U.S. President McKinley delivers what is to…
September 1901 CE
U.S. President McKinley delivers what is to be his final speech at the fairgrounds of the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York before a crowd of fifty thousand on September 5, 1901.
McKinley urges reciprocity treaties with other nations to assure American manufacturers access to foreign markets.
He intends the speech as a keynote to his plans for his second term, which he had begun March 4.
A man in the crowd named Leon Czolgosz hopes to assassinate McKinley.
He has managed to get close to the presidential podium, but does not fire, uncertain of hitting his target.
After hearing a speech by anarchist Emma Goldman in Cleveland, Czolgosz had decided to take action that he believes will advance the cause.
After his failure to get close enough on September 5,
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