The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-28
HAYS TRIBUTE
TO M kINLEY
Secretary of State Delivers Eu-
Iogy on the IiIustrious Dead.
HIS RISE TO PRESIDENCY
-&-
TRAITS AND CHARACTERISTICS
OF ASsAssIN'S VICTIM.
HIS RISE TO PRESIDENCY

= untimely death for an event so
y tragic called the world imperative
= ly to the immediate study OF his
= life and character, and thus an
= ticipated the sure praise OF pos
y terity.
\ He was a Republican He could =
= not be anything else. A Union ?
= soldier grated upon Gay w mig,
y he necessarily believed in the =
= American syg1em''-in protection =
= TO home industriesi in strong,
y aggressive nationality; in liberal
= construction of the constitution.
= What any self-reliant nation =
= might rightly do. he felt this ma =
y ton had power to do, If required =
= by the common welfare and not =
= prohibited by our written charter =
Hays Eulogy of Mckinley.
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NTASHINGTON, Feb. 27.-At noon
w today, in the hall Of the house Of
representatives, in the presence
of President Roosevelt, Prince Henry
of Prussia, brother of the German en-
peror, the members of the cabinet, the
judges of the supreme court, the gen
eral of the army and officers of the
army and navy who have received the
thanks of congress, the ambassadors
and other diplomatic representatives OF
foreign countries, the senators and rep
resentatives in congress and a large
number of distinguished guests, the
Hon John Hay, McKinley's premier,
pronounced a eulogy upon his dead
chief.
Only one year ago, less five days. at
the head of an imposing civic and mil
itary 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
the streets to the rotunda of the cap
itol, where the brief funeral Grafton
was delivered over his coffin and the
tributes of the nations of the earth
about his bier bespoke the universal
sorrow. Today once more, with un-
covered head, the nation paid its last
tribute of respect and publicly ex-
pressed its loving grief.
Recalls Inauguration Parade.
Again the broad avenue was filled
with vast crowds as il was a year ago.
Then the streets were a sea of glinting
bayohets and waving plumes and the
air was filed With the music of hun
dred-tongued resplendent bands Today
all was changed. The procession was
unorganized. No martial music light
ened the feet Of the throng; no cheers
rent the air. The only pageant was the
gathering troop of cavalry escorting
Prince Henry and his party to the cap
til
veying officers in uniform or diplomats
in court costume TO the place where the
eulogy was to be delivered.
That was the extent of the outward
spectacle. For the people il was one
for the mind and heart, rather than for
the eye and ear. notwithstanding It
was proclaimed in advance that ad-
mission to the hall of representatives
and even to the capitol itself was to be
restricted to those holding cards. the
people cOngregated in unnumbered
thousands about the great marble pile
up on the hill. While the ticket hold
ers besieged the great bronze doors to
the entrance of the rotunda and over
flowed the portico and steps leading to
it, the crowds We're kept back by lines
of blue-coated police walled on the
three sides of the broad plaza in front
VI the capitol
Crowds Seek Admission.
The only emblem of mourning at the
capitol was the flags fiuttering at half
mast above the two wings and on the
great arching dome. This precedent in
the case of the Garfield exercises was
followed closely. The hall was without
decoration of any character. The red
! coated Marine band, sixty strong. was
stationed in the corridor which sepa-
rated the hall from the rear lobby OF
the house.
At 10 o'clock the doors were opened,
and in five minutes the spacious gall
leries surrounding the chamber were
dense with black rows Of people. Even
the aisles were filled, but the crowding
and Jamming which have marred so
many state occasions today was avert
ed, as the tickets issued were limited
strictly to the number Of seats pro-
vided.
Only one was given to each senator
! and representative, and the gathering
IN the galleries was a most diStiu-
/ guished one. The fact that few of the
/ ladies wore bright gowns was especial
ly noticeable. They had attired them
selves in dark costumes betting the
occasion, and their white faces were
rendered 6istinc thy the somberness of
| their apparel
/ Gradually the members of the house
] Stroiled in and took their places The
/ big, cumbrOus revolving chairs at the
/ desks had been removed and smaller
ones substituted. in order. to increase
I the seating capacity on the floor
Wanted to See the Prince.
| IN the area in front of the speakers
/ rostrum heavy-leathered upholstered
/ fauteils had been placed for the accom-
mediation of the president, Prince Hen
/ ~, the cabinet the general Of the ar
/ my and justices of the supreme court
The first two rows on the Democratic
/ side were reserved for the diplomatic
/ corps and the four rows immedia tely
/ behind them for the members of the
I senate. The governors of the states,
/ commissioners of the District Of Co.
I lumbia, the judiciary of the district.
! the heads Of departments and other in
! vited guests were to sit back OF the
| senator's
AT 11:z0 as the strains Of the inter
/ the rendition of the musical pro-
! gTamme which was as follows: Over
Jure. .Stabat Mater" Rosein; para
/ phrase, Nearer. Ny God. 10 Thee. "
| Leneger; intermezze. ~Cavalleria Rus
| ticana, Mascagni; song, Lead. Kind
/ y Light" song. Lost Chord" Sulli-
van: Largo. Handel.
At lao as the strains of the inter-
! mezzO from .'CavalleTia Rusticana
I fioated through the hall there was a
! stir throughout the room. The doors
B to the right OF the speakers rOstrum
! were flung wide open and the members
/ OF the diplomatic corps marched in
| preceded by the seTgeant-at-a Of
| the house. The foreign ambassadors
and ministers did not appear in theiI
| court costumes. but in sOmber frOcb
! coats betting the occasion with the
exception of the Chinese minister. who
was attired in his rich costume OF silk