An Historic Memento of the Nation's Loss: The True Story of the Assassination of President Mckinley at Buffalo, With Many Scenes and Pictures ... at Washington and Canton (Classic Reprint)

The True Story of the A ssassination. MR. McKINLEY was never in a more buoyant mood than on his Buffalo trip. This was marked by all who saw him. He had the springy step of light-heartedness and the receptive, merry eye of appreciation appreciation of the welcome that he got and of the attention shown him. His temperament was somewhat mercurial. Depression he usually concealed, but elation he did not attempt to hide and at the exposition he found much to please him. There was the friendliness of the people and the general tenor of good feeling about the city which, with a grace seldom seen, was expressed in both the Democratic and Republican newspapers. The visit was singularly free from all party bickering, and no petty personality, such as frequently obtrudes, dared show itself. The exposition had not been getting the crowds that were wanted and had looked forward to Presidents Day to pull it a good ways from the financial hole it was in. That day, September 5th, had been a good one. It had broken the record for attendance, and the speech of the President, long considered and marking an epoch in the history of the Republican party arid in the political career of Mr. Mc Kinley himself, had been well received, just as his diplomatic foresight had hoped it would. Then there was that indescribable human roar and magnetism, unlike any other sound in the universe, which had come to him repeatedly with its gladsome ting. It had filtered his blood, and the morning of the second day, Friday, Sept. 6th, found him in a particularly fine mood. He said himself that the arduous part of the trip was over, for even after years of it he disliked public speaking. There was before him only the pleasant ride to Niagara Falls, with his wife and friends, away from the great curious crowd, with the delicious memory of the applause of the preceding day fresh with him. The public
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