The Iola register., 1901-12-06
rRIBUTE rO M'KINLEY.
President Roosevelt EuIOgiIes the
Inmcmtcd Nictim OF AmnrchN.

Prcsidout Mckinley was man OF mod
crate means, q lndh whose STOCK rplsng
from the sturOy tlliers Of the soil, who
had himself belonged among the wage
workers, who mad entered the army as "a
private soldier. Wealth was not struck At
when the pres dent WAS aSSasSiIutCC. but
thr honest toll which Is content with mod
crate gains atter n lifetime OF unrcmittiug
labor largely in tho service of the public
sim less was power struck q In he sense
that power is irresponsible ur conferred in
the hands ui any one Individual The blow
was not aimed at tyranny or wealth. 1t
was aimed at one OF the struLEtS 81 cham
piuns the wagrwOrkrr has ever had, at
one of the most faithful re prcsCutstlVes Of
the system of public rights and represent
atiVc government Who has ever risen 10
public office. Preside mt Mckinley filled
THAT political office for which The entire
peopS vote, ana no president not even
Lincoln himself, was ever mare earnestly
anxious to represent tho wei thought ont
wishes Of the people. His one anxiety Ia
Cvery crisis was 10 keep IN closest touch
with the people, TO find out what they
thought and to endeavor to give expires
sion to their thought after having endeaV-
had Just been reelected TO the presidency
because the majority of our citizens. the
majority of our farmers and wagework-
ers, believed that he had faithfully upheld
their interests for four years, They felt
themselves IN close and Intimate touch
with him. They fell that ne represented
60 well and so houorably all their idea Is
and aspirations that thSy wished him to
continue for another four years TO repre-
sent them
And this was the man at whom the as
sassn struck! That there might he moth
ing lacking to complete the Judas-like in
fanny Of his act he took advantage Of an
occasion when The president was meeting
the people generally, anG advancing as if
TO take the hand outstretChed TO him in
kindly and brothcrly fellowship, he turned
the noble and generous confidence of the
victim into an opportunity TO strike the
fatal blow. There Is no baser deed in all
the annals Of crime.
Ills Death N Drowning Glory.
The shock the grief of the country. are
hitter In the minds Of all who saw the
dark days while the president vet hover, Il
between life and death, At last the light
Tas siiiied IN the Mndiy eISSs and The
mortal agony uttered no words save Of
forgiveness to his murderer, of love for
his friends aud OF unfaltcring trust In the
crowning thc glory or such life leaves
us with infinite sorrow, hut with such
pride in what hs had ACCOMPLISHED and m
his own personal character that We feel
the blow not as struck at him, but as
struck AT the nation. We mourn a good
and great president who Is dead hui
VIII lie We mourn we are lifted m hy the
splendid achievements Of his life and the
grand heroism with which ne met his
death
when we turn from the man 10 the ma
ton the harm done rs so great as to @N.
cite our graYcst apprchcnsions aud to de-
mand our wisest and most rcsolute ac'
archist, innumed by the teachings Of pro
fesSed anarchists and probably also bN
the reckless utterances Of those who OF
th( stump and In the public press appea
to The dark and evil spirits Of malice aut
greed envy and sullen hatred, The wine
Is sowcd by the men who preach suCl
doctrines, and thew cannot escape theiI
share Of responsibility for the whirlwnc
that is reaped This applies alike To TN
deliberate demaEoRue, 10 the exploite1
Of senSationalism and 10 the crude anC
foolish visionary who for whatever rea
son Apologies for crime or eNcites aim
less discomfort.
The blow was aimed not at this presl
dent, but at all presidents at every sym
bol OF government. President McKinle!
was as emphatlcally the embodiment q
the popular will OF the nation eXpresse'
through the forms OF law as a New Eng
land town meeting Is In similar fashion
the embodiment OF the law abiding pur
pose and practice Of the people OF III
town. on no conceivable theory couli
the murder OF the president be acoepte'
as due 20 protest against INEQUALITIES II
the social order" save as the murder o
all the freemen engaged In town meet
ing could be accepted as protest agains
that social Inequality which puts a male
factor in jail. Anarchy is no more an eI