The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, September 7, 1901, Page 7

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1901. 'LATE BULLETINS SAY PATIENT IS RALLYING SATISFACTORILY MALIGN POWER OF ANARCHISTS A NEW DANGER Attempted Assassination of the President Shows a Defect in Meth_od of Gpvernment. HE attempted assassination | of President McKinley is the direct outcome of the toler- the United States of | inspired headed monster of the press. The un- bounded confidence which the President in the American people was and is well founded, but he failed to realize the lawless and murderous spirit that| smolders in the dregs of population, re- cruited from aboard and encouraged by traitors to Americanism and to human- ity at home. | ts have kept their word. rder of Humbert by an an- | dciled in New Jersey they t do promisedl that their next victim should be | the Presid of & republic. Whatever | * uit may be—though Mr. McKinley preserved by a merciful Provi- | and the American people saved —the act and the in- ed to produce the great- th century. The ed the shots is a er the ordinary behind the used literary skiil and to thwart the just | ation of the law, to tors of govern- 1t coarsely the highest | of the people, to carica- ed President in manner that mote disorder rofound peace in San Fran- v under the pro- e police force that now mance of its duty of the Examiner s and even riots | number of the danger- strikers who bow to Mr. McKinley, not- he assassinations of Lin- 2nd the anarchistic lit- sgraced journalism, could to comprebend the existence a large and thriving Ameri- devoted to American in- and to the American flag. Had No Fear of Assassins. le he was unostentatiously exhibit- he depth of American statesmanship, breadth of American patriotism and simple fidelity to domestic obligations an gentleman, and atiracting | ing the gentle sympathy and | nt respect of untold thousands is fellow citizens, without distinction party or creed, he was uncon- s that the criminal elements here and throughout the Union had been tently educated to the der as a fine | nate for California that is horrible training did not culminating demonstration e was on the Pacific Coast. It is sore fortunate that the climax was e had found and to the e greatest opportunity to exemplify to the 1g of American civ- 1ad touched the nobi nd sweetened the hear: he elevating force of our po- Mr. MeKinley, whether he nds as the foremost rep- olidated Americanism, within the ution and of the has been vindicated by the growth and the present altitude 1 republic. = no better occasion briefly | > impress upon American o believein their coun- ences uttered by e way to California, | ndensed the lessons of our | and which constitute | to the pessimistic anar- At Decatur, Tenn., on | e present year, he struck the | his subsequent inspiration | orth, no South, no East, | 1l Americans.” On the | ., after de- | al unity in he honored popular are government by “We are ¥ and Congress a of the public w nts. The President | but the representatives | and so long as the pe ong- as their homes are | = the public schools of | ountry continue to educate the chil- | the paths of patriotism and loy- | y and gence and morality, so | long will this great Government rest se- curely and advance triumphantly to its highest destiny.” Famous Words to Toilers. At Wesson, Miss., as afterward at San | Francisco, he addressed himself to wage- | earners: “The happles: people in the world are those who are best employed. Work means wages; Wages mean contentment, end bring to the home opportunities of education.” And the mext day, at Austin, Tex., he held his countrymen to this ideal: “We must Dot be unfaithful to our high mis- sion or falter before its high responsibili- ties, nor must we permit might or pride to taint our motives and lead us from the piain paths of duty or divert us from the sacred principles of liberty.” Withip three Aays, in the same Btate, after | employman | fes’ Pavilion, May +* OECRETARY HAY MAY NOW BE THE VIGE PRESIDENT Interesting Career of the Diplo- mat Who Is i ' OFFICIAL WHO BECOMES VICE PRESIDENT IN EVENT OF PRESIDENT’S DEATH. - - eulogizing the arts of peace, he added: Territory in the Unlon will stand by the anarchist. In the midst of righteous K vice Bureau had the Paterson (N. J.) telegram from Captain John B. Wiser, “We know no imperialism in the United ates except the imp lism of a sov- ereign -people.” Hard had his foot pressed the 30fl of California when, at Redlands, May 8, he again . upheld that| freedom which some assert for themselves and deny fellows: “Cu free, self-governing people, looking to the development and sion of liberty to the human race.” At the town of Monterey, May 12, rapidly approaching this metropolls, he scented a danger, which we are now experiencing, when he exclaimed: “Thank God! we have no classes in the United States, 2nd we have no platform except our country and our constitution.” In this cit ing of the Ohio, demagogues now to their he splendidly apostro- nity and its inflnence: 1l my public life has been devoted in effort to give the workingmen the best for good wages and steady . Wien labor is well employed opportunity the country Is safe; and when labor is well employed there is contentment and happiress in the houses of the laboring men. To the Knights Templar at the Mechan- 22, he defined American brotherhood as “‘devoted to human rights and the development of the best there is | in man,” and added: “Liberty, freedom of consclence, equality and opportunity are its passwords. tion it was of the fathers! the founding of this Government, not upon the will and