The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-19


the great republic for alien peoples; in
Naming far away archipelagoes with the
| our ship from insnlar bays to the world S
VIDE and universal seas, he was, in all
many Of them the force and directing
The war with Spain had long been
happily ended. The turbulency In the
Phllpplnes had been successfully quoted
ONr colonial possessions enamOred with
the first embrace of liberty, Cuba had re-
speeted oar considerate demands. The
moderated and unangered hand of the
United states had stayed the ravenous
munger q the great powers n China; our
sweep of our fiae The army and navy
had given to III. World s,sbliI5e exam1le.
OF daring skill and courage. The good
Lord had mingled His sunshine in our
gathered autumns. Our Golfers were full .
our people proud. thankful, prosperous
ana happy, and blessing and benediction
were StreWn in front of all our steps as
leaves cucumber a forest path when felled
Dy November frosts and borne by its
The president had been given repeated
honors- He had received the highest
compliment, the weightiest reward that
our people will ever give public SER
want. Ambition's draught was no longer
Tor him an ambrosial Wine Moses after
and his Step haifed. Tincoln with his first
look died upon the summit; but Mckinley
Pisgah and saw the entrancing sight Of
happiness and Deace-
He had the right to roll the sweet NOR
considered him a GOOD l1residenf ana
thought him wise moderate, Christian
Germs ana 4 ~ al b,r % ma ~ Cd
the deep blue Of the sea spread its illi1nit-
aDle eApanse ahesd for a long and pros
there We're no false lights along the shore:
the day was unclouded and the night Sc
with the subtle perfume of such
thoughts n his nostrils, he visited the
great exposition. Here peace had estab-
nshed its court. erected its palaces and
concord. above
of patriotic fervor.
THE soul of the president had been
broadened by tremendous affairs His
heart had been made the tenderer by the
tragedy Of war and it's sacred and costly
sacrifices Of youth and love and blood and
with the DOWN. tl5raiido5n of neace 4 fb
beauty OF liberty and the cr0Wning grace
of happiness in all our homes.
It was presidents day. He had just
addressed Il great multitude in the very
temple of the galaday city. His words
were fun of thankfulness, of promise and
about him He met their outstretched
hands with grasp of his own heart. At
tbrob of q friend Hooked MO his MID
and benignant eyes, and shot him down.
The shot had no palliatiOn of insanity A
government, whose burdens no good man
ever teit from the cradle to the grave, he
tried to shoot to death Eighty millions
of people who never did him harm who
honest or decent endeavor, he brought TO
sorrow The i'll wife. the recipient of her
to Stay with grief The calamity is too
stupendous for our people to deluge it
the cross it was mercy alone that raised
It's voice; every other passion was stiued.
yond help, with undisturbed composure,
ne spoke the only words that sweiled his
neart or tremOred his frame. and they
reach our souls like echoes from Calvary.
In his later prime. The sun just begin
hind him the proud ambitions. the high
affairs of state, the dignity of office, the
people and the affection of a stricken
wife His every word from that time
near presence Of his Maker. The dying
eye may see beyond the mists that shroud
our gaze the fronded palms that fringe
the eternal shores. The dying ear may
hear beyond the dread silences that en-
compass US, the lap of the eternal tides
Prayer was world wide and tears univer-
sal; the strong man faltered in his
grave and the face of childhood grew all |
bloodless and white at the demoniac
his bedside the breath came low as |
the pulses halted and the good heart |
above all prayer. beyond all sorrow,
this great people in solemn mood have |
may sound. as the great woods may |
reach, as the winters may come. as the |
flowers may blow, as grapes may cluster, I
as apples redden as rises the flag, as |
this fair land of God. that sedftion and |
anarchy, with dagger, cup or weapon, /
LAS his closing hour drew near the |
great world vanished from his view and /
still another rose The worlds trumpets |
no longer changed in his ears. the big
wars that make ambition virtue had |
dwindled to a tear and the tear melted /
into prayer. The great pageants. tri-
lmphs. victories. all had faded from heart
light and memory He had rounded the
circuit of life and his broken bark moored
itself gain in the haven of childhood.
The lullaby he mingled with a song that
is sung deep in the soul As the drowsy
child at bedtime. Struggled beneath the
night. so he, while the whole worlds dig
lity and greatness stood waiting his
words, with childhOod's simple faith, !
whispered his wife. the ages shall make
.he1r own, Good bye, all. good bye It IS
Cod way. His will be done
THE muck bloom the rose: the
ross can lift a God. and it may be that in
he marvellous alembic of human affairs.
hat murder may be made to flower
lily that only blooms in a century of