The Courier. (Genoa, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1901-09-20

2;l5 Saturday morning, Sept. 18th,
from the wounds inflicted by Leon
Ozlogosz, an anarchist, on the 9th of
this month,
The story of the cowardly assassina-
ton is familiar to all the world For
over a week the President made a
brave struggle for life. Skilled ply
sicians and trained nurses ministered
to his wants in the sick room and every
loyal American watched by his bed
side. But skilled physicians, trained
nurses and the earnest prayers of sew
epty-fiye millions of his countrymen
could not, stay the hand of death. The
assassin's bullet did it's cruel work and
to-day nation mourns.
The history of William Mckinley is
known to the whole world. In his
eaIly manhood he served his country
on the Held of battle In the Halls of
Congress he stamped his name on the
legislation of his country. Defeated
for reelection to Congress, he was
elected. Governor of Ohio. Nominated
An 1896 as the standard bearer of the
Republican party, he was elected Pres
ldent of the United States, and re-
elected in 1900. In all these public
positions he was true to his . ut, :,
crSvu and did his duty as he saw 1t.
But there Is another side to the life of
William Mckinley that speaks louder
to-day to the hearts and consciences
OF the American people than the story
of his public life. Far above and be-
yond his honorable publiccareer stands
his intense patriotism, his simplicity,
his sterling manhood and his devotion
20 his invalid wife. All the glory of
his public achievements pales into in
Significance when compared with his
tenderness and solicitude for the wife
of his youth. Honors came to him
thick and fast, but nothing, not even
the glamour of the Presidency, could
weaken his loyalty and devotion to her.
champion his party's creed, Mr.. Nc
Kinley gave and received hard blows
He believed in his party and Loyalty
served it. His policies challenged
some of the best thought of the Nation
and called forth bitter criticism. Yet
when party feeling ran the highest,
the honesty of his motives and his per-
sonal integrity were never questioned.
His"policies might be wrong, but the
great mass of the American people be-
lievedin.hfs sincerity and integrity.
The time has not yet come for the
historian to write an impartial history
of his administration of the great Office
to which he was called by the suffrages
of his countrymen. The successful
termination of the Cuban war, the pur-
chase of the Philippines and the pass
age of the Dingley tariff bill were part
of the accomplishments of his first adj
ministration. The former was the re-
suit of the almost unanimous demand
ofthe American people and its wisdom
cannot be successfully questioned.
But not so with the purchase of the
Philippines and the passage of the
Dingley act. The wisdom of these
measures Is still debatable question.
President Mckinley is the third
Chief Executive to die by the hand of
the assassin. Lincoln's assassination
was the outgrowth of the bitterness
engendered by the Civil War. Gar
field was stricken down by disap-
pointed. office-seeker to whom a prom
Use had been made and violated. 1t
may be correctly said that the assassin
alton of Garfield grew out of his bitter
quarrel with Senator Roscoe Conkling
over the appointment of William H.
Robertson as Collector of Customs at
New York City. The intensity of this
quarrel excited the country and preyed
upon the weak mind of Gnitteau.
This coupled with his disappointment
in not receiving the appointment he
had been promised so worked upon
Guitteau that he fired the bullet that
caused Garfeld's death. But what
shall we say was the cause of McKin-
ley's assassination? The country was
at peace, there was no bitter political
controversy exciting the people and
Leon Czolgosz is not disappointed Of
fice-seeker. The mind searches in vain
for even the shadow of a cause for the
assassination of President Mckinley.
It is due entirely to the teachings
of q nest of anarchists who are OPP
posed TO all government and whose
creed is murder. Justice demands a
rigid Investigation of this crime and
the speedy punishment of all engaged
in it. They should meet with the same
mercy that a rattlesnake coiled up