The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1901-09-26
Judge BIanehard,s AddresE.

Judge bIancnardSs Address.
The occasion which brings US together is
one ;; the saddest in the history Of our
country.
Our beloved President, the chief execu
tive Of this great nation, has fallen. II
would have been sad indeed had his death
occurred from natural causes as by disease
or even by accident. But his death occur
red under such circumstances-it was so
sudden, so unexpected. Like a bolt OF
lightning from a clear sky the bullet Of a
cowardly assassin, with deliberate murder
in his heart, goes straight to its shining
mark, and President Mckinley slaks to the
earth, mortalIy wounded.
Our grief at the death of a great and
good man is mingled with feelings Of hor,
rOr at the awful crime a crime not only
against the individual, but against the gov,
eminent, and against civilization.
William Mckinley was assassinated not
because Of any act he had done-not in a
spirit Of revenge or malice against the
man, but because he was President, and
stood as the representative Of government
of civilization, Of law and order.
The bullet which took the life Of the
President was fred by a murderer, 1t is
true, but he was the murderer because he
was the willing tool of a secret organiza-
tiOn of the lowest and Yilest class of
humanity; the most of them born In for
eign lands, and who have made this coun-
try their home and place Of intrigue and
plotting against every government on earth
simply because Of our generous laws, the
freedom Of speech which is permitted and
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through our mails their abomnFable and
reasonable doctrines. 1t was not on ac-
count Of any political views entertained by
Mr.. Mckinley that he was struck down.
Had Mr.. Bryan been President the bullet
Of the anarchist would have been aimed at
him instead Of at Mckinley.
The plot originated in the secret haunts
of the lowest and vilest beings on earth,
and by the same organization who sent out
its secret sssassins to kill the President
Of France. the King Of Italy, the lovely
and amlable Queen Of Austria and tn
present King Of Great Britain.
1t will be remembered that a like at
tempt to kill the Prince Of Wales, now
King Of Great Britain, was made some two
years ago, but In that case the murderous
assassin failed In his attempt
This assassination has brought the peo-
pie Of the United States face to face with
a new danger. II is humillatlng beyond
measure to every one who has felt a patri-
otto pride In our democratic form Of gov
eminent that the President can no longer
go about and mlngle with the common peo-
pie in safety. President Mckinley had no
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one Of them. Against the warnings Of
friends, he refused body guard and dis.
liked the trappings Of a military escort
He took pleasure in meeting the people and
grasping their hands, and always with a
pleasant smile.
Standing on the Goor In the middle Of
the building called the Temple Of Music"
ne had shaken hands with hundreds Of peo-
pie, vixen this Polish anarchist approached
him In the line Of people with masked
revolver In his hands Believing that the
man was crippled IN bis right hand, the
President kindly reached down and took
him BY the other hand. when the assassin,
sim holding the Presidents right hand In
his left placed the revolver against the
Presidents body and fred two shots The
rest is known. A more treacherous and
dastardly crime was never eommitte1--a
crime which reveals to us new and start
ling danger.
An open enemy Is far less to be feared
than secret one. The number Of anarch-
lists which we are harboring in this country
Is not known. but ii f. believed that the
number is small II they were known they
would be comparatively harmless. But