The Newtown bee., 1901-09-27

1901.
 in the privilege to take his hand and do him honor, has stirred the hearts and minds of the people of this great country as they have never been moved before in any period of our national history. Such an event in time of | war, or in a season of great political | excitement, shocking as it ever is to all the finer sensibilities of true and | loyal people, would not have been so unexpected and startling. We know too we'll the terrible possibilities which everywhere, and in all ages, are con- ceived and bred in the passions and | hatred of sinful men. But peace and | plenty are over all our land. We are united people as never before. Our Chief Executive was beloved by all good citizens, East, West, North, and | South, and was President of the whole nation in the deepest, broadest sense reasonable to expect. He had won the Warmest respect, even of his political enemies. He was hOnOred at home and abroad; and his spirit of wisdom and fairness to all in the administration of the great responsibilities laid upon him had brought him very near to the hearts of those who do not approve
 his policy. We admired him as our
 President. His meekness and faith l fitness have proved him as having the
 true greatness of the divine servant of all the people. HE WAS THE CHOSEN REPREsENTATIvE
 OF THE NATION.
 We have put upon him the highest
 authority and honor we have to be-
 stow. Not to honor him is to dishOnor
 ourselves; for both as Chief Executive,
 and as our distinguished fellow-citizen,
 in his private as we'll as in his public
 life he was worthy of our reverence
 and personal affection.
 The circumstances under which this
 horrible crime was committed are of
 peculiar, and wide spread interest.
 For the first time, almost, in the five
 eventful years of his adminiStrat atiOn
 he seemed to have a little respite from
 the imperative demands of exacting
 duties and the burden of great cares.
 Success had crowned the efforts of the
 government in the furtherance of every
 good work in the cause of freedom,
 prosperity and common happiness.
 He had not sought to please himself
 in the exercise of the power deligated
 to him by the people; but had executed
 the purpose and will of the nation
 with the most liberal and considerate . charity toward all the world. He had been assured of the approval and affec-
 tion of his countrymen. Only the day before he had spoken the most gracious
 words of welcome and wisdom to the . representatives of the continents of ' North and South America, assembled
 at the Pan-American Exposition; and } the significance of his language, and
 the spirit of his utterances were care f fully pondered by the thoughtful men of the civilized world.
 The concluding words of his address are characteristic of the humble and profound Christian StateSmanShip by which he is so we'll known, at home , and abroad: "Gentlemen, Let us ever remember that our interest is in con.
 cord not conflict; and that our real
 eminence rests in the victories of peace . not those of war. We hope that all =, who are represented here may be moved to higher and nobler effort fol . their own and the worlds good, ano
 that out of this city may come not only greater commerce and trade fol
 us all, but more essential than these /, = relations of mutual respect, confidence z and friendship which will deepen an( 1 endure.
 :, "Our earnest prayer is that God vii
 graciously vouchsafe prosperity, hap
 piness and peace to all our neighbors o ' and like blessings to all the peoples ~ and powers of earth"
 On the morrow, while he stood in al the simplicity of our republican off cial life to meet the common peOpl. :, face to face, happy as we must thinl V in the plaudits of the admiring ant , grateful multitude, even as he was eX ~ tending his hand to greet the humbles V citizen who would salute him on tha 'o joyful occasion, he was
 ,f SHOT DOWN BY THE DEGENERATE n DEGRADED ANARCHIST.
 $ Let us reflect for a moment on tn Il real significance of this fiendish act y What does it mean? Was it the reSul 'e of some bitter personal hatred? Sha] E. we find the cause in political disaI m pointment, perhaps? Was it the freq of a madman? Or of some irresponsibl u crank? Such were the first thought n which came into the minds of many d. no doubt. But, no, Leon Czolgosz, tn T. murderer of William Mckinley, ha l- no personal grudge against the man h le tried to kill. He is not disappointe ss politician seeking revenge for an 'l wrongs real or imaginary agains u the successful but ungratefu le statesman. He is not an insan rs man in the ordinary sense of the word 10 whatever we may say of his theor ld of society. He is not a freak, nor y crank as the world goes. He is al IT, anarchist. His theory of life-in othe 'n words his religious faith and convio u tiOnS, or maybe his lack of any relig " ion at all, is the secret of his conduct