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tHE SCBANTON TRIBUNE - JTB1DAY MORNING, JUNE 19, 1896. 11 SOMETHING ABOUT THE NEXT PRESIDENT WUIUb McKlnley's Eveatfal Cireer la MiliUry aad Civil Life. REASONS WHY HE IS SO POPULAR Brief Glance at 8ome of the Events That Have Made Ohio's CkGotci or So Proiuincat a Factor in Affairs of State" A Typical American Hoy and What lie lias I)ouc--IIow lie Twlco Refused u Presidential Nomination When lie Apparently Uad to Say but "Yes" to Get It. Some Striking Characteriktics. Htnry Hall, la Pittsburg Timet. On election day In November, 1893, there were 433,343 Ohio citizens who went to the polls and cast their ballots for Major William McKlnley. This ! the highest vote ever polled for any candidate on any ticket at any election, state or national, in Ohio. The electors knew the man for whom they voted. They cast their suffrages for no new or untried aspirant for civic honors. For two years he hud been their gover nor and for nearly twenty years he had been one of the prominent figures In politics In state and nation. They knew, too, the great Issue he represent ed, for with Henry Cloy, of Kentucky, James O. Blaine, of Maine, William Mc Klnley, of Ohio, stands forth as one of the three great Americans who have borne the banner of protection to Amer ican labor and upbuilding of American industries. This vote was a magnifi cent tribute. It was not only the tri umph of a principle. It was a vote of confidence in a man. And yet, although William McKlnley is a native of Eastern Ohio, Western Pennsylvania, where his public services uud private worth have given Mm a linn hold on the affections of its people, can still claim some share in him. His ihicestors lived there. Ills father was born In Mercer county, on a farm in Pine township, now, or until recently. In the possession of the Rose family, early settlers of that section. Major McKlnley' grandmother was a Koee, and ex-Mayor W. O. RoBe, of Cleveland, O., who once represented Mercer coun ty In the Pennsylvania legislature. Is a relation of Ohio's chief magistrate. The major's father, although he had removed to Ohio early in life, was for 21 years manager of the old furnace near New Wilmington, Lawrence coun ty. During that extended period he drove every Saturday to Poland, O., where his family had their home, re turning on Monday to his duties at the furnace. Many of the old citizens of that section of Lawrence and Mercer counties remember the elder McKlnley well. He was In the Iron business near ly all his life, as had been his father be fore him the latter having run a char coal furnace at Lisbon, O., away back In the "thirties" was a stanch Whig and an ardent advocate of a protective tariff. Major McKlnley was a student at Allegheny college, Meadvllle. Ab ner McKlnley, his brother, has been a resident of Somerset county for many years. So Western Pennsylvania has a local pride in, as well as an admira tion and esteem for, William McKlnley, of Ohio, I. AS A SOLDIER, v William McKlnley was born on Jan uary 29, 1S43, at Nlles. Trumbull county, Ohio, where his father was Interested in one of the early Iron furnaces of that section. He was educated in the com mon schools and at the Poland acad emy, and In 1S60, at the age of 17, enter ed Allegheny college. Taking sick early In the term, he returned home, and that winter, following the example of so many great Americans, taught a country school near Poland. His du ties ended In April, 1861, and It was his intention to go back to Allegheny col lege that fall. But while this young country boy had been teaching his little school great and portentous events were transpiring. Secession was try ing to dismember the union. Armed treason stalked through the south. The -oung teacher had scarcely laid aside lis books when the roll of Sumter's guns summoned a people to arms. A 1 new school opened Its doors to the youth of the north the grim school of war. Abraham Lincoln called for soldiers to defend the union and the Hag, Ohio's response was a ready one. rh Juno the Twenty-third regiment of Ohio vol unteers was organized at Columbus. Its first colonel was William S. Rosecrans, afterward major general and com mander of tho department of the Cum berland. Its lieutenant colonel was Stanley Matthews, who became United 8tate8 senator and justice of the su preme court. Its major was Ruther ford B. Hayes, later thrice, governor of Ohio and president of the United States. There were famous names on the roster Of the Twenty-third Ohio volunteers. And when the regiment started for the front there marched In the ranks of Company E, knapsack on his back and musket on his shoulder, an 18-year-old private, in a new suit of blue, whose name was William McKlnley. 