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THE SAN ¥FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 190 8 ' DENUNCIATION OF . ANARGHISM AND YELLOW JOUR *- PRAYERS OFFERED IN ALL THE CHURCHES FOR THE RECOVERY OF THE STRICKEN PRESIDENT —n v Eloguent Discourses Del Francisco and Vici ivered by Pastors of_San nity Are Applauded by the Congregations. Ministers Cali Upon Congress to Pass Laws Prohibiting Followers of the Red Flag Entrance to the Land of Free Speech. [ NARCHISM and vyellow journalism were ) 7 from many pulpits vesterday. — denounced The pastors raised their voices against these allied evils and in no uncertain terms* asked for their abolishment. They were in favor of having the ‘ followers of the red flag banishéd from the country and hoped t that the pistol shot at Buffalo sounded the death knell to yellow journa N every church in San Francisco prayers were offered yesterday to the President to the country chose him to govern it. Pas- preached eloquent sermons, in hey condemned the action man who shot down the first nd. They dwelt on the ge and dignity displayed when wounded, and la- ch a-noble Chris- y with all the fer- They called regations to help wipe out enemy to good government. e in favor of expelling anar- rom the country. ors a d their respects to journalism.” One pastor declared public press had no right to that hope knell of yellow journal- nited States,” his community was also an beatings given ny pulpits. One minister to a spirit of anarchy tolerated in aifree ) JOU.RNALS, SO CALLED, SCORED FROM PULPIT Rev. S. D. Hutsinpiller Declares the Yellow Publicgtions Are Dan- gerous to Society. Methodist morning Rev. 8. D. . ““The true Any so-called—that arrays class against expression in journalism— class, or man against man. or widens the assumed breach between manual labor and mental labor, is most dangerous to the interests of society, for there can be no real devotion to God that does not recog- His commeon fatherhood, and efore the universal brotherhood of man and the unity of interests of men. Whenever the hand of man is raised against his fellow man, or the tongue or pen of man is used to imcite hatred or dissensions of society, there is a tendency to an- archy and crime. The awful erime that has wound- ed this nation in these sad days is first and Iast attributable to the veriest godless incitements of hu- man weakness and human passion, stirred =nd fired in the fanatical brain of the criminal, who, while personally responsible and verily account e to this great and his od, is representative of the senweless, extravagant and god- less chings of certain irrespon- sible journals, of certain little so- cieties and dangerous whose first motto is, “No God,” and his logie ix therefore, “No govern- | ith all authority.” d evening services for the recovery of and down ment 2 offered ANARCHY NEITHER FEARS GOD NOR MAN Rev. Frank K. Baker Speaks With Fervor Against the Follow- ers of the Red Flag. last evening the Rev. pastor of the First al Church, spoke with- s and the lawless ele- ¥ He charged these with being dangerous , and said they should they could do further fter reviewing the act speaker traced the history He also took occasion to con- ing of non-union men it of this city. He said er fears God mor regards man to one of its American lead. is: “Religion, authority and 1 carved out of the same piece 1 with them all.” ‘s 1l of his kind would have ere not for the exist- ey condemn. part he plays in the traitor o his coun- dingly. direction of Pletro was expelled from Switzer- ize a band of anar- of unrestrained 2nd_others of his kind ¥oing about in this country trine that expelled them Gori succeeded in or- city and when he pre- the banner of anarchy, bordered with black, vith enthusiasm. The called the “Socalistic-Anarchical he Italian Workmen of North Francisco Branch.” From these the bomb-throwers, archi rs. Literature is being now ted throughout the city, cursing the and state and slandering the clergy. It s “'a world-wide ugiversal strike, not 6 uphold government but to get all the good out of the evil, as long as it exists—and it is the quietest and quickest plan, and the most eco- nomical of human life that can now be carried out The spirit of anarchy seems to be having its own way in San Francisco at the present time. The other day while walking down one of our busy thoroughfares I met a gentleman who had just got away from & crowd of lawless and jnhuman fellows who had beaten him unmerci- Tully. His face was covered with biood and as he staggered along three of the band of brig- ands followed him and when near me jumped on o the helpless man and began to beat his face, until I ioterfered and pieaded with them went wil he public mind and conscience the publication of anarchistic Another pastor said; “Let us fur- | the pistol shot in Buffalo | hardihood to take the | n who are out on strike were | Episcopal | people | individuals | chists organized in | e to spare the man's life. With some curses for me they unwillingly stopped beating the man, but took his new hat with them into the sa- loon, which was thelr rendezvous. When I