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XSSVED SEKS^EEKl^^ l. m. grist & sons, Publishers. J % ^amiln gotrspaper: Jfor the promotion of the golitol, ?oriaI, g^rirultural, and (jl-ommtiicial gntmsts of the feople. termssino$le?coapyy fai?e c4Dtsance' established 1855. YQEKYILLE. S. C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1901. MO. 75. NOT LIKE] By Frederick Va A.utlior of "Tlie Urotlierlioc of a HI Copyright, 1901, by Frederic Van Rens CHAPTER X. "you are a woman?a woman like " ME." r^w^iHERE are times when tears II J are appropriate; there are moments when a gush of them "rl will perform miracles which nothing else can do. Being in themselves the extreme of weakness, it Is nevertheless certain that they often Impart unexpected strength. Erna Thomas had no intention of crying when she hastened to the bedside of Lisle Maxwell. There existed no logical reason why she should cry unless to shed a few sympathetic tears after the manner of women generally. There was every reason why she should not do so. She was not constituted "after the manner of women generally" In any sense of the word, for she was a typical western girl, who, bereft of her mother in her infancy, had ruled her father and his household with a rod of iron ever since her birth. But she was superlatively feminine In all things, deliciously feminine in most of them, strikingly so in the fact that nof>ody could tell, herself least of all, What she would do next. Frauk, generous, open hearted. Impulsive and headstrong, her rod of iron was Incased In velvet and her most imperious commands purred themselves Into favors bestowed. She was fond of excitement and mastery. What woman Is not? She was conscious that for the first time in her life she was part and parcel with a ro> mance and that she stood upon the very verge of a precipice that overlooked a mystery of the most remarkable kind. Her heart bled for the girl upon the bed whose father, yesterday a strong and vigorous man. was now a corpse, and she was dismayed by the magnitude of the task that confronted her. Think what she had to do! The measure of consolation which It was her duty to administer to the orphan paled Into Inslguificance in the presence of the revelation for which fate bad destined her to be the medium. The young girl whose form wao stretched upon her bed believed that she was a man; had been taught to despise all women; had been educated to regard them as Inferior creatures. She must V. be told, and at once, that she belonged to that despised class, and the knowledge promised to impart a sorrow as poignant as had that other event which hod left her fatherless. It was possible that the disappointment and dismay occasioned by the revelation might neutralize the agony occasioned by the death of her father; it was possible that it might augment her grief; uo one could foresee the con Bequeuces 10 uer 01 iuib uuprtrt-ueuieu chain of events: but whatever those consequences might be they must be met. and the only human belug In all the world who by reason of the sudden knowledge thrust upon her was competent to meet them was a young girl Just past 18, whose understanding of the questions with which she had to cope was limited to the experiences of a maiden whose entire life had been surrounded by every safeguard that a doting father could murshal to his aid wheu circumstances hud compelled him to rear and to bring to maturity a motherless daughter. Erna's luuocence and Ignorance, however, rendered her strong for the task. She took up the burden ull the more readily because she did not realize what it Involved. Her innocence was as complete as Lisle's. her ignorance as profound. Solitary speculation had carried the latter into reglous which Erna had uever regarded us worthy of exploration. She had lived ull her life in such near proximity to the mysteries i of creation that she had been uucousclous of their existence. Lisle hud been isolated so far uwuy from them that wheu the knowledge cume to her that they did exist she had striven with all her soul, gropiugly. in the dark, but certainly in search of light, and the two girls stood upon equal ground, half way to the goal to be attained. but widely separated by their Journeylngs. like two who. having sturted at the same point, hut in opposite directions, to meet again at the nl Itar stiilu i\f flu* wnrlil minsp vvIipii only half the Journey is made, uelther oue wiser than the other. One had searched through the darkness toward the light eagerly; the other hud wandered with the light without being aware that the night dwelt anywhere upon the earth, until across that