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Show fVrfs-nfion of Ajjcu-iination- The practical questions that cl vl ligation li-gation muat answer, In view of the frequent recurrence In all lands und inder all form of government of anarchistic an-archistic attempts to murder the leads of states, are these: 1. Can the person of the chief executive execu-tive be more successfully guarded igalnst such attacks? I. Can the assassin be so dealt with si more effectually to dltcourage other T Tho first question so far aa the American Presidents are concerned, Is certain to be answered sfflrmatlvely. Lincoln was approached by Booth without the slightest hindrance; he was sitting In s theatre box absolutely unguarded. Garfield was shot down as he was walking aim In arm with lllnlne through a rullwuy station, unattended un-attended by a slnglo guard, Just as any cltlr.cn might do. And now McKlnley Mc-Klnley has been shot at point blank range by one of an Immense throng of visitors to an exposition who were j allowed to pour In prumlsrously to j shnke his hand, without tickets or re- frictions of any sort, Just as If there J were no such characters as anarchlsta j or crunks. Clearly It la posslblo to make It much less easy than It I for unknown persons to get so close as this to the President. It will be sen- I tlmentnlly objected that this would j destroy the old American custom of Presidential handshakings free to all comers. But old custom must bo-' changed to meet new conditions. To the second question the snswer I more dlfllcult. Th penalty of death Is the severest that can be Inflicted, In-flicted, though It might reasonably bo i extended to all attempts to kill the . President, whether successful or not. There Is, huwever, much plausibility . In the suggestion made by many eminent emi-nent criminologists that every assassin assas-sin should, so fur a possible, huve bla Identity effaced. If even his name were suppressed In tho reports of the crime, and he was hurried to trial and execution without having any personal person-al prominence In the public eye, ao that he would cut no figure at all either at the time or In history, It Is evident that the at I run! out of notoriety notor-iety would bo taken away. And that j men of the Brcscl and Ctolgost type : love notoriety and public posing above all things. Is believed by nearly all the scientist who bar studied thorn New York World. j Senntor James K. Jones and formor j Governor Jumes P. Clark, of Arkan- j sat, rival candidates for the senator-ship, senator-ship, have agreed to urge tho calling j ' of a primary election by which tbe j choice of thu democrat of tho statu can be determined by popular vote. They have also agreed upon a Joint speaking campaign to cover the entire state. |