The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1901-10-18
Resolutions
of Respect.
Adopted BY The Sovereign Grand
Lodge. ], o. o. f., At Indian.
spoiis, Sept. 26, 1901.

ahu cfuci ueatn O1 our nOnOret
President cast a sombre shadow
over the entire session. On tn,
first day OF the meeting Crane
Sire Cable appointed n committe,
of fifteen, who presented the follow.
ing report Thursday, which wa,
adopted by rising vote and bow.
ed heads. After the adoption o.
the report the body adjourned 70,
the day and the Sovereign GRAND
Lodge Immediately formed IN q
procession and marched to one oi
the prominent churches and par.
ticipated with the citizens In mem
oral services. Following Is the re
port:
Indianapolis, Ind, sept. 10. 1901
To the Sovereign Grand Lodge o,
the Independent Order OF Odd
Fellows:
We stand to-day In the shadow
of great national sorrow.
William Mckinley the Prcsiden,
of the United States, was shot to
death by an assassin.
Suddenly and terribly, without
reason or excuse, the dastardly
crime was committed, and one OF
the worlds greatest men was ush-
cred into the presence of his God.
To-day all that is mortal of this
good man will be laid to rest in
the bosom of his mother earth
under the sod he loved 80 well ;
wrapped in the folds of his
country's flag, that he had so
signally and gloriously exalted In
life.
1t Is meet and proper that this
Order, having membership OF
over one million people In the
United States, and Dominion OF
Canada and other foreign countries,
should give expression to our
sentiments on this occasion.
In the name and In behalf OF
Odd Fellowship, everywhere We
denouncc the assassination of
William Mckinley, as wantonly
wicked, inhuman and cowardly.
Neither the assination, nor that
class he represents, had any cause
for complaint against the President
OF the United States or the govern
mcnt whose affairs he was so wisely,
justly and successfully administer
ing.
Mr.. Mckinley was an cxtraordin-
AIRY man. He possessed a heart OF
gold, and n nature gentle, kind
and fratcrnal. He loved his fellow
men and sought in every way to
better their condition. He was the
representative and chief magistrate
of a government whose flag is the
symbol of freedom and liberty.
~ htie ,iiut tN'l ioht0 M iuNitutlDH
to the Oppressed and prosecuted OF
earth to come and rest under its
shelter, where no tyrant on earth
can tear them from its protection.
The bright stars that bcdcck 1t
are ms the crystal lights hanging In
the heavens, to the lonely marine,
pointing to n home and IA haven of
rest. The beautiful stripes that
span IL are as the rainbow across
the heavens, n perpetual promise
OF protection to all who rest under
its folds. Its stars are the coronets
OF freedom; its stripes the scourge
for the tyrant, There can be no
holier thrill than that which the
flag OF this country should inspire
in every patriots heart.
Yet that emblem has hcen foully
assailcd, The highest representa-
tive OF that sentiment has been
cowardly assassinatcd.
No wonder that the sun, next
day hid It's head behind the clouds,
and the God OF love and peace
draped the earth in shadow. For
the citadel OF liberty had been as
saulted, the country OF refuge had
been attacked.
1t behoovcs every law-abiding
citizen Of every land to rally around
the standard OF law and order in Il
determined and successful effort to
suppress anarchy and anarchists.
Under the principles and teachings
of Odd Fellowship the spirit of
anarchy can not live. To be an
Odd Fellow, one must cherish and