1 When the fifes and drums woke the echoes In the little village of Poland, stirring the hearts of Its people to pa triotic fervor, young McKlnley present ed himself to the recruiting officer and was accepted as a private in the or ganization that afterward became Com pany E of the Twenty-third, The regi ment was hurriedly mustered In and trained and sent to West Virginia. For Fourteen monins inn young soiuier served In the ranks one of hundreds of thousands of privates who marched and tolled and fought and made the major generals famous. But they saved the Union. Every duty of a private soldier William McKlnley performed. He shouldered the musket and carried the knapsack, and In camp and on the march, on picket and In battle, bore his part, It was said of Napoleon's sol diers that they, were Invincible because, ach man "carried in his knapsack the baton of a marshal of France," and fought to win it. Perhaps in the knap sack William McKlnley carried there lay hidden from human vision the scep ter of civic power swayed by the presi dent of the United States. In the executive offices of Ohio's capi tal the other day Governor McKlnley leaned back In his chair, a smile of pleasant retrospection upon his fea tures, and said: "I always look back with pleasure up on those fourteen months In which I served in the ranks. They taught me a treat deal. I was but a school boy when I went (nto the army, and that flrst year was a formative period in my life, during which I learned much of men and affairs. I have always been glad that I mured the service as a. prl- vate and served those months in that capacity." It was a stern school, indeed, and war taught our armies other lessons than those of marching and flghtlng. In West Virginia the Twenty-third fought under Rosecrans and McClellan. Private McKlnley. saw his first battle when Rosecrans defeated the rebel Floyd at Carnifex Ferry. After the West Virginia campaign the regiment joined the Army of the Potomac and foi-ght under McClellan. At Antietam and South Mountain the young soldi- r saw war In Its grimmest aspect. After Antietam he was promoted to second lieutenant, and exchanged the musket for the sword. Just previous to this promotion, however, he had been made commissary sergeant -I never was a corporal," raid the governor, and his eye twinkled. He doesn't fancy the much-talkcd-of re semblance to Napoleon, and It seemed to please him that he had never held the rank that might have given him the title of the "Little Corporal." Subsequent promotion came to first lieutenant and captain end he served on the brigade and division staff of General R. B. Hayes, part of the time as aide-de-camp. Then he was de tailed as acting assistant adjutant gen eral on the staff of General George Crook, and was with Sheridan In nis great campaign through the Shenan doah valley. He was at Winchester, Cedar Creek. Fisher s Hill. Opequan. Kernstown. Cloyd Mountain and Berry ville, and all the other battles and skir mishes of that eventful time. Did he do any lighting? His horse was shot from under him at Berry vllle. one of the most cherished of his possessions is a document, worn and time-atalned now. It is his commission as brevet major, given in 18C4, "for gal lant and meritorious services at the battles of Opequan, Cedar Creek and FlHher's Hill," and It is signed "A. Lin coln." When General Crook was sent to Cumberland, Md., to command the de partment of West Virginia, Major Mc Klnley accompanied him. There Crook and General Kelly were captured, and Hancock, he who "brought order from chaos and courage from despair" on the first day at Gettysburg, took com mand of the department. He retained Major McKlnley on his staff, and the young officer remained with him until assigned to tho staff of General S. S. Carroll, commanding the Veteran Re serve, corps at Washington. He was there when General Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox's "famous apple tree." In September, 1S65, ho was mus tered out after over four years' contin uous service as a soldier. He entered the army as a private. He left It a major by brevet. - II. ..V CIVIL LIFR He was 22 when he returned to Ohio and civil life. His four years' service had given him a taste for army life, and but for his father's opposition he might have entered the regular army, as General Carroll desired him to do. A man's career often turns upon a chance. Had he Joined the regular army there Is room for curious speculation as to his future. Promotion has been slow since the civil war. He might still be Major