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The President fell wounded, but not unconscious. In great pain, he still remembered his loved ones, and moaned, "My poor wife and children." THE PRESIDENT FELL WOUNDED BUT NOT UNCONSCIOUS IN GREAT PAIN HE STILL REMEMBERED HIS LOVED ONES AND MOANED MY POOR WIFE AND CHILDREN
d of the Government. And it was to this noble quality of his character that he owed his death. Corruption had grown up in connection with the offices of State, and Garfield's last mission was to purge the Government of this taint. He was resolved to set his face against "the waste of time and the obstruction to public business caused by the greedy crowd of office-seekers." And he also announced that "rigid honesty and faithful service would be required from every officer of the State." This conduct bitterly annoyed some of his own party, who had expected that Garfield would follow the example of other Presidents, and turn out all the civic officers, to make room for his own friends. This annoyance at length found expression in the wicked act of a wretched creature, a disappointed office-seeker, named Guiteau. The new President had been but a few months in office, when Guiteau followed him into the railway station at Washington, and, as he entered the waiting-room, shot him in the back. UST UNTIL IT MADE HIM HEAD OF THE GOVERNMENT AND IT WAS TO THIS NOBLE QUALITY OF HIS CHARACTER THAT HE OWED HIS DEATH CORRUPTION HAD GROWN UP IN CONNECTION WITH THE OFFICES OF STATE AND GARFIELD'S LAST MISSION WAS TO PURGE THE GOVERNMENT OF THIS TAINT HE WAS RESOLVED TO SET HIS FACE AGAINST THE WASTE OF TIME IN THE OBSTRUCTION TO PUBLIC BUSINESS CAUSED BY THE GREEDY CROWD OF OFFICE SEEKERS HE HAD ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT RIGID HONESTY AND FAITHFUL SERVICE WOULD BE REQUIRED FROM EVERY OFFICER OF THE STATE THIS CONDUCT BITTERLY ANNOYED SOME OF HIS OWN PARTY WHO HAD EXPECTED THAT GARFIELD WOULD FOLLOW THE EXAMPLE OF OTHER PRESIDENTS AND TURN OUT ALL THE CIVIC OFFICERS TO MAKE ROOM FOR HIS OWN FRIENDS THIS ANNOYANCE AT LENGTH FOUND EXPRESSION IN THE WICKED ACT OF A WRETCHED CREATURE A DISAPPOINTED OFFICE SEEKER NAMED GUTTEL THE NEW PRESIDENT HAD BEEN BUT A FEW MONTHS IN OFFICE WHEN GITEAU FOLLOWED HIM INTO THE RAILWAY STATION AT WASHINGTON AND AS HE ENTERED THE WAITING ROOM SHOT HIM IN THE BACK
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