The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-02-28
|EULOGY OF
 MR. M'KIlgIEY Glowing Tribute Paid by
 John Hay. HIGH OFFICIALS PRESENT Prince Henry and the Presi- dent Listen to the Address. asnersls of the Army, Justices ox tAs
 Supreme Court, 1rsmbers of ths ,. Cabinet and othsr Dasnitariss Thsr&
HIGH OFFICIALS PRESENT

Washington. Feb. N.--At noon today in the great hall of Representatives, n the presence of President Roosevelt Prince Henry of Prussia. brother of tho German Emperor. the members Of the Cabinet, the Justices of tho Supreme Court. the Commanding General of tho Army and o11cers of the army and navy who have received the thanls Of Con grsss. the Ambassadors and other dipio-
 natic representatives of foreign countriess the Senators and Representatives in Con- sress and . large number of diStingulsh- a guests, the Hon. John Hay. McKinley's Premier. pronounced q eulosy on his dead chief. Four times before. national me- uorial services for Presidents who have died in ofYlce have been held in this hall; two of them, like this, in commemora- ton of Chief Magistrates, who have fallen by the hands of an assassin- George Brancroft, the historian, pronounced the eulogy on Lincoln and Blaine was Gar- fields orator.
 A Coincidence.
 By . strange coincidence, today was the twentieth anniversary of that on which MT. Blaine was in the same hall and de- iivered his eulogy on Garfield. and. stranger still, the subject of today's me- morial service was the chairman of the committee who had charge of the arr rangements on that occasion. Only a year ago, less five days. at the head of an imposing civic and military proces- sion, Mckinley passed triumphantiy along Pennsylvania Avenue for his sec ond inaugural. Six months later the tragedy occurred at Buffalo. and another c. -~S fr body through the streets to the rotunda of the Capitol, where the tributes of the paions of the earth about his bier be- spoke the universal sorrow. Today, once more, with uncovered head, the nation | paid it's last tribute of respect snd pub hciy expressed its living grief
 Garfield Memories.
 l Again the broad avenue was filled with vast crowds as they were year ago. Then the streets were a sea of glistening bayonets and waving plurnes, and the air was filled with the music of hundred tongued resplendent bands. Today all was changed. The procession was unor- ganized. No martial music frightened the feet of the throng. No cheers rent the air. For the people the event was one for the mind and heart rather than for the eye and ear and they congregated in un- numbered thousands about the great marble pile upon the hill.
 In the area in front of the Speakers rostrum, heavy leather upholstered feuteuils had been placed for the Presi- dent, Prince Henry, the Cabinet. the General of the Army and the Justices of the Supreme Court. The first two rows on the Democratic side were reserved for the diplomatic corps and the four rows immediately behind them for the mem bers of the Senate. The Commissioners of the District of Columbia and other invited guests were to sit back of the Senate.
 Entrance of Dignitaries.
 At 70 there was a stir throughout the chamber. The doors to the right of the Speakers rostrum was flung wide and the members of the diplomatic corps marched in. preceded by the Sergeant-at- Arms of the House. The foreign Ambas- sadors and Ministers appeared in sombre frock suits befitting the occasion with the exception of the Chinese Minister. who was dressed in his rich costume of silk. A few naval attaches who be- Ionged to the staffs who had come to. the capital in their brilliant uniforms did not enter the hall.
 Lord Pauncefote, the British Ambas- sador, dean of the diplomatic corps, headed the procession. With him were the Ambassadors of the other powers.
 The address of the day was delivered by Secretary of State John Hay. 1t was eulogy of the dead President by one who knew him we'll. MT. Hay reviewed Mir. McKinley's record in war and in peace and extolled the virtues of the Ohio statesman. His denunciation of anarchy