The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1901-09-24
k3enlal OF God Respon-
s. sible For Anarchy.
]OLL|vER OF IOWA
ihus Spoke at One Of the
Memorial Meetings, For
the Late President
at Chicago.


President Mckinley. Memorial
ervices were held In all parts of the
ity during the day and night At
he Coliseum, where the principal ex'
rcises were held, so many people ap-
lied for admission that an overflow
aeeting was arranged at Tattersalls.
In the afternoon the services we're
or school children, and all the speak
rs endeavored to impress upon the
oung people the significance of the
assassination OF the president and the
onditions that actuated the assassin.
Senator Dolliver, OF Iowa, was the
principal speaker at the evening
Meeting He said in part:
Portion Of Delivers Speech.
"The government of the United
btates has given no attention, and the
government of the several states bu.
title, to the activity, in many of our
lities, to organizations. inconsiderable
n numbers, which, boldly profess to
leek the destrucNHn of all govern
nent and all law. The crime OF Sept.
J. though evidently committed under
he influence, II not the direction, of
,thers, easily battles the courts, be-
,ause being without the common mo-
dves Of murder, 1t leaves no tracks
listinct enough to be followed, and
or that reason 1t escapes through the
Jery tenderness Of our system of ju-
lisprudence towards persons accused
t suspicious. however grave. A gov
,rnment like ours Is always Blow to
move and often awkward in its mo.
hons, but 1t can be trusted to find eff.
'ective remedies for conditions like
these, at least, after they become In.
tolerable. But these remedies, in or
Aer to be effective, must not evade
the sense of Justice which is univer.
ial. nor the traditions OF civil liberty
which we have inherited from our
fathers.
1T ought not to be forgotten that
conspirators, working out their ne.
farious plans iu secret, in the dens
and caves of the earth, enjoy an un.
conscious cooperation and side-part-
nership with every lawless influence
abroad In the world. Legislators who
betray the commonwealth. judges who
POISON the fountains OF justice, city
governments which come to terms
with crime all these are regular con.
tiibutors to the campaign fund of
anarchy. That bowling mass, whether
In Kansas or Alabama; that assem-
bly, OF wild beasts. dancing in drunken
carousal about the ashes of some ne.
gro malefactor, is not contributing to
the security of society; 1t Is taking
away from society the only security
II has. 1t belongs to the unenrolled
reserve corps Of anarchy In the Unit
ed States. The words which came
spontaneously to the lips of William
Mckinley, as he sank under mortal
wounds and saw the infuriated crowd
pressing about his assailant, ought
20 be repeated In the ears CT the Of
dcers Of the peace from one end Of
the land to the other. in all the years
that are to come. Let no one hurt
him; let the law take its course.
Atheism to Blame For Anarchy.
"The fatal word In the creed of an.
nrchy Is atheism Until that word Is
government Of the universe and the
moral significance Of human life Is
lost, 1t is impossible to conceive,
much less to execute. this malignant
propaganda against the rights of man
kind. No man who brings nothing
with him except q blind faith in nat
uIdt idWo WhiSh hobouy AhtaO phu hO-
4 ody administers will ever find a
permanent disciplcship in world
like this. 1t Is their misfortune that
their works have had the most in.
Ruence among those who have been
least able to understand them.
1T may be an idle Imagination, but
as l have heard the prayers which
have been offered and the sermons
which have been preached about the
dead body of William Mckinley. II
has come to look more and more ra.
tional to me that II indeed his assas.
sination was an incident of the stand.
ing challenge of atheism against the
peace and order of society. 1t could
not, now that Gladstone Is no more
nave chosen sacrifice more fit to IL.
lustrate the nobility Of human char.
acter, nurtured In the fear of God
and trained from infancy In the law
of Christ.
"A long acquaintance with the late
president. in the intimacy of per
sonal friendship which ended only
with his life. has always saved me
from that error OF judgment which
has In some quarters underrated his
abilities and undere3timated the value
Of his public services; but, standing
here, before yet the flowers have with
cred which cast their faded beauty
upon his grave, declare my solemn
belief that no achievement of his
great career, no triumph of his epoch
making record at our capital, viii
weigh so much for the welfare of the
world as the everlasting ministry oi
the stainless life which Re lived In
the faith CT the mother who taught
him first to repeat tho words Of tb;
Master, Thy will be done.'"
Senator Macon Also Spoke.
Senator Mason, who addressed tht
Afternoon meeting. condemned the as
sassination OF President Mckinley as
the most cruel diabolical and COW
ardly murder ever recorded. He sale
that he believed that the red flag o
anarchy would never again be permit
ted to float under the same sky will