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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. 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
 United States. We have said that the secret of Garfield's success was his integrity. To this he owed the respect which advanced him to each position of trust 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 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. CAME PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES WE HAVE SAID THAT THE SECRET OF GARFIELD'S SUCCESS WAS HIS INTEGRITY TO THIS HE OWED THE RESPECT WHICH ADVANCED HIM TO EACH POSITION OF TRUST 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
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