Infinite space which separated her from the other thut still voice called to her for aid. Therefore wheu Erna. having put her father from the room, turned aud beheld Lisle's eyes fixed upon her, she hastened to the bedside, dropped ujkju her knees and did the very thing that * she was resolved uot to do?hurst iuto tears; and while she cried she put out her arms and wound them around Llsle's neck, laid oue of her cheeks against the cool, white face of the orphan aud so compelled the one who should huve received cousolation to administer it. It was Id a crisis like this where Lisle Maxwell's masculiue trulniug served her best. She scorned all unnecessary exhibition of emotion. Her woman's heart had faltered and fainted beneath the sudden blow of her father's death. Nature had proved herself stronger than the education of years. But It was different now. The shock bad come, the blow had fallen. ETHER MEN. n Rensselaer Dey, >d oi Sllenoe," "Tlie Quality n,*? Etc. selaer Dey. She had yielded to the overwhelming effects, but she would not falter agalu. "Why do you cry?" she asked, rising to a sitting posture and gentiy but firmly disengaging the clinging arms around ber neck. "It Is my father, not yours, who Is dead. I do not cry. Why do you weep? For me?" "For you. Lisle. It was so sudden, so awful!" Erna's tears ceased to flow. She bethought herself suddenly of the situation: Lisle, habited as a man, believing herself to be one, sitting upon the edge of the dismantled bed; Erna upon her knees before her, scantily clad, with ber disheveled hair like spun gold distributing its mazes over her bare Bboulders and upon tbe trousered knees of her companion; the morning Bun streaming in through tbe window, gilding the scene with glory, bestowing Its warm approval upon a scene before which an uninformed beholder would have recoiled In dismay. The girl who believed herself to be a man. profoundly Ignorant that such things as conventional proprieties existed, realized nothing unusual in tbe situation. Tbe girl who bad been taught to observe them with religious care realized its absurdity. Her face blushed scarlet Her eyes danced with unbidden mirth, and a smile crept stealthily to her lips and 6oftened and parted them while It glistened upon tbe moisture In her eyes like n sunburst klssiric the sea. She started to her feet and took a step or two backward, and Lisle, being free, also rose. Thus they stood facing each other, and Lisle, for the first time, discovered that her fiannel shirt was open. She did not blush. The circumstance affected her only as It would have affected a child. "How came I here In this room?" she asked wonderlugly. "Did I swoon? Did I lose consciousness? Did you bring me here?" "Yes, to all of your questions." replied Erna. "You were unconscious so long a time that I thought It best. Sit down again. I wish to talk with you." "You do not look strong enough to carry me," murmured Lisle slowly, conscious that she was amazed that Erna should have carried her, yet won "How came 1 here in this roomf" she asked wonderingly. dering why she was so. "No. I cannot remain here now. There is much for me to do. Is it?true?is it true that my father"? "Yes. Lisle; it is true. I am so sorry for you." "Thank you. My father Is there?in his room. I must go to him." "No, Lisle: no?not now. My father Is there. He will do all that can be done. There Is nothing for you to do? at least not now. I have sent for a physician and for a minister. I thought you would wish it. I also seut a man after Craig Thompsou?that Is, 1 told my father to seud the men." "It was kind of you to think of It all." Lisle walked to the window and looked out upon the uew day. striving hard to keep down the tears that rose unbidden to her eyes. It was a struggle, but she conquered. Presently she turned and retraced her steps to Erna. "You wish to talk with tueV" she said. "Very well. After I buve seen him again I will talk with you. but let us go out into the sunlight. There Is a grove of pine trees a little way from the bouse. Wbeu I was a cuua, I helped my father to set them out. We will go there. Will you come?" "Yes; wait for me on the porch?or, no! Itemuin here until I speak to papa." She darted away before Lisle could reply, was gone a moment and returned. "You may go to the room where your father Is." she said. "F'apa is there. After that wait for me at the front door. Tlieu we will go to the grove together." Lisle left her to her toilet and went 6lowly toward the chamber where reused the still form of Itichard Maswell. .Mr. Thomas was there and two of the servants also. They stood resi>eetfully