The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-02-28

Speaker Henderson called the assem-
blage TO order at noon He was dressed
IN black fr0ck coat. The vast audi
ence Immediately responded TO his sig
nal and arose to listen TO the brief
prayer Of the chaplain. The clerk read
the journal resolution providing for the
memorial services. Hardly had the
reading been concluded before the door
keeper announced the arrival of the
senate.
Soon afterward the doorkeeper an
nounced the general of the army. The
speaker tapped three times, the mem
bers of the house and the diplomatic
body arose and General Miles. resplen-
dent in gold lace, gold epaulettes and a
Droad. yellow sash across his breast,
and With his side arms changing heav-
lily at his heels. led the way down the
main aisle Admiral Dewey. who is in
Florida, would nave been with him had
he been in the city.
Tap, tap, tap, and once more the as
semblage rose The door swung open
and on the threshold and with every
eye upon him stood Prince Henry be-
tween Senator Foraker and General
GrosvenOr. chairman respectively Of
the senate and house committees.
His royal highness, Prince Henry of
=
The prince was dressed in the simple
dark blue uniform of an admiral Of the
German navy, without a single star or
other evidence of the imperial house
to which he belonged upon his breast.
He carried white gloves and his fat
naval cap in his left hand. At his side
hung short gold scabbard.
Mrs. Roosevelt. Miss Roosevelt, Mrs.
Cowles, the presidents sister, and Mrs.
Carew, the presidents sister-in-law,
and friends of the president occupied
the presidents gallery.
AS soon as all had again been seated
the speakers gaveI once more brought
the assemblage to its feet and the
members of the. senate appeared, head
ed by Senator Frye, president pro tenn.
The senators took their seats immedi-
ately in the rear of the members of the
diplomatic corps.
At this point the speaker yielded the
gavel to Senator Frye, who was to pre-
side. Then came the president and
members of his cabinet, and the Marine
band struck up Hail to the Chief"
Senator Frye called the assent lage
TO order, and after a ferVent prayer by
Rev. DR.. Couden, the blind chaplain of
the house, he introduced the orator Of
the day. Secretary Hay.
Hays Tribute to Mckinley.
Secretary Hays address was a most
voluminOus one. 1t was a mere re-
iteration of the events of the life of the
late president, pictured in the light of
the personal opinion of the secretary.
Discussing the presidents who had been
aSSasSinated, Mr.. Hay said:
For the third time the congress of
the United States is assembled to COM
memOrate the life and the death of a
president slain by the hand of an as
sassin- The attention of the future
historian will be attracted to the fea-
lures which reappear with startling
sameneSs in all three of these awful
crimes: the uselessnesS, the utter lack
of consequence of the act; the Obscur-
ity, the insignificance Of the criminal;
the blamelesSnesS-sO far as in our
sphere of existence the best of men
may be held blameless-Of the victim.
Not one Of our murdered presidents
had an enemy in the world; they were
all Of such pre-eminent purity of life
that no preteXt could be given for the
attack Of passionate crime; they were
all men of democratic instincts who
could never have offended the most
jealous advocates of equality; they
were of kindly, generous nature,
TO whom wrong or injustice was i'm
possible; Of moderate fortune, whose
slender means nobody could envy They
were men of austere virtue, of tender
heart, of eminent abilities, which they
had devoted with single minds TO the
good of the republic. If ever men
walked before God and man without
blame it was these three rulers of our
people The only temptation to attack
their lives offered was their gentle
radiance-to eyes hating the light that
was OffenSe enough.
The stupid uselessneSS of such an
infaIny affronts the common sense Of
the world. One can conceive how the
death of a dictator may change the
political conditions of an empire; how
the extinction of narrowing line of
kings may bring in an alien dynasty.
But in a well-ordered republic like
ours the ruler may fall, but the state
feels no tremOr. Our beloved and re-
Vered leader is gOne-but the natural
process of our laws provides us a sue
b cessor, Identical in purpose and ideals
: nourlshed by the same teachings, in
splred by the same principles, pledged
by tender affection as well as by high
loyalty to carry to completion the i'm
mense task committed to his hands
and TO smite with iron severity every
manifestation of that hideous crime
which his mild predecessor, with his
! dying breath, forgave. The sayings of
celestial wisdom have no date; the
words that reach US, over 1000 years
out of the darkest hour of gloom the
world has ever known. are true to the
life today: They know not what they
do The blow struck at our dear
I friend M or lTr-o az
hate could make it: but the blow
struck at anarchy was deadlier still.
What a world of insOluble problems
such an event excites in the mind Not
merely in its personal, but in its public
aspects it presents a paradox not to be
comprehended. Under d system Of gov
eminent so free and SO impartial that
We recognize its existence only by its
benefactiOnS, under a social order sc
purely democratic that classes cannot
exist in it, affording opportunities Sc
universal that even conditions are as
( changing as the winds. where the la
/ borer Of today is the capitalist Of to-
morrow; under laws which are the re-
suit of ages OF evolution, so uniform
and so bene6cent that the president
/ has just the same rights and privileges
as the artisan; we see the same heIlisf
growth of hatred and murder which
dogs equally the footsteps of benevo-
/ lent monarchs and bloOd-stained des-
pots
Speaks of the Campaigns.
Following this he told of the cam.
/ paign of 1896. He said Mr. Mckinley
/ had expected 10 make an issue OF the
I tariff. but his opponent declined this
and insisted upon the money question
I EulogiZing Mr.. McKinley's course il
( remaining at home during the canvass
/ Mr.. Hay said
He had wisely concluded not u
I leave his home during the canvass
+ thus avoiding a proceeding which has
always been Of sinister augury in GU