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Newspaper
Denver Tribune
Location
Denver, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1901
Page
1
A short item from The Tribune in Denver Indiana acknowledges publisher Alfred Wooley in connection with the Denver publication. The fragment emphasizes the local newspaper’s name and the publisher’s identity.
The Grand Army of the Republic thirty-fifth encampment ended amid gloom for President McKinley’s illness. Eli Torrance won Commander-in-Chief against Thomas J. Stewart. officers named include John Meklas and James O’Donnell with Dr. Thrall and Rev. Bayle among others.
The article recounts President McKinley’s critical decline after an assassination attempt. Doctors struggle with heart failure and digitalis treatment as officials rush to inform cabinet members and kin. Mrs McKinley’s health is described as strong despite the shock, and the scene at the bedside is densely reported.
Alienists found Czolgose sane after examinations. Crowds in Chicago hanged Czolgosa in effigy. A special grand jury to act on the assassin case. The man who predicted McKinley’s murder was arrested in New Mexico. Philadelphia police arrested an anarchist praising Czolgosa. Buffalo fair day canceled out of respect for the president. Secret service found clues suggesting Chicago hatched the assassination plot. Bert Roby, a Superior, Wisconsin machinist who said McKinley should have been shot earlier, was tarred and forced to apologize. Columbus YMCA urged Congress to make anti anarchist expressions treason. Baltimore Union League expelled Senator Wellington for countenancing the attack.
The Attorney General Knox will urge passage of a law making future assaults on Presidents treason punishable by death. Opinion in Washington on the need for such laws is practically unanimous.
The fifty seventh Congress is pressed to propose a law barring European immigrants tied to anarchist groups and to enact a deadly treason law against attacks on the President. Recent Buffalo tragedy fuels public demand for curbing anarchist activity and protecting presidents from assassination.
Commissioner Wowderly to prepare a special report to Congress pressing immediate action. Senators and Representatives unite in urging prompt, effective measures by Congress to suppress anarchy. Eugene V. Debs comments on McKinley and the assassin as creatures of circumstance. William Penn quote about obedience closes the piece.
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