Indianapolis Journal, Volume 51, Number 263, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 September 1901 — Page 4

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TIIE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1901.

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No other President ever went out of office ( batteries at Gibraltar, voiced Uritish grief or died in office leaving behind him the ; in that quarter, and wherever the llritish same assurance of a continued policy that J Has. lloated there were tributes of respect. President McKinley has. j Tht? Mexican Congress adjourned and orScnator Wellington, of Maryland, must ,ifrr'1 thc' -Mexican Hag on the building to liavc been very lonely y :d rday as the j ,,u Iialf-masted for four days. The Ausonc man in the country of past respectabil- I traiian Parliament adjourned. At memorial .... . ..a I -

ity who is indifferent about the ueatn oi me u President. H If the government has a right to (juarftntine agaiilst yellow fever or bubonic plague it certainly has an equal right to cjuarantinc against the greater evil of annrchlsm. 1'resident Roosevelt has always been Jioted for iolltIcal Independence, but it lias been as a straight-out and stalwart Republican. There Is no taint of mugwuinpism In his record. If the assassination of President McKinley had taken place during the last presidential campaign the iossibllity of a comjdcte chans of government policies would probably have caused severe financial panic. The. dignified and orderly trial of the asrassin under the forms of law, with two eminent counsel to pee that he gets all his constitutional rights, including' that of legal punishment, is much better than to have Jiad him lynched. If there is not sufficient law to extirpate anarchism now, it can be enacted hereafter. Dut, whatever is done should be in obedience to law and not by the impulse of lawlessness. Lawlessness ends in anarchy. Our safety is In law. The sympathy of the American people toes out very strongly for the bereft and lonely wife of the late President. A lifelong invalid and largely dependent on his support and companionship, her present situation is pathetically sad. It ii said that President Roosevelt will carry out every pledge or promise made by his predecessor regarding appointments to office. This will include the appointment of Mr. Ridgley to be controller of the currency in place oC Mr. Pawts, resigned. The present is an excellent time for the makers of brutal cartoons and the writers of malignant editorials to resolve that henceforth they will treat the President of the United States an-1 his great office with the consideration and respect they deserve. A complete collection of the sermons preached in this country during the last fortnight would make a great cyclopedia of patriotism as iewed from a religious standpoint. Theie is no phase of the recent national tragedy that has not been Ably, interestingly and instructively treated by preachers in various parts of the country. Very properly not much has boen heard of the city campaign since the tragedy at Ruffalo. The mass of people have not thought of anything else than the death of the President. There will, however, be two weeks before tb election which can be given to the campaign. It is hoped that the campaign will be continued upon the Fame practical and sensible plane that has thus Xar characterize.1 it. Hon. Abrain S. Hewitt, cf New York, who served in Congress with Mr. McKinley, raid, in the ?otiie of a eulogistic address: "lie was the Embodiment of sweetness and light. In all the years of my contact with him in the halls of Congress I never knew hl temper to be milled. " With those who enjoyed cke acquaintance uith Mr. McKinley his p rsonal qualities seem to have made even a deeptr Impre.-sion than his ability as a le ider and statesman. The two Ruff do lawyers. Judge Lewis tr.d Judge Titus, who were appointed by the court to defent Czolgocz, are placed In A trj'lng position". It goes without saying that they loath- the assassin and think he merits the full penalty of the- law. No doubt they wonld gladly have avoided the unpleisaiit duty pit upon them, but AX lawyers of hih standing and as officers of the court they doubtless felt it vis their professional duty to accept the appointment. Ap-the evidence of Cz-dgoez's fcuilt is conclu-i . v. all thy can do is to tee that he has a fair tiial.

Q successor er any one associated with him The Rritl.h press shows very correct ap- j in the conduct of the government is a preciatlon of Mr. Koo-evelt'.- ability ami .(crime. This is, therefote, a distinct atcharacter. The London Po.-t says the tempt to Incite some pupil of the Most and American people "are to be e-ongratulaV d el"''!1-1''' "hool to assassinate any man on the fact tha, in t he hour .? national I w ho may be President. To inspire weak affliction the g d lne of the Republic fc men to suc h crimes Is a great crime of

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passos to a man who won distinction as soldier, a man of letters and in the government of the van commonwealth of New York Stat'. The Chronicle is convinced that Mr. Roosevelt "will maintain the high traditions of his office, and that he will surely add to his own great reputation." The London Standard say? that "in q many respects he recalls tne i'res:ieins ow earlier days of the Republic, who were statesmen in the European sense of the fi-rm men of e.t 1 ic-i t ion m m i ni t ra t ive exHperience, large views and dignified charactr." The London Tim's concludes a re view of Mr. Roosevelt's career by saying:

