The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1901-09-20

OF the navy are testimonials OF
courage that had only one object IN
view, the faithful performance OF
duty. sgs
The couIt-martial which began it's
sittings at the navy yard at Wash
ington today is composed of dis
tinguished officers who will sift the
evidence and render verdict strict
" in accordance with the facts.
The American people may rest as
sured of this. And when the find
ings of the court are published the
matter should be dropped into the
oblivion which it deserves. The in
cident has been shocking to the peo-
pie, and they will. welcome its close.
The following from the Pioneer
Press the best editorial yet noticed,
paying tribute OF our late president
and giving the situation as to the
anarchistic element: ,-.s 81;
He is dead. Not all the skill Of the
most eminent physicians, nor all the
hopes and tears and prayers Of
Americas many million could avail
to save the beloved of all the people
from the death that smote him with
the assassin s bullet. The radiant
hopes that for a few days rejoiced
all hearts proved but the last beams
of the setting sun. He has sunk
into what is night for us, but to him
the dawn of an eternal day. Yes:
the best beloved of all our later
presidents-a man the whole of whose
noble life was consecrated to the
service Of the people-a man without
a known enemy in the wide world
except Senator Wellington of Mary
and-a man whose catholic, loving
kindness mb1aced all humanity, dis
armed the animosities of all parties
and factions, and compelled the per-
sonal affection and esteem of his
political foes-a man whose achieve
mems for the good of the nation
and mankind had won for him the
gratitude of all his sane countrymen
and the admiration of the civilized
world-his is he who is dead by the
red hand of murder. Anarchy ex-
ults while.. humanity shudders and
a nation weeps. He is dead, but
the Republic lives and God reigns.
He is righteous God.
Is it because in the pride and:
pomp of our national prosperity and
progress we had paid no heed to the
school of assassins organized in this
country to- make war on all society
and all government, and have CON-
placently folded our hand while they
sent their fanatic tools as to assassi-
nate the rulers Of other peoples in
the belief that our own were i'm
mune from their attacks-is it to
awaken us from this shameful indiff-
erence to the crime plotted by these
wretches agains other governments
that one of their number was per-
mitted to strike down the president
of the United States9 Call it what
you william ordering of Devine
Providence OF result of irresistible
moral -law--this CRATE national
calamity has fallen upon the
American people as chastisement
for this national sin. The nation
has warned these vipers in its bosom
We needed them not SO long as they
darted their veneomous fangs to the
governments. And now they have
stung our own to the heart in the
person of it's chief executive. He
has fallen a sacrifice to our criminal
neglect of a great national duty,
And now from; the bleeding heart
of the nation over the corpse of the
martyred president goes forth the cry
that duty shall no longer remain
There is no strain
of vengence in that passionate cry.
It is the awful voice of justice that
speaks through the thunders or pub
lie wrath in the universal demand
that the land he forever cleaned of
the pestilent brood of anarchists.
It is poor consolation that the
death of the president ENSURES the
prompt execution Of his ssassin. A
hundred thousand lives of such
as he would not be worth
an hours span Of such a noble life
as that of William Mckinley. It will
be some compensation for so calami-
to,,s q national sac1.ifice If II, shall he