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For the first time
THE PRESI in twenty years ,
DENT'S DEATH. the nation is called
on to mourn the
death of its chief magistrate. Since the
assassination of President Garfield , anew
now generation has come upon the
scene ; the emergency of 1901 is to be
met , in large measure , by a different set
of men from those who faced the prob
lems of 1881. Those who , as children ,
wondered at the funeral ceremonials of
twenty years ago this month , now feel
the nation's grief with the hearts of
men and women. But we are all Amer
icans , and a nation in even a larger
sense than was the case in 1881 ; the neg
roes who rejoice that one of their race
was first to lay hands on the assassin ,
the Poles who repudiate with loathing
the wretch who claims to be one of their
countrymen , are equally Americans on
this day with the descendants of the
puritan and the cavalieraud as one people
ple we will face the questions that are
now to arise.
We mourn with deep and sincere grief
for our great fellow-citizen who is dead.
There is no doubt possible that President
McKinley Ims become very much be
loved by the people. A grave and be
comingly silent man , a confidence in his
stability and integrity and a liking for
his homely kindliness of heart have
grown upon us in the five years that we
have known him as occupant of the
highest office in our gift ; and through
it all , as we can now see plainly , has
stood out strong and uncompromised the
ever-present courage and dignity of the
soldier. As a domestic people , we have ,
loved him also for what we havq seen
of his homo life. His manly care for his
invalid wife has been something we
could all understand , and that poor lady ,
in losing one , has gained sixty million
willing protectors.
The nation , too , has its cause of regret
in the loss of its chief executive officer.
The work will not stop ; men come and
go , the ports of the machine are in con
tinual change , losses occur which are
bewildering , and , to individual hopes ,
annihilating , and still the business of
the government moves on ; but William
McKinley's wise head and strong hand
at the center will be missed very greatly ,
and to an extent , if we are not mistaken ,
which will grow upon us as time goes
by.
by.And
And when our mourning is done , we
have to address ourselves sternly to the
task of judging a band of men and wo
men who are responsible for this deed ;
if that can be called a baud which de
nies the force of all social bonds , an or
ganization which refuses to mankind
the right to organize. Can it be doubt
ed that we will perform this duty in
such a way as to be a pattern to the na
tions of the earth ? America has long
been hold a refuge for the unworthy as
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well as for the oppressed , for the degen
erate and the mentally deformed as well
as for those having real wrongs to com
plain of ; but it is time now that this
should cease forever. We stand today
in the forefront of the nations. We
have worked well , we have fought well
in the sight of them all , and they look
on us with respect , not uumingled with
awe ; now let us cleanse our own bor
ders and purify our citizenship , so that
criminals against humanity shall be
ware of us hereafter. Let us do it , not
with mercy and charity , but with stern
ness ; let us prune the vine of our child
ren's hopes , and let the pruning-knife
be made as sharp as possible.
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Remember that
REMEMBER. the altruistic acts
of a man contribute
more to his success in life than his ego
tistic deeds. Those who wish to be re
membered by succeeding generations
must achieve something which will be
stow upon those generations benefac
tions. Many men whom Today may
designate "Failures" will in long lines
of Tomorrows be crowned "Successes , "
because their useful lives will have been
demonstrated to be blessings in perpetu
ity for all mankind. Do something
beneficial to society to your race and
yon are a success.
The saving ef-
ECONOMY OF fected through the
GOOD ROADS. construction of
scientific roads
which can be kept in good running con
dition at small expense would more than
pay for the full cost of road-building of
half a century ago. This saving is not
always apparent at first , for the first
cost seems to overshadow all other con
siderations in the minds of the short
sighted economists. It took two de
cades of agitation to convince most of
the residents of rural districts that it
was more profitable to build good roads
under the direction of road engineers
than to rebuild and repair the old dirt
roads after a fashion in vogue since the
beginning of things. The greatest tri
umph in the movement may be said to
be the complete education of the form
ers to a proper appreciation and under
standing of the whole question of
scientific road-building. George Ethel-
bert Walsh , in Gunton's Magazine for
August.
Robert Fulton
!
SUCCESS. died poor , but his
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invention applying
steam as a power-agent to transportation
made his life a supreme sxiccess , and its
influence is perpetual.
How shall I
HOW ? achieve success ?
By telling the truth
always , by temperance in all things , by
steadfastness of purpose and honest in-
dustryyou will surely win all that your
capabilities will permit you to win. No
legislation can confer brains on any
body.
The difference be-
THE DIFFERtween anarchy and
ENCE. Bryauarohy is that
the former believes
in no government at all , and the latter
in no government without Bryan.
No government is bad enough , and
why any sane citizen should yearn for
anything worse , is beyond compre
hension.
The men who
PLANT. plant only good
thoughts in the
public mind will never be charged with
having inspired assassination.
Those who plant useful , forest and
fruit trees will be awarded praise by a
thoughtful Present and given grateful
remembrance by an appreciative
Future.
"The pandering
PROPHETIC. of demagogues to
the desires of
drones and the importunities of the dis
contented , " remarked Editor J. Sterling
Morton in his Conservative last Thurs
day , "has brought much woe upon the
land. The pondering continues. The
result will be what ? " One of the re
sults happened along next day. Chica
go Tribune , Sept. 10 , 1901.
In its refrigerator ,
COLD STORTHE CONSERVATIVE
AGE. keeps on ice a voluminous
inous assortment of
fat and juicy prophecies bagged in the
campaigns of 1896 and 1900 by the fol
lowers of Colonel Bryan. These choice
morsels are exceedingly palatable to an
archists who are hungering for excuses
for their acts in 1901 , and have lost their
appetite for "hot stuff. "
A letter just re-
NEBRASKA. oeived by THE
CONSERVATIVE
from an official of the State Board of
Agriculture conveys the information
that the recent Stote Fair was "the best
ever held , " and that the exhibition of
Nebraska's farm products was never ex
celled in point of quality and variety.
Evidently Nebraska is not yet to be put
in the "arid" or semi-arid class.
