The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 20, 1901, Page 6

THE SA FRANCISCO CALL, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1901 OAKLAND PAYS A REMARKABLE TRIBUTE TO THE DEAD PRESIDENT FUNERAL PAGEANT OAKLAND’S LAST HONOR TO MARTYR Cit zens in Every Walk of Life March Out of Respect to the Dead. ThE CARRIAGE - N NHICH THE LATE PRESIDENT RODE DURING SN Ny =" THE N o ooME ol OF THE VoerLD — AXLAND, Sept. 19.—Nothihg | have been devised to more forcibly illustrate the martyred Presi- William McKinley, was ent of the whole people than the funeral procession hd to-day. in Oakland was representa- | or er The whole peo- < and either marched ned the streets to do e memory of the nation’s | | llowed ¢ y upon the | | hoolboy and same rank. The God marched | arms. Laborers ye Presid with tk - Procession Was Impressive. i i i MINISTERS SPEAK EULOGIES ON THE DEAD PRESIDENT From Pulpits of Churches Divines and Laymen Tell of the Nation’s Sorrow. , THE NATIONAL ‘ GUARD OF CAL ... e o dresses were made by Senator Perkins, the Rev. A. T. Needham of the Eighth- avenue Methodist Church, D. E. Collins, president of the California Bank, and the Rev. E. R. Dille, pastor of the First Methodist Church. The Rev. J. D. Ham- mond read _an original poem. Senator Perkins said: Mr. McKinley was a good ma: as a great statesman. 1 want to congratulate our new President, Theodore Roosevelt, in saying the wise and hgnorable policy of William M. Kinley will be his. No safer way pursued by the new President Anarchy, nihilism, communism or any other ism that makes war against the Government of the people, for the people and by the peo must be forever driven from the country. T ballot box is the sacred urn from which remedy must be drawn. Rev. E. R. Dille spoke in part as fol- low: could ne | ] This is the first time that an American Pres- : «j+ | 1dent has ever been laid low by organized a ral procession | | [ archy. If we permit the anacchists of this was No more | country to gather together, plot to murder and : ebcbenl | FEATURES OF OAKLAND PARADE AMONG WHICH IS VEHICLE LATELY OCCUPIED BY McKINLEY. [ | seemesinate e Wil Siid a e OF tigers to ould not be | spring up, who will attempt to destroy those ’,' “c‘{:rn‘u}:(_n::‘.\_ dead President; W. W. Foote, a represen- | play anything else and to the solemn| vision. Every postoffice employe turned | given this country kingly men, born of great | AKLAND, Sept. 19.—The five Thfr;s(l:fiy{tega:m:yi&e:} El:‘luarfles.w“ GoShow thelr sincere | tative of the Democracy and of the South- | strains of the hymn the Knights marched | out. ' The Carpenters’ Union followred and | traths, nurtured in high ideas. ~These were central churches designated | crowded to its capacity. The Rev. C. ¢ ed esident ¢ e Confeders st which McKin- | in_honor to their dead comrade. ame es, 3 < lemen, thes Eacy: K i a asto o over the : 103 foughis BB, Terome and T, Ac Col- | The Batriarchs Milant of th Independ- | flags - faried and. draped in black. e | thess her high water marks showing now fai | for the McKinley memorial | Baker, the pastor, presided over th less than a b ut dred minis- from e creed e Cath. When it w quhoun, both comrades of the dead Presi- dent in'the Grand Army of the Republic Robert M. Fitzge . Oakland Democra land, Anson Ba they we from ev rched with t Gentile y Thi the president of the the ministers should ride | Boarq of Supervisors, John Mitchell; Hon. \onould be provided | Victor 1. Metcalf. Congressman from this | district, and Frederick S. Stratton, Col- | lector of the Port of San Francisco. They | marched on foot over the whole line. Every feature, every incident in the whole parade showed that the people had | es said that the: 1l derominations, eligion were d in the history of Hed turned out to show their sorrow at the matior huw Bioere | untimely death of their leader. A'h(zrreil Tked side b sias ra | Was sincerity and sorrow from the head | ha | Of the procession to the very end: from | the ! the police and the military to the school boys and the citize: It is conservatively estimated that there | were 8000 men in line to-day. When it is | | considered that every one of these men | was on foot, that every one from the minister of the Gospel, the