Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1901-12-12

WASHINGTON, Doc. 9.-The following
s a brief summary of the presidents
message to congress:
To THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRE-
sENTAvIvEs:
"The congress assemblies this year
under the shadow of great calamity.
On the 9th of September President No
kinley was shot by an anarchist while
attending the Pam American exposition
at Buffalo, and died in that city oil the
14th 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 suiIi-
cient to justify grave alarm among all
loyal American citizens. Moreover, the
circumstances of this, the third assas-
sination Of an American president, have
q peculiarly sinister significance Both
President Lincoln and President Gar
field were killed by assassins Of types
unfortunately not uncommon in his
tory; President Lincoln falling victim
to tho terrible passions aroused by four
years Of civil war. and President Gar
field to the revengeful vanity Of
disappointed ofiice.seeker. President
Mckinley was killed by an utterly de-
PRAYED criminal belonging to that body
OF criminals who object to all govern
ments. good and bad alike, who are
against any form Of popular liberty if
1t Is guaranteed by even the most Just
aud liboral laws. and who are as hostile
to tho upright exponent of a free peo-
ple's sober will as to the tyrannical and
irresponsible despot.
"It is not too much TO say that at the
time Of President McKinley's death he
was the most widely loved man in the
United States while we have never
had any public man Of his position who
has been so wholly free from the bitter
animosities incident 10 public lifo."
After paying high tribute to Mr.. Nc
Kinley's worth rs a man, the president
continues: "And this was tho man at
whom the assassin strucki That there
might be nothing lacking 10 complete
the Judas-like infamy Of his act, he
took advantage of an occasion when the
president was meeting tho people gen-
orally; and advancing es IL to take the
hand outstrotchod to him in kindly and
brotherly friendship, no turned the
noble and generous confidence of the
victim into an opportunity to strike the
fatal blow. There Is no baser deed In
all the annals Of crime.
"During the Inst five years business
confidence has boon restored, and the
nation is to be congratulated because Of
its present abounding prosperity. Such
prosperity can never be created by Inv
alone, although II is easy enough TO do. |
stroy It by mischievous laws. II tho
hand Of tho Lord is heavy upon any
country, II flood or drought comes. hu. |
man wisdom is powerless to avert tho
calamity. Moreover, no law can guard |
Ms against the consequences of our own |
folly. The mon who are idle or credu.
lous, the mon who seek gains not by
genuine work with head or hand, but
by gambling in any form, are always
source OF menace not only TO themselves |
but to others. II the business world |
losos Its head. 1t loses what legislation
cannot supply. Fundamentally tho
welfare OF each citizen, aud therefore
the walfnra Of tho aUuraoato % ,iti,a,a
which makes tho nation, must rest
upon individual thrift and energy, roso-
luton and Intelligence. Nothing can
take the place OF this individual oapaci-
"; but wise legislation, and honest and
Intelligent administration, eau give 1t
the fullest scope, the largest opportunity
to work to good effect"
In speaking OF trusts, tho message
says; 1.-The mechanism Of modern bust.
ness Is 80 delicate that extreme care
must be taken not to interfere with It
In spirit OF rashnoss or ignorance.
Many OF those who have made 1t their
TO denounco the gaeat indus.
taial combinations which arc popularly
although with technical inaocursoy,
known as trusts appeal especially TO
hatred and fear. Those are precisely
the two emotions, particularly when
combined with ignorance, which unfit
mon for the exercise of cool and steady
Judgment. In facing new industrial
tho whole history of tho
world thows that legislation will gon.
orally bo both unwise and ineffective
inless undertaken after calm inquiry
and with sober self.restraint Much OF
the legislation directed at tho trusts
would have boon exceedingly misohiey.
ous had It not been entirely ineffective.
In accordance with woll.known socio.
logical law. the ignorant or reckless
agitator has been tho really effective