The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-21
The Resolutions Read.

l Mayor McLeO0 rea0 the IOttOWlIks l Your committee to which was referred | the duty of preparing proper resolutions on the life and character of the late President to be submitted to the memorial meeting to be held by the people of Selma and surrounding country on the day and hour of his funeral, submit the follow ing:
 Whereas, the people of Selma. Dallas County, Alabama, have learned with pro- found sorrow of the unfortunate and un- | timely death of Honorable William Mo | Kinley, late President of the United States of America. which tragic event oc- New York on Saturday morning the l4th | day of September 1901, as the result of | a cruel wound inflicted upon him by a more cruel and wicked assassin. And wheras. being desirous of giving utterance in some formal and appropriate manner to the deep and wide spread grief prevailing throughout this city and surrounding country among all classes and conditions of men.
 And whereas, the Hon. Theodore Roose- welt, President of the United States. hav- ing issued his proclamation requesting tae people of the country to observe fin in which the body of the dead President will be laid in its last earthly resting place, and having named this day. Thurs day for the funeral,
 Now. therefore. we the people of Selma. of Dallas County, Alabama, in this public meeting, resolve
 First-That our late beloved and patriotic President exemplified in his life and character, both public and private the highest type of an American citizen and in our opinion was one of the purest. wisest, and best men who ever occupied the exalted office of President of this republic. He was at all times a true, honorable and Christian gentleman; as a friend and husband, he was faithful. tender and affectionate, and as President of our entire country he came up to the full measure of his duty. We loved him for all these splendid qualities of head and heart which have endeared him not only to American people, but to the world.
 Second-That a copy of this preamble and these resolutions be furnished the city papers with a request that they be published.
 Third-That a copy of the same be for warded to the Honorable, the Secretary with the signature of the mayor of the city and his official seal attached thereto, and that copy with the same attestatiOn be forwarded to the distressed and loving wife of the late President. at Canton, Ohio. to whom we extend our tenderest coincidence in this hour of her greatest bereavement
 Senator Pettus Speaks.
 United States Senator Edmund w. Pet tus, the idol of the people of Selma. with every line in his rugged face showing the deep emotions that stirred his soul. next took the stand. He opened his re- marks by saying that the United States of America presents the grandest spec tacle today ever seen by mortal man.
 You may talk about the power of the United states he said E. 1, with great em- power today is greater than anything that has ever been seen before. Our ar mics have moved with wonderful rapidity and performed feats of valor. and our navies have conquered the navies of other nations but this display of a whole country, all classes, all denominations death of this great and good man, Is the greatest display of power that this country has ever exhibited. We have met today to mourn and to show to all law and order, and that he who attacks | the President of the United States at. | tacks every man, woman and child oi
 this great naticn. We have met todaI | ter. The man who speaks today speaks | as loyal American citizen, to denounct | the felony by which the life of this gooC man was taken. This is a government
 of the people. He who undertakes tC | govern a nation contrary to their con Victions or prejudices of the populace un.
 dertakes an impossibllity. The peopl have met today and they are enactinf | law, and woe be to him who preachei | the doctrine of anarchy hereafter. Eel | low citizens. the people govern and thu | people ought to govern"
 | General Pettus then said that he haC l known every President personally sine
 Andrew Jackson filled the chair dowi
 to the present incumbent. He had knowl | them as private citizens and undess
 were Jackson, he had never seen a maj
 conduct himself more kindly. He was | gracioues man. a kind man. a gentle man
 He was a goo dnan. said General Pettu
 with much feeling. T reallly believe h
 loved his fellow man. and, according [ ' his views, tried to benefit his fellows.