Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-28

EhlAAAN VI II MlNoANhA UEOkTnm. hnat0
was as follows:
Overture-Stabat Mater. .Rossini.
Psraphrsse-Nearer, My God to Thee
Intermelao-Csvaieria Rusiicana. 'e.''
sone-Lead kindly Light. ..... ....".s..'s
Song-Lost Chord Sullivan.
largo Handel.
Secretary Hays peech
Secretary Hay spoke in part as follows.
For the third time the congress OF the
rate 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
inter- lack OF Professionalism os ne acf tbhe
obscurity, the insignificance of the Grim
inal; the. blamelessness-so far as In our
be held blameless-of the victim. Not one
OF our murdered presidents had an enemy
eminent purity OF life that no pretext could
be given for the attack of passional crime;
they were. all men of democratic instincts
Jealous advocates of equality; they were of
kindly and generous nature, to whom
wrong or injustice was impossible; of mod
crate fortune, whose slender means nobody
could envy. They were men of austere
virtue Of tender heart Of eminent abilities.
walked before God and man without blame
IL was aAhEEt AlhtG utE VI "a DtODlt. ~
only. temptation to attack their lives Of
fered was their gentle ~radiance-to eyes
The stupid useiessness of such an infamy
afronts the common sense OF the world.
Typical American from birth.
The life Of wlnism Mckinley was, from
his birth to his death, typically American.
There Is no enyirenment; 1 should say
produce just such a character. He was
born into that way, Of life which elsewhere
is called the middle class, but which in
this country is SO nearly universal as TO
make OF other classes an almost negligible
neither proud MoT herher f'S Se p Knew oT no
hunger he was not sure Of satisfying, no
luxury which could eneryate mind or body.
intelligent and upright; without pTetension
and without humility. He grew up in the
S S9 RI&HGSS Sc YYGo iRas9Y d RsxSr d fSls 1t PF2Rs siT So tnss
ism. They learned in the admirable school
readers OF fifty years ago the lessons OF
down from the past. They read in their
weekly newspapers the story of the world 6
progress, in which. they we're eager TO take
nation with which they burned to do battle.
1t was a serious and thoughtful time.
Early Military HonOrs.
The men who are living today. and who
glory and glamour that filled the earth and
the sky when the long twilight OF doubt
ana c HnGerht sd was endin a a ND the time a,
moral Significance. but of sar-reaehing i'm
By Ellsworth attracted national attention;
the huttering of the nag in the clear sky
Patriotism which had been q Thetorieai
expression, became a passionate emotion
in which Instinct, logic and feeling were
could be saved only by FIRE; no s%acriict
was too great; the young men of the coun-
try were ready for the sacrifice; come veal
AT IL years Of age William Mckinley
heard this summons Of mis- country. He
His serious. Sensible ways his prompt
alert efficiency soon attracted the attention
field rank when the war ended, brevetted
by President Lincoln for gallantry In battle
II is to the EVERLASTING honor Of 6otf
struck. William Mckinley, one of thai
bis bfsI sword m and be Z himself 70 fdsp BOOKS
He quickly made ny the time lost ir
ssS So SoSIs b as atat osas his hssi Rls'e ent2eec 3,
ment; finding the range of a country. law
library too narrow, he went to the Albany
with brilliant success; was admitted to the
bar and settled down to practical brew
e cseaoD veteran e6w Of and I4- hep tsf qTletd tg 9UrevS O.
famous as the scene OF his life and his
place OF. sepulture. Here many blessings
cess and a domestic arection so pure, Sc
devoted and stainless that future poets
viii and in it a theme worthy Of theil
songs. This is a subject. 10 which tht
lightest e%llusion seems profanation but 4
without remembering that no truer. ten
derer knight to his chosen lady ever lived
among mortal men.
begins Political Career.
1t came naturally about that in 1S7s-th'
pIbHc"he began, by an election to con.
eress, his political career. Thereafter fol
When he came to the presidency there wa,
not a day when his congressional service
was not of use TO him. Probably no othei
president has been in such full and cordia
Communion with congress, If we may ex
cept Lincoln alone.
he devoted himself to questions of hnanc,
and revenue, to the essentials Of the ma
tional housekseplngii s ne hs., took high rani
A year after Mckinley left congress h,
was made governor of Ohio, and two year.
i%orities unhoped-for and overwhelming. II,
came to hll a space In the public eye which
obscured a great portion or the neid o
presidency seemed within his reach. Blu
Re had gone there in the interest OF other!
femptation. SO his nay was nay-delivere
With a tone and gesture there was no deny
ing. His hour was not yet come.
Only Candidate for President.
There was, however, no long delay. H,
became, from year TO year. the most prom
inent politician and orator in the country
For several months before the republican
national convention met In 1896 II was evi
dent to all who had eyes to see that MI
Mckinley was the only probable candidate
Toned, 81 the highest RAM in ability
character and popularity; they were sup
ported by powerful combinations; but tn
nomination of Mckinley as against tn
field was inevitable.
The campaign he made will be Away
memorable IN our political annals. He an
his friends had thought that the issue 10
the year was the distinctive and histori
difference between the two parties on tn
subject of the tariff. To this wager o
battle the discussions of the previous fou
years distinctly pointed. But no sooner ma
the two parties made heir nomination
than IL became evident that the opposln
candidate declined to accept the field o
discussion chosen by the republicans, an
proposed TO put forward as the main issu
the free coinage OF silver. Mckinley a
once accepted this challenge, and, takin
the battle for protection as already woI
went with energy into the discussion of IN
theories presented by his opponents.
r Grave Problems Confront Him.
When he came to the presidency he cor
fronted a situation OF the utmost difficulty
which might we'll have appalled, a man {
less serene and tranquil s~elf-conhdenc
There had been a state OF profound con
, mercial and Industrial depression, froi
which his friends had said his electio
with the outside world left much 10 be d,
4 sired. The feeling between the nOrtheT