The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1901-09-11
CITY OFFICIAL PAPER.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. II, 1901.
THREE VICTIMS.

Three presidents of the United
States have fallen at the hands of IS.
sassins within the last SO years Presi.
dent Lincoln was shot at nine O'Clock
on the night of April IA, 1865. and died
at 1922 on the morning of Aprn Is,
1865.
President Garfield was shot on the
morning of July 2. 1881. and after a
lingering illness. died on September
20, 1881. The shooting Of President
Mckinley has occurred just six
months and two days after his second
accession to the presidency.
From the moment President Lincoln
received the bullet Of Wilkes Booth
there was no prospect of his recovery.
His devoted wife and members Of his
cabinet remained with him through
that memorable night when all Wash
over the attempt on the life of Lin
coin and Seward.
President Garfiel.. was shot at the
Pennsylvania railroad depot at Wash
ington as he and Secretary Blaine
were about to depart for Long Branch
AS the two distinguished men were
passing through the ladies' waiting
room, two pistol shots rang out upon
the air. Mr.. Blaine saw a man run
and started toward him, but saw the
president lunge forward and fall. A
moment later the assassin, Charles j.
Giteau, was arrested and was rescued
with difficulty from the Infatuated
mob.
When in answer to his eager ques-
tons his physicians informed him
that he had one chance in a hundred
of living, he sal. calmly and uravely:
Then, doctor. we will take that
chance"
Gen. Arthur was at New York when
word reached him late at night that
the president had passed away
Among those who joined Gen. Arthur
- siiS ooiSihh ulouICuI WIRE
Root. now a member of the Mckinley
cabinet. Mr.. Blaine and his associ-
ates Of the Garfield cabinet had tele-
graphed Gen. Arthur to take the oath
of Office which was administered by a
local official of the city of New York.
The course pursued during the lin
unrinu i11nocn %
appears to be precedent directly ap-
plicable to the present condition of af-
fairs. Gen. uarfield without doubt,
was utterly incapacitated to perform
any executive duty although he was
hlmselI in a certain sense. There
was no acting president at this period
and in fact the people did not desire
one curing such critical emergency.
The lessons OF Garfields death led
to the enactment of a law on January
8, 1888, providing mode of success,
sion to the presidency This estab.
llshed that in the case of the death or
disability of both president and vice
president, the succession to devolye
upon members of the cabinet in the
cabinet in the following order: Secre.
tary of state, secretary of the treasury
secretary of war, attorney general,
postmaster general secretary of the
navy, secretary of the interior. The
new law made no construction of dis
ability"
1t is an important provision of this
law that whenever the powers and du-
ties OF the presidency shall devolve
upon any of the persons named. that
is, the president or his cabinet, and
congress shall not be in session, or if
1t would not meet within 20 days, then
1t shall be the duty of the new pres,-
dent to issue proclamation conyen.
ing congress in extraordinary session.
giving 20 days notice of the time of
meeting.