Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Shugaban kasa na 26 na Amurka, Theodore Roosevelt, ya ba da jawabin jihar na 1901 a ranar Talata, 3 ga Disamba, 1901. An gabatar da shi ga duka gidaje biyu na Majalisar Dokokin Amurka ta 57, amma bai halarci ba. Ya bayyana, "Kongres din ya taru a wannan shekara a karkashin inuwar babban bala'i. A ranar shida ga watan Satumba, an harbi Shugaba McKinley
ta wani anarchist yayin halartar Pan-American Nunin a Buffalo, kuma ya mutu a wannan birni a kan goma sha huɗu na wannan watan. " Ya kammala shi da cewa, "Hakika, daga kowane bangare na wayewar duniya mun karɓa, a lokacin mutuwar Shugaban, irin wannan baƙin ciki da girmamawa don taɓa zukatan mutanenmu. A tsakiyar wahalarmu muna godiya ga Mai Iko Duka cewa muna da salama da al'umman 'yan Adam; kuma muna da ƙudurin cewa manufarmu za ta kasance ta ci gaba da wannan dangantaka ta kasa da kasa na mutunta juna da kuma kyakkyawar niyya".