Show PREMIER P i UPON IllS HIS MARTYRED CHIEF I President Prince Henry and Many Distinguished Men listen to Address Delivered I Iby by Secretary Hay at Memo Memo- i nat rial Services at Washington ton F Feb b. b 27 2 A At noon tod to- to tWo tWo- d y In the the han hall of the of in the presence of President c.- c. Prince Henry of Prussia r other of the German Emperor the r S' S embers mt of the Cabinet the Judges of e S Supreme court the the General of the themy 1 I my and officers of the army and n navy vy received the than thanks s of C m- m fI f s es-s s the h Ambassadors and other dip- dip representatives of fOr foreign coun- coun te esi SenatorS h and Representatives cs 0 r V Congress and a large number of dis- dis t l guests the Hon John Hay I l Kf eys ey's Premier pronounced a euHAY'S euy eu- eu pon his dead chief HAYS HAY'S ORATION the third time the ss of ot the B d. d States are assembled to comte com com- Irate tte te the life and the ea c death th of ot a a. ad d tl mt Blain slain by the hand of ot an assas- assas r attention of the future historian Be attracted to the features tures which with startling sameness same in all allee fee ee o of these lawful awful crimes rl rs the useless useless- It tl the le utter la Ia lack k of consequence O of ot l ct the ct-the he obscurity th thE insignificance the criminal the blamelessness sO so far In phere of el existence the best beat of I 1 be held blameless of of the vic vic- ot t one of our murdered Presita ta td an en ea enemy my In th the world they of or such pre eminent purity of ot no pretext could be given the thet t- t crime they theY cle were all it democratic instincts who vho coul va havAi the most jealous ad- ad tS' tS gJ equality they were of kindly r. r lri n ous us nature to whom wrong or orvas vas as Impossible of moderate whose slender means nobody av They were men of austere U f tender lender heart of or Or eminent I abili- abili bich the they had devoted tle with single singlea a 8 tu I the good of the Republic I If It m men tr n walked before God and man mant Out iut t blame blume it was these three rulers Ut ur people lh The only temptation to toH tack Jack their lives offered was their gentle H to to eyes hating bating the light that y S offense enough I 4 ATE FEELS S 'S NO TREMOR Ther stupid uselessness of such alt air In- In I t affronts the common sense of the c Worl One can conceive how the death ie a dIctator may chan change e the political dl of an empire how the extinction X tion t tion of r a narrowing r line of kings g may mayen aCY 11 an en alien dynasty But Dut In a wellor well- well or td Republic like ours the ruler may tt riu ll but the State feels no tremor Our Jj I and l revered leader Is g gone gone but but g sg natural u p process of our laws s provides c successor identical in purpose and IQ nourished no by the same teachings the same principles pledged 1 affection as fr well lP as by high fg 1 Uy Y to to carry to completion the the Imm Im- Im m fer task lask committed to his hands and ll mite mn with iron severity every mani- mani tation of that hideous crime which his Jr 11 rede with his dying breath 1 1 The sayings of celestial fN l g t date the 3 words rr that t resell reach two thousand y years rs out ot of ot the thep p al oi of gloom the th world has ever evertrue ril o true to thc the life lite toda today They they do The blow struck struck- e II O oe and ruler was as d dead dead- dt d- d t 1 a ind hate hate- te could make malte It but the thet t r q l uck at anarchy was deadlier still i GROWTH OF ANARCHY What What VL i world of Insoluble problems excites in eX lt s in the mire Not erIl a Jt Its personal I but l in b its public P f It presents presence a para paradox ox no no to be tended Under a system of or govern govern- s 's sa b free and so impartial that we ilz IZ s. s its existence only by Its bene- bene i under a social order so purely ticS tic 3 that classes classe cannot exist In 4 Tit dg opportunities so universal wn conditions are as changing as asa ase e a de where the laborer of toda today ise Is la e of ot of tomorrow under laws t l Ch h b ar arc arp the Ute result of ages of ot evolution m uniform m and 1 so 10 beneficent that the has half just the same rights and a as the artisan we see the same lri sli growth of or hatred and murder I It it ch Oh dogs clogs equally the footsteps footstep of ben ben be- be n n l nt t monarchs and stained blood I spot I NO SAFEGUARD nOw s ma can Join ll with us In ly of a II kindred sorrow Ul lu nOt speak of those distant regions assassination enters Into the daily dally OJ i Q But Dut among the thc nat nat naI na- na I s t 0 una I to us by the ties of ot familiar ra iF who coUrse who can forget that wise und and A Autocrat ocr t who had earned the proud t Liberator that enlightened J citizen whom France k that brave e and chivalrous 1 01 of Italy aly who wha only lived for tor his 1 ik saddest of ot nil all that lovel ely lo-ely Empress whose harmless Could UK hardly has excited 1 the thc anity ani- ani ty o of a demon Against that devil- devil nothing avails neither ayaHs neither virtue no- no nor age age nor youth or lor iorI J. J n e enor I nor pity Nty We Wo cannot even e s say is ia ft sufficient safeguard r baleful Ur e evil for evil N for most of the rr whose grimes crimes