aside wheu Lisle entered the room, passed to the bedside and with folded arms stood for several moments quietly regardiug the silent sleeper. Bending low. Lisle touched her lips against the cold, dead face, then went out from the room, moving like one who walks In a dream. Fifteen minutes later, beneath the spreading boughs of the pines. Lisle and Erua stood fuclug each other. "What will you do now. Lisle?" asked Erua. "You cuunot remain here without your father." "Why. yes. 1 will remain. There Is nothing else for me to do. I am familiar with every detail connected with the operation of the ranch. It Is the only thing that 1 do know. There Is no place else for me to go. 1 know nothing of the world - your world. Mine is here; Its boundaries are there" ?waving her right hand?"to the extent of my vision; uo farther. 1 think It was my father's desire that I should remain here always after he was gone." "It .innM nrvt Imvu BO. I.Isle. You did not know what your father knew concerning you. You do not know what I know. There Is a secret which your father kept from you all your life. Why. I do not know; nobody knew? nobody but himself?and now he cannot tell It to you. I am sure, Lisle, that he did not mean to die without telling It" "A secret! My father never had a secret from me?neverl" "He had one secret. Lisle." "How can you know that be had a secret from meV He scarcely spoke to you." "I discovered It myself. Lisle." "How? When? Where? What Is the secret?" "I discovered It last night when you kissed me?at least I believed 1 did. After you fainted away, while I worked over you, 1 became convinced of Its truth. It will startle you when I tell It. Lisle; It will shock you almost as much as the sudden death of your father. I am afraid that It will pain you. It concerns you; It is about you. Have you ever thought, Lisle, that you are not like other men?" "Yes, often," Lisle spoke dreamily. "I have talked It over with my father. Only last evening, just before you came, we were discussing It I know that I am different from other men, but I do not know bow or why. Is that the secret?" "Yes, Lisle; that Is the secret You are not like other men; you are not like men at all. Lisle, dear Lisle, you are not a man; you never were a man; you never can be a man; you are a woman, Lisle?a woman like me." TO BE CONTINUED. DEATH OP TI PRESIDENT. Dread Work of Assassin's Bullet Is Accomplished. NO MORE IS WILLIAM M'KINLEY. Realization of the Sad News That ! Was Foreshadowed Last FridayDeath Comes as to a Sleeping Child ?Resignation to the Will of God Is the Fitting End of a Well Spent Life. "Good-bye all, good-bye; it Is God's way. His will be done." President McKinley died last Satur -A o -?_1 1 day morning at s.io d ciuuk. xu*: auu>c quoted words, spoken shortly before he lost consciousness at about 7 o'clock Friday evening, were his last. The report spread throughout the country early Friday night that the president was dead; but this report was premature, caused by his sinking Into unconsciousness. The final dissolution did not actually take place until nearly eight hours later. The sad news came to the country as a shock, second In Its violence only to the first news of the murderous assault that had been made on the president a week before. The supposed complete success of the operation that was performed by the surgeons immediately after the shooting, and the subsequent assurances of the physicians had raised the hopes of an anxious people to such positive confidence that death under the circumstances was a development for which the country was totally unprepared. Thursday morning found the condition of the patient more hopeful than It had been at any time since the shooting. Liquid extract of beef had been administered in increasing quantities, and although the president's pulse continued high, he felt so well that he made a positive request for a cigar, and in their encouragement the physicians allowed him some weak coffee, toast, chicken broth and a soft boiled egg, all of which he took with evident relish. This was during the forepart of the day. Within a few hours, however, there began to develop symptoms of uneasiness and discomfort that culminated next morning at about 2 o'clock in a sinking spell, that alarmed the physicians and the country and marked the beginning of the end. The physicians in charge of the case made no effort to conceal anything. In accordance with previous announcements, they made a full, frank statement of the situation as they saw it. The statement was to the effect that they had given the president more food than his stomach was able to dispose of in