Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 September 1901 — Bryan’s Paper Fays Tribute. [ARTICLE]

Bryan’s Paper Fays Tribute.

At Lincoln, Neb., one of the most beautiful tributes to McKinley comes from the Commoner, the paper owned and edited by the man twice defeated for the office of chief magistrate by the dead president. It deals mostly with the last meeting between the president and his wife, and is printed under the caption of McKinley’s Last Words to His Wife.” Speaking of the crime the Commoner article says: “It shames America in the eyes of the world; it impalres her moral prestige, and gives the enemies of free government a chance to mock her. And it excites an indignation which, while righteous in itself, may lead to acts which will partake of the spirit of lawlessness. “As the president’s death overwhelms all in a common sorrow, so it imposes a common responsibility, namely, to so avenge the wrong done to the president, his family and the country as to make the executive’s life secure without bringing insecurity to freedom of speech or freedom of the press.”