Mayor of the Rev, J. O | city and the president of the university itlet; Rev. J. A. | to the High School boys, who brought up Wooten, Asbury | in the rear of the procession, had asked | e Pres- | for permission to walk in honor of the | | dead President, the sincerity of the senu- | | ment that the procession represented cax | be estimated. The procession was twent eight blocks long. There were seven di- | visions with as many bands of music. Twenty thousand people gathered on the sidewalks. And over this vast assemblage ssion of grief at s in the Line. { sters who marched were: The mir Stewart, United Presbyterian; : Rev. W. 3 Afric Rev. Fraser, B; | was the great hush of death, as impres- Ma ‘)nmuy«’. First sive as if the body of the man whom all B were mourning was to be borne through | the streets of Oakland. It was noticeable | that even the spectators kept the silence that was due to the dead and that con- versations were carried on in whispers. st Presbyterian: Christian Scientis ninth-street Presb: “ongrega- Firet Perkins. Market-street | The measured tolling of the church bells _Alfred Bayley, P‘gur(h | and the solemn music of the dirges T. A. Powell, First Chris- | heightened the solemn effect and empha- nett, Baptist German Mis- sized the sincerity of the demonstration. When the funeral procession was first proposed it was thought that the societies of the city would be limited to two di- visions. Seven divisions marched over the line, however. Many Masons in Line. The Masonic bodies of Oakland marched for the first time in this city for a funeral that was actually taking place in a far distant State. Every Masonic body turned s McSweeny, St. Franc St. Francis de Sales: Mary's Coli ; Re Baptist: Rev. Alfre Chapel _Congregational , Twenty-fourth-avenue M. R. Brown, FI Congregational; Dille. First M. E. 'Distingui!hzd Pallbearers. little group of ministers in ] kiand _Winnir pallbearers. These honorary pall- | out a full membership from the Knights bearers came from all éasm and fac- | Templar to the biue lodges. At the head tions. They were Benjamin Ide Wheeler, | of the Knights Templar was a fife and the 1 of the Unlversity of California; | drum corps that played *‘Nearer, My God, | | | | ignificance came the hon- | P. Iri ish, the personal friend of the | to Thee.” The corps was forbidden to | Then came the Oakland police, a ent Order of Odd Fellows had an interes! ing feature in their line. Their banner was draped in mourning, the same piece s used at the funerals of 5 A. Garfield and n, Ja Abraham Lincol U. 8. Grant being utilized. The parade was full of features, each in the sorrow that was felt. It was full of carnest men who marched over the streets in procession. The people of Oakland had arisen in their sorrow and if there were any sympat ers with the creed of the Buffalo assas in the city they must have felt solemnity, the meaning of this demonstra- tion. The parade was headed by Grand Mar- shal St. Clair Hodgkins, with his aids, Captain W. J. Petersen, George W. Ar- per and Lieutenant Pierce of the Fifth Regiment. National Guard of California. com- pany of United States marines, a bat- talion of naval cadets from the training | school on Goat Island, three companies of the National Guard and the Veteran Re- serves. The second division was headed bv the Knights Templar, under the command of John A. Britton, with Webb N. Plerce as marshal. Following the Templars came the McKinley carriage. This carriage was loaned by F. M. Smith on the occa- sion of the late President’s visit to Oak- land, and to-day it was loaded with flowers and driven over the line of march. This carriage was escorted by the honor- ary pallbearers, Benjamin Ide Wheeler, Anson Barstow, John P. Irish, John Mitchell, F. 8. Stratton, Victor H. Met- calf. W. W. Foote, R. M. Fitzgerald, J.