The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1901-09-21
The Remarkable Dream of Abraham Lincoln
Told by Himself Some Days
Before His Death.
Words of James A. Garfield to Frenzied
Mob in New York City After
the Awful Tragedy.

claims that he Is an anarchist; recon.
nized leaders of anarchy as it is found
In America disclaim him. He had not
been an applicant for political appoint
ment; he was not an advocate of any
great cause. He was simply Frank J.
| CZolgosz, a person who is described by
his stepmother as "weall minded and
cowarlly," and who claims that he
was fired to the perpctrntion Of the
deed by the teachings Of Emma Gold.
man.
The assassination of Lincoln oc-
Cured in public theatcr in Washing
ton city; that of Garfield in the ladies'
waiting-room Of the Pennsylvania rail-
road ut Washington city, and that of
Mckinley in the Temple of Music ut
the Pan-American exposition ut Buff
fnlO, where the president was holding
a public reception.
Lincoln was enjoying the presenta-
tion of comedy; Garfield wns-to
quote the words of Mr.. Blaine-"in
conscious enjoyment OF the beautiful
morning, with an mwonted sense of
leisure and Il keen anticipation Of
pleasure" to come from meeting with
his Invalid wife and friends of his
boyhood and his college days; McKin-
ley was happy in meeting thousands
of his fellow-citlzcns and in shaking
them by the hand.
Lincoln had. but short while be-
FORE delivered his famed "Second In
nugural," in which he said: "With
malice toward none; with charity for
all; with flrmncss in the right as God
gives us to see the right, let us strive
on to finish the work we are in; to
bind up the nations wounds; to care
for him who shall have borne the bat
tie, and for his widow and his orphan
to do all which may achieve and
cherish just and lasting peace among
ourselves and with all nations"
Garfield had, to again quote Mr..
Blaine but q short while before he
was shot expressed his keen pleasure
in the belief that grave difficulties con-
fronting him at his Inauguration had
been safely passed and that troubles
lay behind him and not before him.
Mckinley, on the day before he was
shot, had, IN an address ut Buffalo,
said: Gentlemen, let us ever remem
bcr that our interest Is in concord, not
conflict, ana that our real eminence
rests in the victories Of peace, not
those Of war. Our earnest
prayer is that God will graciously
vcuchsafe prosperity, happiness and
peace to all our neighbors, and like
blessings to all the peoples and pow
ers of the EARTH"
The tragic details Of the attack upon
Mr.. Mckinley are of too recent occur
renee, and, therefore, too fresh in the
public mind to justify review Of
them at This time. But the regretta-
BILE incident at Buffalo gives timeliness
to stories Of the assassination of Lin
coin and Garfield.
Lincoln had premonition of his
fate. Perhaps this was but natural,
considering the excited condition of
the country Mt the time, when blood
was held cheaply and mems passions
led them readily to murder; so there
may have been nothing occult in his
apprehension that he was to fall vic,
tim to an assassin. But, nevertheless,
this story, related in Hapgood's "Abra-
ham Lincoln" is well worth retelling:
1.-THE president referred few days
before the end to the number Of warm
ings by dreams in the Bible, the book
which had of late taken such hold
upon him. Finally he said:
"'About ten days ago retired very
late. had been waiting for impor-
tant dispatches from the front. l
could not have been long in bed, when
fell into slumber, for was weary.
I soon began to dream. There seemed
to be a deathlike stiffness about me.
Then 1 heard subdued sobs, as If a
number Of people were weeping.
thought l left my bed and wandered
downstairs. There the silence was