:.(Dil"IIf has had much experience and assumes

olliee in conditions that are calculated to 3 sober the judgment of the most adventur ous." Thso comments aro more frb'iiuly and intelligent than some that have been inado by opposition pap-rs in this country. A WORLD-WIDE FUNERAL. Since the beginning of the Christian era no other day was ever so generally observed throughout the world as a day of mourning as yesterday. History records that when Christ finally gave up His life the earth quaked and was covered with darkness. It is not irreverent to Fay that since that event no othir in human history has caused such a universal vibration of sympathy throughout and beyond the borders of Christendom a was evidenced yesterday in tlx? world-wido tributes of respect 5 paid to the memory of William McKinley. a The bells that tolled at Canton echoed n ymnd the world, and the waves of sorrow that started at the grave of the dead President extended In widening circles to the furthest places Inhabited by man. In respect of universal observance no other funeral within the historic period could compare with this except that of Queen Victoria, and even hers was not observed in as many widely separated places, by as many different nationalities and by such q unique tributes of respect from the world's acthities and industries. The warships of all Kuropean nations lowered their colors janJ flrw, MlutCJJ Qf mimitc un The fK.cpBless guardians of the Mediterranean, the services iiehl in Westminster Abbey the American 1'resident was virtually .iccor.le.i a place anions llritish kings and heroes, and like services were held in nearly all the capitals of the world and in every city where there is an American colony. Rut perhaps the most unique feature of the"1 day's observance, and one without a precedent in anj- country, was the stoppage of mills and factories and of street cars for a brief period in many American cities, and of all train movements on many of the leading railroads. Thus thc commercial magnates and the business interests of the busiest nation in the world paused in the midst of business houses to add their tribute of respect to the world's mourning. The sentiment which thus swept round the earth, making the whole world kin for at least a brief period, could not have had such a development but for modern means of communication. In his great speech at Ruffalo the day before he was shot 1'resi dent McKinley said: "After all, how near one to the other is every part of thc world. Modern inventions have brought into close relation widely separated peoples and made them better acquainted. God and man have linked the nations together. No nation can longer be indifferent to any other." He amplhied the idea that steam and electricity had promoted the brotherhood of men. The idea was strikingly exemplified yesterday. George Washington died at Mount Vernon on Pec. H, 17W, and the news of his death did not reach Congress, then sitting at Philadelphia, till the lNth. In order to afford time for the announcement to reach all parts of the country the 22d of February following was fixed as a day of mourning, and public observance. Such an observance, more than two months after Washington's death, might be sincere, but could not have any spontaneity of grief. There was, of course, no foreign observance and no expression of sympathy from any fori eign government or people. The world was too vast and too widely separated for any exhibition of national sympathy. Modern inventions had not yet brought nations and peoples close together. The universal observance of yesterday was a striking illustration of the brotherhood of man and of world kinship set in action by the death of one whom all true men respected and admired. It was a world-wide funeral. Il MSIIMPAT Ol- THACIIKIIS OP A!VAlllUV. While it is probable that anarchism Is an imported infamy, it is equally true that many of those who are most dangerous

aro natives of this country. Most of theHll'. Any man who has followed out a

Journal s exchanges speak of Anarchists as foreigners and suggest deportation as 0 remedy. We cannot deport American citizens because they are Anarchists, and we ought not to do so if we could. We can make laws that will put the leaders in prison and which will make all those who h belong to clubs lawbreakers. The day after the President was shot, Herr Most, U the well-known Anarchist of New York. published the following monstrous utterance in his paper, with obvious allusion to 1 (Uli III jl VI - - VA- - itil. A 1 .1 H dent the day before: The greatest of all follies in the world is the btlief that the re can be n crime of any F s rt against despots and their accomplices. hiu-ii a 1k t I is in Itself a crime. Despots are outlaws; they are in human shape what the tiger is among beasts; to spare them i a crime. As despots make use of everything, treachery, murder, poison, etc., so It should be employed among them. In the expressed opinion of Anarchists, all governments are despotisms and their j heads despots; to have spared the PresiJjdent would have been a crime. To spare his

Itself, and yet the printing and circulating cf .-uch incendiary literature is only a. mis- f

