The Washington times., 1901-09-16
WILLIAM Mck/1VLE Y.

fess to despise but that still are prized
by honest folk and are still the strength
of our American civilization.
Whatever McKiniey's final place In his
tory, the record of his clean and upright
life bears nothing that we need wish ex-
plunged. and the devout and tender mes
sage OF his dying words will be always
precious to his countrymen.-Philadelp
Times.
There died last night the head of every
household In the land Let horror and
loathing of this deed moment pause: let
| fears for policies planned bat not yet exc
cuted moment pass to contemplate the
| heritage of this life and death. Mon
| strous- wanton. useless was this sacrifice.
dire the sorrow that it evokes: No com
| 1orting counsel can soften or tighten the
| deep damnation OF this taking off.-New
| York Press.
| We can say OF him as Lowell said of
! Garfield: Not only has his blood re-
| cemented our Union, but the dignity, the
patience, the self-restraint. the thought
fulness for others. the serene vaIor which
| he showed under circumstances so dis
| heartening and amid the wrecks of hopes
so splendid. are possession and slim
| uius to his countrymen forever. The EN-
| ulatiun of examples like his makes ma
tions great and keeps them SO. The soil
! out of which such men he are made
! is good TO be born in, good to live on,
good to die for and TO be buried in
New York Commercial Advertiser.
There never was a gentler or finer man
than the illustrious victim of influences
that should henceforth be as forbidden
as abhorrent here. He was not the most
original or aggressive, but he was the
most effective of Republican Presidents.
since Lincoln. He did things and he
cured the doing of things. His reasons
were outwrought into results The chief
tafns of his party grounded their arms at
his feet in life as sincerely and whole
heartedly as they mingled their tears
round those feet in his DEATH But his
singular success In influencing legislation.
In guiding administration and in persuad-
ing the people bred in him neither vanity
nor self-confidence nor arrogance. He
was modest grateful, self-effacing and
almost diffident in his bearing. He rejoiced
in truthful estimate of his motive. He
dis-relished fulsome tributes to his tai
ents or skill. He loved the simplicities
and the realities, home, music, song,
friendship, fresh air. flowers. the sum
light, trees. sky. birds and little chill
dreE.--Brooklyn Eagle.
President Mckinley is dead and the
nation mourns. 1t mourns as one which
has suffered great loss, but loss which
is not irreparable. His work has been
to a great extent, accomplished. OF the
problems which confronted him when he
his election, nearly all have been happily
solved BY him.-Chicago Tribune.
As c1ild mourns over the death of its
father, so mourns the country today over
the death of its Chief Executive The
more intense is the grief, because of the
manner in which President Mckinley was
taken away. Had he been stricken down
by the hand of Providence and died from
natural causes such calamity would
ha CHI ia q
the people would have said as Mckinley
did just before he expired: 1T Is
Cod will; his will. not ours. be done"
But If God had wished to destroy the life |
of the President he would never have |
selected an anarchist as the instrument |
to carry out his desire.-Baltimore World. |
The country must face this national ca |
lamity. and bear it with the resignation |
and dignity displayed by the true patriot |
and Christian gentleman who family |
murmured with his dying breath, Let |
Gods will, not ours, be done" But o! /
the deep damnation of his taking Off,
Portland Argus.
Every President gathers about him a |
powerful personal following. President |
Mckinley had extraordinary influence in |
this way. 1t was the result of two fac /
tors-his long career in national official |
life, during which his course was con-
stantly onward. SO that he appeared to |
be a man of destiny, and his singularly |
engaging personal qualities, which won
mems respect, trust and affection, in spite I
OF disagreements and differences. 1t is
doubtful whether any other President |
since Andrew Jackson has had so numer-
GUS and devoted body of personal ad- /
herentS. We do not forget in this judg-
ment Abraham Lincoln nor General
Grant Neither of them had so much sue
cess as Mckinley in subduing men to ac-
cent his will as the guide of their political |
actiOn.-BoSton Herald.
President McKinley's life has been filed
with acts of kindness which make up
one of the brightest and most satisfac-
tory pages of his busy life. He will be
sincerely mourned by the American peo-
pie as a whole, but his memory will be
priced by the host of people
whose burdens were lifted and into whose
lives bright rays of sunshine came from
the kind heart of William Mckinley
Boston Globe.
Mr.. Mckinley had a charm of manner
that rarely failed to win friends for him.
He was hearty, amiable. and cheerful. |
He was popular in the army, popular in
Congress, and In the White House, and
We believe II was his sincere desire to see
the people of the North and South thor
oughly reconciled--Richmond Dispatch.
Mr.. Mckinley had lived a noble life
He had served his God and his country
Will siuBu Hueilty ne was SOOQ
Christian; he was a good citizen: he was
a model husband. His life had been full
Of activity and usefulness. and he was
cut OF in the heyday of his fame and
popularity. in the height of his achieve
ment. 1t was not his sad lot to outlive
his day and be laid on the shelf. He died
IN harness, in day of national peace,
which he had done so much to promote
IN full enjoyment of the nations con-
idence and affection, and with the smile
Of God upon him.-Richmond Times.
In the death of President Mckinley the
American people feel that they have lost
l friend and protector. He was an able.
sincere, high-minded. patriotic man. As
lime goes on, the great responsibilities
hat President Mckinley had to face and ;
he magnificent way in which he sur
every difficulty; his loyalty. his
his love Of country, his su-
)reme faith in his fellow countrymen !
nents of the great Republic will be bet |
er understood than they are now, and
he national sense of gratitude will in
'rease until he shall stand with Wash
ngton and Lincoln in the affections of
he American people.-Rochester Post 9
Express.
William Mckinley was such a man as I
he world can i'll afford to lose He was a
christian gentleman and exhibited in a !
marked degree all that term implies. He
vas respected for his high personal quail e
ties even by those who opposed him most /
trenuously in politics. And when, one d
week ago yesterday. he was stricken :
own. men of all political creeds hastened .
o express their horror of the deed and
heir very great grief. Never has there
cen greater demonstration of that fra s