The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1901-09-20
Honest Politics. Honest Elections,
The Issue In Missouri.

sassin had absolutely no grievance, and was
prompted by Il heart totally devoid of social
duty and fatally bent on accomplishing the
enormous crime nc committed. His act WAS
wanton. As the Chief Executive Of our ma
ton extended his hand to this unnatural be-
ing. the fatal shots rang out. The bullets
then fired have resulted fatally To oar great
leader. They have 81 lIcncI every true
American heart. They have lowered to
half mast the flag of our country wherever
it floats. they have plunged the nation
into mourning.
Notwithstanding the magnitude of this
crime The Montgomery STANDARD last week
said:
"Bad ~ was the attempted as.assiua-
ton of the President, it is not half 80 out
.ragcons ~ tnc assassination OF the Ken
lucky Governor, Goebel."
That the rnormity of czolgosh's crime
can be cut down lone half 10y any compir-
l-on is something that we DO not believe.
II IL not knoTn who killed Goebrl. II NAV
nave been u mcnbcr of the opposing politi-
cii party ~ that time bitterly c%untrhIiny
with the party of Gocbcl for the State of
iir"s. ar II may have been II pcrsoml enemy.
t'u'hrl himself had killed Major stafford 4
Few years before, aud no doubt hll mnuy
enemies. several men have been tried "A,
accessories To the killing of Gnrbcl and
gwen terms in the pcnitcntilry. rht evil
dcnce was certainly not convincing or they
would have been hanged, H. it is we'll known
Tact that they were tried by the friends of
Goebrl. Yet, with all this uncertainty as
to who is guilty of the cowirdly assassinn-
ton OF Gocbcl. the Standard says the shoot
ing of Mckinley by one who acknowledge,
he had no grievance whatever against him
was mot half so outrageous"
The STANDARD is n good newspaper. bu,
politically il is one of the most bitterly par
tisin papers in the country. Republicans.
at least, should not he dcluded by its teac..-
ings. We quote below one of the Stand
ards editorials publishhd during the last
campaign. 1t follows:
"The Republicans must be- in dreadful
straits. They are again publishing news of
'''''"' WV ASSASSINATION III lft~llNtll
Mckinley, which has been discovered i,
time to create some sympathy for the presi-
dents party.
The assassins are bright fellows. who
send word to the authorities before the,
start on their murdcrouS trip. in order that
they may he arrested before they have n
chance to do their work.
"A party so hard up for votes rs to put
|iII EItnl 4 "a "a. a a.
pathy must indeed feel that the masses are
down On them, aud have no sympathy for
,hcr aims aud ends. Montgomery Stan
dard Nov. ,, 1900.
Every Democratic paper that has come
under our observation since the assassination
.oi MIR. Mckinley has shown that their hearts
beat in union with the nations grief, except
the Standard. 1t has not been our policy
to comment ON the editorials of our con-
temporarics but our love for the Martyred
President causes Ills to call the attention of
our readers to the matter presented above
and we have tried to present it courteously
yet we mean every word we have written and
will stand by it to the last.
The suggestion made some time AGO by
The TRIBUNE in regard to the organization
OF a young Republican AS
fooNo RE- ISOLATION for Montgomery
Po6L'cANs County will be carried out
sometime during the fall or
early winter. Such I'M or
ganization would be of great benefit 10 thei
party. 1t would bring together the active
young Republicans of the County. and