- A. Colauhoun and E. B. Jerome. Following came the clergy of Oakland, the committee in charge of the memorial exercises, the Grand Army, the Sons of Veterans and the Service Men of the Spanish-American War. Societies in Parade. The third division had 8. J. Taylor for its marshal. The blue lodges of Masons occupied a large rortlon of this division, with the Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias and the city and county officials. The Elks had the right of the line of the fourth division. John W. Tompkins was the marshal. Included in this division were the Workmen, Native Sons, Wood- men of the World, Knights of Maccabees and Bohemians of America. Postmaster W. H. Friend and the Oak- land Postofiice employers led the fifth di- itself indicative of Journeymen Butchers, the Plasterers and tne Red Men completed this division, which was in charge of Colonel Robert McKillican. The sixth division was commanded by Julius Seulberger and was composed of the Retail Clerks, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, the Stationary Engincers, the Typographical Union, the Portuguese Union and the Christopher Co- lumbus Society. The seventh division had Fred Sinclair for marshal and was headed by the boys | of the Oakland High School and the Polytechnic High School. Following came fully five hundred men from the West Oakland railroad yards and then the unattached citizens on foot. PROMPT ACTION IS LOOKED FOR Representative Metcalf Thinks Con- gress Will Quickly Adopt Laws Against Anarchists. OAKLAND, Sept. 19.—At St. Paul's Episcopal Church to-day Congressman Victer H. Metcalf delivered an eulogtum upgn the murdered President. After elo- quently describing the dead leader's noble traits of character, as exemplified in his domegtic and his public life, Con- gressman Metcalf said: We are confronted to-day by a grave prob- lem, but I firmly believe that the Congress of the United States will solve that problem and that in future no anarchist, nor anarchist sympathizer, will be permitted to land on our shores. Yes, anarchy will flee before patriotism and the patriotic citizens of this nation—and when I say patriotic citizens 1 mean American citizens will see to it that this country is no longer made the dumping ground for the pau- per, the depraved, the vicious and criminal eloments. That such a life should have been sacrificed by such an ignoble instrument is almost be- yond_ belief, but out of evil good will come, and by his death the American people will be cemented and bound in a closer union and will work tozether for the common good and for the-protection of home and country. The Rev. Robert Ritchle, the rector of St. Paul's Church, said: At critical times in her history God has the tide may run. Among these great men | was placed President McKinley—a great man, | a great statesman, a great President, but. bet- ter than all, a good man, a kindly, courteous Christian zentleman. The Rev. Martin N. Ray, rector of St. John's Episcopal Church, officiated this morning at a requiem service at his church with a fully vested choir render- ing the music. The clergyman delivered an address upon the life and character of President McKinley. Services were held this evening at the Church_of the Advent, East Oakiand, where John A. Britton delivered the .d- dress. CHURCHES HOLD UNION SERVICES Alameda Ministers Extoll the Char- acter of Nation’s Late Chief Executive. ALAMEDA. Sept. 19.—All the Protestant churckes of this city united in memorial services held to-night in the First Meth- odist Episcopal Church. Overflow meet- ings were heid in the Sunday school hall and in Masonic Hall. - I Joe Hooker Post, G. A. R.; Company G, Fifth Kegiment, N. G. C. and James Monroe Council, Jr. O. A. M., were pr ent at the services. he Rev. T. J. Lace; presided in the church, the Rev. E. P. Dennett in the Sunday school hall and the Rev. Frank 8. Brush in Masonic Hall. The song service at each meeting place included the late President’s favor- ite hymns, “Lead, Kindly Light,” “Nearer, My God, to Thee” and “Amer- ica.” “Among the clergymen who deltv- ered sghort addresses were the Revs. John Kirby, Euclid McWhorter, Thomas Bald- win, E. P. Depnett, T. J. Lacey and F. 8. Brush. Judge A. B. Hunt and George C. Babcock also paid eulogistic tributes. Mass was sald at 9 o'clock this morping at St. Joseph's Catholic Church. Th ec- tor, the Rev. P. A, Foley, deliveref§ an | eloquent eulogy on the late ruler of the nation. The church bell was tolled from 9 a. m, until 4 p. m. The congregation was a large one. —_——— It takes great faith to remove moun- tains, but a little worry makes a moun- tain of a molehill. / exercises were