McKlnley, but while the regu lar army would have gained a good soldier, the nation would have lost a great statesman. However, he chose civil live, studied law with Charles E. Glldden and David Wilson, of Mahoning county, took a course at the Albany, N. Y., law school, and In 1867 was admitted to the bar and located In Canton, Stark county, since his home. Two years later he ran for prosecuting attorney of the county. Stark county was Democratic, but Mc Klnley was elected and served two years. He ran for re-election, but fell short by forty-five votes. Meanwhile he had become active in politics. He took the stump for his party and soon made himself a power among the people. In 1876 he announced himself a candl. date for congress. The sitting congress man, L. D. Woodworth. of Mahonlnir. Judge Frease and several other Republi cans, tiiree of them from his own' coun ty, were opponents for the nomination. In Stark county delegates to the con gressional convention were elected bv a popular vote. McKlnley carried every township In the county but one, and that had but a single delegate. In the other counties he was almost equally success ful, and the primaries gave him a ma jority of all the delegates In the district. He was nominated on the first ballot over all the other candidates. The old stagers were surprised. Here was a new factor In politics. The Aus trian marshals wero not more aston ished when the young and unknown Napoleon crossed the Alps and dropped his army upon them on the plains of Italy as unexpectedly as though it had dropped from tho clouds. And the new man had come to stay. For fourteen years he hod represented the district of which Stark county was a part not the same district, for the Democrats did no relish the prominent part he was playing congress, and "gcrry-mandered" him three times. They began early at It, too, for in 1S78 ho was put Into a district that 1,800 Democratic majority. McKlnley carried It by 1,300 votes. In 1884 they tried a similar "gerrymander," but McKlnley was not to be downed, and made 1,600 Democratic majority, 1,5.10 tho other way. Finally, In 1890, the year lie had placed upon the statute books of the naton the famous "Mc Klnley bill," partisan Intolerance had its most 'iniquitous expression. Stark county was put In a district with Wayne, Medina and Holmes. One year before titieae counties had given Campbell, Democrat, 2,900 majority for governor. McKlnley made the fight, and against ex-Lieut. Gov. Warwick, a prominent, and popular democrat. Not, perhaps, since Abraham Lincoln contested Illi nois for the senatorshlp against Stephen A. Douglass, has there been a In one sense local political struggle which the whole country watched with such Intense Interest. It was Indeed a battle royal. Some curious schemes were re sorted to by his opponents. The cry that the McKlnley bill had raised the prices of necessaries was harped upon. Incessantly. It Is even said that in Holmes county, a Democratic strong hold, the Democrats sent men purport ing to be tin peddlers. Theso offered ordinary tin drinking cups at SI apiece. When the people remonstrated, the answer was: "The McKlnley bill has put so heavy a duty on tin plate that the prices of tinware have gone away up." Desplto the heavy odds against him, and such electioneering methods as these, Major McKlnley was beaten b'y a beggarly 803 votes. And that on the fullest vote ever cast in' the district. He polled 2,600 ' mors than had been given Harrison in 1888. This defeat in 1890 took bint out of congress. . It made him governor of Ohio in 1891. . There, was another, time during his Congressional : career - when he ' barely escaped defeat at the' polls, and only to be unstated by a Democratic house, That was in 1842. another Democratic tidal wave year. That year his original district had been restored, and he was seeking a "third term," something not accorded its representatives. He had strong opposition for the nomination, some of it rankling up until the elec tion, and that, with the popular dis content temporarily prevailing, brought his majority down to eight vots. About this there is told a story. After the election Major McKlnley went to Washington and called on Secretary Folger, at the treasury department, Folger had Just been defeated for gov ernor of New Vork by Grover Cleve land, by the somewhat unwieldy ma jority of 192.CCO votes. To him McKln ley complained of the result In his dis trict. "My majority waa only eight votes," he said. "Young man," tald Secretary Folger, "lot me tell you that eight votes Is a mighty big Republican majority this fall." It Is unnecessary to dwell upon Major McKlnley's