judgment of the few, but upon the will and judgment and conscience of the many; a Government in which all the peo- plé of every State participate in a citizen- ship that is equal everywhere; equal cit- izenship in equal States in a Unfon that has never been equaled His Plea for Citizenship. As a crowning extract, after they had been eloquently addressed by Archbishop Riordan, on behalf of the cadets of the League of the Cross, he impressed upon the youthful citizens of Christianity the duties of citizenship, in this fervent ap- peal: “Young gentlemen, there is no higher duty for the citizen than to be de- voted to his country and to its civil insti- tutions, and these young men and the young men like you every State and upbuilding and exten- | n May 19, at the launch- | phized free labor and recognized its CXK-‘ Republic and the wish expressed by the archbishop that its splendid institutions shall be permanent.”” * * % “Thank God! in the United States there are no class distinctions, and the poor boy can rise as well as the rich one.” | These are the radiating suggestlons, | gtven to his fellow citizens and to the world, and touching not merely the pres- ent but the future advancement of the human race, of the President of the United States, who has served his country in war and In peace, who slowly wrought his way upwards from obscurity, and whose avowed purpose in life 1s the diffusion and maintenance of individual liberty, under constitutional guarantees, and the pro- indignation, Americans will preserve their balance, but they have learned their lesson and will sternly administer the remedy. It is now hoped and believed that Mr. McKinley will survive his injuries, but, whether he lives or dies, the republic will endure. HENRY E. HIGHTON. MAY BELONG TO HAYMARKET GANG WASHINGTON, Sept. 6.—It is the opin- for of secret service officlals in this city group very thoroughly under surveillance and is confident the assassin has no asso- clation with them. Three secret service operatives were in Buffalo about the President at the time of the shooting and another was on the way to Cleveland. ‘While the theory of the secret service here {s as stated, at the same time no facts concerninz the matter are known to the Secret Service Bureau, so it is con- ceded to be but a surmise at present that the assassin belongs to the Haymarket gang. PITTSBURG, Kans., Sept. 6—When the Italian anarchists at Chicopee, near here, heard of the attempted assassination of President McKinley they held a big jubi- — < BENJAMIN IDE WHEELER POINTS | OUT RESPONSIBILITY FOR CRIFE What a noble concep- | . | as liberty, against lawlessness, masquerading in the cloak of freedom. BERKELEY, Sept. 6.—The following signed statement concerning the shooting of the President was prepared by Benjamin Ide Wheeler, president of the University of California: “Every American heart is filled to-night with pain and distress. The hand of violence has been raised against one of the kindliest and wisest friends of man and men that in all the records of time ever sat in the chair of authority. But this is not all, nor even the beginning of the whole. That hand was raised against the Chief Magistrate of the land, against the father of his people, against the embodiment of the supreme law, against the representative of that system of order we call the state, through which society, our lives, our homes, our well-being are secured. “The pistol shots in Buffalo sent through the land a fearful warning against license disguised They are a call to every loyal man that he lay ide the easy sloth of indifference and enroll himself with the vigilance-men against disorder, lawlessness and every form and guise of anarchy. The miserable wretch who fired the shots is not of his own making. Every encouragement of disorder, every wanton criticism of men in public office has helped to make him what he is. If the vigilance-men will cope with anarchy they must kill these seeds of anarchy—and it is high time for them to be up and doing. . “BENJ. IDE WHEELER.” e gress of human intelligence and the ex- tension of human brotherhood. It is this man, true to God, true to mankind, true yesterday, at an exposition of the bounties of nature, the products of peaceful indus- man, and as the result of desecrating assaults upon every phase of genuine Americanism, was shot down, almost in the presence of his wife, by a Polish ey g e e ol that the shooting of the President is the outcropping, in some obscure way, of the Haymarket riots and that it will be found to his country and true to his home, who | eventually that the assassin has some connection with the group of persons as- soclated in the Chicago anarchist riot. try and the intellectual achievements of | Secret service officlals are of this opinion because of the name of the man and the fact that he is probably from the same general section of country as some of the Haymarket participants, The Secret Ser- lation to-night. A mob went out from Pittsburg and drove the anarchists out of town. A number of shots were fired. ARTILLERYMEN MAKE ASSASSIN A CAPTIVE ‘WASHINGTON, Sept. 6.—The War De- partment to-night received the following commanding the Seventy-third Company of Coast Artlllery at Buffalo: “Adjutant/General, U. S. A., Washing- ton: The President was shot at a recep- tion in the Temple of Music about 4 p. m. Corporal Bertschey and a detall of men of my company caught the assassin at once and held him down till the secret service men overpowered him and took the prisoner out of our hands, my men being unarmed. The conditlon of the President is not known. The revolver is in my possession. “WISER, Commanding.” b ke sl S BRYAN DEPLORES ANARCHIST’'S ACT —_—— Hopes the Tragedy Will Be Found to Have Been .the Act of a Maniac. —_— LINCOLN, Neb., Sept. 6.