I have BO so S shocked lb OtC y rm it recent el years are m men n not un- un Who haye aye ae gone from the common t through murder to the scaffold DARK Dl AND INTRICATE i cannot 0 discern o h the thc origin oriS 16 Jve the extent of wickedness so I ite a in ami 1 so cruel eThel but this does not nott l from tw I. the duty of or tryIng to te t counteract It We do not t what electricity t CI IS h C li it or Its ifs hIdden den Properties may bi ut i f t we know It as a mighty might force Corce for Cor od Dd and and sO sa with the painful 11 J Bra men man of learning and skill ha have hae toll toil e so d to Cr store and In tn subjugate It to s a Use e and even to employ i it it dea dc- dc a r energies n I This problem oi Os un- un rI l and d Intricate but it ought 0 L within t the tho c compass eo of democratic tp o lV although nt-although although nt-although no sane salle mint mind can hm the mysteries of those these ss natures natures to to guard gurd t I a rr to take take- away from them h of escape af the huert huertO long O 1 luxury of clays in c court the thc c 01 S of hysterical degenerates 50 o by degrees to make the tile crime i is h not committing even to these abnor abnor- n 1 distorted souls w AS AS TO TI THE TUE REMEDY S lIt WO be presumptuous for In me OO to suggest the details of r J for a nt I t. t malady so sonee 1 That tas task may safely bp be left to the the and gaU nee of or the National e which I Ch Cha has a emergency never lever Sency n been n f The found n o un- un tr to believes belle that countr coun- coun the the- memory murdered Comrades f of three B still haunt these YOurs all walls of whose suffIcient will walls will be a to f solve even ven this abstruse enable you ou to rUm l m n which has dimmed and paInful l with blood and so EO with many tears pages of ft S- S CAREER OF l I fore foro an audience audien e less Jess rhan han this 1 I should not t dare Sympathetic to Speak of or to that commemorate great career B which we have a rust met But 4 we are all 1 hi t Jt and friends do not criticise each N W words about an open grave i I 1 tilt l lank ank you for the thc h honor nor jou ou have done om ute In Inviting me here here- and no not less MS tor for I the Kind forbearance I know I shall have I I Jou In ln my most Inadequate efforts I 10 Speak ak of ot him Wm worthily I I w WAS TYPICAL AMERICAN The Tha he Ufe life of William t from his hb birth to 0 r lila McKinley death th typically PUy was I 1 t t j I b 1 J- J W J J American is no environment I should say any anywhere where else In the world which which- could produce such a character II H He was bOrn Into that way of ot life which elsewhere Is called the middle class but which in this country is so nearly universal universal uni uni- versal as to make of other classes an almost negligible quantity He was neither rich nor poor neither proud nor humble he be knew no hunger he was not sur surd of a l a no luxury which could enervate mind enervate mind or body Ins Ills par parents parents par par- ants were sober God-fearing God people In Intelligent Intelligent Intelligent In- In and upright ht without pretension and anti without out humility lIe He grew up In Inthe Inthe Inthe the company compan of boys like himself wholesome wholesome whole whole- some sonic honest st self They looked down on nobody the they never felt It possible they could be looked down upon Their houses were tho the homes of off f probity o rl y piety tr patriotism They They- learned brt ll I In the admirable school readers of fifty years rears ago the lessons of ot heroic and splendid splendid splendid did life lite which have come from the past They read In their theil weekly papers papers pa pa- pers pel'S the stor story of the Worlds World's progress ss in which they were wore eager to take part and of the sins and wrongs of or civilization with which they burned to battle It was it ii serious and thoughtful time Tho The boys of that day felt dimly but hut deeply that the days of Sharp hurp struggle and high achievement were before them They looked a at life with the wondering ye ye resolute eyes tyes 0 of young oung enquire In hIs vigil of arms a was c comIng com com- mIng m- m Ing when lo to them should be addressed the stern admonition of ot the Apostle Quit you ou like men be strong WAR BETWEEN STATES It Is not easy to forgive g give ve 1 ito to those of a later generation any clear 1 Idea ea of that extraordinary spiritual awakening which passed over ove- tho the country at the first red signal urea illes of the war between n the States It was not our earliest apocalypse apocalypse apoca apoca- 8 a hundred years before the nation had been reveal revealed d to itself when after long discussion n and n t much searching of heart the people of the colonies had re resolved ref resolved re- re f solved that to live without liberty was worse wore than to die and had therefore wagered In the solemn game of war their lives their fortunes and their sacred sacred sacred sa sa- sa- sa cred honor In a stress of heat and labor unutterable the country had been hammered and welded together but thereafter for nearly a a. century there had been nothing in our life to touch the innermost In Innermost In- In nerm st fountain of ot feeling and devo devo- tion we had had rumors of wars Ware even