Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-03-08
MKINLEY MEMORIAL
AT The CAPITAL
Impressive Services in Repre-
sentative Hall in Honor of
Martyr President.
is EULOGlZED BY HAY
Secretary Of State EIoquently Re-
views the Career of 1is Dead
Chief-Prinoe Henry end
Other Notablss Present.

erals or n army and officers or the
army and navy who have received the
thank of congress; ambassadors and
other diplomatic representatives of for
eisn countries; senator's and representa-
tlVes or congress and a large number Of
aistlnguished guests. Hon. John Hay,
Mchinley's premier, pronounced q
eulogy upon his dead chief.
-Four times before national memorial
services for presidents, who have died
in office have been held in this hall, two
or them like this, in commemoration of
chief magistrates who have fallen by
the hand OF assassins. George Bancroft,
historian, pronounced the euolgy on
Lincoln and Blaine was Garfeld's
orator.
Strange Coincidence.
1t was eminently fitting that the last
public ceremonial of sorrow for the la
mented Mckinley should take place in
the forum which had echoed his voice
In the arena where he won his spurs.
by a strange coincidence today was the
twentieth anniversary of hat on which
the peerless Blcine I'm the same hall de-
nVered the eulogy upon the martyred
Hdllelu, anu, stranger still, the sub
Ject or today's memorial service was
chairman OF the committee that had
charge OF the arrangements on thai
occasion. Who then could have dreamed
the man who escorted the then presi-
tent OF the United States, and orator
or tho day to their places, was destined
TO be honored like Garfield, with the
highest place IN the gift of his country,
was TO meet his sad fate and was him
selI 10 be the next martyred president
ABOVE whose grave the nation would
bow Its head.
only a year ago, in five days, at
the head of an imposing civic and mill
tary procession, Mckinley passed tri-
umphantly along Pennsylvania avenue
FOR his second inaugural. Six months
later the tragedy occurred at Buffalo,
and another but different sort OF pro-
cession ~tenderly bore his body through
streets to the rotunda Of the capitol,
where a brief funeral grafton was de-
NVered over his cofhn, and the trib-
utes of the nations of the earth about
his bier bespoke the universal sorrow.
Today once more, with uncovered
head, the nation paid its last tribute
OF respect and publicly expressed it's
living grief. Again the broad avenue
was filled with vast crowds, as they
were a year ago. Then the streets
were q sea of glinting bayonets and
waving plumes and the air was filled
with the music of hundred -tongued
respondent bands. Today all was
changed. The procession was morgan
lied. No martial music lightened the
feet of the throng; no cheers rent the
air. The only pageant was the clat-
tering of the troops OF cavalry escort
ing Prince Henry and party TO the
capitol and carriages here and there
conveying officers in uniform or dlplo-
mats in court costume to the place
where the eulogy was to be delivered.
Thnf uou tho nVfanf nf fhn mn pyoY I'd
spectacle. The only emblem Of mourn
ing of the capitol was the flags nutter-
ing at halfmast above the two wings,
and on the great arching dome.
Scene in the House.
At 10 o'clock the doors Of the house
opened, and in five minutes the spa
cious galleries surrounding the cham
Der were dense with black rows Of
people.
Even the aisles were filed, but the
crowding and tanning which have
marred SO many state occasions today
were avoided, as the tickets issued
were limited strictly to the number
of seats provided. Only one was given
to each senator and representative, and
the gathering in galleries was a most
distinguished one. The fact that few
of the ladies wore bright gowns was es-
pecially noticeable. In the area in front
of the speakers rostrum heavy leather
upholstered fauteuils had been placed
for the accommodation of the presi-
dent, Prince Henry. the cabinet, gen
eral OF the army and justices Of the
supreme court. The first two rows
on the democratic side were reserved
for the diplomatic corps and four rows
Immediately behind them for members
of the senate. Governors of states.
commissioners of the District OF Col
umbia, the judiciary of the district,
heads Of departments and other invited
guests sat back OF the senators.
AT 11:40 the strains Of the inter-
meZZo from the Cavalleria Rusticana
fioated through the hall, and the dip
Tomato corps marched in preceded by
the sergeant at arms of the house. The
foreign ambassadors and ministers did
not appear in their court costumes, but
In somber frock suits BETTING tie oc-
c~asion, with the exception of the
Chinese minister, who was attEed in
his rich costume Of silk.
Hays Address.
When the speaker called the house to
order at noon every available seat in
the chamber was occupied and many
persons stood in the aisles.
After the reading of the journal the
doorkeeper announced the senate. The
members arose as the senators filed in
and took the seats assigned them.
Then came General Miles, followed
by the diplomatic corps. Then came
Prince Henry, dressed in the uniform
of a German admiral. He was es-
corted by Foraker and Grosvenor to a
seat next the one reserved for the pres
ident. The members OF the supreme
court were next announced. Then
came the president and cabinet.
All now being ready Senator FRYE
called the ~assemblage to order, and
after a fervent prayer by the house
chaplain, DR.. Couden, he introduced
the order Of the day.
With impressive dignity Secretary
Hay arose and spoke in part as fol-
lows:
For the third time the congress of the
United States are assembled to
crate the life and the death of a president
slain by the hand of an assassin. The at
tention of the future historian will be at
tracted to the features which reappear
with startling sameness in all three of
these awful crimes; the uslessness,
the utter lack OF consequence of the act:
the ~obscurity,. the insignihcance of the
criminal; the blamelessness-so far as In
our sphere of existence the best of men
may be held blameless-of the victim.
The stupid uselessness of such an in