demeanor under tho laws of New York ar.-lyj most other States, for which no higher bailjl than Jl.f-M is demanded, and no' ether pen altv attached than a small line or brie peziuu oi imprisonment. i i'nwiii should be imprisonment for a long term of vears or for life. Rut there are teachers of N anarchy of a lower grade whose papers and addresses lead some of those who readf and hear them to hate Presidents and other public men. A sample of such mischievous publications is the following extract from I the New York Journal: And McKinley bar cne girthy Princeton Person who came to be no more, no less, than a living crime in breeches is. there fore, the most despised and hated creature g ii the hemisphere Hi name Ia hooted; hH 3 Iiguro burned in efligy. Tho reading of such expressions as the foregoing, with hideous cartoons along the same line, made that kind of men who express gratification at the death of the President, and but for the fierce indignation of the loyal people there would have been M more of such expression?. There must be in laws which will send to prison for a term o years the man who causes such things to be printed regarding the President of the United States. tiii: m'kim: 311:11101 iv covntovniisv. One characteristic of the late 1'resident McKinley that deserves notice was that he was never bitter or personal in his camtviicii vtieakinf f.r in hi-t voieoi-hes in Con-I gress. He depended upon the merits of his case rather than the alleged demerits of his opponents. 1'ven when he was a younger men lie did not use the invective which forms so large a part of the speeches of many public men. He assailed no man's H motives, even when his district had been twice gerrymandered to keep him out or Congress. He could discuss a question with- H out assailing: his opponent or the party to which he was opposed. For that reason, t in his close district in Ohio, he was always stronger than his party. Rocause he was h never abusive, never resorted to epithet, thousands of men in sympathy with the opposite, party listened to him. Recause he treated all men with courtesy he was one of the most effective speakers his party ever put into the field. Other men were jj l IIIVI 111.1 Uli ras a brilliancy that n C listeners and read- jj more brilliant, but it w rankled in the minds of crs. It seems an opportune season to call attention to this characteristic of AYilliam McKinley. He w.hs a thoroughgoing party man, but his partisanship never led him to personalities or misrepresentation. He never appealed to the prejudices which cau.'c jealousy and hate between man and man. It is probable that in the ranks of thc enemy he had many personal friends. In his experience, as it must be in the experience of all broad-minded in- n, all the patriotism, all the manliness and all the integrity of the land were not monopolized by one party or one set of men. He rose above all such narrowness and injustice. Refore he passed away his political opponents in Congress had said of him that he was more than the President of a party. It would be a blessing to ttie country, to communities and to men if we could carry into political differences and discussions the manly and kindly spirit of William McKinley better if orators would learn that plain argument is more convincing than epithet, that simple and clear statement is more effective than abuse of opponents simply because they are appropriate. Policies may be attacked and bad administration should be assailed, but men with the McKinley spirit can do these without attacking persons. A Rritish judge, in expressing thc hope that the American people would make prompt work of the trial of Czolgocz, said that "in criminal trials it seemed thc main object of the American courts to discover a jury who will -liberate the prisoner, not carry out the law." This is putting it too strong; courts at times admit testimony that should not be admitted and permit the friends of the accused to parade wife and children before the jury to influence its members, but it would be difficult to point out cases where judges have been influenced by sympathy to favor criminals. The fifth-of-September speech of thc late President printed elsewhere In this paper should be to the country what Washington's farewell address has been to the United States. While some parts of it may be regarded as the policy ho would have his party follow, there are other portions that should be remembered forever, particularly tho closing sentences. No wonder that the civilized world, for whose happiness and peace the dead 1'rcsident's last public words were an earnest prayer, has shared the grief of the American people. To Mrs. McKinley, her husband was always "thc major." It was Major McKinley, the young hero of the war, who had been commissioned by President lancoln for "gallantry In battle," who won her affection years ago. He was Major McKinley whom she married, and while lie has been representative in Congress, (Jovernor of Ohio and President of the United States, to the stricken wife he is yet major. "1 want to see the major," is her plaintive cry the major of years ago, the major who to her was more than President. It would be unfortunate if the lawyers who have been selected to defend Czolgocz should raise a question regareling his sanÜ single design for weeks is not insane. Any man who is sane enough to wait for an opportunity to murder another and makes the attempt is sane enough to be punished. The plea of temporary insanity has set a large number of assassins at liberty and thereby caused others to take the chance of committing murder. It is said that office-seekers have already been importuning the President .for places. Men who have no sense of decency, as im- V portuning the President for office before his predecessor was buried is evidence, should have their names stricken from the list of applicants. The city police deserve ail the praise given them by strangers for handling the great crowels during the present week, and for their fine appearance and conduct generally. It would be a credit to this city to be Ifjthe first one to establish a McKinlcv Park. He Conceal It !cvr. Springfie ld (Mass.) Union. It I- noticed that the man who now buys a yellow journal conceals it until he is out of sight. A man who will buy a paper that he I ashantcel to read in public should be ashamed to buy it, or lead it on llu-ouiet.

THE LOSS TO THE NATION

I'()ltMi:it 31 1. M ST R II DHMIV OX TIII3 kii i.im; or mi: ihiii)i:m. Hin Imminent Character n Man nml tuUinuii McKinley a a Politician Yluti let ive Side of the Khh. Charhs Penny, in Chicago New?. It is a personal loss and sorrow and humiliation to evtry American that the chief magistrate, who was performing a kindly function in aid of a great exposition of the l.It.Ic oi au America in me an a - - .i ences, should have been stricken down. U ti,, .... ... ,,i.m v,i M . . . ..II f A 1 ..1.1 f , .1

. . t c 4i .ttr!',f above and be superior to any partisan ü on w ho ever enjoyed the society of the ft or , H ,d , feeii,ltr involving dislike tf the 8