its weak condition, and that the bowels had become clogged. They had hope that the clogging of the bowels would be relieved later and that the threatened danger would be averted. The concern of the people of Buffalo over the change In the president's condition, was evidenced by the assembling of thousands of people in the vicinity of the Milburn house during Friday morning. The crowd began to gather at daylight, and before 9 o'clock in the morning the streets were thronged far past the intersecting streets in every direction. It was a quiet, sober crowd, filled with anxiety and distress, waiting hopefully, eagerly for every word of news that emanated from the sick chamber directly or Indirectly, or that g concerned the coming and going of v physicians, cabinet officers and others. This great throng of people was one p prominent feature of the whole sad oc- c caslon. ti Shortly after 10 o'clock, the intimate p friends and relatives of the president tl began to arrive, and there assembled in c the down stairs rooms of the Milburn a house, Senators Hanna and Fairbanks, $1 ex-Secretary of State Day, Secretary f< Wilson and Secretary Hitchcock, Mr. a and Mrs. Thomas Baer, Abner McKin- a ley, Miss Helen McKlnley and Mrs. J. n T. Duncan, sisters of the president, and i1 a number of other prominent friends, tl AUkniich ?Viurn hod hoon rm Virtno fnr V, hours, at 6 o'clock it became certain ti that the president was dying, and prep- n aratlons were made for the last sad of- ' flees of farewell from those who were 8i nearest and dearest to him. a Oxygen had been administered stead- Cl ily, but with little effect In keeping back the approach of death. The president came out of one period of uncon- e< sciousness only to relapse into another. ^ But in this period, when his mind was h partially clear, occurred a series of M events of profoundly touching character. Down stairs, with strained and n tear-stained faces, members of the cab- v inet were grouped in anxious waiting. They knew the end was near, and that a the time had come when they must see ^ him for the last time on earth. ri One by one they ascended the stair- Cl way?Secretary Root, Secretary Hitch- ^ cock and Attorney General Knox. Sec- n retary Wilson was also there, but held c back, not wishing to see the president e In his last agony. There was only a ? momentary stay of the cabinet officers q at the threshold of the death chamber. Ci Then they withdrew, the tears stream- A J s a a? i_ t< 111^ uown liidi mi'CH, anu wuiua ml hitense grrlef choking their throats. d After they left the sick room, the ^ physicians rallied him to consciousness, n and the president asked almost imme- 81 dlately that his wife be brought to him. The doctors fell back into the shadows of the room as Mrs. McKinley came t! through the doorway. The strong face n of the dying man lighted up with a faint smile as their hands were clasped. a She sat beside him and held his hand. n Despite her physical weakness, she T bore up bravely under the ordeal. b The president, in his last period of t1 consciousness, which ended about 7.40 v p. m., chanted the words of the hymn, b "Nearer My God to Thee," and his last audible conscious words, as taken down e by Dr. Mann at the bedside, were: p "Good-bye all, good-bye: it is God's ^ way; His will be done." Then his mind began to wander, and soon afterward he completely lost consciousness. His life was^frrolonged for hours 15 by the administration of oxygen, and a the president finally expressed a desire to be allowed to die. About 8.30 the administration of oxygen ceased, and the pulse grew fainter and fainter, through the following hours of suspense until 2.15 o'clock Saturday morning when, as peacefully as a sleeping child, the body y sank Into eternal slumber, leaving the 1 soul "to wing Its flight back to whence it had come." An autopsy was held on the remains during Saturday. It was found that although both bullet holes through the stomach were still perfectly closed by M stitches, the tissue around them had become gangrenous. It was also found ^ that the bullet had also torn the upper ? end of the kidneys, producing gangrene 41 there and elsewhere along its track. The bullet was not found. There had been no effort on the part of nature to repair the wounds. Death resulted s from gangrene and could not have been prevented by any surgical or medical treatment. It was the direct result n of the bullet wound. a w n THEODORE ROOSEVELT. j ri Some Prominent Facts In the Life of the New President. ^ Theodore Roosevelt, who took the tl constitutional oath as president of the fi United States last Saturday, is