The Washington times., 1901-09-19
RESOLUTIONS OF REGRET.
Action by Local Bodies Upon Presi'
dent Mckinley's Death.
The business Mems Association
Records Its Appreciation of His
Interest in the District-Preachers
Express Their Sense of Loss.

Records Its Appreciation of His
Interest in the Observation-Disclosures
Express Their Sense of Loss.
The Board of Directors of the Business
Mems Association, acting in the name of
the association, met at their offices in
the Bond Building last night to take ap-
propriate action upon the death of Presi-
d, mt Mckinley. The meeting was called
to order by V. Baldwin johnson, First
Vice President, who said:
Il have not called together the Board
of Directors of the Business Mems Asso-
citation before because / am deeply SEN
sible that the sad occasion which has
brought us here this evening is one which
has already been duly observed by each
of us in his throe-fold capacity as civ
ilized man. as a citizen Of the United
States and as a resident of the District of
Columbia. As a civilized human being,
each of US must deplore, and does deplore.
murder in TIE abstract; as loyal
citizen of the United States. each
of us must grieve with re-
sentiment at the atrocious assassination
of his national father; as a resident of
the District of Columbia, he must weep
with deeper sorrow stil-for the Presi-
father of our municipal household. In
President Mckinley, this latter relation
was so admirably sustained through the
remarkable plentitude of his personal
graces and qualifcations-his easy acces-
sibility, his deep interest in our welfare.
his patient attention to the rehearsal OF
our wants, his earnest sympathy with
our efforts to advance-that surely every
one of us here tonight. in his capacity of
citizen of the District, has already ap-
propriateIy disclosed his esteem and love
for the exquisite manhood of President
Mckinley and his deep sense of loss at
the untimely death of the Chief Execu-
tive.
But there is another relation which
have not spoken of. ard that is the re-
lation subsisting between the President
of the United States, by virtue of the
form of our District government, and the
Business Mems Association of Washing
ton. 1t is this relation which has in
duced me, as acting president of your as
sociation, to call you together tonight.
and. accordingly. now submit that mat
ter for your discussion and action. AS
William Mckinley was a friend of every
one who worthily strove for progress, in
this manner was he conspicuously the
friend of the Business Mems Association.
Let his memory be sacredly preserved in
the archives of our association
In moving the adoption of resolutions
which Conrad II. Syme presented. the lat
ter said:
Il feel that they give but feeble ex-
preston to grief SO profound and uni
versal as to be unparalleled in our ex-
periepce. The occasion has added force
and conservation to the accepted formu-
las of regret and sorrow The death of
President Mckinley has come to the citi-
zenship of this nation as a personal be-
reavement. Each heart responds to the
national grief; over each home the angel
of death seems to have hovered. The high
and the lowly, the proud and the humble,
the rich and the poor, meet on a common
plane of desolation and loss. Stirred to
its profoundest depths the heart of this
nation has voiced it's woe.
President Mckinley was of the peo-
Pile He never failed to realize his duty
to them. Called to guide the destinies of
his country at time pregnant with great
possibilities as well as grave dangers, he
measured up to the highest standards of
constructive craftsmanship. Like Lincoln.
he believed in the people, and his aspra-
tions for his country were inspired by
his faith in the patriotism and capabili-
ties of its citizens. He knew and under
stood and loved them. In his tempera-
ment and disposition there was. no place
for malice, 10 element that aroused or
retained personal resentment 1t is i'm
possible to realize that such a man could
have met such death.
"All of us recognize the home as the
unit of our civilization. Upon IL are
founded the most sacred of our institu-
tions. To it. and its relations. we turn in
our final analysis of our fellow-men.
Great as was President Mckinley in civic
virtue and capacity. he was no less great
In those relations wherein the truest man.
hood finds its expression and opportunity.
She alone, who today. sits amid the ash
es of her pitiful desolation. knew how
truly great he was To all the world he
has left in his domestic life, an example
beautiful beyond the power of descrip-
ton; A devotion so single-hearted, SO
ideal, so chivalrous, so sweet, that its
very memory surrounds him with a light
almost divine
Addresses were also made by L. NJ.
Saunders. w F. GUIDE. F. K Raymond
w. w. Danenhower, and John Doyle Car
mody. Conrad Fl. Syme thereupon offered
the following resolutions. which were
unanimously adopted:
WI ereas William Mckinley, President
of the United States. endeared to his
countrymen by his patriotism. integrity,
and lovable character. on the 18th day of
to the cause Of his country and all its
people; now, therefore. be il
Resolved. That we, the Business Mems
Association of the District of Columbia,
desire to express our profound apprecia-
tion of the loss sustained by the nation,
the District of Columbia. every citizen,
and this association in the death of Will
liam Mckinley late President of the
United States. His life has endeared him
to all of his countrymen. He realized to
the fullest degree the ideal of civic virtue,
craftsmanship, and manhood. In his
death the nation has sustained an ire
parable loss, and to every citizen has
come the profoundest realization of per-
sonal regret and sorrow. Be IL further
Resolved. That this resolution be
spread in full upon the minutes OF this
meeting and copy thereof be sent to the
widow of the late President.
"V Baldwin Johnson, Acting President;
L. NJ Saunders. Secretary pro tenn.
At a regular session of the Washington
Preachers Meeting of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church, held September l6, in this
city the following resolutions, prepared
by committee consisting of DIR. Lucien
Clark, j. f. Heisse, and ]. f. Amos, We're
unanimously adopted:
We the members of the Washington
Preachers Meeting OF the Methodist Epis-
copal Church. having learned with pro-
| found sorrow of the death of William Nc
| Kinley President of the United States.
do hereby record our testimony to the