The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-09-20
OUR MARTYR PRESIDENT.
Tributes of Public Men Who Knew Him
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Following are touching tributes
which were paid to President McKin
ley by well known public men, OF
learning of his death. VIM. J. Bryan,
who was in Chicago, when seen, said
1T is impressibly sad. His per.
sonal qualities were such that he had
no enemies. The blow aimed at him
was at his government and is felt by
all. We all feel the humiliation oul
country has suffered and our hearts are
with the lonely woman from whom a
foul and brutal assassin has taken one
of the most faithful and tender of hus,
bands -
Speaker Henderson had just returned
from his trip abroad when told of the
presidents death. He said:
The death of President Mckinley
is blow to me. | feel as though
had lost a brother. He was my per,
sonal friend, good man and great
character. He is dead, and his assas.
sin still lives. Czolgosz was not killed
by the mob when he struck the das,
tardly blow, and this shows that law
and order are supreme in the land.
Our eyes turn to the future, and
have no fear for the government tc
come, as it is in able hands. -
Andrew D. White, our ambassador to
Germany, on being informed of the sad
event spoke as follows:
Undoubtedly President Mckinley
will pass into the history of the
United States as one of the great presi-
dents. None of his predecessors had
shown SO broad and thorough knowl-
edge of the main questions relating to
| our industry and commerce. On all
subjects in these fields he showed not
merely talent, but genius, the highest
evidence of which was given in his
speech at Buffalo before his death
Having done more than any other
man to build up our great industries,
he showed how new markets could be
found and industries be made more
effective in multiplying commercial
relations with other powers. During
his lifetime, in the heat of partisan
strife, he was charged with devoted
ness to the interests of capital. But,
viewed hereafter by the historian, it
! will appear that his care for the inter
ests of capital was the result of de-
3voti0n to labor and the interests of the
, plain people, from whom he sprang.
He knew that the interests of labor
and capital cannot be disassociatea:
Never did a president plan more wisely
or tell more earnestly for the laborer. "
Former secretary of war, Russell A.
Alger:
President Mckinley was never by
reason of his long public experience
given to coercing others to his way OF
thinking. By persuasion alone he
would try to bring them round to his
| way of thinking. He was firm in his
opinions, and without yielding in any
degree he would, in, his discussions OF
public matters coming before him ar
que and persuade rather than try to
drive"
Senator Hoar wrote out the follow
ing:
Everything wakes this morning
but the eyes, for whose waking all
mankind were praying. Nobody Can
put in words the national sorrow.
cannot put IN words my own for the
friend I loved and who loved me. We
shall think Of the graver matters of
state in due time The courgae and
wisdom of the people. will not fail.
But today is given to pouring out the
mighty love-of the republic for the son
best loved, who SO loved her and SC
we'll served her. Thank God there is
no division in the people today. Rich
and poor. Democrat and Republican,
Protestant and Catholic, native born
and foreign born are mingling their
sorrow. The coward blow that has
stricken down one noble life strength,
ened the life Of the nation -
| David 3. Hill of New York:
'Every good citizen laments tbs
I death of President McKenley. Death
by Assassination is always terrible,
and the country today is staggered un,
der the severe shock. The president
I deserved TO live. He was just enter,
ing upon a career of usefUlenss greater
than he had ever known before. AS ar
official ne was distinguished as SAFE
and conservative, always ready to re-
spect the popular will He was mode
citizen in all his relations in life HI
had shown greatness and patriotism il
his recent announcement that under
no circumstances would he tolerate thu
suggestion of third term of the presi
dency, thereby Loyalty adhering t,
the best traditions of the republic