boarded the car I saw another man whose shirt | and collar were soaked with his own blood from wounds and cuts. Not far from this church ia voung machinist, the father of a family of | children, while coming home from his toil, was | beaten and had one of his eyes gouged out, and he is now in a precarious condition. WANTS LAW AGAINST | ANARCHISTS PASSED W. E. Dugan Believes They Should Be Forced to Leave the Country. Rev. Rev. W. E. Dugan of the Stewart Memorial United Presbyterian Church said: The shooting of President McKinley by Czol- §osz is a deed so dastardly, a deed so full of hell itsel?, that we carnot find language to con- demn it Severely enough. It gives us another | view of that awful monster, anarchism, which as a hydra-headed fiend is uncovering itself | in cvr land. Anarchism is an enemy of wo frightful a mien that we cannot | rush too quickly to plunge the sword to its heart. It is so fiendish-hearted in fits nature that we must deal with it in severest measures. A law should be passed compelling all anarchists | to leave our country. | The publication of anarchist pa- pers and literature should be sup- pressed and the publication of such made a capital crime. The rights of personal liberty do not sive | me privilege of poisoning my neighbor's well | or girectly to poison his body. Neither should the rights of a free press give privilege to poi- | son the public mind and consclence through the publication of anarchist ideas. |~ The shooting of McKinley and the cheering | of the foul deed by Chicago anarchists shows | us a poisonous fang with the boiling malice of | perdition roaring behind it, directed at the very heart of public and private safety and welfare. This foul deed that has made the heart of the nation bleed is but a single drop of that great ocean of calamity that would sweep forward in universal destruction, crushing nations and civ- ilization like eggshells, were anarchism let full upon us. It is, therefore, time for action, prompt | action, ‘severe action. If it is wrong to murder, }it is certainly wrong to teach others to murder, | @nd that is what anarchist literature does. 'OPPOSED TO ABUSE OF OUR PUBLIC MEN Dr. Woods Holds That Cartoons to Ridicule Officers of State Have Evil Effects. In a prelude to his regular sermon Rev. E. A. Woods, pastor of the First Baptist | Church, delivered an able address last evening to his congregation on the at- tempted assassination of the President. In part he said: The civilized world is appalled’at this crime. The Ame n people are stunned by the blow. The indignation is inexpreesible. That a man =0 true and pure, £o kind and generous, so wise and patriotic shouid be thus hot down seems credible. We boast of our freedom, eech and a free press, but may it not ba that se is disguised as liberty and lawlessness independence? Has not the time come when clubs of an- archists which openly advocate the assassina- tion of rulers should be suppressed and their leaders incarcerated or bamished? No other human Government has had such noble men as rulers as our Presidents have been. We honor ourselves and our nation as we honor therr The abuse of public men, the | eharze that our rulers are in league | with monopolists to enslave the la- ’boror: the use of pletures and car- | toons to ridicule officers of state | and fi11 the minds of illiterate peo- | ple with imaginary evils and dan- | ers. These are mot oniy in bad taste, but they encourage disorder and inflame the evil passions of weak-minded men. Let all good people unite in the praver that God may give wisdom and skill to the sur- geons, may bless all the means used and in infinite mercy restore our loved President to heaith and usefulness. | | 'RADER’'S REMARKS ! AROUSE APPLAUSE | Congregational ! Pastor Denounces | Anarchism and Yellow Jour- | nalism From His Pupit. | Rev. William Rader, pastor of the Third | Congregational Church, aroused applause by his utterances against anarchy and vellow journalism last evening. The | church was far too small to accommodate | the attendance and hundreds were turned away. Dr. Rader delivered an eloquent | address and his fervent remarks aroused | entbusiasm. In part he said: The anarchists of the country ought to be { shot, not as capital punishment nor for revenge, |in which I do not believe, but as a matter of protection. Mutiny on the hign seas and trea- son In the army are suppressed in this way. | Why should we not deal with anarchy as we ;@0 with thieves and murderers? They should {be shot in the name of Lincoln, Garfield and | McKinley, and in defense of the flag they would i pull down. Let us further hope that the pistol shot in Buffalo sounds the death- knell of yellow journalism in the United States. I plead for the suppression of these men and women who would draw the last drop of blood | from the breast of law. Let us commence qg Paterson, N. J., and sweep the nation clean of anarchists from shore to shore, and from the lakes to the gulf. COUNTRY HAS RIGHT TO PROTECT ITSELF Rev. Father Yorke in His Sermon Says It Is Privileged to Use Bcpmdvg Measures. Rev. Father Peter C. Yorke preached an eloquent sermon to the congregation free | BISHOP TALBOT FERVENTLY PRAYS FOR RECOVERY OF THE PRESIDENT solutely from the pitfalls of this world. But after the people commenced to read the Bible they found that this kind of life was unscrip- tural and infamous. Jesus Christ did not keep himself agart from men. We owe a duty every day of our lives to the world. If the intelligent citizen does pot exercise the right of balloting the time will come when the right will be wrested from him by the worthless element of soclety. What is the hope of this country? Can any one imagine a country more pathetically dependent upon the ballot of the independent citizen? ‘We who are Christian men must not forget that to a great extent the commercial life of the world rests in our hands.’ Whatever mis- takes have been made by capital or by laber HE Right Rev. Ethelbert Tal- bot, D. D., Bishop of Central Pennsylvania, occupled the pul- pit of Grace Episcopal Church vesterday morning. He preach- ed on the ladder on which the angels descended from heaven to encourage Jacob. He said this lad- der, resting as it did on the earth, in- dicated that the Christian people are not to consider the things of earth beneath them, but that they are to play an active part in the business and political world, | and that they are not to shun the whole- some and pure amusements of life. He claimed that it is as much a man’s duty to go to the polls and cast his ballot as it is his duty to pray. Before commencing his sermon, Bishop Talbot offered a fervent prayer, in which the congregation joined, that President McKinley should recover from his griev- ous wound and that he should be restored to health. Bishop Talbot said in part: Whatever God glves us to do we must do it here—here on the streets of San Francisco. If you are to be pure and noble men and women you must be so here and not in some distant heaven. The ideal religious life is the life that precipitates us into the midst of men. It was not so long ago that men thought that in order to be good they must separate themselves ab- L e e e e e e ) e a e o e e o * = £ SCENE IN GRACE EPISCOPAL CHURCH DURING MORNING SERVICES. B + must receive our patient and indulgent atten- tion, -+ this tragedy teaches. sions of man can make it. peration. o DENOUNCES YELLOW JOURNALISM FOR ITS SHARE | IN THE ATTEMPTED KILLING OF THE PRESIDENT ERKELEY, Sept. 8.—In unsparing language Rev. R. L. Halsey of the First Baptist Church, in his sermon this morning on “Our Chief Magistrate Stricken,” denounced the yellow press for its share in the assassination of President McKinley. In part he said: “We should be thankful that we are not yet too dull to read the lessons that We may learn from it the lesson that freedom rampant is not lib- erty, but license—that the priests and priestesses of disorder and advocates of lawless- ness must be restrained; that their license may not begin wherever ! may learn, moreover, that if you sow a thought you reap an act and that the indiscrimi- nate denunciations and insults and abuse of a vile and venal stand uncondemned. It is as accessory as lying and pandering to the anti-social pas- The color—yellow—is appropriate. and our yellow press resembles and is at one with the Chinese Boxers, and sells its placards for 5 cents a day. At present for a few days it will bottle up its vitriolic vitu- It dare not pour it out before an indignant public. and we need to stir ourselves and see to it that men who pander with their press to. the vilest and most dangerous passions of human nature be given to understand that they i forfeit the respect of all decent men and worthy citizens.” . lierties end. We yellow journalism cannot It is the Chinese color, But we know its character L + b man’s life. - MINISTER STATES THAT THE SPIRIT OF ANARCHY REIGNS IN THIS CITY AT THE PRESENT TIME HE spirit of anarchy seems to be having its own way in San Francisco at the present time. The other day while walking down one of our own busy thoroughfares | met a gentleman who had just gotten away from a crowd of lawless and inhuman fellows. who had beaten him unmercifully. His face was covered with blood and as he staggered along three of the band of brigands followed him and when near me jumped on the helpless man and began to beat his face until | interfered and pleaded with them to spare the “With some curses for me they unwillingly stopped beating the man, but took his new hat with them into the saloon which was their rendezvous. When | boarded the car | saw another man whose shirt and collar were soaked with his own blood from wounds and cuts. Not far from this church a young machinist, the father of a family of children, while coming home from his toil was beaten and had one of his eyes gouged out and he is now in a precarious condition.”