1'resident I ft ' it without a kindly feeling for him. He was the quintessence of unostentatious and friendly courtesy. I was with him once when the eloorkeeper 1J stated that an English tourist and his wife P l 1 . .... v i nau gone over tne building ana oesireu greatly to be presented to him. He immediately acceded to their wish and himself received them at the door and spoke to them 1 few corelial phrases ot welcome. He did not even know their names and had never heard of them, but they went away charmed with his condescension. 1 was with him once again when a lady sent in word that she had seen all tho Presidents since ami including President Polk, and she wanted -to be- able to say that she had seen him also. He immediately suspended his business and received her and chatted with, her pome minutes, lie was once asked what was the most important qualification for a President. He answered, "patience, patience patience." He saiel he had often to see several hundred men a day, and he had to listen to them, to hear their stories, to understand their demands and to find out what to do about them, and It required a never-ending supply of patience. Did anybody ever see the 1'resident out of temper? I doubt it. He had the most marvelous knack of putting his visitors at their ease. When he; knew that they smoked he rarely failed tej effer a cigar. 1 was the mest curiously observant person in the world. In matters of business he mentioned minutiae which had escaped the observation of others. There is no dispute in Washington that the 1'resident completely dominated his Cabinet. He was among those extinguished ami able men facile prineeps, and they all admit it. No man who has ever been engagtMl in affairs of state with him has failed to observe that he possessed the pewer of accurate;, judgment in the most eminent degree. Jt is wonderful how", with so many great affairs to engage his attention, he was able to consider and dete-rmine aee-u-rately many small affairs. There was a commission of live members appointed. Three ed" them were in Washington and they se-Iee-ted a secretary. When the scb-c-tion was report-l to t he President he sug-ge-sted that the two absent members should be e-onsulted. This was done. e)ne gentleman said he had no objection to the nominee, but the' either answe-rcd that he would not have; him under any consideration which put an end t his appointment as sec retary. Nobody thought id" e-onsulting the two absent members except the President. H had an almost instinctive kimwledge of the opinions of tho people. Men d" all views approached him and argued with him as to the polie-y of his eemtemplated action. He listem-d to them all. but he came t a determination from what he heard from the masses. I am not going to discuss whether he was always right. The assassin tried to kill the President, not the man. 1 am writing about the man rather than the 1'resident. MASTERLY POLITICIAN. AY hat a peditician he must have been in Ohio, this private soldier, major, congressman, Governor and 1'resident! How the hearts of the people must have warmed as we all know they did to this genial, kind, forgiving man! Look at how he has won the South! Not ye t from the South has come the brutal remark, "He was served right." Among all her people there was un mitigated sorrow and heirror, and nowhere was the repeirt that the assassin's purpose failed received with more gladness and cheer than among eur ejuondam enemies of thirty-live years ago. Indeed, the South may c laim him as a benefactor. He has put her on her feet again. He has made patriotism respectable, honored and glfrious. In the Spanish war the South divided honors with the North. It had its Hobsem, we had Funston: it hael Schley, we had Dewey; It had Joe Wheeler, we had Lawton. We are together again now, and McKinley was the intermediary of the reunion the union this time truly . cementeel by common blood. This is the man they assassinate. No wonder that the blood boils. No wonder that a cry for punishment goes up. No wonder that we chafe at conditions whic h make murder possible and even to be praiscel by a certain class ef people. We are a law-abiding Nation. We reverence the Constitution. It is idle to expect that anything will be lone which antagonizes the liberty of the press and of l"r-e speech, but the Constitution is elastic. It expands and it contracts on occasion. It was made for us, and not we for it. It will not antagonize the punishment of those who treat murder as a line art. It will not protect those who instill horrible venom into the minds of boys and deify the basest criminals. We must lind a method to exclude Anarchists from eur borders. No man doubts the power of ('ongrcss to exclude whom it will from coining to our shores. We exclude the Chinese coolie. We exclude criminals, lunatics and idiots. We are no more bound to receive objectionable people as a Nation than we are bound as indi viduals to receive them in our houses. The difficulty is not going to be in exclusion of newcomers, but in rejecting the Anarchists, whether foreign-born or native, who are already here: but as a Nation, when a law lias been declared constitutional by the courts we almost universally abide by it. There is no difficulty in framing a statute which shall punish the utterances of sentiments which favor the perpetration of murder. Under our laws, as they stand, a man who threatens his neighbor with personal injury may be bound over to keep the peace, anel there is a law called the provoke law in all the States. The old alien and sedition laws need not be revived, but a law ele-viseel to protect the persons of high ollicials against vledence would be almost universally approved. In whatever court such offenses are tried let the penalties be severe. Of course there will arise in the path of the legist who introduces new measures a great antagonism, i er. We would be degenerating into barbar ism if we did not make every effort to prevent the assassination if our officials merely because they are officials. Another remedy should be applied the punishment of the Ittempt to commit a personal Injury should be as heavy as it is when the attempt is successful. When a man shoots another with homicidal intent he should derive no benefit from the fact that surgical skill and good nursing saved his victim's life. It is known that if the 1'resident had recovered his assailant could only have been coniineel ten years, whie h is the limit of the punishment for assault and battery with intent to i commit murder, though no sensible man J will ilrnv th.it the criminal Would h;iv be en just as guilty as if death had ensued. Even in Japan, however, the assailant of ithe Czarowitz received as punishment emly c online me nt fer a term of years. I he man TAPvS. Goes the day Far away Goes the day Far away -With the light, And the night Comes along: I,ike a sonff. Fare you well. Must you go When the night And the day Need you so? Then adieu, Friend, adieu. Rest in peace!

