The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-07

be his duty TO hold open the. doors for the
stricken form OF another martyred Presi-
dent He was one of those who joined the
crowds in front OF the newispaper Offices,
and was among those who soon were re-
jocing on account OF the favorable news
from the bedside of the President. This
cheerful news soon had the ckowd ii'.r1rn1os4<
as happy condition as thosgh they were
winners an election night. They cheered
and cried like people po5sessed. They
waved their hats and shouted their gIee at
the favorable news which was bulletined
and shouted through megaphi ines.
Washington thoroughly believes i'm Nc
Kinley luck. 1t has held good through
many a trial. and it is fondiy hoped that
it will not desert now. He Is robust and
strong. He was healthy and rigorous after
six weeks stay in the country. His life
had oeen devoted to taking good care of
himself physically. 1t is believed by those
who have known him for years that he is
in fine shape to take card of himself
through an arduous siege
Mckinley is well known personally to
more people in Washington than any other
President For twenty-five years he has
lived here and moved in ana out among
the people in an ordinary way Thousands
and thousands know him welll and were he
not President would be chatting with him
daily on the streets were he ii town. IL is
these people who so strongly believe that
his good health and strength will pull him
through. Pendel lies on a couch at the
White House tonight ftfuuy sleeping.
waiting for news from his beloved en-
ployer.
ALWAYS GUARDED.
while the President is in Washington.
his personal safety is always carefully IL
not conspicuously guarded" said Colonel
Sylvester. chief of police, this evening.
I'VE go on the principle that it is impos-
sible to give the person of the President
absolute protection from the assassin's bull
let, yet the danger can be reduced TO A
minimum. Snowy protection, we assume.
is worse than none. as II inevitably at
tracts attention to the fact that We are
afraid and taking precautions such
protection invites reckless irre:ponsibles to
Try TO defeat our purpose. We assume that
a shot fired fifteen or twenty feet from
the President has about one chance in a
hundred of fatally wounding him. There
fore we try TO keep strangers that dis
tance from him. Even the constant visitor
at the White House sees only few idle
policemen. Yet they are always on the
move and they see every public spot every
few minutes. Each pushes a button every
ten minutes and reports all well Further
more there are many plain clothes men
coming and going. All in all they keep
very close track Of all who come
Unless known very few come close 10
the President while here As ne comes
and goes from his drives the crowds are
kept at distance OF fifteen or twenty feet
and the groups who watch the President
and his wife have surely been carefully
inspected before they come frofa the doors.
II is the same when they teturn. No
mounted police gallop in front of IN.
Presidents carriage. but the soute OF his
drive always gets inspected by plain
clothes men before the President appears
This is all inconspicuously. but most ef-
feetively done Even at receptions we knew
pretty nearly who are coming In this
way the danger Is reduced to the mini
mum
When the President leaves, on q trim