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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1901
Page
4
Massachusetts Socialists conference condemns the assassination attempt on President McKinley in Boston Paine Memorial Hall. Delegates debate party name, raise funds for labor, and vow unity with labor groups while expressing sympathy for the president and his family. Local labor leaders condemn the act and call for swift justice.
Speakers on the mall denounced the act and defended the president, noting the nation’s sorrow. Rev. McDaniel urged justice against lynch law, while Doherty warned of anti imperialist rhetoric. Other figures from Social Labor and Mormon missions affirmed opposition to anarchism and supported the president.
Leaders of the Socialist Labor party in conference prior to the state convention adopted strong resolutions condemning the attempt on the President's life. The resolutions were offered by Martha Moore Avery and were unanimously adopted.
Boston churches echoed with denunciations of anarchists as prayers for President McKinley filled the sermon. Rev George C Lorimer proclaimed a decisive purge against anarchy urging lawmakers and citizens to uproot the peril and defend government and nation. He contrasted genuine tribute to the president with threats from dynamite and clarified civil duty to oppose violent extremism.
Catholic churches across Boston held prayers for the President’s recovery after the recent attack. Clergy condemned the act, warned against unbridled passion, and drew comparisons to Garfield and McKinley incidents. Prayers at Immaculate Conception and Holy Cross echoed wishes for his swift healing.
The North Cambridge Congregational Church and several local ministers led prayers for President McKinley and his wife Mrs. McKinley. Clergy urged national unity as the nation mourns and hopes for the President’s speedy recovery. Messages also expressed concern for the President’s safety and leadership during a national crisis.
The Rev Dr A C Dixon denounced anarchists as traitors during a sermon at Ruggles Street Baptist Church. He argued anarchists deserve jail or exile, condemned the assassin who felled McKinley, and lauded McKinley’s character versus the assassin’s depravity.
At the First Presbyterian Church in Brookline the Rev W E Archibald urged swift punishment for traitors to the country and rulers in peace. He argued that those who betray free institutions must be met by the military arm and dealt with as treason.
The Rev Dillon Bronson at St Mark s Methodist Brookline denounces the McKinley shooting as a national disgrace and a dog like act in his sermon The Rev Avery A Shaw of First Baptist Church prays for the Presidents quick recovery and speaks of Mrs McKinley in touching terms
Louis Word1, secretary of the local Comrades of Anarchy, defends Czolgosz and denounces government rule. Rose Gordon, 16, daughter of Louis Gordon, champions Emma Goldman and insists no anarchist organization exists, calling the assassin a martyr and denying a plot.
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