The sun., 1901-12-04
THB PRESIDENTS MESSAGE.
PUBLICITY AND SUPERVISION
FOR TRUSTS,


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Of Contract Labor; Change Interstate
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gress to-day hedocuh'eh' III 'u'' 'o''o"'
To he Senate and House Of Representatives.
The Congress assemblies this year under
the shadow of a great calamity On the
was shot by an Anarchist while attending
the Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo,
and died in that city on the fourt eenth OF
that month
Of the last seven elected Presidents
he Is the third who has been murdered,
and the bare recital of this fact Is sufficient
60 Justify grave alarm among all loyal Amer
jcan citizens. Moreover. the circumstances
Of this, the third assassination OF an Amer
ican President, have peculiarly sinister
significance, Both President Lincoln and
President Garfield were killed by assassins
of types unfortunately not uncommon IN
history. President Lincoln falling VIC
tim 10 the terrible passions aroused py
four years Of civil war and President Gar-
field to the revengeful vanity oil dlsap-
pointed office-seeker President Mckinley
was killed by an utterly depraved criminal
belonging 10 that body OF criminals VINO
object 10 all governments, good and bad
alike who are against any form OF popu-
lar liberty II II Is guaranteed by even the
most Just and liberal laws. and who are
~ hostile 20 the upright exponent OF a
free peoples sober will rs to the tyrannical
and irresponsible despot
of President Mckinley's death ne was
the most widely loved man in the United
States; while we have never had any pub
hc man OF his position who hns been so
wholly free from the bitter animosities
incident 20 public life. His political oppo-
nents were the first to bear the heartiest
and most generous tribute to tire broad
kindliness of nature. the sweetness and
gentleness of character which 80 endear red
him to his close associates. To standard
Of lofty integrity in public life he united
the tender affections and home virtues
which are all-important in the makeup
Of national character A ga liant soldier in
the great war for the Union, he also shone
an example to all our people because of
his conduct in the most sacred and inti-
mate of home relations There could be
no personal hatred Of him. for he never
acted with ausht hut consideration for
the welfare Of Others No one could fail 20
respect him who knew him in public or pri-
yate life The defenders Of those murder
Gus criminals who seek to excuse their
criminality by asserting that II is exercised
for political ends inveigh against wealth
and IRRESPONSIBLE power But for this
assassination even this base apology cannot
be urged
President Mckinley was a man OF mod
crate means. n man wbo@e stock sprane
from the sturdy ,illers OF the soil who
had himself belonged among the wage
workers. who had entered re army as
n privste soldier Wealth was not struck
a, when the President was assassinatcd
b,,, the honest toll which is content with
moderate gains after a lifetime Of unre-
p,ittine labor. largely In the service 81 the
,.,,blio s,ul less WAS mower struck a,
= az. - 10, $3.50, - ,r,..nonst,,l Ia
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or cshtru w 'he minus VI my WI" nun
vidual The blow wa not aimed at tyranny
or wealth ], was aimed a. one 81 the
s,ronse.t champion- the ware-wnrker has
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hnd rrpr-~eiiiauNe government VINO hss ever
risen 10 public 0ffioe President Mckinley
filed tha, paltical uffc. FOR which the
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nov I've" iA''''" ".''" wa
earnestly ANXIOUS I" "'pf'~-it va" we'll
thought out Wishes ~ the peuple he ono
antisty tn every crisis ~A- to kt-p Ia closest
,o,,et With ,b. t..,pl. to md o,lt " hat they
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