New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-02-28
In HONOR OF M'KINLEY.
MEMORIAL SERVICES HELD
BY CONGRESS.
ECLoGY DELIVERED BY SECRETARY
HAY-PRINCE AND PRESIDENT IN
THE GREET AUDIENCE
IBT rELEGRArn TO rHE rRInuyz.


Washington Feb 2T.-The two houses Of Con-
gress Joined to-day in paying formal and off,
cial honor to the memory Of William Mckinley.
The tribute of memorial ceremony. held in the
hall OF the larger house. which custom pre-
scrihes for each President who dies in office
comes as rule far in the wake OF the
tragedy It commentaries that II NAV often be
charged with rejecting only the shadow Of a
national sorrow time having dulled the emotion
which decorously hides itself under the official
emblems Of grief. In to-day's exercises how
ever, there was stiU 20 be found the spirit OF
genuine and unaffected mourning-of tender
affection for the leader stricken down at the
height Of his reputation and popularity. and OF
sobriety and solemnity. born OF the depth Of the
distressing tragedy in which he met his end
RecoIections Of that other service in the Capitol
Rotunda the gloomy rainy morning OF Sep-
tember L. and of its deep and poignant sorrow.
kept obtruding on the more formal ceremonial
to-day. softening its unavoidable tone Of con-
ventionaIity and vitalzing it with sincere and
unaffected feeling
Bare and simple as are most of the official
ceremonies in which the two houses OF Con
gress join. and lacking as they are in measured
dignity and decorative brilliance they have Yet
certain imDressiveness due to their very lack
or pomp and circumstance. Well conducted
they possess a bracing air of republican aus
terity; badly conducted. they fan into crudeness
and unseemliness To-day's exercises in the
House rose noticeably TO the higher level OF
taste and orderliness. pointing the way. perhaps
TO still better achievements in the future
As spectacle the presence on the floor Of the
chamber of all the notable figures in the life OF
Washington-the President and his Cabinet the
justices Of the Supreme Court Senators and
Representatives-gave TO the ceremony all the
breadth and authority of a national tribute to
the dead President whose memory IL was in
tended to honor Present. too. as a special
participant in the offerings Of respect and ad-
mlraton. was the special representative Of the
sovereign of friendly nation Prince Henry Of
Prussia delegate and envoy Of his brother
came as II were, to drop special laurel for his
German countrymen on the bier of dad
American President. Accompanied bv his STAR
the most striking figure among the nnanv re-
splendent representatives OF foreign nations
gathered on the floor of the Chamber tha
frlnce role in to-day's scene gave IL an an
pected 0 uieA-
secretary Hays analysis of the dead prazs
uehI career and character was model OF self
III SU.'aIIleu i ana chastened eulogy. Sympathetic
out clear sighted, appreciative but lust in pirt
1red William Mckinley. soldier legislator ana
IIesldent IN colors instinct with truth ara Iffa
Like Mr Blaine's great eulogy on ear6eI5 H.
hNSreo just twenty years ago in the same aau
Gndef circumstances OF SUCH tragicaI sinnilsrif--
secretary HAYS tribute 70 the chief he h55
loved and ser-ed under win rank srnons ~
pest American examples in that ,5iz5o,,i@ ,.5
trate. my 0O'h MUS