Evening journal., 1901-09-14

family. in church, in society and in
pubic life. he comes as nearly to the /
ideal American as seems possible un-
der the conditions OF our society. His
death is a great national calamity; an
irreparable less
Former Senator Anthony Higgins
1T is hardly a time for words. NJ
feelings are those of grief"
w. c. Spruance, judge of the Or
phans Court of New Castle county
"In common with all the good people
of the country l have received the an
nouncement of the death of the Presi-
dent with profound sorrow. When The
time for calm consideration shall
come, it will be the imperative duty Of
Congress to provide some wise and
suitable means for preventing, or, at
least Diminishing the danger Of sucn
senseless and cruel assaults upon the
Chief Executive Of the nation
Attorney-General II. II. Ward-"Thc
dead President needs no eulogy. The
people. as whole, | believe. appreci-
ate the difficult position he has filled
since his first Inauguration. and the
consummate care of the nations inter
ests which he has exercised. In these
recent hours the people grieve for "a
man, rather than for the loss Of a Chief
Executive. The fervent sorrow and af-
/ fection for him, which now mounts IN
I the hearts and brains of all Amerl-
cans, are supplemented by the SYM
pathy of the whole civilized world.
Former Congressman .. Irving
Handy-"I knew Mr.. Mckinley per-
'isonaEy and feel a personal grief at his
sad death in addition TO the sorrow We
4 all feel because of the nations loss.
! Our hope must be that President
Roosevelt will be responsive to the
great responsibility thrown upon him,
and will make a wise and conservative
President OF his strength and vigor
he has already given ample evidence.
Levi c. Bird first knew the
President as Major Mckinley, when he
was on the staff of General Carroll
known as Hancock's Veteran Reserve
Corps. | have watched his career
, from that time until his death. 1 re-
garded him as one of the safest men
! that the country has produced, and his
t death surely is the country's loss"
n James II. Hoffecker-'I realize mos
/ painfully the inadequacy of mere word
= 20 properly express my feelings at tn,
death Of President Mckinley. He wa
: to my mind an ideal man and Presi
/ dent. His spotless private character
his unblemished record as a publ
man and statesman, his broad com
I, prehensive, patriotic views as the lead
= er Of our nation, the fact that his pa
, triOtism was above his politics, that h
was in the best sense and meaning O
=. the term a man of the people. tha
I under his guidance the country had n
! sections except geographical that n
I inspired the respect and commando
. the confidence Of the nation at larg,
and was sincerely admired by all tn
other nations of the earth, made hiI
= to my mind one of the greatest Pres
dents this country has ever had. NevC
i'm its history has it been so prosper
=, Gus before In his untimely death
t. feel though. that we have as a na
p, ton, been taught a lesson, whic
u should not go unheeded; and that Il
q. that liberty shall no longer be con
H. strued to mean license, that express
ed and cOntemptuOus defiance of tn
- Government shall hereafter be mad
treason; that anarchists, whether fol
u eign born or native, shall hereafter b
10 made to feel that it is not safe to pre-
claim their hellish doctrine while the
o enjoy the protection of our Govern
e ment, and that they and their dOctrin
+ shall be ruthlessly stamped out"
y Former City Solicitor Conrad-"Sa
e and unfortunate as is the tragica
II death of the President, yet as wa
! said by the lamented Garfield: GO
lreigns, ana the Government at Wash
- ington still lives If out of this dc
~ lp,orable affair, the liberty-loving pee
lple of this great nation learn the les
!, son of greater respect for our ruiN.
! and are inspired to a more patriot
% devotion TO the institutions founde
>, by the fathers. then Mckinley will nc
= have died in vain"
n ArchdeacOn George G. Hall, rector
st. Johns p. E. Church:
Il regard the death of President Nj
-, Kinley as a great national calamity. 4
was a wise, upright, safe and alb
e ruler, and I predict that posterity wi
4, give him a high place among the pres
J. dents Of republics. Greatly as l d
a plore his untimely death ] yet ~
ie lieve that much good will come to Il
d country through his assassinatlo
IS Public sentiment is being quickened /
1t it. and tile American people will uni
is in safeguarding our institutions al
Is liberties. as they have never done b
fore"
f. DR. Robert Watt, presiding elder {
,s the Wilmington district of the NJ. /
If Conference-''A great man has gor
n from us. But as soldier. patriot. state.
man, diplomat. citizen and high-mint
1 ed Christian gentleman. he leaves a
@ imperishab,e memory. His memory
a enshrined i'm the hearts Of his country
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