The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-14
THE END HAs CONE

TT is Gods way. His win be done
So saving, the President fell asleep,
and the scene of his earthly labors
passed away forever from him.
God has taken from this nation one
of the best Presidents and best men in
its history. From God alone can con-
ISOLATION come. SThe President bravely
passed into the dark shadow saying,
1T is Gods way" And, as the nation
mourns. its only source Of sOlace is its
reliance upon a just God. In our utter
helplessness to prevent such calamities,
we involuntarily lean for support on a
Power which is higher than all the
things of earth.
They say that political vituperation
inspired the assassin. Be that as it may,
we now know the President as he real
" was. ISLANDERS are hushed forever
Read what the press says Of the mar
tyr. Listen to the eulogies from plat
form ana pulpit Hearken to the great
voice Of the American people. With one
accord. in mighty concert comes the
verdict: William Mckinley, statesman,
patriot; a loving husband. a Christian
gentleman, a brave martyr
Perhaps. in the Presidents death, the
nation VIII read a sad and solemn
warning against the prevalence Of po-
In his life, the President is advancing
the cause Of political purity. Is it too
much to believe that Providence intends
this nation to find such a lesson in the
awful tragedy which has befallen it2
Deep down under the mountain of
grief which has come down upon the
nation. the fierce fires Of vengeance are
burning. Though for a time the vol
canic fury may be suppressed, and the
solemn hush of death prevail, there wiz
be a day when the mailed hand OF the
law viii descend upon the accursed as
sassin. and backed by the tremendous
fury Of a wronged republic, will sweep
the fiendish tribe Of anarchy from the
land Too long has the nation trihed
with treason Too long has safe harbor
for dynamiters and cOnspirators been
furnished by America The writing is
upon the wall Anarchy must never
again faunt its red flag nor hurl its
reasonable TRADES into the face of the
citizens of this republic.
This is another lesson taught us by
the assassination Of our President. The
danger of indiscriminate foreign immi-
grafton is thrown into such terrible
distinctness that even the slow and
deliberate congress will be forced to act
without haggling or hesitation.
Though the President lived a week
after he was shot. and was in full pos
session OF his faculties most of that
time. there was no political question
pending which was of sufficient mo-
ment to be intruded upon his attention.
even though the danger of his death |
was 50 great at all times. There were |
no loose threads of public business; no /
dubious public policies, for him to dis |
cuss with his possible successor. So |
little need was there for such consul
tations that the ice-President went /
away beyond speedy recall, when it I
seemed that ali was going well with /
the wounded man. McKin1ey's work /
was wen-shaped: his future policy in 4
the Philippine question was fully I'M
derstood; his ideas on the tariff prob /
lem and economic prosperity were set 1
forth plainly in his able address de- I
livered at Buffalo the day prior to his /
assassination. The nation win have /
the benefit of his craftsmanship not /
only during the five years of NIcKin-
Iey's administration. but during all the
rest Of its national existence.
And now this great President, this
President who loved the people. and I
whom the people loved. is dead. Let
the flags at half mast float Let the
be draped with black. Let
the people mourn. for the world has
lost a noble man.