—Extract from sermon by Rev. Frank K. Baker of the First Methodist Episcopal Church. ;% of St. Peter’s Church at the 10:30 o'clock mass yesterday morning. In part he said: To-day, dear brethern, We are sitting in_the shadow Of & great national calamity. The chief magistrate of the republic has been struck down by the hand of an assassin. He lies between lite and death. It Is our duty to pray that God, through whom alone all rulers have rule, to spare him to the country that chose him to govern it. It s the teaching of holy writ and of holy church that all power is from God. It matters nothing what may be the form of government a peopie may adopt—republic, kingdom or em- Dire. Once that government is adopted and is discharging its proper functions the authority it wields comes {rom the Almighty. He that re- sisteth the higher powers resisteth God. The President of this republic rules with the au- thority of God, and that authority is recognized and safeguarded by the consent of eighty mil- lions of loyal freemen. Thercfore, dear brethren, the at- tack on the President of the re- public is one which all men feel to be a national calamity. But while we thus feel it, we must re- member our duty as free men. The President himself gives us the ex- ample. The dignity he showed in prosperity, the same he now shows in suffering. The country is too big not to bear herself with dignity. The wild appeals going up on all sides for force and repression are excusable in a time of grief and resentment. It is perhaps to soon, dear brethern, to appeal to tne sober second thought of the people. But it may be well to say something as a testimony. The nation that is not founded on righteousness shall perish. Have we mnot of late years put our trust too much in material prosperity, in money, and ‘what money can buy? We have boasted of our trade, of our warships, of our armies, of our + prowess by land and sea. Of such things a na- tion is not made. The old virtues of respect for authority, of honesty, of thrift, of frugality, of Justice between man and man. have not {Hese grown unpopular? A free country cannot rest on bayonets; it must rest on the consciences of men. Unless we haveé private morality we can- not have public morality. No matter how ma: Ruards may be about the throne, if the peepl ure not loyal for conscience sake, arms. shall not avail. The remedy against it is not mere force. A country has a right to use repressive measures to protect itself. But such measures alone can- mnot avail. The real remedy is to be found in the individual and in the individual conscience. To-day, dear brethern, our duty fs not much speech but much thought and much prayer. Let us pray God in the first place that this atrocity may not be consummated. but that President may be spared to his home an the his Continued on Page Four. y e NALISM FROM THE PULPIT —_— CONGREGATIONS IN THE EASTERN HOUSES OF WORSHIP PRAY FOR THE RECOVERY OF McKINLEY Clergymen of Every Creed Implore the Grace of Divine Providence for the President and Laud His Virtues. Sympathy Is Universally Extended and Arrangements Are Quickly Made in Many Places for Special Religious Services. — N the houses of worship in every city in the East earnest prayers were offered up yesterday for the recovery of the nation’s stricken chief. Members of every denomination united in a fervent appeal to Divine Providence that President McKinley might be spared to the people of his sorrowing country. UFFALO, Sept. 8.—The services in .the churches of this city to-day were extremely impres- sive. In all pulpits reference was made to the nation's ca- | lamity. The sermon at the First Presbyterian Church. where Vice Presi- | dent Roosevelt was in attendance, made frequent reference to the calamity\which had fallen upon the nation. At its close the pastor, Dr. S. S. Mitchell, delivered a fervent prayer. After a hymn the en- tire congregation united in singing the national anthem. POLICE OFFICIALS ON ANARCHY'S TRAIL Chiefs in All Great Cities Are Asked to Combine Against Mur- derers. WASHINGTON, Sept. 8—Major Rich- ard Sylvester, as president of the Na- tional Association of the Chiefs of Police of the United States and Canada, yester- | day took a decisive step looking.to the adoption of a uniform policy throughout the world in dealing with anarchists by addressing a letter to the board of di- rectors of the assoclation and requesting their co-operaticn in bringing the various heads of the police departments of the world together in convention. The com- munication foilows: The National Association of Chiefs of Police of the United States and Canada at the last | annual meeting adopted a resolution inviting | the heads of foreign police departments to par- ticipate in our annual discussions, and the dis- tressing calamity which this country has re- cently experienced through the assault by an unknown assassin, confirms the bellef that the | import of the resolution should be impressed on foreign officlals, with a view of having such of thelr number present at our next annual meeting as may be able to attend; this with the hope that a closer relationship may be es tablished officlally and persondlly, and thal there may be an interchange of oyinion as to the best methods to be pursued to eliminate from soclety such organizations and persons as may be evilly disposed toward institutions of government and those charged with their con- duct. This Is a most vital question and if the laws are inadequate to crush such organizations