The Washington times., 1901-09-15

regard to our Centennial Celebration,
which owed its success with all that that
has meant, so largely to him. was typical.
1T is fortunate for the District that
President Roosevelt has been one of its
official residents, knows its people, appre-
ciates its needs, and sympathiZes with
its aspirations. He, too, took part with
earnestness in our Centennial Celebration,
and expressed then his hearty interest in
the development of the District"
Commissioner John w. Ross said: IF
there ever can be an occasion when words
are inadequate and idle, such would seem
to be the case now. The most eloquent
orator cannot begin to express the grief
which is felt by the humblest citizen.
Mr. Mckinley will rank among the
greatest of American Presidents. Had he
never been known in official life, he would
still have borne a title as honorable as
any that was ever conferred by the law or
usages of any State or Government, name
Iy, that of an ideal American gentleman,
son. husband, and citizen"
Capt. Lansing II. Beach, the Engin-
eer Commissioner, said that he could find
no words in which to express the sense
of loss which the nation. and the District
of Columbia in particular. has sustained.
pressed their sorrow were the following:
Rear Admiral schley: THE nation to-
day mourns a great loss. and in the mind
of everyone is an overfowing measure of
sympathy for Mrs. Mckinley. who will
henceforth be enshrined in the hearts Of
her countrymen. The country has lost by
President Mckinleys death an able and
upright Chief, one who has been loved
and respected and whose passage from
public life is fraught with much to fore
bode deep concern. The news of the Pres
ident's death came to me as great
shock II is d blow to the United States,
the Government, and American people.
w. S. Shallenberger, Second Assistant
Postmaster General: THE suffering and
death of President Mckinley have deeply
moved me- Ii was my good fortune to
know him intimately and well during six
years of Congressional life. We repre-
scented adjoining districts although in
different States. He was as pure and
strong a chara cter in public life as l ever
met: as tender and true in social and
family relations as / have ever known.
He was man with a great heart of noble
| and generous impulses; great President
of a great Republic in a great crisis Of
the countrys history. His death was for
| himself a victory. His memory viii be
| cherished tenderly by as large a number
| of liberty-loving people that OF anyone
who has died in the past century
Edwin C. Madden. Third Assistant Post
! master General: "a noble life Is ended.
| For purity and beauty of domestic lite
| he was an example to all mankind. As a
| head of the nation he was magnificent
| and his administra ton was ideal. II lack
ed in no particular He met every situa-
| tion splenddiy. His death is an inestima-
! BILE and national calamity and u personal
; loss to every citizen
| Rev John Van Schaick, of the Church
| of Our Father: "The realization of the
| Presidents death is terrible. His noble
character was exempifed in that phrase
he uttered near the end, Thy vii, be
| done
| Ex-senator PETER: THE death of the
| President Is an affair so sad and lament
able In every way that one knows not
! what to say. except to express grief and
4 sorrow, or to make feeble attempt TO
| do no. The only cheer / find in this hour
| is the fortunate fact that political con-
| s,itions In our country are such that there
| is no fear for our Government. So admir-
| ably has President Mckinley executed the
! duties of his high office that the new