The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-15
JUDGE w. H. sANBoRN.

President Mckinley was a great man,
and his loss can hardly be overestimated
His high character. his tender affection,
his calm equipoise, his generous and
inspiring ideas, his answering courage,
his wise leadership and his marvellous
achievements mark him one of the ablest
and Wisest presidents of the republic.
Integrity above suspicion intellectual
power of no common order and worthy
aspirations We're striking elements of his
character. But there was something
more and deeper. There was a clearness
OF PERCEPTION of the right and the wise
that seemed to act as unerringly as in
stinct, and there was that deep-seated
and evident purpose which Lincoln had
to do the right as God gave him to see
1T, which challenged the admiration and
begot the confidence and devotion of the
people
He was loving and lovable man. He
cherished malice toward none and char
ity for ALL OF a tender and sympathetic
nature, he was always anxious to aid the
distressed and unfortunate. His deep
and abiding love for his friends bound
them to him with hooks of steel, while
his tender and aSSiduouS devotion to an
invalid wife and mother, which neither
the excitement of political campaigns
nor the cares of state were permitted to
diminish or to dampen, has furnished
the world with the most striking and in
spring example of domestic felicity in
the nineteenth century.
The steadiness and courage of the man,
and trouble were remarkable. Were fas-
c1nat1ng theories of public policy which
he believed to be fatuous preached to
enthusiastic crowds on every street cor
ner until it seemed to his political friends
and foes alike that his cause was hope
less? He was calm, unmoved, confident
that he was right and that the people
would not be wrong. Did warm and able
political friends join with his opponents
in condemnation of his policy of sub
DUNG the Philippines until the country
rang with their denunciation? He Meth
er swerved nor hesitated, but calmly
stated the reasons for his course, and
left the result to the nation without q
doubt. Did the assassin's bullet pierce
his vitals and condemn him to a linger-
ing death? He was sure he should re-
cover and thought only of the comfort
of his wife and of his slayer. Was he
not great in his love and in his cour-
age?
He was the greatest leader of men the
generation has produced Like Lincoln.
he had the rare wisdom to know that
one must be with and of the people to
lead them, and that it is as fatal to be
too far in advance as to be in the rear.
Lincoln did not free the slaves until the
people had learned through months of
terrible education that they ought to be
free. If Mckinley did rot advocate the.
absolute gold standard until the people
had been taught it's beneficent effect
and the futility of an attempt to secure
an International agreement for Il BIZ
metallic standard, he led them towards
it as far and as fast as they would 60
When congressman and the press clam
ored for a war with Spain he pleaded
for and preserved peace until, outraged
by the treatment cf the rural population
of Cuba and the destruction of the Maine,
the people We're ready and the nation
was prepared for war; and then with an
earnestness, zeal and discretion unex-
celled he gave all his energies to the
fight, swept the fleets of Spain from the
ocean, tore from her her insular posses
sions and led the nation back to a vic
torious peace in a few short months.