who fired a revolver bullet into the cheek of LI Hung Chang got only twenty years. APEQUATH PUNISHMENT. The punishment of criminals will not restore human life or compensate sufferers for the loss of health and happiness. Still, the vindictive side of the law is all that can be appealed to. There should be no finical fastidiousness in taking up this question. There should be no place for demagoglsm In its consideration. It is not, and cannot be, a partisan question. As one of the great family of nations our duty is to execute t!fe code of international law which regulates the intercourse of nations with each other. As a Christian and civilized nation we should not hesitate to take any action which would tend to the prevention of horrible crimes against our neighbors. If men are banded together in sworn societies to kill and murder any man and we c an prevent the perpetration of the crime by timely action it is our duty to do so. The guns of all shins ar-j turned against i-irates, and all

laws should operate against the men who ,,reat.h aml teach that it i; right to commit murder. It essary to sav that this so preach and teach that it is desirable ana is scarcely nee-U . i . t. i i pi niimem s-iioum intended victim er disapprobation of the views he stands for. The assassination of President McKinley may also greatly modify the usage in vogue in Washington as to public recepuom i'iainiy, if a 4he world is permmeei 10 pa? m by the President and hold his hand there I I t . .... a 11 . can be no safetv neainst homicidal attacks Jt would be a pitv to give up tne uisunciie feature of our public life, the accorded right ef everv person on Jan. 1 to call on the chief magistrate. No such ceremony ex ists In any monarchical country anu eboast of It si nroof of our republicanism. The lonff line of chief magistrates have held these receptions. After all, is it possible for any precaution to insure personal safety to anybody anywhere? Individuals cannot always be on their guard, but criminals are always on the watch for an opportunity to commit crime. Everything comes to him who waits and watches. Hach day our newspapers teem with sudden and almost inexplicable crimes. Everybody will agree that all possible precautions should be taken to pretect the chief magistrate, but many persons will doubt whether the soldiers and guards in use bv monarchs should be instituted into our daily life. Rven these auxili aries do not insure safety, in e lima, ior instance, the utmost seclusion attends the Emperor. He lives in a palace in the 'Carnation City" and is guarded by L'.öco servants. No other man is allowed to live in the palace grounds. Prom this condition arises his title of the "solitary man." He commences to receive his ollicials in audience in the middle of the night. For centuries foreigners never saw his face. When he goes out now. the doors and windows of the houses in the streets through which he passes are all e!osel and the cross streets are barricaded and hung with draperies. The fore igners are notified not te appear in the streets on these occasions. Nevertheless all these precautions have proved futile now and then, and the palace has sometimes be en the scene of violence. Let us not hurry to the conclusion that we must have soldiers, always soldiers, stationed on guard. The effort to be made to prevent such atrocities as political assassination should bo rather in the line of the creation of a universal public sentiment against it. We live in a day when the lyncher is honored and applauded bv even good people. W- cannot fail to recognize that sometimes a gloss is thrown ver crime when we are antagonistic to the sufferer, cither politically or otherwise. Let it be openly said that his people cannot afford to lynch the President's assassin. Let us give! the world the- highest possible, assurance that we rev.rence the law. The man above all others who would have eleprecated a resort to lynching was McKinley himself. M'KINLEY S HOROSCOPE. Julius ErlckKoii's Prediction C011rerniiiKT tlie Second Kleetlon. New York Herald. In the August (1W number of Intelligence appeared a horoscope by Julius Erickson of President McKinley's inauguration, March 4, 1S97, in which ve. lind the following: "When election day rcdls around in 1W0 the people will not care to change parties. If President McKinley lives, he will be re-elected." To the superficial observer this A. I). IO00 election triumph of the Republican party looks like a sufficiently fortunate event to entitle the victor to a serenade of "Praise God, from Whom all Rlesslngs Flow!" Rut whether this re-election