the objective | Monies and introduced the ministers points of the people &% soon a | Other local Presbyterian churches, delivered prayer and addre The' | the funeral procession had | cation was given by the Rev. John ) been dismissed to-day. In | donald, the assistant pastor: the these houses of worship thousands of mourning citizens assembled. The favorite hymns of the departed | Frank Stewart read tne scripture: the Rev. Dwight Potter said the Before introducing the Rev. H. W. T Fra President, ‘Lead, Kindly Light ' ang |©f Brooklyn Presbyterian Church the ;Nearer, My God., to Thee,”” were sung | !oF Paid a tribute to the patriotism o by thousands of people. Then came the | PeOP!e of Oakland. He said: words of comfort and the of eulogy. At the conclusion of the services in each church the audience sang ‘‘America” and then dispersed. The churches selected for the services were the First Baptist, the First Congre- ational, the First Methodist, the First esbyterian and the First Uritarian. Hold Simple Services. At _the First Baptist Church H. J. Vosburgh pastor, the service was simple, the programme consis:ing of the favorite hymns of the dead ¥resident, a speéeches Permit me to say that I have never witn any celebration with the pride and gratifica that 1 have felt to-day. The way It was appeals to me and eught to appeal to e as being one of the most solemn me: that could have been. The Rev. Mr. Fraser introduced his re- marks with a passage from the Scripture, saying: “‘Know ye not that a prince and a has fallen this in Israel?" s David in his lament over the body of his Abner. So the whole civilized world lame over the body of its martyred President the Rev. ] h e he was a prince and a . He prayer by ‘the Rev. A. W. Ryder and ad- | a prince principaily in the msemain o5 n. dresses by Everett J. Brown and Rev. C. | and true manhood—for he ' passed unscathed Al “of the Tenth Avenue Baptist | through the fires and pitfalls that have urch. smirched the life and career of millions of me: Hold Union Sarvices. Union services' of the First Unitarian Church and the First Hebrew Congres: tion were held at thes former place worship. With the Rev. Benjamin Fay Mills, minister of the church, were Rabbi M. -Friedlander and the trustees of the First Hebrew Congregation, the Rev. L. W. Schneider, James G. Maguire, Colonel John P. Irish, Judge Samuel P. Hail Judge Jobn Stetson, John Russ and oth- ers. In part the Rev. Mr. Mills said: This s a day of su®h mourning as.the bas never beiore scen. The very skies Mr. Brown, who was selected to repre- sent the student body at Berkeley on the occasion of President McKinley's ‘Tecent visit, -paid him a glowing and eloque: tribute. S Congregationalists at Service. . The Congregational churches of the city held union memorial services at the Firsy Congregational Chureh, the Rev. Charles R. Brown pastor. The large organ and choir platform were draped in black. Be- hind the pulpit was a national flag at half standard. The Rev. Charles R. Brown presided and introduced the sveakers, the Rev. J. H. orld Goodell of the Market Street Congrega. | 3:2P¢d _seemingly in token of the people’s sor- tional Church and the Rev. A”redg Ei;» ;\rxih"rn:s is a day of mourning, a day of ley of the Fourth Congregati 1 The Rev. Mr. Goodell said: ) Church. Our hearts are run together in human sym- pathy, but above our present experience we A man who, as the head of this nation, pur- | °an Fise to speak of our confidemce in the sued the even temor of his way. amidst .con. | cternal God. demnatlons o8, Pollcy by eritics and un- | The choir, led by D. P. Hughes, sang called for attacks by the yellow press and who under the assassin’s bullet and with the face cf death befure klm sang “Nearer, My God ‘Yea, Though I Walk Througa the Val- ley of Death,” following which was re- L sponsive Scripture readin to Thee,” is a man who possessed virtue : 8. alities that should be ‘crystallized into the | grrins MASUITe addressed the con- heart of every American. Y gregation. ennyson's 7 “Crossing _the Bar” was sung by Mrs. O. K. McMurray, and the choir united in singing *‘Lead. Continued on Page Thirteem. Should Drive Out Anarchy. At the First Methodist Church about 2500 people attended tha servires Aa_