The Newtown bee., 1901-09-20
EDITORIAL INK DROPS,
THE DEATH OF PRESIDENT MIC.
 kINLEY.

justitica tion in the condition or the af- fairs of the nation and is only explica-
 ble on the grounds that it is the an-
 swer which the anarchist makes to the
 tolerance of our free government. A
 woman, Emma Goldman, rails against
 the state and our civilization and cries
 ''Down with the Government :" A
 man, Leon Czolgosz, hears her lecture
 and with the cOwardlce of knave
 shoots the President as he is greeting
 the people in great public reception.
 The killing of Mckinley differs from
 the shooting of Lincoln and Garfield in
 several particulars. Lincoln was the
 victim of that hatred which war brings
 into the hearts of men. Garfield dled
 because of the man who would seek of-
 flee and was disappointed that he did not gain his end. But Mckinley is a victim to the anarchists who war against government of all kinds and
 who believe in the abolition of courts of justice, the legal marriage land the
 right of private property. Our Presi- dent is therefore slain in the great conflict which is to be waged between
 the man of no government and good government.
 It is early yet to pass any judgment upon the place which MT Mckinley will hold in the history of our nation. But this much is certain, he has sue ceeded most admirably in becoming one of the best loved men who ever occupied the Presidents chair. He made Inc personal enemies. He was thoughtful of those about him to marked degree. He was loving and courteous husband, with a personal life that was pure and noble. He had climbed up step by step from humble life until he became the first man of the nation. As soldier, as a states man, and as christian he has con- ducted himself in such way as to win universal respect and admiration. His administration has had to meet serious problems in the Spanish war and in the effort to recover business from it's pan ics and depressions, yet he has known the wishes of the nation and as far as was in his power he'has striven to car ry them out. While he has been in two wars he has been man of peace. His last address at Buffalo breathes the spirit of good will to men. He said:.
 "Gentlemen, let us remember that our inter- est is in concord, not conflict; and that our real eminence rest in the victories of peace, | not those of war. We hope that all who are tod har hx,p l,;r x9 nober effort for their own and the worlds | good, and that out of this may come not only greater commerce and trade for us all but l more essential than these, relations of mutual | respect. confidence and friendship which will l deepen and endure. Our earnest prayer is | that God will graciously vouchsafe prosperity | happiness, and peace to all our neighbors and 1 like blessings to all the peoples and powers of | earth"
 The President death was a Chris tians death. The hymn "Nearer My God, to Thee" will have new and more sacred associations because he repeat ed it as he was dying. And his last words as recorded by the physician is a tribute to his faith in God and his devotion to divine things: ''Goodbye all, goodbye. It is Gods way. His will be done.''
 The nation mourns good man slain. Friend and political foe write in uni son in words of praise and commenda- 'ion. One of the papers which have and jeered at him while lying is honest enough to say of him when dead
 Honest efforts to obey the,will of the peo- 'e, a life devoted to that nobest of human pursuits, the duties of government, is reward d by the bullet of the assassin.
 "ln all the breadth of the land whose laws e administered whose will he studied and beyed. there lives not one soul free from l eepest regret, from heartfelt sorrow.
 Eighty millions of Americans and count ,ss millions of men and women in all lands l here simplicity of life and purity of charac I er are loved mournlto-day." Our President is a victim of the law E ossness of our age. What will be the ; fleet of his death it is hard to tell. $ tut the nation will love him and lourn him as one who strOve for all