wars we had had not without sacrifices and glory glorY but but nothing which wept went to the vital self-consciousness self of the country nothing which challenged the nations nation's right to live INTO VALL VALLEY Y OF dF F DECISION But in 1860 the nation was going down Into r the Valley a o of Decision e T The question ques ques- U tion which Ic had i been ee debated oa l lT on thousands thousands thou thou- sands of platforms which had been discussed dis- dis f cussed lit tn countless which l thundered fr r u l pulpits r had d caused in their congregations tEe the bitter itt r strife and dissension to which only cases of conscience can give rise was everywhere every every- where pressing for solution And not merely in the various channels of publicity publicity pub pub- was It alive and clamorous About every fireside in th the land in the conversation conver- conver of i and Tand neighbors and deeper still in the secret of millions of human hearts the the- battle of tf opinion was was- waging and all men fElt and saw with saw with more or orless that clearness that t an answer n to f ti er the Importunate question S Shall 1 I the thena na tion live hive was due ue and not to be de IN THE SOUTH ALSO ATsO al- al And I do do r that In t the North alone alore the Was vas lh Austere G wrestling ere m with with conscience conscience- In the th South as well t below beloc all the he effervescence and excite excite- ent ant of a people perhaps more given to eloquent nt speech than than we were there was the profound agony of ot question and answer answer an- an an an- the summons summons- to decide e whether honor and freedom dd dId not call them to revolution and snI war 1 It Is easy for partisanship to say that the one side yas was right and that the other was wrong It Is still easier for an In Indolent indolent In- In dolent m magnanimity to say ay that b both th were right Perhaps Ir In the wide view of eith- eith i cs one Is always right to 10 follow his conscience con con- science though It lead him hini to disaster and sad death But Dut history Is Inex Inexorable rable She takes no account of or sentiment and intention and anI in h her l cold and I luminous eyes that side siele is right which fights In harmony With the tho stars In their courses Then men are right through whose efforts and struggles the world is helped onward and humanity moved to a higher level Jevel and a a. brighter day GLORY AND GLAMOUR OF CO The men who all ar living today and who were young g In IS will never forget the the- glory glor and glamour that tilled filled the earth and the sky when the long twilight twilight- of doubt and ind uncertainty was ending and the time of action had come A speech by Abraham Lincoln was an event not only of ag high fn ry moral r significance f C g but of far far- reaching importance rt the drilling 0 5 militia company by Ellsworth Elisworth attracted national attention the fluttering of the flag In the clear sky drew tears from Irom the ey eyes of young men Patriotism which had been a a. rhetorical al expression became a passionate emotion in which which- instinct logic and e ling were used fused The Count country coun Coun- try t was worth saving it could be saved only only- by fire rio sacrifice was too oe great et the young m men n of ot the country WEre wore ready for the sacrifice come weal come rome woe th they y were ready rendy ANSWERS ANSWERS I SUMMONS roNS h heard At 17 this years yeara summons of ago age e 0 of i William his I ac country u He i was the s sort rt of youth to whom a mill mili tary r m life In ordinary 11 times W would d possess S Si no attractions His nature was far different dif dif- i He lie ferent r eb from that i-f i the ordinary s soldier had rr of life ilfe Us its prizes cs and pleasures than that tb o of marches malche and battles But Bur to his mind minI there was was' n no ne choice cr or question The Thc banner floating in th the tho morning breeze breeze- was waK the beckoning gesture of his country The thrilling notes s o of trumpet t called him hIm hIm-hIm him and nono other other other-mb Info the ranks ENLISTED AS A PRIVATE ATE His ISis portrait in his first uniform is familiar fa fa- fa- fa mUter to you ou all the nil the short stocky fig lg- lg ure nrc k t the quiet thoughtful ef f face e the d deep dark eyes e It is the face e of a lad who could not stay at home when he thought ho he was needed In the field He was of ot the stuff of which good soldiers are made Had he lIe been ten years older he would have entered at the head of a a. company and arid come out at the head of or a n division But Dut he did what he could He enlisted aa as a private private- he be learned to obe obey His Ills serious seri serI- ous sensible ways was his prompt alert efficiency effi em- clency soon attracted the thc attention of or his things superiors rne O they teY H lie liv gave was him so o m more faithful hi and In more little lu to g do clo He was untiring in camp and on the march swift swIll cool and fearless In fight tight He I-he left the army with field rank when the thc war ended by President Lincoln for gallantry In battle TWO MAGNIFICENT T ARMIES R HES the In moral coming of l years our r great when r m Civil men n seek war to nothing draw will seem to them so admirable in all the history |