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A Great Climax To The Sorrow Of The People
With extraordinary demonstrations of mourning throughout the
world the body of President William Mckinley, who died at buffalo
September 14 from shots fired by Leon F. Czolgosz Spetember 6, was
committed to the tomb yesterday in Canton, Ohio.
Praise From mr. Bryan
He Says Mr. McKinley Was A Man
of Genins And Exalted
Character.
[Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun.]
LINCOLN, NEB., Sept. 100Memorinal exercises
at the Lincoln Auditorium were
largely attended. Hon. William J. Bryan
was one of the principle speakers. He said
in part:
"As monuments reared by grateful hands
to the memory of heroes tesstify to the
virtues of the living as well as to the services
of the dead, so the sorrow that has
overwhelmed our nation, obliterating the
distinctions of party, race and religion, is
as complimentary to the patriotism of our
people as to our departed Cheif Magistrate.
It would inded be a disgrace to our nation
if the murder of a President concerned
only the members of the dominant party.
While no recent campaigns have aroused
deeper feeling than those have which
Mr. McKinely passed, yet in no contests
did the minority more cheerfully acquiesce
in the will of the majority as expressed at
the polls. he was the President of the
same people and was their sovereign when
he was assaulted."
Mr. Bryan said yielded to none in his
appreciation of the private character and
public virtues of the dead President and
paid him tribute in the following words:
"I rejoice that his career so fully demonstrated
the possibilities of American citizenship
The young men of the country
can find insipiration and encouragement in
the fact that he made his own way from
obscurity to fame; those who are nearing
the boundary of life can find consolation
and example in the superb manner in which
he fought his last battle, his courage and
fortitude in the closing hours recalling the
bravery which he showed as a soldier.
Domestic happiness has never been better
illustrated than in his life, and Christian
faith and trust were never better exemplifled
than in his death.
"Few, if any, of our public men have
been more approachable. His generous conduct
and genial ways held to the last the
friends whom his genius attracted. His
associates early recognized his qualities of
leadership, and no statesman has exerted
greater influence upon his party or upon
the politics of his generation. he possessed
rare ability in presenting and defending
his views, and has made a profound impression
upon the histor yof his time.
"The President's position made him a
part of the life of all his couritrymen, and
circumstances which attended his taking
off added idignation to grief-indignation
that even one murderous heart could be
found in the land, and grief that the wicked
purpose of the heart should have been consummated
against one so genlte in spirit
and so kind in word and deed.
"This is neither the time nor the place
for a discussion of remedies for anarchy.
It can have no defenders in the United
States.
"The universality of the respect shown
for the deceased and the genuineness of
the good will manifested toward him teach
a lesson that should not be forgotten, that
the best things in life are above and beyond
the domain of politics. In campaigns
the points of differences between
the parties are emphasized and ofttimes exaggerated,
but the points of similarity are
r4eally more numerous, more important and
more permanent. In stature, in strength,
in plans, n purposes, in love, in hope, in
fear and in all human needs we are much
the same.
"It is possible that all good should
be confined to one party and all evil to another.
It would be a sad day for the country
if all the virtue, all the intelligence and
all the patriotism were to be found in one
political organization. It is unfortunate
that in the heat of political cotroversy
partisanship sometimes become so strong
as to cause injustice to be done to the motives
of political opponenets and it should
be our constant aim to place our campaigns
on such a high plane that personalities
shall be eliminated and the issues made to
turn upon the principles involved.
"Let us hope that this national affiction,
which unites all factions in a common
sorrow, will result in a broader charity
and a more liberal spirit among those
who by different policles and through different
parties seek to promote the welfare
and increases the glory of our common
country."