The daily morning Alaskan., 1901-11-10
WAS NOT INSANE

Leon Czolgosz suffered the extreme pen altv of the law at Auburn prison. lie was a most dsspic.thlc creature and de- cent people win give 70 sigh of relief when they hear that he is DO more. tie is not a subject that the average person cares Co waste time thinking about and now he Is dead hts name win in very few days pass from the public miud tic appeared Co be a man utterly dr,oid of any feel ings of responsibility in hfv. From first Co last hc does not ssrm Co have ever ap- pr.catrd what existence means. or tohavc realized for J moment that every living person should consider others To that extent Czolgosz was an rgutist. He dil not have thr vanity that some other not- able criminals have displayed when placed in like situations but that at th" bottom of Che mans uaturr his extreme egotism existed
 The manner in which thc entire proceed ings of hts casr Wrrr conducted. from the trial in court down Co thc last sccn' in the prison. is highly crrlitahlr Co the law and the officials uf New York state There have b,rn uo sensational features lis punishment has been unaccompanicd with any feelings of passion or rryrni;c Hr was simply adiudgrd unit Co live and his lifc was forfeited just as the life of some other fyrociuus animal would bc taken under similar circumstances. Very often when criminal is punished p"o- pl, say Che tvlon has cNpatod his ofcnsc That ls not altogether so. Now that CzolcoSz iS dead thc uct that hc commit ted .s uo less terrible or drraduL If Che taking ot hts hfr could bring Pre- sid-nt Mckinley back thrp' might o' some atou,mcut in connection with th' procyydiugs in Auburn prison The old law that demanded a life for 90 lie has uttlc consolation u it for the living. No two lives Jr. uf thr same value. For in stance. it is impossible in estimating lives Co compar,, that uf th, lttc president with that of lis assassin. Thirg~ in this world cannot b, cvyu.l up hy any such means Some people may htV. believed they would nnd some satisfaction in thc dcath of Czolrusz hut tho satisfaction Go such people when it is 1u over seems Go have turned into ashes
 tt is likely enough that there will al- ways by a question in thc minds of the American people whether thv assassin of President Mckinley acted entirely upon his own volition. "r whether hv was the chosen instrument uf l hIud of anarchists The mupirr.r himself has lied so much about Che matter that uttl'' dependence can be placed upon anything hc has said He has admitted tntt h~ attended one anarchist lecture delivered by Emma Goldman and thlt hsr Worl- S't him on fire Gf t wen. her preaching that in- ducsd him to commit hts great crime. it is only reasonable to suppos" that dur Ing ths time intervening p"tWccu thr l"c- ture and th, assassination of the exc cutive. Che murderer iu his ftutticll ru- thusiasm would have sought the associ- alton of those who believed like hirt 10 may W,I b. lsk,,l also when, he obtaiu'-i the money for travelling expenses. i.v h's told one stor, about that and thcn denied lt Hs has talked so uttlv anal k'pt his own counsel so we'll that there is sir'il chance now that the question as t" whether h. committed thr d-ed on his own responsibility cor at thr instigat'on of othsrS win ever To. solved lt is prob ably a matter that futur g'ucrltions w'll discuss pro anal cou. without being able Go arrive 1t 1uy dvnnitc conclusion. unt thing appears Go ha,, been settled since hts execution. and that is CzoIgosz was not Insane u.s brain was found Co hr normal That fact wll prove of some satisfaction to hts legal counseL as it s1stains his attorneys m not making al plea of Insanity ll, s dead and now let us try Co forg,t him