—Following the recelpt of the news of the attempt on President McKinley's life Willlam J. Bryan sent a brief message to the Presi- dent expressing his concern. Mr. Bryan to-night gave out the following state- ment: “The attempted assassination of the President is a shock to the entire coun- try and he and his wife are the recipients of universal sympathy. The papers say the shot was fired by an insane man, and it is hoped this is true, for while it is a terrible thing for a President to be the victim of a maniac it is even worse for him to be fired upon by a sane person prompted by malice or revenge. In a re- public, where the people elect their offi- cials and can remove them, there can be no excuse for a resort to violence. If our President were in constant fear of plots and conspiracies we would soon sink to the level of those nations in which force is the only weapon of the Government and the only weapon of the Government's enemies.” —_—————— Soclety snapshots at Del Monte and Rafael. To-day's Wasp. San . Succession. | tary of the | he retired. | @ Atfaires | retired. n the Line of ——e ECRETARY JOHN HAY, who in the event of a fatal out- come of President McKin- ley’s wounds and the succes- sion of Vice President Roose- velt to the Presidency oy act of Congress will become Vice President, was born at Sa- lem, Ind.. October 8, 1%38. Ha graduated at Brown Univer- sity in 1858, ‘and studied law at Spring- | feld, TIL, where he was admitted to prac- tice before the Supreme Court in the early part of 1561 He went to Washington with Mr. Lin- coln as assistant secretary when the lat- ter was inaugurated, and remained with him until his death. He also acted as his adjutant and aid-cde-camp, and on the oe- casion of Earl threatening of Wash- ingten, in 1834 he took the fleld on the staft of General David Hunter, and later was with General Gilmore. In March, 1865, he was appointed secre- legation to France, which d until March, 1867, when Tn May following he was ap- pointed secretary of the legation tc Aus- tria-Hungary, where he acted as Charge until August, 1568. In Junme, %69, he was made secretary of the lega- tion te Spain, but retired in October, 1570. He then became an editorial writer on the New York Tribune, where he re- mained five years, the latter part of which time he was editor in chief. In 1875 he removed to Cleveland and de- voted himeelf to writing and private bus nesa, but at the same time taking an ac- tive part in the Presidential campaigns of 1876, 1580 and 18%4. He was appcinted As- sistant Secretary of State November 1, 1879, and served until May 3, 1881, when he In that year he represented the United States at the International Santi- tary Congress, which sat at Washington, and was elected president of that body. On March 19, 1397, Mr. Hay was appointed by President McKinley as Embassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipoten- tlaty to Great Britaln, which high office he resigned September 19, 1598, to beconte Secretary of State, a position he has ably filled ever since. It is to be noted that Mr. Hay in his public career has been closely associated with the three Presidents who have been made objects of assassin’s bullets—Lin- coln, Garfleld and McKinley. Mr. Hay enjoys considerable reputation as a writer. His “Castilian Days,” “Pike County Ballads” and “Abraham Lincoln: A History,” written in conjunction with John G. Nicolay, are widely and favor- ably known. position he h 'HAY NOT AT HOME WHEN NEWS ARRIVES Message Is Conveyed to the Home of the Secretary of State. NEWBURY, N. H., Sept. 6.—A message | containing the information from Buffalo | was received here early this evening and forwarded by messenger to the home of Secretary Hay. No reply came to it, and up to a late hour Secretary Hay had not been reached. SAYS ANARCHISTS ARE NOT GUILTY Paterson Man Declares That They Respect the President. PATERSON, N. J., Sept. 6.—The anarch- ists of this city are greatly excited over the attempted assassination of McKinley. The general feeling is against the deed and the man who tried to commit the | murder. They would all readlly sympa- thize with any one who would kill a European monarch, but protest against being represented as sympathizing with Nieman. “I do not belleve he is an anarchist,” said Pedro Esteve, editor of La Questione, to-night. 1 “I think he is a German luhatic whe has some personal grisvance. The groug of anarchists in this city is composed al- most entirely of Itallans. Nieman is not known to any of them. I never heard of the man. We have often discussed Presi- dent McKinley at our meetings, and the general opinion always was that he was a good, broad minded man who would not persecute us. We never plot the death of rulers, but we sympathize with any one ‘who removes a monarch, but I dont believe that any of the anarchists of this city will applaud this deed.” There were some of the anarchists at '| Barthold! Hall, however, who were noi displeased at Nieman's act. (T T s R OMAHA SOCIALISTS ARE TAKEN TO JAIL OMAHA, Nebr., Sept. 6.—Police to-night dispersed a meeting of soclalists at Jef- ferson Square because of public utterances of two speakers, who demounced the ad- ministration. Two men, George Baird and C. McCaffery, were arrested and hustled off to a police station on a charge * of obstructing the street. Several hundred persons were gathered In the crowd and it was feared for a time that they would do violence to the two speakers. It re- quired a squad of ten policemen to dis perse the crowd.