TIIE CAMERON COUNTY PRESS-T ESTABLISHED BY C. B. GOULD, MARCH, 1866. VOL. 30. riemorial Services. Last thursday afternoon the citi zens of Kniporium and surround ing country, filled the Court House to overflowing and hundreds turn ed away, unable to get into the room, that they might do reverence to the dead President. Ex-Bur gess \V. 11. Howard, at the request of Burgess E. O. Bard well , called the meeting to order. The servi ces opened with prayer bv Be v. Bob't MeCaslin, pastor ol' Presby terian church, followed by singing "Nearer My God to Thee." After the hymn, Rev. F. W. McClelland, of the Free Methodist church, read from the Scripture. lion, .1. C. .Johnson was then introduced and delivered the fol lowing able address: HON. J. C. JOHNSON. Ladies and Gentlemen:— The work of an assassin is done. The President is dead. Our people have mournfully witnessed the passage of the funeral train, and to-day, at this very hour his body is being laid in its final resting place in his home city, a little distance from the western border of our own state. We assemble to pay a tribute of re spect to the memory of our dead Presi dent, William McKinley. Our whole people mourn with hearts bowed down and the sympathies of all civilized nations are shown on this occasion. This was unlike the assassination of either Lincoln or Garfield. This stoke came out of a clear sky. It is attribut able solely to the horrible doctriues of anarchism, and was confessedly an act inspired by the lectures of one promi nent Anarchist. We are therefore confronted with a serious and most difficult problem. What can be done to suppress anar chism in this country? Can we rid the country of the unholy band, or must we for the sako of free speech and a free press submit to have the very foundations of our government up rooted and done. Public sentiment demands the sup pression of the order of anarchists and it must and will be destroyed? But we turn from thoughts of the unholy wretch to contemplate the virtues of his victim, with sorrowful i hearts. What are the legacies of McKinley? ' When Mark Antony sought to win the love of the populace for dead Caesar he brought forth the Will of Caesar and read that he had remembered each roman citizen with a comfortable leg acy. May we not now bring forth the life of McKinley and find that our love and respect is due to his memory because he has left to each and every citizen an invaluable legacy in the example of his grand and noble life. I do most confidently assume in this presence that there is no occasion for me to I dwell upon the facts. You know • them. His early life was of the ordin- i ary kind. In early life his limitations ! in estate and health were marked. Ilis ! early enlistment and his brave career as a soldier of the war of the rebellion were first indications of his great per sonal worth, and his strong love for and unselfish devotion to the cause of his country. His return to private life; his mar- : riage; his entry upon professional life; ! and his entry into politics, were only j the ordinary events of the ordinary i man of his time, accomplished in the I usual and ordinary way. Once embarked however, supreme | tests were bound to come. First busi ness failure tested his personal integ rity. He surrendered all his property to pay debts. He was an honest man. Next great political honors were tend ered him in a national convention but he promptly declined them, because to accept would raise a question about his erood faith and his pledges and his honor. His integrity in both private and political life was thus tested and not found wanting. His ability developed at every stage of promotion, and his progress was as sured steady,and uninterrupted. Prom congressman to governor and then to president, and finally to re-election, was a succession of natural triumphs He was master of the great political problems of his day, the tariff and finance. He successfully vindicated his theories His progressive and broad-minded statesmanship was ap parent in his every public act and ad dress. You will long remember the address delivered the day before he was shot, fn this ho said: "The per iod of exclusiveness is past. The ex pansion of our trade and commerce is the pressing problem. Commereial wars are unprofitable. A policy of good will and friendly trade relations will prevent reprisals. Reciprocity treaties are in harmony with the spirit of the timesjmeasures ofretaliation are not." Here is foreshadowed a policy to promote our markets abroad. A policy necessary for the protection of American labor. A policy calculated to stimulate the growth of our iudus tries, and expand our commerce. Another view oi'his character. The noble spirit of tin's great man ar