is a blessing to l'resielent McKinley remains to be seen; for, from a certain standpoint, this presidential term is both inauspicious and very peculiar in more ways than one. In the first place, as an ill-boding omen, let us note that the moon's node, astrologically Known as the Dragon, under which the November election takes place; and when the President is inaugurated next March the Dragon will be in Scorpio, the sign accursed. Now in the Nation's career, there have been three others elected or inaugurate-d vhen the Dragon was in immediate vicin.ty of that sign, and these three were Garfield, Lincoln and Harrison, all of whom died in office. This astrological reptile, the Dragon, has two places of power, both of which places are very marked in the horoscope of the ! L'nited States. That is, the Dragon's head nas its exaltation in Gemini, the ruling sign of the United States, and its fall in Sagittarius, under which the presidential elections take place; while the Dragon's tail, vice versa, has Its exaltations in Sagittarius and its fall in Gemini. The Node, or Dragon, has a circle of nineteen years, and is about nineteen months ln passing through a sign; hence it follows that at intervals of nineteen years the reptile sj ends something over a year and a half in the sign, which holds a presidential election every fourth year. Now, a very uncanny fav.t Is that the A. D. WO election Is the fourth in an unbroken series, which, at the; regular interval of twenty years have been under some naletic influence, as will be? joen from tte following: Twenty years ago lisi) Garfield vas elected, and was assassinated in lssi; twenty years prior to that (lsGi) Lincoln' election led to the splitting of the I'nion. the shedding of a sea of blood and linallj to the assassinatbm of Lincoln in 15; twenty years previous to that Harrison was elected in ISf. and lied about a month after his inauguration, all of which fatalities we attribute to the malignant presence of the Dragon in vicinity of those elections. The sign under which our Presidents are elected, besides being, as it were, the house of the Dragon, is also the house of Jupiter who tin company with the Node. Uranus and Mercury) was in his house when the recent election took place. This may se?m a good omen, as he is by all devotees of Mammon epteemtel a pewerful benefit. Rut he is hastening to his fall in the next fall and in conjunction with Saturn. Capricorn, next November, of which Zaelklel's alma.:ar says: "From this month (November. 1W1.) will be dated for ten years to come mest of the great changes the world will witness. The Cnited States will be; greatly affected by this phenomenon, for it falls in opposition to the place of the sun on the 1 4th of July, 174. " j Another astrol phenome non which is likoJ ly to have some t-ffect upon our count rv is ithe presence of Neptum at the summer solstice, for the past fourteen years tips planet has been in Gemini (the ruling sign oi the l'nited States.) About the r.iith ol June Neptune will be in conjunc tion with the sun. while the latter is turning at the Tropic of Cancer. That great and startling tragedies sometimes attend the sun's turning at Cancer or its close proximity to it would seem assured from the following historical 'arts. June 17. 17M. the French Reign of Terror was inaugurated; in June. lüli. Napoleon started ior .Moscow; June i. im., he wa VvrV it? ". . aVT?' ..'"V ,1" .lu'tnB 11. iui ia j-uiio u' -i 10 me x iiusri inro'ie; June 27. 1S41, the Mormon Joseph Smith assassination; June 1;7. Maximilian shot in Mexico; June, lsy, Johnstown. Pa., destnued by flood: June L'l. lvd. President Carnot. of France, assassinated: June 15. lM-0. tidal wave in Japan destrove-d Sni-xj lives; June bl. 1'7. attempt to assassinate the French President Fa u re. and hus we could go almost ad infinitum with tragedies which occurred in close proximity to the sun's turning at Cancer, that we must attribute their cause to that phenomenon a", least in part. The assassination of Garfield oeeunhu within two weeks after the sun's turning (July 2 should also be included in this Cancer list of Iragedies. As above' state.!, in Jim'. 111. while the sun is still acitated with its turning, as it were, it will be in e.-eju junction with Neptune (that "Aueient of Days whose voice H at the sound of the many wi.ters") at a point which indicates a great turning o' tide. l'ate nml Mr. Roeeelt. New York Commercial Advertiser. In the presence of the extraordinary changes of the past week how puny and futile seem both the plans and the jmlr;Ur.unt of men. Mr. Roosevelt, greatly

