The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1901-12-13
ROOSEY[LT'S
MESSAGE READ
Buffalo Tragedy Deplored and
Eloquent Tribute to
Mckinley.
TO SUPPRESS ANARCHY
Apostles of Assassination Must
Be Treated as Common
Criminals.
TRUSTS AND THE TARIFF
Publicity Suggested as Remedy for
Evils Of the Formcr-MlId Tariff
Reform Recommendation
Monroe Doctrine.

Washington. Dec. 3.-Prcsidcnt Roose-
velt's message was read In congress to-
day. 1t Is as follows:
To the Senate and House of Representa-
tives: The congress assemblies this year
under tho shadow OF n great calamity. On
the 9Th of September President Mckinley
was shot by an anarchist at Buffalo, and
died In that city on the 14th of tina.
month.
or the last seven elected presidents he
Is the third who has been murdered, and
this fact Is sufficient to Justify alarm.
Moreover. the circumstances have a pc
culiarly sinister Significance. Both Lin
coin and Garfield were killed by assassins
Of types unfortunately not uncommon In
history. Lincoln falling u victom to the
vengeful vanity of a disappointed office
seeker. President Mckinley was killed
by an utterly ~depraved criminal belong
Ing to that body Of criminals who object
who are against any form OF popular lib
erty II 1t Is guaranteed by even the most
just and liberal laws, and who are as hos
tile to the upright exponent of a free peo-
pies sober Will as to the tyrannical and
irresponsible despot.
1t is not too much to say that at the
time OF President McKinley's death he
was the most widely loved man in all the
any public man of his position so free
from the animosities incident to public
life. Ills political opponents were first to
the henrtiest tribute to the chaTac-
ter which so endeared him. To q stand
ard OF lofty integrity in public life he
united tender affections and home viz
tues. al-tnportant IN the makeup of ma
tional character. A gallant soldier in the
great war for the union. he also shone as
an example IN the most sacred and init
mate CT home relations There could be
10 personal hatred Of him: no one could
fail 10 respect him wins knew him. The
offenders of those numerous criminals
who seek TO excuse their c~rirninality by
asserting thal 1t Is exercised for political
ends. eZyeigh against wealth and ire
sponstbls power. Bot for this assassina-
tton evsn this base apology cannot be
crgsd
Prestden. McEialsy was a man Of mod
crate who had himself belonged
E-noak the wage-workers, whe had en-
tered Tie army as q private soldier
Ede1t WIS essassinated. bpG honest toll.
S1l less was power struck at in the
ssIsss that power Is irresponsible or CEN
tered In the hands Of any one individual.
The blow WAS aimed at one of the strong
est champions the w~age-worker haE ever
had: one II the most faithful representa-
Of public rights and representative
government who has eve risen TO public
office No president-uot ever Lincoln
was ever more anxious to represent the
wishes Of the people: his one anxiety was
to keep In closest touch with the people
TO find out what they thought and to eX-
press their thought, after having endeav-
bred to guide hat thought Alright. He
dad just been reelected because the ma
jorfty Of citizens believed that he had up
their frY arests .L . 4r