The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-09-16


dent Mckinley" His text was Joshua
l. 2-5. and was as follows: Moses my
servant is dead. now therefore arise,
pu over this Jordan. AS | was
with Moses. 50 | will be with thee;
will not fail thee, nor forsake thee
Dr Mcleod said:
when Moses. the man of God. died,
the nation that he loved and ruled 50
well made great lamentation over him.
"The children of Israel wept for
Moses" Il would he no wonder IL
many of them expressed "A fear that
the death of their great leader and
commander would bring about great
or disastrous national crisis. As they
wopt in the plains of Moab, We can
fancy some of them saying: our
Moses is dead, and what shall we do?
Who among us is capable of taking his
place" Who will point out to us the
path Of safety and who will protect us
from our inveterate fOes"' II some of
the lsraelites talked after this fashion.
they soon found out that their fears
We're groundleSs. Their great leader
was gone, but another was already To
take his place. If Moses was dead.
Joshua was alive. and Joshua was eN-
aCtly the man for the crisis. II" did
a work that Moses was prevented from
doing, and he did it well. He was as
true to IN" truth, as loyal to his coun-
try, and as devoted to God as ever
Moses was. He was not as meek as
Moses. bur he was quite as brave and
quite as patriotic as Moses; and, more
over. he was better fitted than Moses
| to grapplr with the hOrdcs of Canaan
| ties who infested the land. and who
We're rebels against the best Of all gov
| rrnments. The people who Wept for
| Moses soon found out that Joshua was
t..1l f,.te I'll. "
| while they never forgot Moses, they
| readily and loyalty transferred their
| allegiance to Joshua, and their frrNent
| prayer for him was: "Dnly the Lord
| God be with thee as lie was with
| Moses"
APPLICATION OBVIOUS.
The application Of this bit of ancient
| history is obvious. our nation is in
| tears today. Like a fond mother she
| mourns the loss of her noble son. II
| Israel might have said: our Moses is
| dead. God save and bless our Joshua
So We have reason to say: our Me-
| Kinley Is deed; God save and bless our
| Roosrvrlt, The prayer is appropriate:
The Lord thy God be with thee as lie
| was with Mckinley.
The story of MCKinleY's life Is IA
miiar to us all. His early and hum
Bile home, his godly training, his fila
| affection. his youthful pietY and indus
try, his vigorous manhood, his publt
| career as brave soldier, true pa
triOt. an able statesman. and at last
his elevation To the highest position ii
the nation-ths Is "A familiar story
Whether IL was his purpose or not, il
| is certain that he has left something
So written to after times as they SHOULD
not willingly let IL die" II was his
high honor to be chosen twiC" To III
the position of our nations president
and to become
con fortunes CrOWning slope,
The pillar of a peoples hope.
The centre of a worlds desire"
But in the midst of his great carce
he was murdered by vile assassin.
What power was it that nervcd tn,
arm of this assassin? by what in
tucnce was this wretch impelled whei
h. shot down IN" president of the l'ni
ted States?
From this sacred place | charge IN,
assassns of character with their ful
share of responsibility for this infa
nous deed.
THE YELLOW JOURNALS.
yellow journalism. so-called, is III
trough at which anarchists have b"cl
feeding. ana yellow iournaLsm with it
cOadjutor, yellow Oratory, are largel
: responsible for the untimely death u
President Mckinney The appetite q
anarchy grows by what ii feeds on
and the husks of these yellow journal
are only fit for the swine of huma
kind. These journals are the foes u
society; they are the enemies of right
eOus government; they are public pest
= which breed corruption ana which uu
. governments, both state and natiOna
have tolerated far too long. Whe
a Ia
the president of the United States a
"a tyrant redd"ning his hands in tn
| blood of the poor, ana tlling his OW
pockets and those of others with dol
lars coined out of the sweet ana tear
and hunger of helpless strikers an
their wan wives and tnelr starvin
childrcn:" when public speakers ar
permitted To haranguc the crowd an
To Witty our chief magistrate, and I
hold up to scorn our mckinley, wit
| his mprCleSS ana COWardly hear
| raising his blood stained hands
heaven i'm hYpuCritical praYer"-whe
such mc"ndiary writing ana such in
cendialy speeches are permitted, is
| any wonder that they should stir u
I murderouS hatred ana enmity, or is
= any wonder that they should move tn
arm of the assassin?
| This is the sun upon which anal
! ChistS, socialists ana ,sher pests {
, society and enemies of our Countr
have been feeding, and it is high tim
that the strong hand Of our govern
, | mont should be- stretched out Ia cheC
the vile pens and to curb the viler liz
of these assassins of character II
high tim" that adequate penaltit
= should be provided and inflicted upO
: those who use either their tongues
their pens i'm order to incte class hal
red or in order To propagate falls,
hoods ana hold up our government
| contempt.
LAMENTATIONS LOUD.
II is true that some of these jou
nails are now loud i'm their lamenti
J tiOns, and severe in their denunCia tioT
| of the assassin. But these write
- seem To forget that they are large
! TO blame for the evils they cOnden
ana that their conduct now Is III
q that Of "A cruel mother who Furnishes h,
z child most severely for following h,
: own bad example. Oh, yes, these ye
: low journalists and yellow orators a
= feet great sorrow, and they are rcaC
= to go into deep mourning, but they 70
y get that they are largely responsib
y for the existence and the nurture
3 this vile brood, and hence, like Il
3 tiger, they are ready to devour the
q own offspring.
= The freedom of the press is a pre-
iOus heritage, but when freedom dege
crates into lawlessness and when it
~ used for the purpose Of running cha
y acter; when IL publishes vile falls
= hoods to serve its own unholy end
q when II speaks "evil of dignities," al
q when II glories in its shame, then
q wasted freedom is msnomer, and
Is disgrace to journalism and to I
~ people who support It, and to the go
ernment that tolerates 1t.
y My friends, | love this country.
y am sure | love ii as dearly as If | h
been born in II, | will go farther a
3 say that / love II much better th