The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-09-14
SAVANNAH'SSORROW
WILL BE FITTINGLY EXPRESSED
FOR THE PRESIDENT.
WHEN DEATH IS ANNOUNCED.
COMMITTEE FROM SAVANNAH WILL
ATTEND THE oBsEQIEs.

Meeting of the City Council Will Be
Called Immediately by the Mayor
on Receiving News of the Presi-
dents Observation-Disclosures of Regret
and sympathy VIII BE Adopted.
Committee of Aldermen and Citi-
zens to Attend the Funeral at
Washington VIII BE Appointed.
Mayor Myers Discusses Savannah's
Sorrow for the Threatened Death
of the President-Great Anxiety
All Day-How the Papers Handled
fhe News.
Savannah's regret and her deep
sympathy will be expressed by reso-
luton of the City Council. A call for
a special meeting will be issued by
Mayor Myers Immediately after he re-
ceives the news of the death of the
President. Then will be submitted a
suitable resolution, which. after its
adoption, will be forwarded to Wash
ington as a tender of the sentiment of
Savannah in the bereavement that has
.befallen Mrs. Mckinley and the great
loss that has been inflicted upon the
country by an assassin's hand.
Savannah's sorrow and coincidence
will not be confined to a resolution.
Mayor Myers said last night that a
committee of aldermen and citizens
will be appointed to go to Washington
to attend the funeral, should what was
then feared as the worst happen. This
committee will be appointed by the
Mavor.
1.-THE entire city" said the Mayor.
twill mourn. The shock of the death Of
so great and so good a man as Mr.. Nc
Kiuiey could not but be felt by each
and every one of our citizens. SaVan-
nah has been close to him-closer, per-
haps, than a great many other cities
of the Union.
Twice, as the head of the city gov
eminent, have | had the honor to en-
terrain the President, and each time
intercourse with him has afforded me
the sinc2reSt pleasure. His has been
a personality that has always made
friends. ana l was certainly not insen-
sible to the charm of his manner and
the magnetism of his person. The
President, too. had expressed himself
as deeply grateful for the hospitality
that had been shown him by Savan-
nah, and 1 know that he had a warm
place in his heart for the city His
first visit here was during my first
term as Mayor. He was then Governor
of Ohio. and was on tour through
the South. l recall that our distin-
guished guest, Hon. d. B. Lester and
/ went to Thunderbolt, and that the
trip was pronounced by the President
to be one of the most enjoyable of his
entire tour. His next visit was in 1888,
when he reviewed the troops here.
Il consider that it would be but a
proper mark of respect admiration
esteem and love for the President, and
a desire to honor his memory for the
city, to send a committee to represent
it at the funeral. i should say this
mad the President never visited our
city, but especially do l say it, since
he has partaken of our hospitality"
Flags on all the buildings in the
, city that have them will be at half
mast to-day, should the President die.
Instructions will be Immediately given
at the City Exchange, the Cotton Ex-
change. the police station, the several
armories, and by business houses for
this mark of respect, if the news of the
end comes.