The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-12-07

MESSAGE
VARIOUS Recommendations FOR
THE C0NsIDERATION OF
CONGRESS-.
THE QUESTION OF RECIPROCITY
FAvoRs THE PRINCIPLE, BUT or
POSES ANY GENERAL TAR
IFF CHANGE.
WHAT TO DO WITH the TRUSTS
PUBLICITY THE ONLY SURE REM
EDY THAT CAN NOW DE
EVOKED.
To the Senate and House of Representa-

Otn OF september president Mckinley was
shot by an anarchist while attending the
Pan-Amertcan exposition at Buffalo and
died in that city on the 18th of that
month. M
OF the last seven elected presidents he is
the third who has been murdered, and the
bare recital of this fact is sufficient to
justify grave alarm among all loyal
American citizens. Moreover, the circum-
stances Of this, the third assassination of
an American president, have a peculiarly
sinister significance. Both President Lin
coin and President Garfield were killed by
assassins of tyres unfortunately not un-
common. in history. President Lincoln
falling a victim 10 the terrible passions
aroused by :eu:: pears Of civi, war and
President Carried to this reve.. g.eal van
ity Of q disappointed o!!cesecser.
80
q President Mckinley was killed by Q
. an utterly ccprarea cr:gatae. belong .
. Ing to that body of crtn1:::als who OBJ .
. ject to all government: COOS and Q
. bad alike, who are aE:alast any form q
Q of popular liberty Il 4 is guaranteed .
. by ever the most Just and liberal Q
. laws, and who are as hostile to the .
. upright exponent Of g free peoples Q
. sober will as to the t%yrannical and .
Q irresponsible despot. .
~ "S WV AfANAA = sJAS SAAoS 0$ NAAO
time Of President McKinley's death he
the most widely loved man in all the
United States, While we have never had
any public man of his position who has
been 80 wholly free from the bitter ami
mosities incident to, public life. His polit-
tcal opponents were the first to bear the
heartiest and most generous tribute to
the broad kindness of nature. the
sweetness and gentleness of character
which so endeared him to his close asso-
ciates. To a standard Of lofty integrity
in public life he united the tender af-
lection and home virtues which are all
important in the makeup of national char
acter. A gallant soldier in the great wal
for the Union, he also shone as an ex-
ample to all our people because Of his
conduct in the most sacred and intimate
of home relations. There could be no per-
sonal hatred Of him. for he never acted
with aught but consideration for the vel
fare of others.
. No one could fail to respect him Q
q who knew him in public or private .
. life. .
. The defenders of those murderous
. criminals who seek to excuse their .
q c~riminality by asserting that it is ex- 0
q ercised for political ends, inveigh q
q against wealth and irresponsible q
q power But for this assassination q
. even this base apology cannot be .
Q urged.
President Mckinley was a mar or mod
crate means, a man whose stock sprang
from the sturdy tillers of the soil, who
had himself belonged among the wage
workers, who had entered the army as
a private soldier. Wealth was not struck
at when the president was assassinated,
but the honest toll which Is content with
moderate gains after a lifetime of UNI
renting labor largely in the service Of
the public. Still less was power struck
at in the sense that power is ~irresponsi-
individual. The blow was not aimed at
tyranny or wealth. 1t was aimed at one
of the strongest champions the wage
worker has eyer had, at one of the most
faithful representatives Of the system Of
public rights and representative govern
ment who has ever risen to public Office.
President Mckinley filled that political
Office for which the entire people vote,
and no president, not eve Lincoln HIM
self, was ever more earnestly anxious to
represent the well thought out wishes Of
the people.
-
. His one anxiety in every crisis was .
q to keep in closest touch with the .
. people; to find out what they thought q
q and to endeavor to give expression =
Q to their thought after having en- q
. deavored to guide that thought =
. Alright.
-
He had just been reelected to the presi-
dency because the majority of u cit
liens, the majority of our farmers and
wageworkers, believed that he had faith
fully upheld their interests for four years
Yeley felt themselves in close and init
mate ouch with him. They felt that hs
represented SO well and SO honorably oil
their ideals and aspirations that they
wished him to continue for another -four
years to represent. them.
And this was the man at whom the as.
sasein struck! That there might b<
nothing lacking to complete the Judas.
like iMtalny of his act he took advantage
Of al occasion when h president wal
meeting the people generally. and. ad.
vancing as II to take the hand out
stretched TO him In kindly and brotherly
Fellowship. he turned the noble. and gen.
erous confidence Of the victim into an op'
portunity TO strike the fatal blow. There
10 nj bAser deed In all the annals u
crime
The shock, the grief Of the country, arr
bitter in the minds OF all who saw thu
dark days while the president yet hoveret
between life and death. At last the Sligh,
was stilled In the kindly eyes; and tn,
breath went from the lips that even Il
mortal agony uttered no words save 10
forgiveness to his murdered, Of love fOl
hiR friends and Of ~unfaltering trust In til,
will Of the Most High. Such q dealt
GROWING the glory Of such q life leave
us to Infinite sorrow, bur. With such pridi
In what he had accomplished and in5 hi
own personal character tha we feel tn
blow not as struck at him, but al Sstrucl
at. the nation. We mourn a. good AM