The Washington times., 1901-09-15

manhood-a great statesman. a loving
husband, an honorable, whole-souled,
warm-hearted citizen of the Republic.
/ am thrilled to the utmost when think
of him
Andrew A. Lipscomb, formerly Assistant
United States Attorney for the District of
Columbia: The nation mourns for its
kindly hearted President and over his
open grave l do not feel like philosophiz-
ing about the cause or the effect of his
assassination. In due time the American
people will calmly proceed to pass such
laws as Will punish anarchy, which is but
a conspiracy TO murder 1t will try the
assassin. and If legal proof exists to con-
meet others with the act of Czolgosz they
viii be indicted and tried with him-so-
berly and not in frenzied moment. All
this will be done, but TO the heartbroken
and fragile wife, to the family, and the
personal friends there is In this no con-
ISOLATION
Rear Admiral Howison: "The death of
President Mckinley is public calamity.
the enormity OF which Is not yet realized,
even by those closest to him in the every
gentleman, affable and courteous, brave,
strong and able His death at the hands
of an assassin will he mourned and re-
gretted throughout the civilized world.
His friends in the navy are especially
grieved."
Rear Admiral John G.. Walker: 1.-The
grief and sorrow is universal. The death
of President Mckinley has removed
courageous. upright, honorable. Christian
gentleman, an executive of exceptionable
ability, and man loved and respected
by all who knew him. His acquaintances
were his friends. and his friends were le-
gion. 1t was impossible to meet Mr. Nc
Kinlcy without being impressed by his
manly qualities. his sterling worth. his
sincerity of purpose. and the great and
abiding faith which he had in his fellow
man. That his death should have occur
red in this dastardly manner Is almost
beyond belief"
oscar =. Austin. Chief of the Bureau of
Statistics. Treasury Department: Will
liam Mckinley still liv es. His lips may be
silent and his form inanimate, but in his
former utterances, in the record of his
public and private life and in the exam
pie Christian faith and fortitude which
he gave in his dying moments. he still
lives and will continue to live through fu
ture generations. The record of that last
night of his life, rounding out and ter
minating a career such as is given to
few men. softens the blow to his friends
and his countrymen He had served his
country faithfully and successfully as
soldier. Representative in Congress. Gov
crnor, and President. and to be cut down
in the midst of this brilliant career, in
ioying the love of his whole country, was
the greatest calamity that could befall
man, but to meet this fate unmurmuring
ly, unfiinchingly, and with such express
sion of Christian faith and calmness.
forms a perfect ending to perfect life.
| To be able, al the END of a long and
DlafneleSS puDnc ana private HE. 10 give
such an example, not only to his friends
and his own community, but to the whole
nation and the whole watching world. is
the crowning act Of life devoted to no
bic purposes. Its value. to this genera
tion cannot be measured by words; its
| value TO future generations is beyond es-
| timatiOn." Tf
Andrew b. Duvall. Attorney for the Dis
| trict. said:
We are proud to think of the Presi-
| dent as the highest type of American
! manhood; he was emphatically the prod
| uct of our institutions. He gained his
distinction by successfully performing the
| duties at hand and thus passed through
| the successive stages of his career by
| natural processes, coming up to each ad-
| Vanced post equipped with the experience
| OF the preceding position. and so II was
| that the experience of the camp and bat
| teiield, the gubernatorial chair. and the
| national legislative hall each contributed
| to the splendid equipment which enabled
| climacteric conditions in the great Repub-
| lie which resulted In the Spanish war, that
/ notable event which at the same time Sc
| cured for the nation ample respect ana
/ prestige abroad and glorious solidarity AT
home. His experience on this occasion
| enabled him to add another illustrlous
| chapter to American history in succe So
| fully dealing with the Chinese comp!ica-
| ton.
He was the providential man; the man
| of the pcotie. coming from the rank ana
file of that great body-the common peo-