a na- tl tive of New York, having been born it there on October 27, 1858, and, conse- fi quently on the 27th day of next month will celebrate his 43d birthday. it Mr. Roosevelt comes from a long and tl honorable line of Dutch ancestry on the c one side, and good Georgia stock on b the other. The Roosevelt's were among S the first settlers of Manhattan, and the Bullocks, of which his mother, whose q name was Martha, was one, have flg- h ured prominently in the history of t< Georgic since the days preceding the o American revolution. si The Roosevelt's were not rich; but a were in good circumstances, and Theodore had to scufflle for an education, a He put in much hard work, however, nr and In 1879 was graduated from Har- a vard university, with the reputation of ti an all-round athlete and a well-quali- h fled young man of letters. As soon as he got out of college, Mr, Roosevelt went into politics and was ci elected an assemblyman from his na- 1* tive city. Later he was a candidate for mayor of New York; but was de- N feated. In 1889 President Harrison ap- t< pointed him to membership on the civil ? service commission and he was made a chairman of the board. Two years la- Ci ter, in 1891, Mr. Roosevelt decided to P try life in the west, and purchasing a if ranch on the Little Missouri river, he a settled on it and distinguished himself as a hunter of grizzly bears. It is re- t< lated that when he first went west.' the t< rough element of the country in which ei he settled, sought to try his mettle; but a he taught them respect and became the V acknowledged boss bad man of that h part of the country. Next after coming back from the west, Mr. Roosevelt was made police commissioner in New York. He devot- v, ed himself to a determined effort to re- f< form the disreputable methods that had is long been in vogue in the city. He en- s< forced laws that had been allowed to g fall in disuse and he developed a habit t< of going about the city at night in dis- sj uise to see whether or not policemen ,-ere doing: their duty. In 1897, Mr. Roosevelt resigned his osition as police commissioner to acept a position as assistant secretary ot he navy, to which place he was apointed by President McKlnley. In his position he conducted himself with haracteristic ability. One of his first cts was to ask for an appropriation ol 500,000 with which to buy ammunition or target practice. Later, when he sked for $500,000 additional, he was sked what became of the first amount amed. He replied that every cent ot : had been used in target practice and hat the balance would go in the same ray. To this incident is largely at1 * ? J A1- ? mo rlrq_ nuu leu me opicuuiu icvui u w> lanship that was made by our sailors i the Spanish war. Roosevelt early aw the war coming, and It was on his dvlce that Dewey was selected to ommand the eastern squadron that af?rward fought the battle of Manila. But while Mr. Roosevelt had performd wonders In the way of preparation, e was not willing to remain quiet In is office during the progress of the rar. Under the special permission of he president, he raised the full regilent that became known as "Rooseelt's Rough Riders." Even before the rork of organization was completed, nd because he knew that he had not ad enough experience to command, he equested the position of lleutenantolonel, while his friend, Dr. Leonard Vood, was made colonel. The regl will rpmpmhersd. was re ruited from all kinds of rough flghtrs, many of them from Roosevelt's Id ranch country, and the gang was ulckly beaten Into the shape of a most apital fighting machine. Roosevelt's watchword to his men was, "You've got j perform without flinching whatever uty is assigned you, regardless of the ifflculty or danger attending it. No latter what comes you must not queal." This became the religion of he men, and how they lived up to it in he Jungle fight of Las Guaslmas and he bloody charge up San Juan Hill Is a latter of pride to the entire country. Before his return home, a boom had lready been started in New York to lake Roosevelt governor of the state, 'he politicians did not like the Idea; ut realizing their Inability to stem the [de, they allowed events to go as they rould and the soldier hero was elected y an overwhelming majority. Be5re the expiration of his term as govrnor he was nominated for the vice residency and was inaugurated on larch 4, 1901. He has before him about hree and a half years to serve as preslent. Theodore Roosevelt has been a proflc author of biographical, historical nd political works. Among his more notable contrlbulons to literature may be mentioned Hunting Trips of