Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 September 1901 — Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 [ADVERTISEMENT]

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A. F. (Harbor) Knotts wants to be mayor of Hammond. St. Louis will come to the front with a “worlcFs fair” in 1903. Just twenty years ago Garfield was shot, and sixteen years before then Lincoln met his fate. To attempt to assassinate the chief executive of the nation or of any state should be made a capital offense, punishable by death. Of course, the drought was hard on the farmers who will make only half a corn crop, but possibly it was even harder on the consumers who will have to get through the winter on that half crop—at double prices. Isn’t it about time that Congress should pass stricter immigration laws and keep the scum of Europe out of this country? Our natural increase can be relied upon to furnish all the additional population we need. The Constitution declares that high treason shall consist solely in waging war against the. United States or in sending aid and comfort to their enemies. It seems impossible to reach Czolgoz under this head; if it had been, Guiteau wofald have been prosecuted under it. So he will get off with a maximum punishment of ten years.

While at McVicker’s theatre in Chicago last Saturday night, the writer witnessed a demonstration which no one in that vast audience will ever forget. A great many false rumors were afloat upon the streets during the evening regarding President McKinley’s condition. Also, some of the newsboys were shouting "Extra! all about McKinley dying,” and many people thought he was dead or would surely die before morning dawned. Just before the last act in “Way Down East,” the hero of the play stepped in front of the curtain and announced that owing to the false rumors afloat the management thought proper to set the anxiety of the audience at rest by having read a special bulletin just received by the Chicago American from its representative at the house where the president lay wounded. The dispatch stated that at 11 o'clock p. m., (eastern time,) Mr. McKinley’s physician had said, in response to the American’s enquiry for news concerning the seriousness of his condition: “YOV MAY TELL THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT PRESIDENT MCKINLEY WILL live!’’ Then followed such an outburst of patriotic feeling in round after round of applause by that great audience of thousands of people as is seldom seen or heard in a lifetime. As soon as the cheering had subsided sufticently to make itself heard the orchestra struck up the soul inspiring strains of “Hail Columbia!” when again the audience, as one man, cheered to the echo. It was an inspiring moment and one that will forever live with those who were there. In that closely packed theatre were democrats, republicans, prohibitionists and, perhaps a few “ineasley populists,” but all gave vent to their feelings by helping to swell the mighty wave of applause brought forth by the glad news conveyed in the bulletin. It was not the republicans' president, the democrats' president, the popu-I lists’ president or the prohibitionists' president for, whose recovery every man there earnestly de- 1