The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-09-14
PRESIDENT M'KlNLEY.

PRESIDENT MKINLEY.
The JOY of the nation is turned into
mourning. The hoping even against hope
, IS ended. The skill Of science. the labors
OF love the prayers OF the people. all were
1 in vain
And thus for the third time the annals
! OF this peaceful Republic have been stain
Cd with the blood Of a murdered President
here where the people have no rulers
hut themselves here where liberty IS Sc
cure and all men are free
PRESIDENT Mckinley had grown greatly
in the estin-~>son Of his couutrymen. ire
/ spectve of party. since his reelection.
Always a progressive man. moving with
! the people. If not trying 10 lead them he
/ hau developed capacity for initiative
ihat promised a still larger measure of
success for his second term. His last pub
| ic speech. made al the Exposition on the
N'E before the 1trOciOus and fatal as
S"uIt' was EDt only graceful. pregnant
I ana eloquent. but, by that rare good for
| Iui'r which attended Mr. Mckinley
throughout all his political career. il
/ struck the popular chord at 80 precisely
the right time and on exactly the most
suitable occasion. as To receive universal
approval ...
History viii record that under Presi-
SSIt Mchinley the country attained it's
l.eileSt degree Of prosperity. The found
s stIi Oh lIIS prosperity is an honest and
| S,S"te currency, and for defending and
S"l' guarding this his Administration de-
serves and VIII receive lasting credit and
Mr. Mckinley was valuable as an .,-
: a-npler ana especially dear TO the people
NIiyH ne typed IN 50 many Of their best
LliLs ana characte rtstlcs In his private
1L4 domestic lie Religious, pure. up
LlEni. constant COURAGEOUS chfyaIric
ialthIul 70 every duty. he was a model
citizen and husband.-New York World
man beloved by an who knew him.
ana temperamentally incapable OF max
I ing enemies. has been stricken down by
an individual whom he never saw and
never injured, merely because his fellow
clIlZenS had elected him for "A time to- I'm
Ile hIShtst office In their gift-PhladeI-
phia Record.
ana when has murder aimed at a man
( more blamCless2 Even those whom po-
: htical conditions made his foes have ad-
mired and loved William Mckinley. They
have freely Acknowledged the houesty, Of
ms opinions and the nobility OF his char
acter- Beyond any other public man Of
ms generation the President has had "A
genius Tor advocating and enforcing pub
ne policies without arousing the resent
ment Of the men whom he differed with
I and Ovcrcame. Boston Journal
/ One Of the best and best beloved Of
American Presidents falls a victim 10 the
worst and most abhorred Of evil passions.
I The nation is plunged into mourning for
him who had. through his patriotism. his
ia0ors and his wisdom. given ii cause for
ITS highest rejOiCings- The trusted leader
under whose benign Administration the
I last scars Of old fraternal strife disap-
VtIrfG FEUU-0raFprrTF rrrrg-r,a-f+--
en- to the whole land and the power and
iame OF America were wOndr0usIv u1agni-
He'd Is taken from US through the vile
{ Vaccinations Of an alien growth which
( never should have had so much as a foot
| hold upon American soil
As we review his pure and lofty career.
I literally without fear and without re-
proach in public and in private Isra tbara
comes thrill Of pride al the thought that
T inns man was an American citizen one of
I the common people" a typical product
Oh our race But as We think Of the man
l'eI OF ms taxing or IL is impossible 10 re-
strain q passionate disgust and Ioatbing
NJ the thought that the soil upon which
such a men grew should be rorura5 NV
lne presence Of even one single anarchist
Whether the President recovered or NOT
from his wOuld-be murderers assault -a,,
assault from which Of all men the broad
humanity Of his character and purposes
should have defended him-his place was
already secure in the great line OF Amer
lcah rulers and statesmen Whether MS
. rate was 20 couple itself with IfncoIr's
. sLlchen down al the very thrtshoI If
a second term Of Office. or he was 10 be
1891 20 INITIATE the example OF Wash
. lngt0u ana retire his work cor,-Ist.J
anna the ptaudits Of his countrvrnen he
could safely count on the impartial iudg-
Ileht OF history 90 link his name with
those Of the two. great PrasIi..-,t -, y IN
beyond all others this country owes The
impulses which have made IL an fudlyIs-
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