a Ranchman," Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail," The Wilderness Hunter." These were 11 written in the first three or four ears after the close of his college life, .ater he wrote "The Naval War of 312," "The Life of Thomas H. Benton," The Life of Governor Morris," a History of the State of New York," Essays on Practical Politics," and American Political Ideals." He col>Vknnotori xHth Cnntaln A. T. Mahan on he "Imperial History of the British favy," and with Henry Cabot Lodge n "Hero Tales from American Hisary." HOW ROOSEVELT STANDS. onie Extracts From New President's Pant Utterances. Vice President Roosevelt never has jinced his views. He has opinions, nd he states them in a straightforward, downright open way which adilts of no doubt as to his meaning, lis public utterances cover a wide ange of questions of policy. His ringing words in support of the lonroe Doctrine, at the dedication of he Pan-American exposition last May, aund an echo in Europe which called he ceremonies, owing to the vice present's speech, a glorification of the imiliar American doctrine. He has stigmatized the danger of mil:arism as "idle chatter;" he believes here will be no peace on earth till the Ivllized nations expand over the bararous ones; he welcomes the United tates as a world of power. No less important are his views on uestions of purely civil policy. He upolds the taxation of franchise: wants 3 see proper government supervision f trusts without 'cramping our Titan trength," and pays a tribute to labor nd the usefulness of trade unions. He Is not a weathercock. His views re consistent and unchanging; as his lanner of stating them is as straight s a sword thrust. This is best illus-ated by the following extracts from is speeches: "THE MONROE DOCTRINE." At the dedication *>f the Pan-Amerlan exposition, Buffalo, N. Y., May 20, >01: "I believe with all my heart in the lonroe doctrine. This doctrine is not ) be invoked for the aggrandizement f any one of us here on this continent t the expense of any one else on this ontinent. It should be regarded simly as a great international Pan-Amer an policy, vital to the interests of us II. "The United States has, ana ougni > have, and must have, only the desire ) see her sister republics in the Westrn Hemisphere continue to flourish, nd the determination that no Old /orld Power shall acquire territory ere on this Western Continent." EXPANSION. At Oklamoha, July 4, 1900: "As it is with the individual, so it is ith the nation. You of Oklahoma junded this territory, this state that i to be, because you came here, not ;eking a life of ease, but anxious to rapple with difficulties, and out of )11 and labor and peril to achieve the plendid ultimate triumph. So it must i be with the nations of the earth, a nation that Is fit to play its part among: i the gTeat peoples." Again, at St. Joseph, Mo? on July 6, ' 1900: "Peace cannot be had until the civili ized nations of the world have expandi ed in some shape or other over the bar; barous nations." At Emporia, Kan., July 2, 1900: "Why are you here today? Because ! you expanded over Kansas. *ou sent i your sons to the Philippines: your sons' blood waters the soil of those islands. The flag is there and it won't come 1 down." "THE NATION AND THE DECALOGUE. At Oklahoma, July 5, 1900: "No nation, no matter how glorious 1 its history, can exist unless It practices ?practices, mind you, not merely 1 preaches?civic honesty, civic righteous' ness. No nation can permanently prosper unless the decalogue and the golden rule are its guides in public and private life." "IDLE CHATTER OF MILITARISM." At St. Paul, Minn., July 17, 1900: "Of all idle chatter, the talks of danber of militarism is the idlest. It is as utter folly to talk of our liberties being menaced by the existence of a force capable of keeping order in our outlying possessions now, as it would have to talk of their being menaced in the seventies by the soldiers who followed Custer and his fellows against the Comanches, Apaches and Sioux. Have your liberties been abridged by the return of the Minnesota and Dakota troops, who won such honor for tbemoalvaa In tVio Phlllnnlnoa^" UV' *V? "? ?