McKinley's Last Public Address Speech Delivered at the Pan-American Exposition, Bufifalo, on Thursday, Sept. 5.

"President Milburn, Pirector General Ruchanan. Commissioners. Ladies and Gentlemen I am giad to be again in the city of Ruffalo and exchange greetings with her people, to whose generous hospilalitv I am not a stranger and with whose 1 r i .w.i -.. Sil T !-.- K.-n reT-eii t etil - nml sier-il f J I y l t III A. HU C ' ' " "1 - - - rnally honored. "To-day I have additional satisfaction in meeting an-1 giving welcome te the foreign representatives assembled here, whose presence and participation in this exposition have contributed in so marked a degree to its interest ami success. To the commissioners of theyPominion of Canada and the Rritish colonies, the French colonies, the republics of Mexicu an-1 of Central and South America and the commissioners of Cuba and I'orto Rico, who tdiare with us in this undertaking, we give the , .,,,t..tp ith them hand of fellow ship and felicitate w itn mem l'linn tlirt tpinmnhe r.f iirt. SClCUCC. elUCa tion and manufacture which thc old has beejueathed to the new century. "Expositions are the timekeepers of progress. They record the world's advancement. They stimulate the energy, enterprise and intellect of the people and quicken human genius. They go into the home. They broaden and brighten the daily life of the people. They open mighty storehouses of information to the student. "Every expedition, great or small, has helped to some onward step. Comparison of ideas is always educational, and as such instruct the brain and band of man. Friendly rivalry follows, which is thoj spur to industrial improvement, tho inspiration to useful invention and to high endeavor in all departments of human activity. It exacts a study of the wants, comforts and even the whims of the people and recognizes the efficacy of high quality and low prices to win their favor. "The quest for trade is an incentive to men of business to devise, invent, improve and .economize in the cost of production. Business life, whether among ourselves or with other people, is ever a sharp struggle for success. It will be none the less so in the future. Without competition we would be clinging to the clumsy and antiquated processes of farming and manu facture and the methods of business of long ago, and the twentieth would be no further advanced than the eighteenth century. Rut, though commercial competitors we are, commercial enemies w e must not be. INVITES FRIENDLY RIVALRY. "The Pan-American Exposition has done its work thoroughly, presenting in its exhibits evidences of thc highest skill and illustrating the progress of the human family in the Western hemisphere. This portion of the earth has no cause for humiliation for the part it has perl ormeM in the march of civilization. It has not accomplished everything; far from it. It has simply done its best, and without vanity or boast fulness and .recognizing the manifold achievements of others, it invites the friendly rivalry of all the powers in the peaceful pursuits ef trade and commerce, and will co-operate with all in advancing fie highest and best Interests of humanity. "The wisdom anel energy of all thc nations are none too great for the world's work. The success of art, science, industry and invention is an international ayset and a common glory. After all, how near one to the other is every part of the world. Modern inventions have brought into close: relation' widely separateel peoples, ami made them better acquainted. Geographic and political divisions will continue to exist, but distances have been effaced. "Swift ships and fast trains are becoming cosmopolitan. They invade fields which a few years ago were impenetrable. The world's products are exchanged as never before, and with increasing transportation facilities come increasing knowledge and trade. Prices are fixed with mathematical precision by supply and demand. The world's selling prices are regulated by market and crop reports. We travel greater distances in a shorter space of time and with more ease than was ever dreamed of by the fathers. "Isolation is no longer possible or desirable. The same important news is read, though in different languages, the same day in all Christendom. The telegraph keeps us advised of what is occurring everywhere, and the press foreshadows with more or less accuracy the plans and purposes of thc nations. Market prices of products arid of securities are hourly known in every com mercial mart, and the investments of the ß people extend beyond their own national boundaries into the remotest part3 of the jarth. Vast transactions are conducted and international exchanges are made by thc tick of the cable. Every event of interest Is immediately bulletined. "The quick gathering and transmission of .u-ws, like rapid transit, are of recent orijin, and are only made possible by the genius of the inventor and the courage of A .he investor. It took a special messenger A the government, with every facility cnown at the time for rapid travel, nineleen days to go from the city of Washington to New Orleans with a message to General Jackson that the war with England had ceased and a treaty of peace had been signed. "How different now! We reached General Miles in Porto Rico by cable, and he was able, through the military telegraph, to stop his army on the firing line with the message that the United States and Spain had signed a protocol suspending hostilities.. We knew almost instantly of the first shots fired at Santiago, and the subsequent surrender of the Spanish forces was known at Washington within less than an hour of its consummation. The first ship of Cervera's fleet had hardly emergeel from that harbor when the fact was flasheel to our capital, and the swift destruction that followed was announced immediately through the wonderful medium of telegraphy. DARK DAYS AT PEKING. "So accustomed are we to safe and easy communication with elitant lands that Its temporary Interruption, even in ordinary times, results in loss and inconvenience. We shall never forget the days of anxious waitWing and awful suspense when io informa tion was permitted to be sent from Peking, and the eliplomatio representatives of the nations in China, cut off from all communication h.side and outside of the walled capital, were surrounded by an angry an-1 misguided mob that threatened their lives; nor the joy that thrilled the world when a single message from the government of the Cnited States brought through our mini.-ter the first news of the safety of the besieged diplomats. "At the beginning of the nineteenth century there was not a mile of steam railroad ion the clobe. Now there are enough miles to make its circuit many time s. Then the're was not a line ef. electric telegraph; now we have vast mihage traversing all lands and all peas. U against hi" personal wishes an-1 ar.elitst fjthe judgment ed his friends, was t iken 4 lrom the governoisnip or .?v ierK. in i. hirli lie h:iil Won a rieht to a ecP.l drtn unit wü füirlv thrust into il-.- vie.. presidency. His political enemies b.-lieve-l that by this eurse they had 1 ut an end t his political career, anel his friends iia-l grave doubts whether he would ever oy able te mount higher. Other men. to whom Btlie' nomination ior me vic prsi-lenv was offered, did not care to accept it for

"God and man have linked tf.c nations together. No nation can longer be indifferent to any other. An-1 as we- are brought m-ie and more in touch with each i-ther th- b ?s occasion is the re for misundcr- tanding and the stronger the disposition, when we- h.uo differences, to adjust them ir the court e.f arbitration, which is the noU.-st forum for the settlement of inte rnationil disputes. PROSPERITY OF THE NATION. "My fellow -c itizens, trade- tati-tks indicate that this cou.itry is in .. tate e-f unexampled prosperity. Tli- fruits are almost appalling. They show that we are

