New-York tribune., 1903-01-28

vent that she was to walk thenceforth alone IN
the shadow. The hideous infamy Oh Tue the ueeu su
shocked the nation to its depths, ioF 'he i'eA
thus struck at was in peculiar sense the ohai.i IL.
pion of the plain people, in peculiar SENSE tne
representative and the exponent OF 1hoSe iuJas .I
Mich If we live ND TO them will make, as they
have largely made, country a plesseu IeLuSS
for all who strive to do right anu " .hen, The
lives simply and well light is given tile 1iiS
nation was stunned, and the people o iiiou. 49,, i
with a sense of bitter bereavement pecause , ~ -
had lost man whose heart beat Tor 'ueh e as a9
tbs heart of Lincoln once had beaten. We dld
right to mourn for the loss was ours, hot his
He died in the golden fuiness oI n nf all kinds
He died victorious in that hIghest OF an hiiiA s
of strfe-the strife for an ampler, 1uster anu anu
more generous national life For nm .ae @ iaule' -
hut woe for those whom he left behinoi woe ~
the ma ton that lost him: Ind woe 10 iilaht Nh.
that there should exist creatures so tuut I Ms
one among them should strike at SO noble d me-
TAKE TO HEART LESSONS OF EIs LIFE
We are gathered together to-night TO recail ~
his memory, to pay our tribute U1 ~ resp sp hor ~
the great chief and leader who fell III the mar
ness Who was stricken down while his eyes
were bright with the light that tens OF "
urph tasted" We can honor him pest by the
way we show in actual deed th9t wa nave Id zen
TO heart the lessons of his llfe we hiss sllIte
to achieve, each in the measure that hG pasi vaii
something of the qualities which made frest-
dent Mckinley leader of men, a mlghtS power
for good-his strength. his courage ms cour-
tesy and dignity, his sense of justice, ms ever
present kindliness and regard for the rishlS VI
others He won greatness by meeting ana solV-
ing the issues as they arose.not py snslhine mr. nr
then,-meeting them with wisdom. with the ex-
ercise of the most skilful and cautious Juue-
ment but with fearless resolution When the
time of crisis came. He met each crisis on its
own merits. he never sought excuse for shirk-
ing task in the fact that it was dinefent rom
the one he had expected to face. Inc loi,s pun
lie career which opened when boy he car
red a musket in the ranks and closed when as
a man in the prime OF his intellectual strength
he stood among the worlds ch1ef statesmen
came to what it was because he treated each
triumph as opening the road to fresh effort, not
as an excuse for ceasing from etIort ne uiiuel ii
n
completely: others must finish; and there re-
main vet others which he did not have TO race
but whicn If worthy to be the lnherltors
of his principIes we will in turn face with
the same resolution the same sanity, the same
unfalterng belief il the greatness OF thls t Goun
trv and unfaltering championship or the rlgnts
of each and all of our people, which marked MS
high and splendid career
WRIGHT DISCUSSES PHILIPPINES.
General Wright paid glowing tribute to the
life and character of President Mckinley and
said that a brief discussion of the PhlhpplneS
was eminently fitting, for It was sunlect 10
which the dead President gave his best thought
and which enlisted his warmest sympathy. he
reviewed the manner in which President NC
Kiney dealt with the problems arising out OF
the ACQUISITION of the islands and III putting
down armed opposition TO American authority.
He read from the instructions sent to the Phil
ippine Commission by President Mckinley,
showing that from the beginning it was his
first thought to restore order with as little
bloodshed as possible, and then to give the Fill
pinos civil government upon American lines IN
which they should have as far as possible, full
participation.
After discussing the character and the needs
of the people in the islands, General Wright
said:
For the American people now withdraw from
the government of the islands would to my mind
be shameful abdication of the highest moral moral
and chaos threatening the life, liberty and property
of foreigner and FILIPINO alike. The future OF the
disorder. oioodshed destruction of property and
then intervention of some stronger power
MKINLEY's INFLUENCE.
General Wright was followed by Charles En-
ory Smith, who said in part
When think Of the great patTCt .H whom IN s we
G9unrX been Presidents and excellent Presi-
teria and lasting change and left no enduring i'm
the recognized makers or chiefs Of distinctive
The decisive test of supreme moulding influence
and historic proportions was not mere change of
hng thT mao more The great typical leaders who stood
at the t9rnng d n and ond e% Ss
living and vital moral purpose of the peo
ps Pe we t think Of Washington and Lincoln as the pre-
eminent types of American character and a aspira
American purpose in the third era of our national
progress Mckinley, He the true product of
our country our country! Its best tribute is that
preserves and reflects the spirit of Mckinley
we need not affect too much. Every nation
rightfuy studies its interests. We have reaped
vast commercial advantages. They the grow
ing necessity of industrial supremacy and the
must maintain and defend them But. without
wishing indulge in cant, il is still true that
the conduct and policy of the United States in
these recent years have shown a moral elevation
beyond those Of any other nation at any period of
history. Look China. and see how our country
a moderation,
Indemnity and for territorial integrity. Look to
Cuba and note how scrupulously fulfilled every
pledge and unselfshly erected free and indepen-
dent republic Look Rumania. and consider
how. within the rightful domain of diplo-
ma tic concern, we protested against prescription
has any ration ever before advanced rapidly and
generously in giving freedom and civil government
and home rule a colonial dependency?
These illustrate the national spirit. PreSi-
dent Mckinley impressed his moral
public conduct. 1t is doubtful If the moral
quality of public action ever before stood out SO
conspicuousy and domnantly under his admin
istration Those about him who knew his n
trolling convictions well understood that in every
exgency his first and decisive question would be,
What is rght?'' And the people to know
that with him the moral obligation would be the
ruling test. and feel that they could repose with
implicit and faith his head, his true
heart and his strong
QUIET RECEPTION FOR PRESIDENT.