-"? * "LABOR AND TRADE UNIONS." From a speech on the same platform with William J. Bryan, at Chicago, 111., September 3, 1900: "By far the greatest problem, the most far-reaching In Its stupendous importance, is that problem, or rather ; group of problems, which we have grown to speak of as the labor question. "The more a healthy American sees of our fellow Americans, the greater grows his conviction that our chief troubles come from mutual misunderstandings, from failure to appreciate one another's point of view. No worse wrong can be done by a man to his children than to teach them to go through life endeavoring to shirk diffl1 culties instead of meeting them and overcoming them." PRESIDENT'S PROCLAMATION. I Thnriday, September 19, Designated as a Day of Mourning and Prayer. President Roosevelt issued the following, his first proclamation, last Satur1 day night: "By the President of the United States of America. A Proclamation: 1 "A terrible bereavement has befallen our people. The president of the United States has been struck down: a t nrlma nnt nnlv acrfiinfit thp chief magistrate, but against every law-abiding1 liberty-loving citizen. "President McKInley crowned a life of largest love for his fellowmen, of most earnest endeavor for their welfare. by a death of Christian fortitude; and both the way In which he lived his life and the way In which. In the supreme hour of trial, he met his death, will remain forever a precious heritage 1 of our people. "It Is now that we as a nation express our abiding love and reverence for life, our deep sorrow for his untimely death. "Now, therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, of the United States of America, do appoint Thursday, September nlnei teenth, the day on which the body of the dead president will be laid in Its last earthly resting place, as a day of mourning and prayer throughout the United States. I earnestly recommend , all the people to assemble on that day In their respective places of worship, , there to bow down In submission to the will of Almighty God, and to pay out of full hearts their homage of love and reverence to tne great ana gooa president whose death has smitten the na, tlon with bitter grief. "In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand, and caused the seal , of the United States to be affixed. "Done at the city of Washington, the 14th day of September, A. D., one thousand nine hundred and one, and of the Independence of the United States, the one hundred and twenty-six. "(Seal). "THEODORE ROOSEVELT. "By the President, "John Hay Secretary of State." BRYAN ON THE ASSASINATION. Able Editorial That Appeared In the Last iHNne of The Commoner. The following editorial appeared in the last issue of The Commoner, under the caption, "The Nation Mourns:" The nation bows in sorrow and in humiliation?in sorrow because its chief executive, its official head, is passing through the valley of the shadow of death?in humiliation because the Dresident of our reoublic has fallen a victim to the cruel and cowardly methods employed In monarchies where helpless and hopeless subjects sometimes meet arbitrary power with violence. In morals and in the contemplation of law all lives are of equal value?all are priceless?but when seventy-five millions of people select one of their number and invest him with the authority which attaches to the presidency he becomes their representative and a blow aimed at him is resented as an attack upon all. Beneath the partisanship of the individual lies the patriotism of the citizen. sometimes dormant, it is true; but always active in hours of peril or misfortune. While the president's life hangs in the balance there are no party lines. The grief of personal friends and close political associates may be more poignant, but their sympathy is not more sincere than that extended by political opponents. Although none but his family and his physicians are admitted to his room, all his countrymen are at his bedside in thought and sentiment. and their prayers ascend for his recovery. It was characteristic of his thoughtfulness that, even amid the excitement following the assault, he cautioned his companions not to exaggerate his condition to his invalid wife. I The latest dispatches give gratifying news of his improvement; but there is still deep solicitude lest unfavorable symptoms may yet appear. And the humiliation! Are our public servants?those who are chosen by the people and who exercise for a lim ilea time tne autnority Desiowea Dy the people?are these to live In constant fear of assassination? Is there to be no difference between our constitutional government and those despotic governments which rest, not upon the consent of the governed; but upon brute force? There is no place for anarchy in the United States; there is no room here for those who commit, counsel or condone murder, no matter what political excuse may be urged in its defense. The line between peaceful agitation and violence is clear and distinct. We have freedom of speech and freedom of the press in this country, and they are