The Nome nugget., 1901-10-01
ME DEATH. OF PRESIDENT. WaaNlEH.


 President Mckinley is dead. These arc words eSaught with the deepest sorrow to every sincere American citizen. There was no politics inl,is talk ingoh no divided country wv.s his; bitter po-
 aicat quarrel led up to CT had anything to do with characterization. He fell martyr to the miserable teaching,, thebesotted practices of class Of: men and women who have been permitted to enjoy the privileges and freedom vouchsafed by the American constitution. In land which is refuge for the "oppresse cd of every nation" he became the victim of aeult which has, in the past few years, became bold, audacious, ,nrrderous in q land of liberty. The free se of America never intended to be resting pacs; for men whose avowed purpose is the destruc- tion of all government whose objects to be at- ltAned by striking down the representatives of cons- leuted authority.
 There, was nothing in the life of William Me NGnley that mered such fate. The blow that de- pt:Veda good man cf his life aet aimed at the man, but the principle of government that ne repre- se1ted. When President Mckinley was struck down ey the hand ef a foul assassin fell blow aimed at government; at 7o,00oo0o of people who believe m constitutional governments at established institu tions'which for a century and quarter have been tse nntions safeguard, and which have placed it in thssforemost rank of civilization While the people mourn the death of wise man, a liberty loving citizen himself, and with all tho attributes of mind and heart that go to'.make great president, they also the fact that man, cradled in the lap of American liberty, could be found abject and mean enough to strkea deliberate blow at the people and their institutions by taking the life of the head of the nstion.~
 William Mckinley is dead, but his memory will ysmain green in the hearts and memories of great people. Theprincipes that he lived for,remain the hxesd Anaericanism that permsated all his public rtterances survives and it, too will live It will n ereasey multiply and become more and more strenu- ous, because it believed in, advocated and prac- e1csd with loyalty that is uncommon in these ut- terian and iconoclastic days by a man who was proud ts himself of the people.
 The private life of the late president was such as te endeer hmto the best class of American citizen ship. His ideals high; hi, sympathy for the wsak-and suffering unbounded Tablets of brass are not needed for the recording of his virtues the good thst he'did will not be inferred with his bones. It will live long the republic endures. President Mckinley added to its glory, extended its influence srvo;s standing among the nations of the world saeh'as it has never hitherto enjoyed, and in his ceunrymen's breasts will be enshrined tablets to his memory, while tho history of the nation will have heersnriched because of his part in its upbuilding
 Words ever but feeble. The deep sorrow that has overshadowea the United States by the death of sbeloved president has found sympathetic chord in the bo.oms of all civilized nations. Their ex- pfessions of sympathy and grief have been touching and .incere, and they appreciated by the people of the United States Ti.ese sympathetic expressions but illustrate the fact that touch of nature makes tke whole wortd kin.
 Our nation. will live; right will triumph. Nc man or men undo the work of the men who have buildsd so wisely and 20 we'll. But there is a lesson to be learned in the late national calamity Cur proud :boast that we are nation of fre-men must never be permitted to become a by.word or term of Teproach. Anarchism in America must be stamped out; but in the stamping process, in the reaction that s taking place against those who would destroy all government wenupt be careful to see to is that we do not play into the hands of any class The American people are impulsve, but in the long run they may be depended upon to mete out even- aandedj justice to aR. And that is all that any true Aussyean citizen can ask.