and punish such characters there should be recom- Mendations from a police standpoint which Tould forever prevent the like in this country and aid the authorities abroad. I trust the members will give this matter close and careful consideration and offer such suggestions as may aid in accomplishing the desired end and that the secretary will be authorized to adopt such measures as will bring about a thorough un- derstanding with our foreign friends and to se- cure their presence and co-operation. In the meantime there should be active ef- forts made to looking to the eradication of these evils and information gathered and dis- seminated through the national bureau of criminal identification with a view of accom- plishing such result. s b This proposition will be acted upon by the directors individually by mail. If the board of directors vote to adopt their ex- ecutive’s views the secretary of the asso- ciation will be authorized to address a letter to the officials having charge of the | police affairs of the European nations, Tequesting their attendance at the con- vention next year, when it is expected some definite steps will be taken to ef- fectually stamp out or destroy the danger arising from anarchistic plots. The let- ters to the board of directors were mailed yvesterday, and Major Sylvester expects to receive replies within the next week. CLERGYMAN OPENLY ADVOCATES LYNCHING Sensational Statement Made at the Church President McKinley Attends in Washington. WASHINGTON, Sept. 8.—“The exigen- cies of life are such that no man living can ‘count upon the continuance of exist- ence for any length of time. "Among these exigencies are disease, accident and the bullet of the assassin, such as we have heard of in the past forty-eight hours. That occurrence at Buffalo indi- cates that no man is safe from the shaft of death. It is very difficult to get away from it, and while I have ever been loyal to the law and have ever contended for its swrict enforcement, I must say that the affair of last Friday has almost con- verted me into an advocate of lynch law. Surely there was no occasion, no reason for that dreadful act, and whether the work of a sane man or a lunatic, there can be no justification for it. "The above_ extract from the sermon of Dr. H. R. Naylor, presiding elder of the Washington district, was tne only direct reference made in the regular sermon preaghed to-day at the Metropolitan Metivodist Episcopal Church, which is the church President McKinley attends when in Washington. Of the several prayers all were supplications for the early Tes- foration of health to the President. of praise for his personality and an admoni- tion to Mrs. McKinley to stand firm In this trying time. When the regular serv- ice had been concluded the congregation, Which was large, transformed itself into * 'mass meeting, and upon motion of Judge T. H. Anderson of the District Court by a standing vote directed that the following expression of the sense of the congregation be sent to the President: The board of the Methodist, Episcopal Church and congregation assembled extend to you and Jour devoted wife the deepest sympathy, and Jornestly pray that God in his great mercy foay comfort and sustain you and spare your Valued and usetul life to the church and na- tion. message was signed by all the mgglebers of the official board. The adop- tion of this resolution was followed by remarks by several of the leading mem- bers of the church, ail filled with senti- ments of the deepest regret for the Buf- falo tragedy and highest praise for the President as a man_and a member of thelr congregation. When the meeting finally adjourned the members of the con- gregatian gathered about the altar, ex- changing condolences and regrets. These expressions, however, were mnot entirely harmonious, for mingled with the general conversation were remarks in depreca- tion of Dr. Naylor’s reference to the sum- mary punishment of the President’'s as- sailant. It was characterized and con- demned by some as open advocacy of lynch law. On the other hand, there were many who took occasion to express to Dr. Navylor their complete indorsement of his position. He did not for a moment seam — disposed to change his attitude. He sald to those with whom he spoke: *If T had been there I would have blown | the scoundrel to atoms if I had had a {PRAYERS ARE ASKED IN MANY CHURCHES iPrleutu and Ministers Speak in Touching Terms of the Wounded President. NEW YORK, Sept. 8.