The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-09-20

was Of the very kind to make the great
soul that we have known. The early life
IN which the warmth of virtue was be
yond all else and human being, the
most sacred Of Gods works, such life
gave the soul a character which should
rule In all his development. AS a young
man he bowed before the majesty OF
God as revealed in Jesus Christ, and as
man, soldier husband. citizen and
statesman he realized his companionship.
To him. God was above his people and
his business TO interpret Gods viii, and
IN private affairs, as legislator. and ex-
ecutive he upheld the virtue Of God and
set it as an example for q larger Amer
scanisTn and a larger humanity. He sim
ply said God leads and 1 vii. follow
Thus this man became great IN soul, and
no one has yet said that he was impure
or selfish. Mckinley was not a victim of
circumstances. rather he was victim Of
a conspiracy between God and the hu-
man soul.
Mckinley was great IN gentleness-
Washington was a cultured man. Lin
coin was a great commoner, but AIcKin-
ley was & combination Of the two. He
IS the American gentleman. II he ever
failed his gentleness was the occasion.
Mckinley was great in humanity. This
man loved men, and while his zeal was
given command it was that mn might
have the best gifts 'Of Gods earth. The
one ideal OF the martyr was TO develop
the social and helpful in the American
man. Mckinley vas great in his grasp
of great questions. He, like Moses, had
10 lead his people through a Red sea, and
God parted the waves for him. The
half-trained mind Is confused at events.
The great mind is penetrating and ana
iytic This mar was signally capable Of
discerning the divine viii and in ordering
the best. He went by a path that no
mortal had ever trod, but he came to
the proper end. He took his nation
through one Of the greatest crisis in
her history, and was successful. The
paramount thought was for a greater
America, greater in being Of service to
the rest Of the world. Such were the
thoughts that he uttered in his last pub
lie address. a speech which VIII result in
a new development OF American life.
Such was the zeal from the day when
God met the suffering Of his people. He
would not put such a vast burden upon
his fellow citizens and by this won world
wide respect. A statesman of the grand
est type; the development OF the best
religion and humanity and reason; such
e man was William Mckinley, whom we
all mourn today.
He was not quscisIy made. but he was
greatly appreciated and just as his hand
was most needed in directing the events
he was called away A pistol had laid
him low, the best scientific skill in the
world could not retain him He bowed to
the inevitable. and is gone
Has anarchy conquered by the assas-
sination of President Mckinley? Some
have spoken fercely and reproachfully, as
though we had suffered defeat. Anarchy
has not succeeded. This awful deed has
but shown what bitterness Of some peo-
pie What contempt for life and good
ness has resided in our midst. Caiphas
betrayed his own house in trying 10
assassinate Jesus. Jesus rose and his
truth has covered the earth. Anarchy
killed Itself in aiming at our executive.
The good name is not harmed. A good
cause cannot be crushed. Martyrdom is
the boon Of good men None but good
men have its glory. no one was ever in
spired to kill Calphas, or Judas, or Ar
mold. or Tweed, or Croker. The good man
is taken. and his goodness flies abroad.
His body moulders, but his soul goes
marching on
It is at present as It was at the time
of Idncoln's assassination. when a mob
was about to tear down a building from
which they thought the sermons came
which resulted in the death of the presi-
dent. At that time. while the first mar
tyred president lay IN n caslzet at Wash
ineton, and Garfield stood before that
mob and said: Cod reigns and our gov
eminent at Washington stiu lives God
feigns. and the government at Washing
ton still lives. and there is no place for
the hate OF man. He being dead, vet
speaketh,' methinks that President Nc
Kinley Is more real TO the public at pres
ent than ever before. We have canon
tzed him, but our apotheosis is not of the
Roman kind. which simply said well of
a man who could do no more harm. The
greatness Of this man has forced itself
tpfs US as never before, and these are some
Of the impressions which come to US to-
day.
First: Our dependence upon great
craftsmanship. These dangers constant |
~ confront Us IN our national life, po-
liticaI ambition and excess OF feeling. |
This man subjected both TO great wisdom. |
we don't know fully why President Nc |
51inIey hesitated SO long before the Gu. |
ban responsibility, but we know he fol- /
lowed his own great mind and the end /
has justified the waiting This we do /
know-what rash sentiment would havS
done-what cheap politicians clamored 1
for. for their own personal advantage, /
President Mckinley refused 70 do. He |
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Cuba and the freedom OF the Philippines /
At the proper moment ne struck of the /
yoke Of tyranny from those people and /
then retained control while they could |
learn the lesson necessary for autonomy. |
Had Cuba been accorded fully her rights |
then We would have a quarrening peopis |
IN that beautiful island. Had the Philip |
pines been declared free when the Span /
iards We're subdued we should have a fur. /
sous civil strife in those molly, unstrained |
tribes.
It is an easy thing to make freedom but 1
E terrible tssk 70 make a people fit Tor |
Freedom. Washington led the colonies
70 the day when their dreams of freedom /
were fact but he did far greater deem I
when as chairman Of the constitutional /
convention. he consolidated this people.
This constitution must be adopted or /
another in blood. was his statement TO (
the convention.
Lincoln doubted the wisdom Of enamel t
patton 'but the exigences of war forced /
him 70 set. -Four million blacks were sud
nenly freed with no further purpose than
n desire in some TO be free. What Lin
roln would have done We cannot say. An 4
evil hand cut him down before hise-rorb |
was done. Ihon ambitious. POLITICAL ~ |