Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1901-12-03

Citizen 20 publish the message In full
in one issue. and the following ex
tacts are given. as follows:
To the Senate and House of Represen-
tatives:
The congress assemblies this year
under the shadow Of a great calamity.
on the sixth Of September, President
Mckinley va shot by an anarchist
while attending the Pan.American Eek.
position at Buffalo. and died In that
city on the fourteenth OF that month.
OF the last seven elected presidents,
he is the third who has been murdered,
and the bare recital OF this fact Is
sufficient TO justify grave alarm among
all loyal American citizens. Moreover,
the circumstances OF this, the third
assassination Of an American presi.
dent. have q peculiarly sinister slgnif.
icance. Both President Lincoln and
President Garfield were killed by as.
sassins OF types unfortunately not
uncommon In history; President Lin.
coin falling n victim TO the terrible
passions aroused by four years Of civil
war, and President Garfield to the re.
vengeful vanity OF n disappointed of.
fce-seeke-. President Mckinley was
killed by al utterly depraved criminal
belonging to that body OF criminals
who object to all governments, good
and bad alike, who are against any
form OF pol ular liberty II II In guaran.
teed by even the most Just and liberal
laws, and who are az hostile to the
upright exponent OF q free peoples
sober will as to tho tyrnnnical and
irresponsible despot.
II Ia not too much to say that at the
time of President McKinley's death he
was the most widely loved mar In all
the United States: while we have
never had any public man OF his pos
Itlon who has been so wholly free
from the bitter animosities incident
to publici life. His political opponets
were tho first to bear tho heartiest
and most generous tributes to the
broad kindllness OF nature, the sweet
nes and gentleness OF character
which 80 endeared him TO his close
associates. To n standard OF lofty In
tegrity in public life he united the
tender affections and home virtues
which are all.lmportant In the make
up Of national character. A gallant
soldier In the great war for the union
he also shone as an example to all our
people because OF his conduct In the
most sacred and intimate OF home rela
lions. There could be no personal
hatred Of him, for he never acted with
aught but consideration for the wei
fare OF others. No one could fail tc
respect him who knew him In public
or private life. The defenders OF those
murderous criminals who seek to ex
cuse their criminality by asserting that
IL Is done for political ends. inveigh
against wealth and political power.
But for this assassination even this
base apology cannot be urged.
President Mckinley was a man OF
moderate means. a man whose stock
sprang from the sturdy tillers of the
soil. who had himself belonged among
the wage workers. who had entered
the army as q private soldier. Wealth
was not struck at when the president
was assasslnated, but the honest toll
which Is content with moderate gains
after a life time OF unremitting labor,
largely In the service OF the public.
Still less wac power struck at In the
sense that power Is irresponsible or
conferred IN the hands Of any one indi-
vidual. The blow was not aimed at
tyranny or wealth. II was aimed at
ono of the strongest champions the
wage worker has ever had at n OF
tho most faithful representatives OF
the system OF public rights and rep
r%esentative government who has ever
risen to public office. President Nc
Kinley filled that political Office for
,,h.ah IA. .ntlrA nAAnIa ,,atn anl No
prestdent-not ven Lincoln himself
was ever more earnestly anxious To
represent the well thought.out wishes
OF the people; his one anxiety In every
crisis was to keep In closest touch
with the people-to find out what they
thought and to endeavor to give ex
preston to their thought after having
endeavored to guide that thought
Alright. He had just been reelected &c
the presidency because the majority
OF our citizens, the majority OF our far
mers and wage workers. believed that
he had faithfully upheld their interests
for four years. They felt themselves
In close and intimate touch with him
They felt that he represented so wei
and 30 h%onorably all their ideals ant
aspirations that they wished him u
continue for another four years t.
represent them.
And this was the man at whom tn,
assassin struck! That there might b,
nothing lacking TO complete the Judas
like infamy OF his act, he took advar
tage OF an occasion when the pres
dent was meeting the people geneI
ally; and advancing as II TO take tn
hand outstretched to him in kindly AM
~brotherly fellowship. he turned tn
noble and generous confidence OF tn,
victim into an opportunity 10 strik'
the fatal blow. There Is no base,
deed in all the annals OF crime,
The shock. the grief OF the country
are bitter In the minds OF all who saw
the dark days. while the preslden
| yet lowered between life and death
| At last the light was stilled in tn,
kindly eyes and the breath went from
the lips u at ven in mortal agony ut
tered 10 words saw OF forgiveness Il
his murderer. OF love for his friends
and of infaltering trust In the will o
the Most High. Such a death, crown
ing the glory OF such a life, leaves III
with initiate sorrow, but with sucl
pride In what he had accomplished anC
In his W personal character, tina
we feel the blow not ~ struck at him
but as struck at the nation. We mourn
a good and great president who II
dead; but while We mourn We are lift
ed up by the splendid achievements
OF his life and the grand he, oism with
which he met his death.
When we turn from the man TO the
nation. the harm done Is so great as L
excite our gravest apprehensions anC
to demand u wisest and most reso
lutte action. This criminal was a pro
fessed anarchist, inhamed by tn,
teachings OF p~rofessed anarchists. anC
probably also by the reckless utter
ances OF those who, or the stump anC
in the public press, appeal to the dsri
and evil spirits OF malice and greed
envy and sullen hatred. The wind Il
sowed by the men who preach sucl
doctrines, and they cannot escap,
their share OF responsibility for tn,
whirlwind that Is reaped, This ap
plies alike TO the deliberate dema
gogue, TO the exploiter OF sensational
ism, and 20 the crude and foolish Wis
ionary who. for whatever reason
apologies for crime or excites aimlesi
discomfort.