Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1901-09-20


n brave struggle for life. Skilled
physicians and trained purses minis.
tered To- his wants III tue sick rooru
and every 10! al American watched 10y
his bedside. But ekilled physician,
trained nurses ana the earnest
prayers Of seventy five million Of hi
coupirymen could not stay the h tnh
u dc Ith. The as ,ass,u's bullet did
its cruel work und today = nation
mourns.
The history OF william Mckinley
early manhood he served his country
On the field Of battle. In the Halls
~ Congress he stamped his name an
the legislation of his country. DE
trated for re election TO Congress, he
WAS elected Governor ~ Ohio. Nom
mated in 1895 hs the standard bearer
Ut the Republican party. ne wa
elected President of the United
States. and reelected in 1897. In all
fhese public positions he was true to
his parI!'s freed and did his duty Ms
he SAW it. But tlIer ls another side
TO the life Of William NJ :Kluley that
speaks louder today to the hearts and
consciences Of the American people
than the story OF HE public lie. Far
above and beyond his honorable pub
lie career stands his intense pItriut-
ism, hIs sim Ilicity, ms sterling man.
uuud and his devotion tn his invalid
wife. All the glory of his public
achievements pules into InsIgnificanre
when compared with his tenderness
IND solicitude for the wife OF his
youth. Honors came to him thick
and fast, but nothing, not even the
glamour Of the Preside Icy. could
weaken his loyalty and devotion to
her.
An intense partisan. Y ready
To champion his party's creed. Mr..
Mckinley gave and received lar.i
blows. He bell ,ve / l Ii hi+ party and
loyalty ser 'eI it. Illus p 'licies chal
irnged some oi the best thought Of
he Nation and called forth bitter
criticism. Yet when party feeling
ran the highest, tie honesty OF his
motives and his person Il integrity
were never gu As;Ioned. His policies
might be wrong. but the great ma -
~ the Amencan people believed IN
his sincerity and integrity.
The time has not yet come for :ht
historian To write I'm III. partial history
oi his nd urnisrra ION ~ Ihe great
office to which he was called by the
sulfrages II his cuunrrymen. rhe
successful termination OF the Cuban
war, the purchase Of the Phil pines
md the passage OF the Dlngley tariff
bill were purt Of the accomplish
menis u his first administration
Tho former was the result Of the nj
most unanimous demand OF the Anne,
ican people and its wisdom cannot
ne sue .essfLlly qu ssuoned. But moi
20 with tho purchase oi the Philip
pines aud the passage or the DInRleN
ict. The wi-dum OF these measure,
is still a debatable question.
President Mckinley is the third
Chief EK cutive to die 10y the hnnt
~ the assnssIu. Linculu's assassIua
ton was the nuigruwth Of the bitter
ness eng"nde ID 10y the Civil War
Garfield WIS 3 stricken down by Ii dis
appointed OIL u seeker to whom 4
promise had been made aud violated
II may be safely eaid that the as
4assiuatiOn Of Garfield grew out u
bis bitter quarrel with Senator RIOS,
zoe ConkI,ng over the appointment
~ William 81. Robertson us Collector
~ Customs ut New York Clty. The
intensity Of thus quarrel excited the
%cOuntry and preycd upon the weak
mind Of Guitteuu. This coupled
with his disappointment in not re-
ccivipR the Office he had been
P'N''tSN" Nv WV Z hpVh NultNtuu
that he fired the bullet that caused
Garficld's death But what shall we III,
was the aus Of Mckinney nssas
sinu,iOnY Tho county was nj peace,
there WA no bitter political cootro
versy exciting tbs people and
tzolgosz 10 not a disapt 0ruted cfice.
seeker. The mind searches in vain
for even the shadow OF u cause for
the as assinatiou Of Nc Niulry. It ia
due entirely 10 the teachings OF 4
nest OF anarchists who arc opposed Ia
all COVER UmeDt aud whose creed is
murder. Justice demands u risid
investigation ~ this crime and 'lir
speedy punishment Of all engaged III
Il. They should meet with the same
mercy that a raitlesnuke coilrd up
irndy 10 strike would meet with NJ
the hands Of one warned by tho noise
/ Of the Rnnkn's rattle. Tho safety Of
future Presidents and the stability ut
our government demand this, and