—Not a church ser- vice was held in New York City or its environs to-day at which prayers were not offered for the recovery of President McKinley. And coupled with these sup- plications was a strong undercurrent of thanksgiving that the tome of the dis- | patches from Buffalo were of an encour- aging character. There was no concerted action in this matter by the churches other than that called forth by Mayor Van Wyck's proe- lamtion of Saturday calling on the pas- | tors of churches of all denominations to direct their services with special reference to the suffering President. In the Prot- estant Episcopal churches almost with- out exception the full text of the litany | was read and the name of President Mec- | Kinley was entered in the general prayer | for the sick. In all the Roman Catholic churches a special uniform prayer was offered at every mass. In a majority of the pulpits those occu- pying them took as their theme the attack on the life of Mr. McKinley, and in almost every case some reference was made to the tragedy, either in the ser- mon itself or in the prelude. In some instances demand ‘was made for meas- ures of suppression against the anarchis- | tic propaganda, which was generally held | responsible for the deed of Czolgosz. To-morrow (Monday) will witness an- other session of prayer and pleading. In the afternoon the children of the public | schools of this city and Brooklyn to the | number of hundreds of thousands will follow the instructions of the president of the Board of Education, and under the ! lead of their teachers will hold a special session of prayer for President McKin- ley. At Old Trinity Church to-day the Rev. Alfred L. Griffin, in addition to referring to Mr. McKinley in the prayer for per- sons under affliction, included the Presi- dent’s wife, and this was the case in most of the churches. The keynote of the ser- | mons may be gathered from these words | by Mr. Griffin: | ~The whole nation, aye, the whole world, to- | day is watching at the bedside of a President whom it has learned to regard as just and true. We are under the shadow of a great anxiety, overwhelmed by a great calamity. It is to God that the people turn at such a time. In him lies the power and strength to heal the sick. May it be his will to restore to us our President In life and strength. The Rev. Howard Agnew Johnson of the | Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, in | a sermon based on Gideon as an Israel- itish leader, had this to say of Mr. Mc- Kinley: Thus he (Gideon) resembles our own great leaders—Washington, Jefferson, Jackson, Lin- coln. Most_conspicuous of ali, and last, but | not ‘least, Willlam McKinley, the man whose spirit is now hovering between life and death, | the man whose name will go down to_posterity identified with the movement which has made | our republic into an empire, though still re- | taining the form of republican government. The Rev. Hugh Black, associate pastor of Free St. George’s Church, Edinburgh, Scotland, was in the pulpit of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church to-day. As a prelude to his sermon he said: I feel that I am called upon to express some- what of your feelings and your sympathy, and to lead your prayers for President McKinley, who is the victim of such a dastardly crime. Though a stranger to your country, It is easy | for me to do this, since it needs no local knowl- edge of policies but merely the expression of the | universal heart of man. As for the deed Itseir, the whole civilized world must pronounce al horrence not only of the act but of the destest- | able principles which inspired it. Nowhere out- side of America, moreover, will sorrow keener or prayer be more fervent than in Great Britain. | Preceding the prayer at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Father Dyer sald: As you are aware that a great calamity has befallen the nation during the last few days in an attempt on the life of its chief executive, and as it is of vital importance that he should again be able to continue an administration which has brought so muech happiness and pros- perity to this country, your prayers are re- quested for his speedy restoration. Father Ducey of St. Leo's (Roman Catholic), in the course of extended re- marks on the tragedy at Buffalo, sald: God grant that the life of Mr. McKinley may be spared, and that he may be restored to health and strength to bring joy and comofrt to his now afflicted family. I earnestly ask this congregation to pray fervently to God his safe recovery. ST T POLES IN THE EAST DENOUNCE ASSASSIN Indignation Mcetings Are Held and Sympathy Is Expressed for the President. NEW YORK, Sept. $.—An indignation meeting, attended by about 30 Poles, of which it is estimated there are $0,000 in | New York City, was held to-day at the Church of St. Stanislaus, and bitter words of denunciation of Czolgosz and his crime were uttered, while the expres- sion of sympathy for the President and those beionging to him was warm and universal. Doubt as to the nationality of the would-be assassin was expressed, and it | was decided to send a delegate to Cleve- land and Toledo at once to look into his ancestry and to prove to the American people that he is not a Pole, but a Rus- sian by descent. That delegate will leave New York for the West to-morrow. PHILADELPHIA, Sept. S—Four hun- dred Polish Americans gathered in St. Laurentius’ Roman Catholic Church to- day, passed resolutions deploring the shooting of President McKinley and pro- tested against the statements that the would-be assassin was connected with the Polish people in this country. ng those present were five Polish priests. The resolution, after regrett the at- tempted murder, continues as follows: Resolved, That we, as Roman Catholic Polish | Continued on Page Four.