The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-20
CITIZENS OF MONTGOMERY PAY
 MARKED TRIBUTE TO NATIONS DEAD
Tremendous Audience Packed Big Auditorium and in Solemn Silence ene of EuOgy of Distinguished Veterans Hold Meeng
 Resolutions Extoing the Virtues of President Mckinley

figure fin history as his work. It was en. Enthusiastically received Dy ms party I anI became the law of the land. It produce1 a whirlwind of excitement, and met Witn intense opposition In the country. He was defeated for Congress, and. unosr ordinary circumstances, might nave oeeh retired from public life. He was, now elected Governor of Ohio. and at the end of his first term was reelected. HIS party associates as if by common agree ment. turned their eyes towaro va 1.s siin nom. ms mated for President in 1896, and his mod est home In Canton during that exciting campaign was the Mecca to which many of ns and train loads. and from ms iront porcn or on his lawn. he delivered aodresses each day that were read by millions oI voters. He was elected, and after four years of srduous service, during which time many interesting chapte-s were added to American history. he was re elected in 1900, and when shot to deatn by an assassin, had served but SIX months of his new term. It Is unnece 5. sary to recount the grave matters that that came before him. but whether men az eed with him or not, during ms az ra ton the United States came to be regard, ed as one of the great world powers ana one to be considered in all great ques- tons that arise.
 nation from his party for the great of- fee of President, he might have been the nominee of its conventions. He was delegate to one of the National Conven- tions and was an earnest supporter oi one of the candidates. At one point Tn the balloting his name was presented put ne so strongly protested against 1t, even to the point of saying that he would would not hna at, e. be compiled with. At another time when Mir Sherman was a candidate, MT. MIG Kinley was his earnest advocate m tne ne convention and when It & was a,LemPeud is be deo so clared that as an honorable man ne couIu not and would not permit U, me con yention realized that 1t was deailng With a man who meant all that he said.
 All the world Is the loser when such man dies and the extraordinary demon- strations in every civilized country testiIy to the great reputation he ne had inss acauiireo There have been more touching evidences of gcod will for the United States mani- tested by great European powers on ac- count of the death of MT. Mchinley @ Lhan President In consequence or the span ish-American war, the conflict in China and the disturbance in the Philippines, our relations sdnS ,S naSs ,nterested countries and without being strained, largely que t9 MT McKinley's splendid boise or mead and heart. .S South. where Mir. Mckinley had but htue political following, the sentiment or ora, tors and press has been that or uniVersal Kindness. This section of our common common country has had good reason for thinkine and speaking well of him, both as man and as President, without regard 10 OH ferences in politics. That political oppo. nents should both crittcise ana conoemi some of his policies is natural, but It ha' never blinded our people to his many good qualities or rendered them .unmind ful of the numerous ways Tn Wnicn h' showed his indifference to secuonal me e and his determination to recognize all al his fellow-citizens.
 He, was without doubt a well-equipe' public man. who gained and retatned con fidence because of his faithfulness ' obligation, With all his acuteness ot in tellect and gift of speech, he would nav not gained so great hold upon tne con hdence of members or all parucs' as t' bring them in tears to his grave and t lament his death as a great calamity, ! he had not possessed other high qualities Ii has been demonstrated time and agaii that the structure or tniS Govepnenu ,st a1rnos a any storm or str ess of circumstance that may arise, and We have just wit messed even in the midst Of the gloon of the present day and hour, now tn | transfer of authority can be made an; | the Government continue in it's regula course There have been no great com
 mercial upheavals no scenes oI rlotiht t and disorder, but a well-regulated move ment of the machinery which carries or inc bugineSs of this great nation. There | has been a cessation of strife and con l tentton not because of danger to the coun | try, but from sentiment or proLounl | respect and affection for the Chief Mag | istrate, who was true to his trust ant who laid down his life's burden unde such distressing circumstances. Amonl | MT McKinley's closest friends could o found men who never supported nm 10 | office, and who disagreed with him to tn | last 1non propositions, to whose suppor | he was earnestly committed. They rec | oRnized in him a thoroughly honest an | conscientious man, who could De truSte | to follow his convictions, and to. faith
 fully dischange his duty, dt nere' ona m tni nI, | of twenty of those who are voters hay
 political ideas in common with his; ye
 without exception. they pay tribute
 his character, not only because he wa
 their Chief Magistrate but because h
 nossessed all the elements that go t
 make up a true and genuine man.
 When Major Screws concluded he wa lroundlv applauded. The great audience
 then arose and as the strains or Amer
 ica' fioated out upon the autumn al
 Gonntrv 'Tls of Thee" sang the audi
 crce ard hundreds of thoughts travele'
 to inc nathetic scene that had just beer
 enacted in Canton, Ohio, .,
 The Master of Ceremonies, Rev. N. j.
 Andereon' when the song was concluded
 annroached the front of the stage:
 PtHn the presence of a great calamity,
 said Mir Anderson. nothing can bt
 more Interesting than. to learn the les
 s3"S o5 "intpoducing Rabbi A. J. Messing, wh
 will sneak on this subJect.
 AN ELOQUENT ADDRESS
 nv RABBI A. J. MESSING