essential to the maintainance of our liberties. If any one desires to criticise the methods of government or the conduct of an official, he has a perfect right to do so, but his appeal must be to the intelligence and patriotism of his fellow-citizens, not to force. Let no one Imagine that he can Improve social or political conditions by the shedding of blood. Free governments may be overthrown, but they cannot be reformed by those who violate the commandment, "Thou shalt not kill." Under a government like ours every wrong can be remedied by law and the laws are In the hands of the people themselves. Anarchy can be neither excused nor tolerated here. The man who proposes to right a public wrong by taking the life of a human being makes himself an outlaw and cannot consistently appeal to the protection of the government which he repudiates. He invites a return to a state of barbarism in which each one must, at his own risk, defend his own rights and avenge his own wrongs. The punishment administered to the would-be assassin and to his co-conspirators, if he has any, should be such as to warn all inclined to anarchy that while this is an asylum for those who love liberty, it is an inhospitable place for those who raise their hands against all forms of government. TILLMAN ON ANARCHY. Power to Expel May Become a Tool of Tyrants. Senator B. R. Tillman passed through Augusta yesterday on his way home from Clemson college, where he has been to superintend, as a member of the board of trustees, the erection of a large new dormitory which is being built to accommodate 180 boys. The senator appeared to be in excellent health and spirits. He has but recently returned from Mt. Gretna, Pennsylvania, where he made a stirring speech, and In about a month he will commence a regular lecture tour of the west, which will extend over a period of about six weeks. Senator Tillman was not talking state politics nor national politics, for that matter, except in a casual and general way. He was asked what he thought of the expulsion of Wellington from the leading club of Baltimore. Without replying directly, he said that the senator had violated one of those canons of decency which all men recognize, and that is to say nothing but good of the dead, for at the time he made his brutal remark about the president, he was to all Intents and purposes a dead man. When a man has been dead for years his faults and short-comings might be quietly, even publicly, criticized, but It was resented by the people until some time had passed. Senator Tillman paid a high tribute to Mr. McKlnley as a man. He was, he said, a man of ability and amiability, a good husband and an excellent citizen. Certainly he had achieved the greatest diplomatic triumphs of any man who had occupied the White House since the war. One of the group of gentlemen to whom he was talking, expressed the hope that he would use his influence to the fullest extent in securing the expulsion from this country of all anarchists "Now, that's where you go off halfcocked," said the senator How are you going to tell who are anarchists? If you take merely those who acknowledge that they are anarchists, and are down as such on the roster of the organizations, you get but a small per cent. And who is to say that such and such are anarchists and must be expelled? The great difficulty is that when you place any such power in the hands of any man or any dozen men, though they be the very best men that could be selected at the time, you put a weapon in the hand of the tyrant of the future. Whenever you break down the barriers by which the peop'e protect their liberties you open the way to the abuse of power." He went on to say thai it was dangerous to trifle with the principle of the charter wrested from King John at Runnymede. The habeas corpus could not be suspended with safety for any length of time. He would be very careful, he said, how he voted for any legislation expelling the anarchists from this country. Continuing, the senator said that the race problem was the gravest question which confronted the people of the South. He did not hesitate to tell the people of the north that they were re sponsible for the conditions which prevail In the south. We of the south, he told them, felt a certain sense of gratitude to the Negro because of the fact that all during the civil war, when the men of the south were away fighting, as the Negroes knew, for the continuance of their bondage, with the women of the south absolutely unprotected, nobody ever heard of a single Instance where the Negroes had offered these women an Indignity.?Augusta Chronicle, Friday,