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Source: Buffalo Review Source type: newspaper Document type: article Document title: “Senator Hoar Hears Sad News” Author(s): anonymous City of publication: Buffalo, New York Date of publication: 7 September 1901 Volume number: 19 Issue number: 79 Pagination: 1 |
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| “Senator Hoar Hears Sad News.” Buffalo Review 7 Sept. 1901 v19n79: p. 1. |
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| George F. Hoar (public statements); McKinley assassination (personal response). |
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| George F. Hoar; William McKinley. |
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Senator Hoar Hears Sad News
(Special to THE REVIEW.)
WORCESTER, Mass., Sept. 6.—“Best beloved of all
our Presidents, respected by all parties, a leader among men, the news of McKinley’s
condition must be a shock to all the people of the land,” said Senator Hoar
at his home tonight. The Senator, who has been none too well lately, was out
driving on the country roads at the time the news of President McKinley’s shooting
reached Worcester.
He was horrified when informed of the deed and
expressed profound sorrow.
“Should the President die, the effort of the assassin
will be futile. There are nine men ready and willing to take up the same work
and carry it through to the end. Some may hasten it, more than the others, but
the goal is the same. Neither has the would-be murderer accomplished anything
for any cause, the President’s death will not assist the anarchists for there
are millions of people ready and willing to continue the good fight for American
principle. The cause was not worth the sacrifice of a life, as will be the result
should Mr. McKinley not recover.”