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Source: St. Paul Globe Source type: newspaper Document type: article Document title: “Vigorous Protest by Poles” Author(s): anonymous City of publication: St. Paul, Minnesota Date of publication: 9 September 1901 Volume number: 24 Issue number: 252 Pagination: 1 |
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| “Vigorous Protest by Poles.” St. Paul Globe 9 Sept. 1901 v24n252: p. 1. |
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| resolutions (Polish Americans); McKinley assassination (public response: Polish Americans). |
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| Ida McKinley; William McKinley. |
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Vigorous Protest by Poles
Denounce Assassin’s Claims of Connection with Polish-Americans.
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 8.—Four hundred
Polish-Americans gathered at St. Laurentius’ Roman Catholic church today, passed
resolutions deploring the shooting of President McKinley, and protested against
the statements that the would-be assassin was connected with the Polish people
in this country. Among those present were five Polish priests. The resolutions,
after regretting the attempted murder, continue as follows:
“Resolved, That we, as Roman Catholic citizens
of the United States, protest most energetically against the insinuations of
the English press, as if the anarchist who raised his sacriligeous [sic]
hand against the highest authority of the great republic has any connection
with the Polish people residing in these states. The would-be assassin is a
Hebrew by birth, but professes to be an agnostic or an atheist. The Polish nation
can boast of never having produced a man who would stain his reputation by attacking
a lawful authority, because imbued by Christian principles. It is well aware
that all lawful authority comes from God and that it must be respected.”
Separate telegrams of sympathy were sent to both
the president and Mrs. McKinley. Seventeen Polish-American societies, it is
claimed, were represented at the meeting.