The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-09-28

tidence that an essential fOrerunner tt
a new era of national progress must
be feeling of contentment in every
section of the union and a generous
belief that the benefits and burdens OF
government would be common to all
Himself conspicuous illustration OF
what ability and ambition may dc
under republican institutions, he loved
his country with passion of patriotic
DEVOTION, and every waking thought
was given to her advancement. He
was an American in all his aspirations
and he looked to the destiny and intiu-
ence of the United States with the
philosophic composure of Jefferson
and the demonstrative confidence OF
John Adams"
ALI this might be fittingly applied to
Mckinley. His ambition for the sue
cess of his administration was certain
ly of the highest order. His aim was
to serve the best interests of the coun-
| try. He was called to pilot the ship
OF state during it's passage through
one of the most critical and trying
political storms that had ever assaulted
it. His administration, his advisers,
his motives and his methods We're
assailed by his political opponents
with the keenest weapons of sarcasm.
with unwearied persistency, and rare
intellectual power. All political diff
ferences are forgotten in our great
national sorrow. The virtues of VIM.
Mckinley alone are remembered, and
his country has abiding faith in the
sincerity Of his purpose to render it
faithful and noble service.
Men will not always approve of Nc
Kinley's policy, but all Americans will
! agree that he aimed to win respect for
his country among the nations of the
world. He faced new and perplexing
problems, great international questions
! Of commercial and territorial expan-
sion, with consistency and courage,
with the evident purpose Of compelling
the respect and admiration of the
| civilized world for the strength and
the greatness of his country. Men may
not approve Of his policy. No man
will dare to refuse the tribute of his
respect to the lofty aims and to the
patriotic purpose of William Mckinley
to serve the best interests of his coun-
try. His life and his memory must be
| Il wholesome incentive to noble Amer
lean boys for generations to come.
They will remember, as they study the
| life, and learn the career Of William
| Mckinley, that faith in God Is the
surest foundation for faith in man,
| that a firm reliance on divine provi
dcnce, inspires confidence that the des-
TIMES of men and nations are designed
by an infinite intelligence and ruled
by an omnipotent power. The human
heart will ever refuse to repose conf
dence and place trust in the man who
| ignores his Creators right to rule and
govern him. The beautiful religious
character of William Mckinley will
be the most precious legacy that his
country will treasure for generations
to come. God reigns, and the govern
mcnt at Washington stin lives" were
the consoling words spoken by James
| A. Garfield, to the excited and frenzied
multitude in the city Of New York
when Abraham Lincoln, the great ma
tonal idol, was slain by the assassin's
bullet. God reigns, and the govern
ment at Washington still lives we
repeat, in this our hour of sorrow, as
our beloved chief ruler is being borne
to the tomb.
I Belief in an everything providence,
! in the wisdom and mercy Of a right
eous God, is the only security human
ity can have that the fiendish impulse
Of the frenMed fanatic, who is inspired
only by hate, who is incapable Of gen.
crosby or love- may not impel the
weak or the wicked to tear down
7 what the strong and the noble have
builded.
Within the memory Of all in middle
life, this republic has been called upon
to mourn the untimely death of three
Of our chief magistrates, who have
fallen by the hand of the assassin.
Lincoln fell Il victim to the excite,
mcnt and frenzy, to the chagrin and
suffering felt by the synpathisers
with the misguided citizens in the
slave holding states Of the union.
| Garfield fell Il victim, twenty years
ago today. to the spoils system OF
politics. Lincoln could not be blamed
for the sufferings of the confcderacy
The South has learned to understand
that he was the best and truest friend
of the South. Garfield was not re-
sponsible for the evils of the spoils
system. But the frcnZied men, who
sent the fatal bullet to do its work
OF death, did not reason, from effect
to cause. Reason plays no part IN
the movements of such misguided
| men. In the name of that monstrous
infamy called anarchy, that recognizes
no purpose but destruction, that de
serves no recognition but that it be
destroyed Mckinley is stricken down
in the very tlood-tide of national pros
perity, ut the summit of his fame, III