
dashed athwart the sky, dazzling the eyes of
nations, he is infinitely greater and better
as fixed start IN the armament shedding his
placid rays upon life's ocean to save. his
fellow countrymen from the rocks and
shoals of error and disaster as they move
onward TO the shining shores beyond
His death has been a national, nay
worldwide calamity yet If we profit by his
example, If we wake up TO a full sense Of
our duties and responsibilities as citizens of
this giant republic, which like a Hercules has
left its cradle to play a heros part on the
public stage. his blood will not have been
he'd in vain
Let as be patieut These severe Affections
Not from the ground arise,
But oftentimes celestial benedictions
Assume this dark disguise
Had Czolgosz Struck at a Nero, Caligula
a Cromwell or a Kitchener, those bloody
butchers Of the human race, he might allege
some defense for his rash act, but in seek T.
ing the life of Mckinley he sought to de- I.
stroy freedom, popular government justice
and mercy personi6ed. His bloody deed /.
has already awakened the governments of |
the earth to the evils of anarchy and kim |