Sunday morning globe., 1901-09-22
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The late fresluenI, william MChln-
ley, was inferred i'm the family ceme-
terry at Canton, Ohio. on Thursday last
The sod of his native State does not
yet cover his breast the remains be.
ing held in the vault until suitable
arrangements are completed for his
tomb and-grave But one discordant
note in the harmony of heartfelt en-.
logy which the press of the United
States paid the memory of the muir
dered statesman has been heard. 1t is
so faint but for the Associated Press
it would not have been heard outside
of the city OF Columbus, where the ass
who made it publishes a newspaper
Clarence Jones, the eccentric and
guardianless imbecile who publishes
the Press Post of that city and who,
until he recently became owner of the
paper. was a Republican, Jared the
music of the spheres which were tuned
to sing the requiem of a martyr He
was speedily brought to a realization
Of the indecent and monstrous outrage,
which even no hostile European news
paper uttered The Columbus news
papers. with the possible exception Of
the Daily Citizen are a hybrid set of
UNANIMOUSLY low and cowardly sheets,
of mongrel inspiration and undupli-
Gated stupidity. They are venturesome
as monkeys with less sand than a coy
ote. The dead and the prisoner are
their meat. On the one and the other
they pour ont the pent-up yindictive-
ness and the suppressed slime which
their diseased glands accumulate, un-
der the contempt and the tongue-lash-
ings of the living, which they dare not
resent. For over a decade we fought
them single-handed and alone, with
the result that our paper had more cir.
culatlon, multiplied by four, than the
whole Of them combined.
That the best beloved Of our Presi.
dents. falling as he did by the hand Of
a devil inspired assassin, should have
his memory insulted in the capital Of
Ohio by a hair-brained and half-edu-
Gated newspaper publisher almost re.
comedies us to the proposition OF the
plutocracy for the suppression Of both
freedom Of speech and freedom Of the
press.
But Of him whose dust is more
precious than the souls Of such malig-
ners we now cast upon his grave the
last wreath Of affection and sternly
| turn to confront his assassins, Czol
gosz fired the shot. but who supplied
the motive and the powder? Let them
| tremble in the palatial homes and for
! eign castles which have been erected
by the millions coined from the blood
and sweat Of tine American toiler; theil
/ consciences accuse them, not our pen
For the result Of their ungodly com
binations and their want Of charity
for their lowly fellow citizens stan,
out as monuments 10 mark the prog
ress Of their march the past 30 years
The solidarity Of the American citi
zen. which we knew in our youth an,
shouldered a musket to perpetuate, ha
been broken into classes as many an
I. as distinct as the European serf ha
groaned under since the establishment
of the feudal system in Europe an
its introduction by the Norman int
the mother countries Of the America
people
We want legislation for anarchy
- illegally begotten wealth as well as ia
) the imbruted wretches whose darkene
minds see In assassination relief froI
their sufferngs. The American peopI
have given a magnificent manifest
ton that their hearts and their prime
s pies are sound and imperishable, an
e heaven itself cries out against the COZ