utilizing our fields ami forests and mines and that we are furnishing profitable employment to the millions if wenkingmcn throughout the 1'niteel Stales, bringing comfort and happiness. to th-'ir b--mes an-1 making it possible to lay by savings for old age and disability. "That all the people are participating in this great prosperity is sin in cety Ameriean community and sf :-w 11 by tho enormous an-1 unpree-. dcnt I deposit in our savings banks. Our duly is the- eaio and security -of these elcposits. and the ir s..fe investment demands tl- highe.-t integrity ami the lest business canaeitv e.f tnose in charge of thcc de pt-t Holies of tho 1 a people s e arnings. we have a vast an-1 intricate business, built up through years of toll an-1 struggle-, in which every part ef the e juntry 1ns its stake, whirii will not permit jjf either neglect or of undue seltislmess.f No narrow, sordid jKilicy will mbserxe ii. The greatest skill ami wisdom en thj part f tl.o manufacturers and produe-ei will be required to hold and increase i. Our industrial enterprises, which have rown to sm li great proportions, affect tl". homes and occupations of the people ard the we It. no of tlie country. Our capacity to pro-luce has developed so en.örinot J-ly and our products have so multiplied hat the problem of more markets requiivs our urgent and Immediate attention. ; FOR ENLIGHTENED POLICY. "Only a broad and enlightened policy will keep what we have. No otl'er policy v.ill get more. In these times jof inareleus business energy anel gain w ought to be looking to the future-, strengthening the weak places in our industrla t and comme rcial systems, sc that we inajl be ready lor any storm or strain. j "Ry sensible trade arrangements which will not interrupt our home roduetion wo sliall extend the outlets oi i-ur lncre-aslniT surplus. A system which provides a mutual exchange of commodities is nanifcstly essential to the continued healthful growth of our export'tradc. We m-jst not 1 -poe In fancied se-e lirity that we; e in fofever sell everything and buy little ojr nothing. If such a thing were possible ill would n--t bo best for ns or for those w'ith whom we. deal. Wo should take from i-ur customers such of their products as wefcan use without harm te our industries aijl labor. "Reciprocity is the! natura outgrowth of our wonderful industrial development under the domestic policy now' firmly established. What we produce beyond our domestic consumption must have a vent abroad". The excess musj be relievcel through a foreign outlet, i-jiel we s-houl-1 sell everything we can andbuy wherever the buying will enlarge our vihs and productions, anel thereby niakeja greater demand for home labor. "The period of exclusivciie.J; is past. Thrt expansion of our traele and c-jmmerce is the pressing problem. Commcrcl lI wars arc unprofitable. A iolicy of good viill ami friend ly trade relations will preient reprisals. Reciprocity treaties are in the spirit of the times; mcas larmony with res of retalia tion are not. If perchance sne of our tariffs are no longer needed f 01 j revenue or to encourage and protect ourj industries at home, why should they imt He employed to extend and promote our marvels abroad? "Then, too, we have Inadequate steamship service. New lines of steajjuers have already been put in commissi- n between tho I'acific coast ports of tho Tin ted States and those on the western coasts of Mexico and Central and South America.; These should be followed up with direct :tcamship lines between the Eastern coast I f the United States and South American ports. One of the needs of the times is direct commercial lines from our vast fields 01 production to the fields of consumption th;t we have but barely touched. Next in advantage to having the thing to sell is to jiave thc convenience to carry it to the ljuyer. "We must encourage our 'mere hant marine. We must have morej phips. They must be un.ler thc Americanlfiag. built and manned and owned by Americans. Thes will not be profitable in !a commercial sense; they will be messenger of peace and amity wherever they go. j "We must hold the Isthmlaji canal, which will unite the two oc-cat and give a, straight line of water communication with the western coasts of Cei'tral America, South America and Mexico. The construction of a Pacific cable caijio be longtr postponed. GIVES BLAINE CREDIT. "In tho furtherance of tlse objects of national interest and concert, you are per forming an important part tion would have touched thThis exportheart of that American statesman whose Jnlml was ever alert and thought ever const, commerce and a. truer fra at Tor a larger crnlty of th republics of the new worlj His broad American spirit is felt and manifested here. He reeds no identification 1 blage of Americans anywhrr-j of Rlalne is inseparably a5e to an asscm- . for the nam lated with the Pan-American movement, wjilch findi this practical and substantial expression, and which we all hope will be firmly advanced by the Pan-American Congr--s that assembles this autumn In thc catal of Mexico. "The good work will go oil It cannot b stopped. These buildings Jvill disappear, this creation of art and bcr.jity and indua try will perish from sight.) but their Influence will remain to 5 " 'Make it live beyond Its too hört llvlr.f With praise? and thanksgiving. "Who can tell the new thoughts that have been awakened, the ambitions fired and the high achievements that wi'l be wrought through this exposition? "Gentlemen, let iss e ver 'eme mWr that our interest is In concord, l.hx. conflict, ar.4 that our re-al emir.en-e rests In the victories of peace, not tlme of war. We h"pe that all who are represented here- may be nioed to higher and nobler effort for their own an-1 the world's good, ami that out of thla city may come not only greater commerce and trade for us all, but. more essential than these, relation" of mutual re-spect, confidence ami friendship whkh will deeptn an-1 endure. Our earnest praer is that God will graciously vouchsafe prosperity, happir.and peace to all our iielghlor and like jj blessings to all the people and powers of r earth." tear it mHiit political oolixioii. Now Rcoseelt is President ot tin l'nited Slate Iiis l m d it tc . 1 Heini took the- cue . o-;rs. Which led to prei.-Iv the- re-.-ait tt.e.V W M , eeking to avoid. He- himsei: Mingle; ii sp-ratelv to avoid folk-c n;g the -n.j e eouse-. We 11 may nie n e l.tim of him, "He is a child e-t lcMln:' or a-U, witn .I the- Persia n p- t : "Know'st th-oi when Fat" shall -ay to t hee I find thee we.rthy, do t Iii- card for nur

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