Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-09-23
THE DEAD PRESIDENT.

| The death of President Mckinney
has sent thrill OF profound sorrow
| into the hearts of all classes of peo-
pie, This is not the time nor the
place to dwell upon the characteristics
Of the hare Drained monster who
caused his 5ath, but rather time to
dwell lovingly and sorrowfully and
sympathetically with seventy i've
millions of people who mourn our
chief magistrates untimely end and
deplore the "deep damnation Of his
| taking off,"
1t is a time for Us to dwell upon
the active and useful life which Pres
ident Mckinley led in the span Of So
years which he was permitted to live.
His record is certainly remark
able one, even in this free and
enlightened country, whose history
| is illustrated with the brilliant and
courageous acts of self made men in
numerous lines Of activity and useful
ness. Born in 1843, Mr.. Mckinley en-
| tered the service Of his country as a
private in 1861, when only IS years of
age. In April, 1852, he was promoted
to com missary sergeant. In Septem-
Der Of the same year he was promoted
to be second lieutenant for gallantry
| at Antietam. He was promoted to
first lieutenant in ;63, raised to cap
taincy in '64 and was made brevet
major in 1865.
His was a continuous and brave
service from the beginning of the civ
il war to the end. 1t is remarkabl
fact that in serving for this long peri
cd and participating in many battles,
being almost constantly in danger for
four arduous years, ne was never
wounded, and was fated at last to die
by the bullet of an anarchist.
With his career as lawyer and
his upward march in politics the PEG
pie are familiar. His services in con-
gress and as governor of Ohio made
him one of the most prominent public
men in the country. First elected
president in 1896, in 1898 he did what
he could to prevent the Spanish war,
because he was familiar from his own
experiences with the horrors of strife,
but when it came he endeavored to
do bis whole duty with intelligence,
patriotism and at great sacrifice of
mental and physical force.
Emerson says, "If a man wishes
friends, he must be friend himself"
William Mckinley evidently believed
this sentiment, and carried it out
faithfully from the beginning of his life
to the end. When thanked the other
day by a man to whom he had been
a good friend he simply replied, "My
friends have been very good to me-"
The president of the United States
has to live in the Upright sunlight Of
publicity" every day, and it is due to
this fact that Mr.. McKinley's domestic
life became familiar to the rank and
file of the American people. His
ceaseless devotion to his wife under
all circumstances, in health and in
sickness, endeared him more especial
lY to the women of the country over
whose destinies he presided.
1 have always maintained that any
man, no matter how rich or powerful
he may become, no matter what posi-
tions Of power he may hold, will, as
he draws near the end of his life, find
the most satisfaction in reviewing the
acts where ne has been helpful and
kind to those who are weaker and
poorer than he is. President McKin-
ley's life has been filed with acts of
kindness which make up one of the
brightest and most satisfactory pages
of his busy life. He will be sincerely
mourned by the American people as
whole, but his memory will be es-
pecially priced by the host of people
whose burdens were lifted and into
whose lives bright rays of sunshine
came from the kind heart Of William
Mckinley Globe.
The city of Buffalo, with The thou