The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1901-09-26

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Of the President have impressed one fact
| upon the minds Of the American people, 1t
is the fact that anarchy is a crime against
the human race, and that the safety Of our
people and Of our government demands that
1t shall be extermlnated, root and branch.
How this can be accomplished may be a
difficult problem. But the law can do much,
provided there Is public sentiment to sus-
tain it. Without such sentiment penal
laws have little force.
| Il is a disgrace to our institutions that
the man who assassinated the inoffensiye
| Queen of Austria was assigned to his muir
| derous mission by a nest of anarchists in
| the State of New Jersey.
We can at least suppress their publlea-
| lions in this country and put a stop to
/ their circulation through the mails.
| In the early days of the Republic such q
| crime as the assassination Of the president
was not feared or dreamed Of. One Of the
early presidents went to the capitol to be
inaugurated alone and on horseback In
the world history tryants have been as
sasslnated in q spirit Of revenge by the
unhappy victims of cruel torture.
| But under our system Of government, the
people select their own ruler, and it Is i'm
possible for him to be tryant His pow
| ers are circumscribed and limited and he is
at all times subject to removal from office
for crimes or misdemeanors.
Yet notwithstanding these conditions
and the fact that the individual enjoys
! greater freedom than under any civilized
| government on earth, 1t is a startling fact
| that within the brief space of time since
became a voter three Presidents of tn,
United States have met death at the hand
| of an assassin.
Three times have seen the people gath.
cred to mourn the death of a murdered
President. On the 14th day Of April, 1865,
J. Wilkes Booth stole up behind President
Lincoln and shot him through the head
| The President lived but nine hours, during
all of which he was unconscious.
On July 2, 1881, Charles ]. Guiteau shot
President Garfield. The President lived in
| great agony until the 10Th day of Septem-
Der, and died, twenty years ago today.
These men were not killed by anarchists.
Mr.. Lincoln was killed because of the en-
FILTERED feelings of the Rebellion, then in
| its last thrOes. Guiteau was a crank, half
crazy, and imagined he had a grievance.
| 1t is poor consolation to know that the
| lives Of these assassins paid the penalty
| for their crimes.
| In a few days the assassin of William
| Mckinley will be executed, but there are
others more guilty than he-the conspir-
! ators and instgatOrs of this crime the
| secret plOtters, who, In all probability, viii
escape punishment, for no person can be
\ legally punished without evidence of the
| crime.
This is not the time to speak of the adj
ministration of William Mckinley. OF the
! President. Of the man; we may sneak
| briefly. No man has ever lived whose
death has caused such universal sorrow,
| and whose life and character have received
| such unstlnted praise.
Messages of coincidence have come to our
government, and to the heart-brOken
widow, from every civilized country on the
globe. For the first time in history the
flag Of the German Empire is floating at
half mast for the death of President, and
by the command of the German Emperor.
The Car Of Russia, the President, press
and statesmen Of France have paid sorrow
ing tributes to the craftsmanship and char
acter Of President Mckinley.
The dispatches tell US that the venerable
Pope burst into tears on learning of the
Presidents death. He also paid the high
est tribute to his character and statesman
ship. No other person living knows better
than he the ability and impartiality with
which the President has dealt with his
people in the Philippines and in Porto
Rico.
And there IS one people who speak the
same language as ourselves where the death
of President Mckinley is felt with almost
as great sorrow as in our own country. To
day memorial services are being held in st.
Paul's Cathedral and in Westminster Abbey
In our\own country no President within
my knowledge-and we have never had a
bad president, or one who was not true to
his country-has been more popular, or one
who received less criticism from his politi
cal opponents.
He was a soldier in the army of the
Union, and yet the blue and the grey have
WED with each other in paying tribute to
his memory.
few months ago he made a trip
through the South, among a people where
he had few political Supporters, and yet he
received such hearty, enthusiastic and loyal
welcome as gladdened the heart Of every
lover Of his country. The North and the
South have paid equal tribute to his
craftsmanship, patriotism and character.
He was a wise, able and conservative Pres
ident.
The last speech Of his life shows the
marked ability and breadth Of his states
manshlp, and it has been already highly
Cd nv ha ~
As a man, he was lovable, genial, and
easily approached, with a pleasant smile
for all. He never forgot that he was a
gentleman. While his policies have been
strongly attacked and condemned by his
political opponents. yet no record can he
found where he has said an unkind word Of
any one. No scandal ever came to his
door. He lived a Christian life. His gen.
tleness and loving kindness to his frail, in
valid wife Is known in all lands. His life
sheds Iustre on the nation he loved 50 we'll.
He died a martyr
The lamented presidents favorite
hymn, NEARER My God to Thee"
was then rendered by the choir and
audience. The benediction was pro-
nounced by Rev. A. NJ. Duboc.
Al Masonic Opera House.
The opera house meeting was the
larger on account Of being the more
public place. The house was filed
above and below with an audience
that was eager to hear the words
spoken and to do homage to the
name and memory of the dead. The
local post-ofiice employees, sixteen in
number, we're present in a body
NTH thn nvnnrAinr, ~ Mia Ahhin