The age-herald., 1901-09-20

~<<<<<<%%%~<<% { mortal body, how triumphantly do the weeping religious forces of the world shout out: Oh Death, where is thy sting? Oh, Crave where is thy vctory?
 At several of MT. Rhodes climaxes, and at the close of his speech, the audi ence gave it's approval to the sentiments expressed by spontaneous but modulated applause.
 When MT Rhodes had taken his seat. Dr. Simpson introduced Hon. John W. Tomlinson. This speaker said that after hearing Mfr Rhodes address, he felt there was little left for him to say. Continuing, he said:
 MT. Tomlinson Speaks.
 "In this hour of gloom, when the dead Presidents body is being assigned to the comb, and the nation is bowed in the shadow of a national disgrace, a ray of sunshine is seen in the welcome fact that the people of this country with unanimity and without regard to party, join in pro found regret at the tragic death of Will fam Mckinley In extoliing the splendid virtues and Christian character of the great American. and in condemning in no uncertain words the assassin's cowardly crime.
 Tt is further hopeful sign during this time of national humiliation and mourn ing that the people, in earnestly seeking for a remedy to prevent a recurrence of such crimes, have instlnctivly turned to the great moral force of the nation, the church of God, to mould n purer public sentiment. so untainted, so enlightened. so intense against wrong doing, so inex- horable in, demanding obedience to law and authority that anarchy or anything resembling 1t can have no abiding place on American soil.
 Nearer, My God, to Thee the dying President sang; and the sentiment of that song and the prayer he murmured, Thy will be done. coming from the heart rending scenes of the death-bed of a martyred President, are an inspiration to the meetings heinz held at this hour all over the United States. and will be a text to moralists in ages to come "
 There Is Something Wrong.
 Surely there Is something wrong when, within the last four decades, the pages of our history have been plotted and blurred by the blood of three Presidents and one Governor, who have been the vic tins of the assassin. You hear many rem edies suggested. Some thoughtlessly pro- pose to meet lawessness with lawless- ness, forgetting that by so doing they would adopt the methods and approve the ideas of those who defy law and author ity.
 Others demand the severest punish ment in such cases, and there can be no punishment too severe for those who by attempting the life of the President, strike at the very nation itself; and yet all the law writers tell us that mere severity of punishment Is not a preventa- tive of crime. Have bloody laws In other countries stayed the hand of the hater of governments and the slayer of rulers?
 No, my friends, while the criminal codes should be amended, making it a capital offense to attempt the life of the President of the United States or the Gov ernor of a state. yet the only Actual and lasting relief Is in a sound public opinion, which by demanding he doing of right and the observance of the law every where. will inspire respect for law fin the minds of all mankind and love of country in their hearts.
 May the meeting today in this nation hasten the attainment of the end desired and the elevation of law, human and di- vine. to a higher place than it has ever yet occupied, so that the rich and the poor, the great and the small may look up to 1t, not only as the sovereign will of the people. but as the omnipotent plan through which all good is to be accom- plished, and that they may not only obey but love and obey, the government which protects them in their lives. in their lib- erty. in their property and in the pursuit of happiness
 MT. Tomlinson's speech, like MT. Rhodes was also generously applauded
 The presiding officer said that any one in the audience who felt constrained to speak had the privilege of doing so, but he asked those who might accept this in- vitation to limit their remarks to four or five minutes. NtHf
 After a pause Conrade J. c. Miller of the G. A. R.. rose and made feeling and felicitous talk. He said that the catas- trophe which had plunged the nation in mourning was far-reaching. It reaches the home of the rich as well as the home of the poor. It touches the high and low alike. But 1t was as a veteran that he desired to speak. Heethen paid a loving tribute to Mckinley as a comrade who had stood on the firing line, had known the toilsome march and had been often present with death. It was on these lines that McKinley's ties were formed with every post. And in every post something like personal loss was sustained when that great comrade in arms passed from earth. F1 a @ttt
 MT. Miller was warmly appauded. Af- ter he had finished no one else seemed in- clined to speak and Mir. Rhodes rose and called for James Bowron, who sat with the choir. MT. Bowron responded He said he had just come from a bed of fever in order to be present at this meeting and was in no contion to speak, but he thought it would i'll become him who had chosen the United States for his country and Alabama for his State to refuse to add his mite of testimony to that which had been so eloquently given. If any of you. said MT. Bowron, have had the op- portunity of crossing the Atlantic as of ten as have you must have observed the