The Somerset reporter., 1901-09-26


these moral qualities Of greatness, that
they can hope to serve their country
well, or gain the love Of the people
Another lesson is In this sad occasion.
Whence does anarchy spring? TO with
me TO the coal hills of Pennsylvania
where thousands Of Poles and Hunga-
rians are living in novels, on the merest
pittance of wage, hardly better than
the brutes, and as you look upon that
scene | think you can understand how,
in blind, british, degraded hearts a
hatred of government springs up. 60
with me into the sweatshops of New
ork and fhicago, where the Russian
Jews work for thirteen and fourteen
hours day for hardly enough to hold
soul and body together and you can
understand how these men hate the
social system under which they live.
There is warning which needs to be
uttered against the spirit Of CONNER
cialism, against that intense love of
greed and of gold which induces men to
be unjust to their fellows
This government must stand foy the
largest freedom ta2~all nSa,fs=s.-~ -.
plete justice xaspdi ,ionslofsspwx m>
the fair opPdyt1fnffS 10 essry man 10
make the most of himself and live a
self respecting life. These three, our
martyred presidents, embody these great
ideals of government, and so long as we
like them shall seek the welfare of all
the people, so long as we like them shall
endeavor to bring justice among men,
and look to the Almighty God for guild
ance and for strength, 80 long shall this
government, your government and mine,
be safe and endure.
Judge Emery said
Ladies and gentlemen, friends and
fellow mourners Common memories
make companionship dearer. To have
shared a common danger makes friend
ship closer and stronger, as these brave
men before me can testify. The strong
est bond between them is the memory of
their common dangers and common
sacrifices. SO common misfortunes tend
everywhere to allay passion, to subdue
animosity, to bring men together upon a
higher plane of sympathy and friend
snip common grief makes strangers
friends, and because of this, although
perhaps stranger to most of you, | feel
sure am not doing an uniting thing to
mourn with you in our common grief.
We mourn man. We mourn not one
who was born in the purple. We mourn
not one whose birth was heralded by
cannon. mourn not one descended
from long line of royalty. But we
mourn man who was one of us; man
bonn as we were born, in humble homes,
TO bless humble parents. Like us he
had his early struggles; he studied and
labored; he contended with poverty and
obscurity; like us he married where he
loved He did his duty to his family,
his neighbors, his friends. Whatever
came to him to do, that he did He
shrank from no responsibility. He was
one of us,-simple, unaffected, doing his
duty, claiming nothing for himself that
he would not grant to the humblest OF
us. That is the man that we mourn
today.
And further, we mourn for our COM
mon country,-wounded as it has been
in the person of its President, wounded
as 1t is every time citizen is struck
down in that manner, wounded in the
body polite. We mourn that there can
be those of such disposition that they
can strike down such man, those who
can use violence to strike at this country
of ours; we mourn that they can exist.
1t makes us stop and think and mourn
together. And if there be conditions in
our society that breed and nurture and
protect such men, we mourn that We
mourn together in common with the
whole people for these things.
But there ia no great grief without
some lesson; and the lesson that | have
to bring is this,-that we endeavor to
bring ourselves up to the level of the
man we mourn. When in that moment
of agony, in the midst of that vast as.
sembly, he saw his assassin, no word of
vengeance fell from his lips; he said
Don't let them hurt him" Even then
he pleaded for the observance of law
and order
Let us today emulate that spirit. Let
us deal with the assassin as the law
would deal with him. Let US not in
dulge language of vituperation but
simply enforce the law in its majesty.
If our laws be insufficient, let us change
them, and make them what they should
be; but let us do it orderly and de
liberately, as free citizens, without
passion or bitterness or thought of
vengeance.
And there is a word of comfort that |
can bring you. AS you see the streaks
of white in the gloomy black of this
bunting, so in this hour | can see signs
of comfort. These great assemblies
throughout the country show to the
anarchists and all others who quarrel
with law and order that the people have
risen up together to show their affection
for their President and government
These men must see that their outrages
are entirely unavailing. To use figure
which heard employed by lecturer in
this town the other evening, these men
are nothing more upon the body polite
than the mosquito upon the wrist of the
human body. They are to be dealt with
and punished. The swamps that breed
them are to be drained but they cannot
kill the republic.
When Alexander of Russia was strick-
en- down some years ago, a convulsion of
terror went through Russia. The
| government closed the universities and
stationed soldiers in every town in
Russia. Nobody knew what would
happen next. But when our beloved
President was stricken down, there was
hardly sentiment of terror. The
government was unshaken. Nobody
felt insecure. The wheels of commerce
did not stop. Schools remained open.
Even the sensitive barometer of Wall
Street showed no apprecable sign of
disturbance. The anarchists may now
and then kill President; they never
can injure the presidency Another
man, strong and able and brilliant. steps
into his place He does not ask for
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