The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-09-07

dicted himso on this point later In
other words, il is not an American who
has been guilty of this crime and il was
not aa american motive which prompted
him. Roth The criminal audHthe crime
are Of foreign birth. alien alike in char
aCter and inspiration. and whatever the
lesson they teach. it Is, happily. not that
Cf national dCEtuCTaCE- Assassination Is
not an American trait.
But though the blow to our institutions
and our republican prestige is not so Sc
we're as il would have been had the crimi-
nal been Of American birth and his crime
the direct result Of political causes IL Is
severe enough TO give us pause and TO
suggest int Importance OF a more careful
method Of dealing with the dangers which
threaten us from such sources as these.
The assassin and the Anarchist have no
excuse for existence in this country. but
under our present system OF generous ma
. uonal hospitality, which admits without
question men OF every creed and every
cline they come in with the better ele-
ments and become fostering sores on the
body polite. Hitherto we have not only
freely admitted the Anarchist and crank
theorist of high and low degree. and suf-
fcrtd them 10 proclaim their strange doc
tTiHCS without let or hindranCe. but have
permitted them TO arrange almost openly
their muTderOuS plots and programmes
Ealtimorr sun
The terrible occurrence at Buffalo yes
tcrday viii result in demonstration Of
the unity Of this country as II has never
been shown before.
There VIII De an outpoUring OF sympa-
thy from an portions OF the country that
viii Illustrate most forciLly that section
a!ism in it's old-time meaning is dead,
and that the people Of the United States
are one people, entertaining an equal re-
Spect for those who occupy the executive
. offices Of the country
No President since the war has con-
. tributed as much as has President Nc
kinley 70 the wiping out of sectional
lines. and IL Is one reward of his broad
miudednCSs, hbeT8lity. and love Of cOun-
try that the whole people esteem and ad-
mire hlp as a public official and as an
eXempiiucatiou Of the highest order Of
American citizenship.
Through the powers OF his position and
through his personality be has accom-
plished the work Of decades under Ordi-
pie closer together.
Ills martyTdom Of suffering viii seal the
good work which he has done in this par
ucular, and his restoration to health and
Go official activity will be a bentdlctiou
upon the bond or union that he has i'm
measurably strengtL<ned--Balti Her
aid
For the third time the Republic faces
I the assassination Of its ruler. once the
passion OF rebellion and once partisan
hate prompted the act In both cases
. there existed the seething public feeling
which moves disordered intellects TO
crime and Unbalanced natures to the use
Of knife OF pistol No such cause exists
. today. No President has been more loved.
No Chief Executive has more completely
reCOucilcd opposing partisan feeling or
done more 10 make all his tellOw-Citlzens
feel that ne was the President Of the
country and not Of party. the choice OF
the nation and not the selection OF a mere
ma jOrhy
At this moment Of the celebration Of all
. h. ri MS Of
general signs through all the land OF the
success of his policy, he is struck down by
an assassin. a part OF that foul and awful
system Of anarchy which in the past dec
ade has cost the life Of one ruler after an
other II President MckinIey's life Is still
saved. II hope stiu remains, though cloud
ed With fear. IL is because the hand which
struck him was less sure and steady than
that which struck down President CaruOt,
the Empress Elizabeth, and King Hum
bert
Justice and the law may be left to do
their work; but nothing can alter the
empowering fact that liberty and law,
freedom and equal rights. the safety. the
/ privileges and the opportunities for all Of
fered by American life have not avalled
to stay the assassin's hand or Quench the
hate OF anarchy. for all rule. All law All
order, and all peace.-Philacelphia Press
There were many reasons why the lie
Of Mr.. Mckinley should not be sought by
che Of those aSsassins whose warfare is
. against constituted rulers There Is no
reason why it should be Few men have
more earnestly eudeavOred than President
Mckinley has 20 make friends Of all men
and enemies of none His character is
that Of an amiable man, who strives TO
wave aside ali animOsity and discOrd- As
President he seeks peace with all the
world. as an Individual member Of society
he has sought to make and maintain So
clal peace and amity. He has not been
contentious nan. but though once gal
liant. patriotic soldier he has borne the
olive branch more persisteutly and not
less braVeIy than the SWOrd--PhiladeIph ia
Ledger
But up 70 yesterday II seemed impOSSi-
bic that present conditions could produce
another Booth or Guiteau The country