Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-09-27
Resolutions of Respect.

At regular meeting of Memorial
Post, No. 216. Dept. of Iowa, Grand
Army OF the Republic, held OH Satur.
day evening Sept. 21st, 1901, the
following Resolutions were adopted by
the Post in homer of our deceased
Comrade, Major Mckinley, our late
Martyred President and Chief Magis.
trate Of the United States of America.
Whereas, BY the hand Of an assas.
sin, IN time of profound peace, when
not even the semblance of an excuse
existed for the deed, our beloved
President was stricken down in the
meridian of his splendid mental
powers and usefulness, and the peo-
pie deprived of the strong hand that
had guided the destiny of the nation
along the intricate paths of war to
the smooth, unruffled harbor of peace;
the people who loved him as simple
American citizen and had unbounded
confidence in his craftsmanship, as
their Chief, whose hearts are filled
~ sssi.s si;;ssss.s,:,.er the loss of friend,
therefore ,'ess-,
Resolved, That in the death of
VIM. Mckinley one of the most be-
loved of all the twenty.four Presidents
the nation has had, at the instant he
is about to grasp the hand in friendly
greeting is stricken down by the
poisonous bullet of an anarchist
demon. We lose one who was our
comrade and friend. who honored the
name of American Citizen. whose
great heart and genial unselhsh kind
ness brought together and united the
North and the South under one flag,
and healed the wounds the great Civil
War had wrought; one who met his
death in the very midst of day OF
gracious words and kindly expressions
of sentiment between the representa-
tives OF the Fan.American Nations, in
the act of cementing their friendship
for the land of the free. Think of the
gracious godIlke pity of that great
heart. when he saw the crowd about
his fallen assassin, he raised his hand
covered with his own Ines blood and
gasped ''Let no one hurt him, and a
moment later. sMay God forgive him. y
Then beckoning to his private secre.
.tary lie said. "Cortelyon, my wife, be
careful about her, don't let her know,
or il she mnst be told, be careful there
be no exaggeration in the telling" In
that hour of danger his heart went out
to that loving companion, the Invalid
wife for whom his chivalrous devotion
had woa all hearts and the esteem
:. and admiration of the world. Then,
when the last hour came, his humble
submission to the will of God in the
expression sIt is Gods way, let His
will be done, not ours" AS a soldier
Of the Republic, as. its chiefmagistrate
in his long public career. in the
sanctity of the home, he left rich
heritage OF good deeds and good will
to men that has enshrined him III the
deepest heart of the American people.
Resolved, That we recognize that
d calamity has overtaken the nation.
not only III the loss of IFS martyred
citizen and chief magistrate, but In
the fact that there exists amoung US a
q set of men who glory in the defiance
of law, whose reasonable acts and
utterances have grown to be such a
menace to the Nation as to demand
( the eiaction of laws for their suppress.
ion and punishment, that anarchy
shall be pronounced treason by oul
National congress, and that those
harboring principles so lnimical te
good government shall suffer full
penalty of the law, death CIR imprison
ment at hard labor for life.
Resolved, That this expression o
, the deep sorrow and grief of the
members of Memorial Post No. z16
rand Army OF the Republic, b'
st,ad upon the records of the Post
anu5at the city papers be requested
" 0isl them,
]. c. ADAMS
P. c. HOWE Com
P.J.MoCuLLow