Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-12-13
10 the Senate and House Of Representa-


no the Senate and House Of Representa-
The Coneres. assemble. this year un-
3&e sixth Of September. President Nc
Ainley was shot BY an anarchist while
attending the Pan-American Exposition
1t Buffalo, and died In that city ON the
fourteenth Of that month.
OF the last seven elected Presidents,
be is the third who has been murdered,
.4nd the bare recital Of this fact is suta-
loyal American citizens. Moreover, the
circumstances Of this, the third assassi-
tAtion Of ar American President, have q
Peculiarly sinister significance. Both
President Lincoln and President Garfield
were killed by assassfns Of types unfor-
tunately not uncommon in history; Presi-
dent Lincoln falling a victim to the ter
CIVIL war, and President Garfield to the
revengeful vanity Of a disappointed office
seeker. President Mckinley was killed
BY an utterly depraved criminal belong
ing to that body Of criminals who object
% all governments, good and bad alike,
who are against any form Of popular lib
erty if it Is guaranteed by even the most
Just and liberal laws, and who are as
hostile to the upright exponent of a free
peoples sober will as to the tyrannical
Ind irresponsible despot.
1t Is not too much to say that at the
cline Of President McKinley's death he
Tas the most widely loved man in all
bad any public man Of his position who
has been 90 wholly free from the bitter
4nimosities incident to public life. There
could be no personal hatred Of him, for
he never acted with aught but considera-
fon for the welfare Of others. The de-
-s4eek to excuse their criminality BY assert
4ng. that it 10 exercised for political ends,
dnveigh against wealth and irresponsible
power. But for this assassination even
this base apology cannot. be urged.
When President Mckinley was assas-
gtnated the blow was not aimed at tyran-
~ or wealth. 1t was aimed at n Of
u has ever had; at one of the most faith
$ul representatives, Of the system Of pub
dc rights and representative government
1eho has ever risen to public office. Presi-
dent Mckinley filed that political office
for which the entire people vote, and no
resent the we'll thought-out wishes Of the
people; his n anxiety in every crisis
WAS to keep In closest touch with the
beop1eto find out what they thought
end to endeavor to give expression to
their thought, after having e%ndeavored
10 guide that thought Alright.
That there might be nothing lacking
20 complete the Judas-like infamy Of his
pct, the assassin took advantage of an
occasion when the President was meeting
the people generally; and advancing as
+ to take the hand outstretched to him
IN kindly and brothcrly fellowship, he
turned the noble and generous confidence
OF the victim into mn opportunity to strike
the fatal blow. There is no baser deed
In all the annals of crime.
Nation Mourns Mckinley.
The shock, the grief of the country, are
hdttor in the minds Of all. We mourn a
good and great President who is dead;
but while we mourn we are lifted uD by
the splendid achievements of his life and
the grand heroism with which he met his
When We turn from the man to the ma
ton, the harm done is so great as to ex-
cite q grayest apprehensions and to de-
mand our wisest and most r~esolute ac-
ton. This criminal was a protested an
erchist, inflamed by the teachings of pro-
Tossed anarchists, and probably also by
the reckless u%tterances of those who, on
the stump and in the public press; appeal
to 'he dark and evil spirits Of malice and
greed, envy aud sullen hatred. The wind
p sowed by the men who preach such
doctrines, n they annot escape their
1hare of responsibility for the whirlwind
that is reaped.
Tho blow was aimed not at this Presi-
dent, but at all Presidents; at every SYM
pol Of government. Anarchy is no more
- expression of social discomfort than
picking pockets or wife beating. The an
Archist, and especially the anarchist in
the United States, is merely one type of
criminal. more dangerous than any other
because he represents the same depravity
In a greater degree. The man who adj
vocates anarchy directly or Indirectly, in
apologies for anarchists and their deeds.
makes himself morally accessory to mur-
der before the fact. The anarchist is a
criminal who is not merely the enemy of
system and of progress, but the deadly
foe Of liberty. He is not theAyictim Of
social or political injustice. There are
u os his criminality is to be found in
his own evil passions and ! n the evil con-
duct Of those who urge him on, not in
any failure ty others or by the State to
do justice to him or his. He is a male
factor and nothing else. No man or body
of men preaching anarchistic doctrines
should be allowed at large any more than
II preaching the murder of some specified
private individual. Anarchistic speeches,
writings and meetings are essentially Sc
ditious and reasonable.
Urge. Law. Against Anarchists.
I earnestly recommend to the Congress
that in the exercise Of its wise discretion
It should take into consideration the COM
Ing to this country. of anarchists or per-
sons protesting principles hostile to all
government and justifying the murder Of
those placed in authority. If found here
they should be promptly deported to the
country whence they came; and far
tsaching provision should be made for the
punishment of those who stay. No mat
ter calls more urgently for the wisest
thought Of the Congress.
The federal courts should be given
Jurisdiction over any man who kills or
attempts to kill the President or any man
who by the constitution or by law is in
Zine of succession for the presideny, while
the punishment for an unsuccessful at
tempt should be proportional to the enor-
nifty of tho offense against our institu-
lions.
Anarchy is n crime against the whole
human race: md al mankind should
band against the anarchist. His crime
nhould he ;cade nm offpnsa 0roinst tho