Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1901-09-12

Irregular Correspondent
Washington, ID. c., September 0, 1901.
The terrible calamity which has
befallen President Mckinley has
been almost the sole topic Of con-
versation in Washington since FRI
day night. The news came Just as
people employed in the departments
we're going home TO dinner, and
just before the shops closed for the
night. There were some hundreds
Of people who did not go home to
dinner at all. They stood about
in front of the bulletin boards
watching for the latest report and
discussing the news. The three
great newspaper Offices, the Times,
the Post and the Star, ell occupy
buildings on Pennsylvania avenue
within about four blocks of each
other, and that part of the great
thoroughfare was black with peo-
pie. To one standing in front of
the Treasury and looking toward
the Capitol it might have seemed
that an actual shadow had fallen
across the pathway which has been
twice traversed by President Nc.
Klnley on his way to take the oath
OF inauguration. These crowds
we're not mere curiosity i'm PEELED
sensation hunters. They felt q
sense of personal affection, for there
has been no more popular President
in the White House since its cree.
ton than Mr. Mckinley has been
so far as his private character 10
concerned. His enemies are made
by his public acts and the party TO
which he belongs his personal
friends are found in oil parties.
The lesson taught by this tragic
event was pointed ont immediately.
AS one energetic person put it, in
discussing the first bulletin, This
means Round MP the Reds 7 -
While TO the masses OF the people
the tragedy vas unexpected and
unaccountable, il was not so to
many astute observers of public
events in this city and elsewhere.
The assassinations of the Empress
Elizabeth and of King Hum bert
foreshadowed only too plainly the
selection OF another victim in the
near future, and the United States,
as yet untouched by Anarchlstic
plots OF this kind, was the field
most likely to be selected for the
next coup. President Mckinley
owed his misfoitune to the fact
that he happened to be President
at this particular time, not to any
thing whatever that he NAY have
done.
This is fortunate. since il relieves
ell his antagonists from the fearful
odinm OF having suggested or en-
couraged any crazy fanatic to com.
NIT such q crime. The matter had
been carefully arranged aud PLAN ned
by society OF Anarchists, aud the
man selected to do the deed calmly
did as he was told. The question
IL, how such things can be prevent
ed in the future. Ii 10 futile to
expect to prevent them by guarding
all public men. The network OF
police in Russia does not protect
the Gar. There lie no way of
shutting out immigrants which
will absolutely nullify the danger.
The suggestion of morning paper
the day after the event, that re-
striction OF immigration is the les
son which it teaches, became ab-
snrd when it was found that the
assassin was born in this country.
The remedy seems to be strict
police supervision of such danger
ous societies. They are against the
Law, as much % o burglars associa-
tion or Q murder club would be !:
in fact, they are murder clubs.
They should be compelled either to
hold their meetings in public, With
the understanding that incendiary
speeches will not be tolerated. or
they should be suppressed, im-
priscned and deported. Ii will not
do to tolerate such epidemics, any
more than to let small pox remain
unquarantined.
The Navy Department has con.
cluded that Captain Forsyth's ex.
planation of bis alleged newspaper
interview on the Schley case mas
be accepted, and he is forgiven.
Possibly the com parison With the
case Of Admiral Howison and Can
tain Chadwick, so promptly made
oy dozen alert papers, had had
to do With this maguan-
unity. for IN interrogation point
'ometimes pricks.
The historic National Waterman.
,nce the Silver knight, started by !
senator Stewart, has been put into |
he hands OF Mr.. Bryan.
Mr.. A. A. Adee, Assistant Secrs-
AIRY of State, has gotten himself |
INTO q little very hot water, lie |
srote . letter to Director General |
Of the Pan-American |