The Washington times., 1901-09-16

same in the palace and in the cottage
men are signing and women refusing to
be comforted. In the sobbing grief of the
nation there is nc sectarianism or sec
tionalism, no politics or color line. Wher-
ever men have worshiped today all forms
of liturgy have been elastic enough to
give vent to the outpouring of the popu-
lar grief and to invocations for divine
pity. l remember that 1t was a negro
who struck down the assassin and pre-
vented the immediate elimination of this
diabolicai plot In another city it was an
Irishman who administered a violent cas-
tigation to a sympathizer of the assassin.
In Washington on Friday night the most
violent vows I heard uttered against all
forms of anarchy We're from a German
who had hardly yet been able to rid his
English speech of the Teutonic accent
taught him at his mothers knee. Last
night again the most satisfactory utter
ances / heard were from two oid-time
British subjects, whose souls were on fire
with love for our institutions. but who
had not yet learned that there is such
letter as n in the alphabet
How to apply the text to the present
bereavement l do not know. AS for VIII
liam tIlt pure pdttlOb- lHt "lot
President, the true man. the humble
Christian. it is easy enough to say that
the best has happened No man could
say less who takes thought of the blessed
vision and the beatiffc life. Through the
valley of the shadow of death they tell
us that he walked with God. and that
with unwavering faith and murmurless.
he was not, for God took him. For him,
is companionship with the
pure in heart and the elimination OF his
Christian hopes; for him the peace of
Paradise but for us. problems In gov
ernment that are vital and fundamental.
''Naught but disaster like this could
awake the public conscience and excite
a popular demand for Il buttresSing OF the
Divine institution of government. The
ssassination of European monarchs
could not bring this about, because the
leper of anarchy may always find asylum
on these shores. The hands of other ma
tions are tied so long as we stand aloof
and take no action to stamp out the dis
.'Twice before our nation has been
stricken. but neither OF these calamities
was able to bring about an action that
would stem the lawlessness of men, for
in neither case was it anarchy, pure anu
simple.
"Once it followed the fierce passions of
civil strife, and the second disaster snow
ed the absence of plot or conspiracy. ana
while there had been an exciting pontcai
controversy, the deed was prompted only
By the insane imaginings of a deSenef-
ate IT,
But If It is within the province OF dls-
aster to foment and crystalline sentl-
ment that will voice itself In law, ana that
will inspire the officers of the law with
fear to disregard 1t. the sacrificed of the life
Of William Mckinley will bring about that
condition Coming in time of such per-
feet peace and complete prosperity. with
no ciamorous wrongs appealing for re-
dress and without the slightest sign OF
agitation anywhere to foreshoW q posSi-
bility of storm, men are startled into ask
ing why IL has been done. The only an
swer that has been given. and ii has
come from every source where anarchy
has found foothold. is that the deed was
done to rid the world of a 'despot. In
what sense despot?' We demand. And
again there comes back an answer that
clears the air and makes plain the issue,
Not because he was not a good mau nor
did the best he could, but because he was
the representative of government
"ktlled then, not as man. but as a
ruler, the blow was aimed at the very
foundation of government coupled with
the demand that society shall not organ
iZe itself; that men shall not enter into
voluntary compact TO recognize certain
principles of conduct in dealing with each
other which shall appeal to the common
Or corporate conscience as right and wise
and that they shall not elect men, how
ever noble their own personal lives may
be. to administer the laws for the public
good. l say that this is the issue pre-