Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-09-14
SALT LAKE CITY, SEPT, IA. 1901.
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OUR DEPARTED PRESIDENT.

The suspense and anxiety Of the ma
ton is over. For full week the over
shadowing question, dominating all
others was, 'Will the President sur
vlve?" The hope, the desire. the prayer
Of more than seventy millions Of people
were. that he might live and thus de-
feat the assassins purpose. But the
die Is cast, the end has come, President
$illlam Mckinley is dead. The whole
country is In deep mourning, The event
is a calamity too great for words to
express. We can only bow our heads
in submission to the Divine will. while
our eyes are filed with tears and our
hearts ache with grief.
The nations Of the world partake of
the sorrow that oyerwhelms the
American people and the sympathy
felt is universal A great spirit has
left this mortal sphere. A mighty soul
has ceased TO act among the sons Of
men. We doubt not that his allotted
work was finished, and that what he
was before appointed to do was accom-
pllshed He has completed noble
career and has gone TO bis rest and
his reward. He has made a splendid
record as a citizen. a soldier lawyer,
q legislator and a President over a
mighty nation. His blameless life and
loving devotion TO an invalid wife, have
not only gained the respect Of friend
and foe but endeared him in the peo-
ple's affections. He was loved as well
as esteemed, and therefore his cruel
death causes anguish unspeakable.
The last words of the President show
his faith and his deyotion ut Is Gods
way. His will be done They should
be an example and guide to Us all
He believed In God and trusted In Him.
He was resigned to the will of one
who knows what Is best and who com
prehends eternity and the bearings aud
results Of all the works of men In time
They are free to act, be is potent TO
override their do!ngs and III them to
answer His grand designs. Obedience
TO His laws and submission to His
providences are required OF all His
children.
The bereavement which has come to
the Presidents beloved wife Is sensed
by the whole people and every soul ~
touched with the sorrow aud irrepara-
bic loss that she has to bear. That the
frail sensitive woman still lives, while
the stalwart, vigorous man on whom
she leaned and whose love and yigor
were her support is stricken TO death,
Is one Of those strange events in NOR
tai existence that cause wonder and in
quiry but should never weaken faith.
The evaporation caused by the foul
deed that has deprived the nation Of its
chief much not be allowed to rob US Of
our reason or inclte anyone TO personal
vengeance. The law must take Its
course with the assassin. The Anarch-
ist, though despised and detestod. must
be fairly tried and lawfully disposed Of
In the manner provided for every ac-
cused person. Patience Is a virtue that
is best cultivated under great provoca-
lions and sufferngs, and these are
proyidential means TO a glorious end.
The suppression Of lawlessness must be
conducted by lawful methods. Evil can
not be conquered by other evils.
The life, labors and example OF Pres
ident Mckinley must surely have a
beneficial effect on mankind. The
manner Of his decease, which approach
es the dignity OF martyrdom. will serve
TO hold him up to the admiration and
emulation Of oarths millions. And Il
viii doubtless lead to wise and civilized
methods Of dealing with an evil that
threatens all governments and rulers
and which ought TO be rooted out. Thus
good win come TO the world, out OF the
great calamity which has befallen the
American people.
We lay our garland OF love and re-
spect on the bier that holds the remains
OF great man, a true patriot. wise
President and a God fearing Christian
Peace be to his sacred Dust
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