The Washington times., 1901-09-16

the citizenship of the Republic, may be
read one secret of his rapid rise to the
highest place in the gift of the people and
, of the profound grief with which news OF
his death was everywhere received.
As friend, son. and husband he had
those qualities which distinguish the best
men in land where the domestic and So
cial virtues are held in highest esteem.
| His beautiful married life touched SYM
pathetic chord deep in the hearts of a
people among whom such perfect union in
| wedlock Is happily not rare He was
| braye-and unostentatiOus courage Is an
American trait. He was resourceful-and
Yankee ingenuity is proyerbial. He was
simple in his ways-and plain living and
high thinking are still the national ideals.
1t was because of his winsome and Iowa
BILE personality. and because OF his highly
| representative character as man and
politician that there is today not only
universal regret for the President lost
but deeper personal sorrow for the man
and the friend The people feel that he
was one of them and one of their best.
worthy representative of the spirit and
the creative influences of the Republic
| New York World.
President Mckinley in a marvellous de-
gree had the personal affection of his
countrymen. They had watched him
daily, appreciated his splendid character,
felt the charm Of his personality. Those
1 VINO Knew MIN well pdSSlOUdiSiy toNeu
| him. and those who never saw him shared
| the tradition of his virtues So the whole
people look to Buffalo and watch the
| preparations for the last sad tributes to
| his memory with a sense of personal al
| fiiction.-New York Tribune
| We mourn him because he was the
| friend of the Republic, because his
public policy was based on the best well
| fare of the people as he understood it.
| hfc NOR because
| his private and his official life he was
the sturdy defender of the right, man
with a conscience. Il Is no fattery to
| say in this hour of our national bereave-
| ment that a sense of personal loss in
creases our sorrow, but as We think Of
him on this Sunday morning it Is not in
connection with the office he filled so
much as in connection with the courage
GUS manliness of the man. Simple mind
ed, quiet in heart, he was at first fopefui
of recovery, and did his part to stay the
progress of his malady, but when he saw
looked through the window at the green
trees and the blue sky, whispering How
beautiful Then, with the peaceful ac-
ceptance of his doom, bade us all good
bye, and with Thy will be DONE" fell
asleep.-New York Herald.
Oh, the pity of it, The head of the
Republic, seeking only the good of the
people, his whole thought given TO the
welfare of his country, stricken down in
the midst of the great, the grand, the
almost marvellous work that he was ac-
compIishing. No wonder the whole civ
ilized world thrills with horror.-Phiia-
delphia Inquirer.
He is gone, and for the people whose
freely chosen chief servant he was there
remains in this hour only grief that can
not be given expression with tongue or
pen since language fails in the presence |
of tragedy so causeless. so pathetic, so |
hideous Blameless in his private life, |
man SO kindly so richly endowed with !
tn. capacity for inspiring friendship. SO |,
filed with good Will toward others that
even his political opponents responded |
with good will in their turn-a warm |
hearted cordial, Christian gentleman, |
William Mckinley was without personal |
enemies and 1t seemed unthinkable that |
even madness itself could wish him |
harm-Philadelptia North American
Like Garfield, who persisted by the as |
sassin's hand just twenty years ago. !
like Lincoln, the earlier martyr, he has |
ever been the most amiable of men. |
Gentieness and kindness of heart were |
natural endowment. which he has re-
tanned unimpaired throughout all the |
fierce storms of politics.
Like his predecessors whom we have /
named, he came. too, from the common !
ton. He has been our most popular |
President since Lincoln, popular in every
section of the country. and 1t is well-niSh |
incomprehensibIe how any sane person
could have meditated his murder--Chl-
cago Record-Herald.
Among the American people the su-
preme feeling of the hour touches only
the personality of the dead President,
and is nearly free from political con-
cern. He is mourued as a good man, a
peculiarly affectionate and considerate
husband. who was shot to death because
he was the first citizen, the Chief Mag
istrate. OF the Republic. A whole nation
shares the sorrow of the widow, whose
loss Is reparable.-Philadelphia Record
The career of Mr.. Mckinley has often
been referred to since his attainment of
high office as a typical American career.
The significance of the career of Mr.. Nc
Kinley lies not SO much in the political
conditions in which It was worked out
as in the essential qualities he himself
possessed. and in their adaptation to the
requirements of his environment at every
stage. He had a nature apparently In
capable of hatred, or of envy. or of mall
ice. Enemies he had, but he was an enc /
my to no one If an opponent could but
get near enough to the man to know him |
he was sure to be disarmed. 1t seemed
as If there were no room in his heart for
He was not only sincere
and warm in his friendship and devoted
in his affections, but he was uniformly
kindly, even under great provocation.
The root of this remarkable characteris-
tic was and must have been sincere self
An offence to himself did
not touch him: it did not even greatly
interest him. This was rare quality
and it contributed largely to the affec-
ton of the people for him. 1t may be
said that 1t was an Indispensable condi-
ton to his singular and great success in
public life. He will. we think be re-
and remembered long for the
love he gave to his people and won from
them.-New York Times.
The people perceive now more clearly
than they ever before did the simple
worth and exalted patriotism of their
President Awed by the shadow of death
N which he has lain during the past week,
partisan detraction, rancor, and misrep-
resentation were silent, and from all parts
Of his country, from the organs of all par
ties and factions, earnest tribute has been |
paid to the Presidents virtues, his life
and character. There is but little to add /
to that tribute of respect and admiration | ]
for the nations Chief Magistrate, who.
having served II so faithfully in that ,
great office, received his fatal wound at |
his post In the discharge of a duty which |
vas voluntarily assumed, and the assump- |
ion of which gave new and greater evil g,
lence of his cheerful willingness to serve :
lis countrymen. President Mckinley lies
lead and the whole nation mourns the
ieath of a ruler who became the longer '
le ruled more honored and esteemed by d
his countrymen who wisely chose him to I
-ule over them. He died he lived, in [
nigh faith in God, submissive to his awful b