The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-09-28
ORATOR EuLBelzEs LATE ETEeuTITE
ON THE PINNACLE or FAME Ne
APPEARED AS AN tx
AMPLE TO MEN.
Assassina.sd While Urging His coun-
srymen in the Arts Of Peace,
Prosperity and Happiness-other
speaksrs-Praysrs and Music.

Memorial exercises were held 81
Oahu College yesterday afternoon, be
ginning at O'Clock, in honor OF ths
late President Mckinley. Prof. Bal
laseyus presided at the organ Near
er, Ny God, TO Thee" Lead kindly
Light" and My Country, lis OF
Thee" were sung by the audience
The scripture reading and prayer
were by Rev. J. P. Erdman. Remarks
were made bv p c. Jones, W. R. Gas
tie. Jr.. J. B. Atherton and others
Judge Gilbert F. Little.of Hil0. de
liverej the address of the day. II
was as follows:
We are drawn together by the tragic
events of the past month. to give some ex.
preston by appropriate and respectful
ceremony TO our feelings. which we. in
common with the whole Nation. realize
as pressing upon us. So hushed be the
voice and soft be the tread. that we may
now close the doors to the rush and roar
of every day life and draw the curtain Of
peace about US while we invoke the Divine
aid of the God of Nations, who tempers
the wind TO the shorn lamb.
For the third time we are in the
which has desoiated our Nation. Presi-
dent Lincoln was shot in the head BY
John Wilkes Booth on Good Friday
night. April 14th. 1865, and was I'M
conscious until the time of his death.
which occurred Saturday morning. April
II. 1865. President Garfield was shot
in the body. July 2nd. 1881. by Charles J.
Guiteau and died at midnight Fridav.
September 10. 1881. President Mckinley
was shot in the stomach. Friday. Septem-
her 9th. 1901. by Czolgosz. and died Fri
day morning September 18th. 1901.
I'm the midst of the American people.
where every citizen is taught to obey the
law and oserve the rules of Christian con-
duct. our late Chief Executive. the be-
loved of all hearts. has in time of peace
been assassinated And in this sad hour
while the bleeding heart of the whole Ma
ton is pouring out its mournful anguish
over our beloved late President. the
throbbing of our own hearts over the
sad catastrophe is almost stilled.
The wantonness of the act has so ap-
palled us, so stifed us. that we find no
words at our command with which 20
properly express our deep sorrow.
William Mckinley was a typical
American statesman. of humble origin.
however. the fortitude and ideas of right.
taught him by his mother at her knee.
followed him at every step up life's jour
ney.- up the ladder of Fame until he stood
ct the topmost round of earthly honors.
When the war of the rebellion was de-
clared he offered his life in boyhood on
the altar of his country that our flag
might wave over a united land instead of
an aggregation of warning States. In
later years, his voice was heard and his
vote was east. in the counsels of his coun-
try for what has proved to be its best
interests. He seemed to read mems hearts
as others do books. He possessed a
beautiful charm in his mental equipment
with which he always soothed the disap-
pointed and aching hearts of those whose
ambition he was unable to crafty.
.'He possessed a grace and refinement
of character. all his own. which was sin
gularly full of light and sunshine. radiat-
ing from within the chambers of a pure
heart and an animated soul.
HE sprung from the people and every
DulsatioR in the popular heart found an
immediate answer in his own words of
approval and encouragement from the
people sank deep into his heart. and
from them he always gathered strength
to perform his public duties. firmly. gent
ly. but steadfastly. with the light which
God gave him to see and do the right
He had the faculty of expressing him
self strongly and beautifully. and appar-
emily unstudied. yet unhesitatingly, with
great clearness. with masterful grasp Of
great national questions and yet. his
thoughts were clothed in linguistic habili-
ments. formed according to the sweetest
graces of rhetorical beauty
SIN public life. as in the sacred domain
of home. il is the thoughts thus EXPRESSED
that the mind most strongly grasps and
that fingers longest in the memory. Hence
YOU can readily see why William McKin-
lev. as distinguished private citizen.
with spotless personal character. and as
the Chief Executive of this great nation.
was almost idolized by ali good citizens
regardless of creed or partisan Affiliations
In the language of Bacon. William Nc
Kinley firmly believed sNo pleasure is
comparable to standing upon the vantage
ground Of truth" and in that lies the sec
ret Of his great success in public life.
His private life was as pure and
sparkling as the dew-drop on the morning
flower it was a visual demonstration Of
the principle that 1t IS not the .eve that
sees the beauties of heaven. nor the ear
that hears the sweetness of music of the
glad tidinxs. but the soul that receives
all the relish Of physical and intellectual
pencepticur which makes as happy: and
the more noble and excellent the soul IS
the greater ana more savory are its per-
eepffans With these sentiments in his
mind President Mckinley closed his great
speech st Buffalo, his last public utter
anee on the iav he was shot. as follows !.
eGenflemen. Let rs ever remember that
orr interest IS IN concord. not III conflict.
and that our real euinence rests il the
victories Of neace not those 81 war We
hope thar all who arp represented here
may he moved 20 q higher and nohler ef-
fort for their own and the worlds god
And that cut Of this city NAV come not
only great commerce and trade for - ali
but mere essential. these regulations az
mutual respect and confidence and friend
ship which win deepen and endure. Our
Is fouchsafed prosperity. happiness and
pe2ce 70 all our neieblsors and like hlese-
sn9 70 all The peoples and powers Of
earth
Vita these sentiments upon his lips he
sank under the assassiu5s bullet and 70
resf. As come % parck lips the hlessed
rain. IS same cool bFeeRes 10 the fexeresl