The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-09-18
tESOL UIiONS P-1 SSED
At Meeting of the Chamber of Com-
 merce Yesterday.

| merce Yesterday.
 | At a meeting of the New Haven Chamber of Commerce held yesterday | noon resolutions condemning the act of | laWlessness in the assassination of the | late president were drawn up. The res- olutions also contained expressions of sympathy for the widow of President | Mckinley and were submitted to com mittee last Saturday at @ meeting of | the chamber. The meeting was presid- 1 ed over by the president, General E. D. Bradley, and he spoke briefly, review | ing the tragedy and condemning the assassin. Congressman Sperry also made brief address touching upon the brilliant life of the deceased. The res olutions passed by the chamber were as | follows.
 The chamber of commerce of New Haven takes this extraordinary occa- sion to express it's horror and shame at the assassination of William Mckinley, president of the United States, under conditions without parallel in the his l tory of the country, and to add it's en- couragement to the great voice of the nation, which is lifted as in prayer, to demand legislation of character cal culated to suppress both individual ir- responsibility and the abuse of the prin- ciple of free speech.
 It recognizes in the fatal assault on President Mckinley blow aimed, with laWlessnesS, at organized government; at the social compact expressed in the Declaration of Independence and form ulated in the Constitution of the United States, Planned with cowardly delib- eration at 9 moment when the presi- dent of the United States typified the season of peace and prosperity which has fallen upon the country, the tenn porary cessation of partisan animosity and the avowed expansion of our indus trial supremacy under broad and l1b- eral national policy, which he had but twenty-four hours previous discussed, the assassination exposes the fearful hate and violence of it's promoters, and reveals with definiteness the duty and obligation which confront the nation.
 This chamber does not fail in it's sym pathy for the stricken woman. whose solicitous care at the presidents hands gave the world an exemplification of domestic happiness and devotion which called renewed attention to the home as the cornerstone of national security and happiness. Nor does 1t fail to realize that while it is the ideal husband as we'll as the Christian citizen who has been assassinated without cause or warrant the blow falls with greatest force upon a nation whose official rep resentative he was and whose gracious amenities he was dispensing when at- tackled Under such circumstances the injury done society is greater than the injury done any member of it. and de- mands more strenuous correction.
 The Chamber of Commerce of New Haven, without hesitation and with full appreciation of the responsibility Whicn attaches to such an utterance, does more than content itself with the con- demnation of anarchists and the vari- ous schools of vicious philosophy which teach that no government should sup plant organized government. It de- mands that consideration be given those social and political forces which encourage recklessness of speech, pas sjonate demonstration and so-called class prejudice. These are the agencles which provoked this crime against civ ilization, and are therefore the agencles to be met with resolution and love or law and order. Faith in God is essen- tial but must be supplemented by the wisdom and vigilance of man.
 This chamber turns from the horror and shame of the tragedy to the conh- dence and self-reliance with which the future must be met. The nation has been viciously assaulted, but it has trl- umnhed over it's enemies. Anarchy has imnosed suffering and shame; it has failed to interrupt the onward march of a mighty people, committed to free institutions, and the right or every GU izen to life, liberty and the pursuit or happiness H..
 This chamber furthermore offers its respectful greetings to Theodore Roose- ,eIt whose succession to the presidency is the consequence of the sad national tragedy. The chamber has confidence in his true American character and im- nulses. It offers it's blessings upon his administration, and pledges It's loyal sunnort to every effort of his to pro mote the peace, the welfare and the nrosneritv, of the United States or America.
 EDWARD E. BRADLEY,
 NORRIS c. OSBORN,
 FREDERICK B. FARNSWORTH,
 GEORGE D. WATROUS,
 WILSON H. LEE,
 Committee
 New Haven, Sept. IF, 1901.