The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1901-09-13

Ssssin extends the hand in which il
Concealed by handkerchief th
'endly weapon, and tn" president in
stead OF receiving fhe expected
friendly grasp Of the hand receives
ha two bullets from the murderous
william. Ii was not blow at any pu-
litical form OF government, but
blow at God himself. A similar spir
It manifested itself in ancient days,
Kings have felt the steel of the as
Sasstn, and drank from the poisoned
cup. Our government, the ideal
government, has not been exempt;
recent history rccounts three ut.
| emptS to asSaSSinate our presidents.
| rhe life of Andrew jackson was at
empted, then comes the killing Of
Abraham Lincoln, and later Garfield
and row comes a dastardly attemt TO
take the life of Mckinley. 1t is
time the question Of freedom of
speech and press be weighed and
| thought about. Who commit these
crimes? Not the man in whose heart
the crime originates. It's origin is
in the heart of the coward who turks
in the dark and sows the seeds Of an
archy. II is time to cali halt. He
who talks treason or anarchy is q
traitor and we should stand out and
speak our condemnation. We need
laws that will turn back these here
tics and all undesirable class OF emf
grafton from our shores. The pen
atty for this cold blooded assassin,
in case the President dies will be
death, the penalty ii he lives will be
| ten years. While our lives are as
dear to us as Mckinley's is to him,
his blow was at our government,
rather than ut Mckinley. Applause.
Judge j. NJ. Greer said he would be
recraant to his fellowman and his
G"d did he fail to respond TO a call to
join his voice in the expressions Of
>ympathy upon this occasion, and in
condemnation Of the anarchistic
spirit which drove the assassin to the
cowardly blow. Il am glad to see
ChiS representative meeting tonight,
and while am Democrat | believe
that Mckinley is the greatest man
on the other side, and as an upright
christian gentleman he has few supc-
ri RS. He is lying tonight sorely
Wounded, ard ! heartily j rin in the
most sincere expressions Of sympathy.
He had done great deal FIR this
Southland and | love and respect the
man for what he has done for this
my nutive land" prays for law to
rid the lHnd of anarchists. Applause
Sheriff Sanders inii,s heartily il {. ne
general expressions OF the meeting.
We differ in politics but we should
show to the world that symp thy for
this man that we honestly feel in our
true Southern hearts. / am only
g'ad that the cOwardly assassin is
uo, hthind the prison bars Of my iuil.
um your sheriff you k"ow. Cheers
: VI Rice, Jr., f U.-Cuu only
r'dnrse most OF what has been said
~ i will add that | feel from my
neart that we will have met TO no
purpose, if we do not something look
img to the passage Of u law that will
rid our country of such characters as
:hiS assassin and his clan. Ny re-
.'rtt is that We cannot hang the vii
nan if the President should NOT die.
Let it 90 out from this meeting that
1t is oar sentiment that we keep
away from our luu3S organizations ot
1t nature tO cause such q state Of af-
| fair-, "rgdniZations that would instiit
in'o my ma 5 mind such teachings
: hat he feels his head will burst if he
dld '0t carry out the diabolical deed
10 wh'ch he had been assigned.
| Mr. >p1;c~r VI. R!ce sad while for
SheIin : ndeI'S sake he was giai that
{ 'ZolgrZ Was not III Union. but for a
speedy seit!emrt of The matter, pos
| My tn the satisfaction to mos. people.
"' dlu not know bur IL woud be z, od
'h!ng I tn assassin was IN Union Was
" af Z" SEE Democrats come together tO
| XpresS sympathy for the wounded Pes
| dent belonging to the Opp) ing party
| W!shtd Il say that he hld noticed an
tiltOrld. III Ehe State newspaper on the
attempted assassination that he did not
think represents the sentiment OF The
people of this State. Ii there ever was
a time When man should hold lis tongue:
from hitter partisan feeling This Was
he time. II have not heard single
man give expression endorsing the eCiI-
toua III The State" Quoting from n
wuter he said: when the slain has
fslen it is not the eagle Of the mountain
that swoups down upon th,. carcass bat
me howiug jackall.' -
The Committee OH Resolutions having
70 urned the resolutions were adopted as
h"iow. They were taken up one at 4
time There VAS som" discus ion on
the resolution regarding The States edi-
torial. The word ''whOlt,' waS object
ed to 10y Mr. Rice, az II was misiet,,ing
no one Oij"ctlng to tn" first part OF the
editorial whicn expressed sympathy and
hoped for the rec0very of The President
The resolution WAS defended Oh the
ground that it applied 20 the
ten Of the editorial, IN. expres
Sion of the personal feelings OF lis
writer Those ohjecting claimed h.t
The resolution would b. construed 10
mean hat all and every rortion of the
rice was coniemed, and au amend