The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-09-30
A MEMORIAL ADDRESS
Delivered in the Rusk Prison by 3

Delivered in the Rusk Prison by Rev. |
FIT ,MitcheIlC Chaplain, September %.
After Miss Nlburn had rendered hcauti !
fully the song, MY Mothers Bible" Or.
Mitchell said
TO William Mckinley his mothers Bible
was treasure which he tool, with him to
the field Of battle. into his law office, Into
the National councils, and into the Waite
House. His character was nodded 10y It,
and he lived by It's prcccpts until he fen a
martyr az his post
/ want to quote a few short sentences,
separate hut all related In the letter I
the Hebrews, last clause Of the fourth
verse. we read. lilo being dead, yet
speakcth." Another quotation, slightly al
tered; "Our president Is dead; long live
the president And another: "lie that
lives in the hearts Of his friends whom
ne leaves behind him never dies
These may suggest to you somewhat
few OF the things l desire to say.
1t is not my purpose TO pronounce n
eulogy upon our fallen president especially
| upon him as a warrior or ms a statesman,
| although these are sufficiently conspicuous
to make him world renowned. desire
| rather to show, under the Inv OF cOmpen'
sation, what benfht humanity lnnF ueIle
from the life and death of this tllnstrlous
man.
The ancestors OF William Mckinley came
| from Ireland and Scotland to 6neriea
| about 100 years ago and settled In PennAyl
vanla Ills father removed to ONO ana
| settled nj Niles, whore William was born
ia 1872 His mothers Bible was her guide
in rearing and forming The character 81
her son. AZ the age of 10 he was convert
ed and united with the church, and from
that day to the dag OF his death no salu
attached 10 his Christian character. Al the
age OF II ne went into the Federal army,
private soldier and before ne was II ne
became lieutenant, captain and major 9hi
even there he was a man 81 lnlrEIllN'
| yalor and honor, mud no act or his is ne.
ported Inconsistent with his Christian pro
! tessIun When the war was ended he ell
tered upon the study of law and tn ms
| practice he soon ,,,cnme eminent. lie WIS
called to minor offices at home, but WAS
| soon elected TO congress whore ne served
sixteen years and hllod some OF the most
honorable positions In that body. twenty
| ycHrs ago | regarded him as the best man
! In hls party for the position which he
| his country and honor to himself.
do not hesitate 10 say that by DIS de-
| youon TO principle. as he saw II, by ms
| devotion to his country and 10y his hdehty
! To his God, he has added mister 10 the
| chair that was filled by Washington. lie
did for HIS country what no other man mas
ever done; not even Washington could do
! II, much less Lincoln, or any who nave
| followed them-he united all sections as
| they have never been united before and
| made us one people, Some people say the
| sections are more united than at any time
! since the civil war / have lived eighty
! Years and / say they are more united imam
| nc any time since the American reYolu.
| ton. and the man who did most toward
| the accomplishment Of this grand end was
| William Mckinley. Standing forth fear
| lcssly. not Ike br0ggart nor trying 70
force either parties or sections, by his
| rising upcrior to these, by his hdelltv 10
ALL by his sublime manhood, by his kind
ness, his generosity and his Christian per-
snaslycness, by all of these, under God, he
did II.
The courtesy and affection which were
| shown him IN his recent trip through the
South Ia the far West and back again 10
the capital was beyond an previous mani
fcstation Of respect appreciation and devo'
ton ever shown ia any man Of the coun-
try. aud It was chiefly 30 because Of its
absolute honesty and heOrtlness.
! But he Is dead, and history gives no nc
count Of any man who has been so unlV ,
earth, however remote and obscure, from
cmperors ana kings 20 the peasant Ia his
cottage all have sent t9rth a wall o. sor
row and sympathy. Others have died ll
age. when their work was done, as did
| Englands noble queen, and others have
fallen 10y the hand OF the assassin when
passions were high or when oppression
was great, but our man was smitten In
the prime Of his life and manhood, its bas
all glorious, the future yet calling him e
yet grandcr deed OF patriotism and states
manship, II possible. While greeting hi,
countrymen with nobe bearing but kind
aud cordial the deadly missile did III
|
| every true American; and | may add, I
struck the hearts OF all peoples Of al
countries
What a spectacle did we behold on thu
day Of his funeral From Washington &
London, from London TO Pckln and BON
bay, from Manila 10 Africa, all flags weT,
AT half mast, on sea or on land; all headI
were uncovered; all labor ceased; nll tele
graph wires were dead; all wheels or q
! cars were still. aud the signs Of all heartl
, nsorrowful sympathy were poured into th'
cars Of the Universal Father.
! Henceforth let your sympathies nm,
prayers and tears 20 forth In behalf O
! that dear woman who fingers alone, alone
/, but bears her load OF grief with sometbini
! Of the herosm which marked her illusri
I Gus consort May God take care or ne ne
! and comfort her as only He can, until she,
; arc reunited In a brighter. better world.
'He being dead. yet speaketh."
What was mortal OF william Mchlhis,
a resting under the flowers. but what D.
4 was and what he did was never more VITA
" aiiys than II IL today, Hs 70 AIN apsAklai