record In congress. Tha people know It. It i r.o unimportant part of the history of our own times. He was active and prominent from the very first. When James A. Garfield became president Major McKlnley took his place on the ways and means com mittee. In the Fifty-first congress Speaker Reed made him its chairman and he framed the famous tariff bill that bears his name, and led the fight '.hut resulted in Its passage. During those fourteen years In the house the name of William McKlnley ,of Ohio, be came known to the whole people. Possibly no measure passed by con gress has been the subject of so much discussion and so widely varying; opin ions as has the McKlnley tariff bill. Its friends have sung Its pral3es; Its ene mies have been loud In their denuncia tions. Before it had got into practical operation, the overwhelming Demo cratic victories of 1890 threw uncertain ty over the result of the presidential contest of 1S92, and the business inter ests of the country took alarm. The advent to power on March 4, 1S9S, of a party pledged against the protective principle upon which the bin was based led to a paralyzatlon of business that became almost complete pending the protracted struggle which ended in Its repeal by the Wilson bill. It can hardly be said that the McKlnley bill had a fair show. And yet under it es tablished Industries prospered, new ones were begun and revenues sufficient to pay the expenses of the government and reduce the national debt were pro duced. It will hardly be said that the Wilson bill has accomplished all or any of these desirable ends. A famous feature of this bill was the "reciprocity clause." The credit for this Important clause has been, and In a large measure most justly, accorded to James G. Blaine. But an often re peated charge has been made taht Major McKlnley opposed the reciprocity feature. Nothing Is further form the truth. As evl deuce of this, the following extracts from an authorized interview with Wil liam E. Curtis, secretary of the Bureau of American Republics, are to the point. Mr. Curtis was for many years close to Mr. Blaine, and this Interview was pub lished a year and a half before that statesman's lamented death. It ap peared In the Masslllion "Independent" of August 19, 1891, Mr. Curtis being then a visitor to that city. After stating that Mr. Blaine opposed any dlsurb ance of the duties on South American products, to which the ways and means committee did not agree, Mr. . Curtis said: , "When Mr. Blaine found that it was proposed to remove the duty on sugar, he sent me to Mr. McKlnley with a proposition which he wanted added to the bill as an amendment. It after ward became known as the Hale amend ment. It provided that the president should be authorized to take off the duty on sugar whenever the sugar pro ducing nations removed their duties on our farm products and certain other ar ticles. "Mr. McKlnley presented this amend ment to the committee on ways and means. It was not adopted. Mr. Mc Klnley voted for It the first time It was presented. Then a second proposition containing some modifications was pre sented and Mr. McKlnley voted for that, as he voted for the Blaine reciprocity amendment every time it was submit ted In whatever form. "It has been currently reported that Mr. Blaine denounced the McKlnley bill with so much vigor that he smashed his hat. Mr. Blaine's opposition to the bill was because of the free sugar clause. He criticised the refusal of congress to take advantage of condi tions which he thought were very fa vorable to our trade. They proposed to throw away the duty on sugar when lie wanted them to trade with it. "When what was known as the Ald rlch amendment was adopted, Mr. Blaine was perfectly satisfied and there Is nothing in the current tales that he Is unfriendly to Major McKlnley. On the contrary, he Is one of his warmest friends. Had It not been for Mr. Mc Klnley and Senator Aldrich, of Rhode Island, the reciprocity clause In the tariff act would never have been adopted." Samuel J. Randall, of Pennsylvania, was speaker when Major McKlnley en tered congress, and they became warm friends. There was one memorable scene In the Fiftieth congress In which both figured. It occurred on May 18, 1888, the day on which the general de bate closed on the Mills bill. Randall opposed this measure, and Incurred tho displeasure of the rampant free trade element headed by MUIb, of Texas. He took the floor to speak against the bill. In feeble health, his voice at times al most Inaudible, the great leader labored under great disadvantages In this, his last fight for protection. Before he was through his time expired amid cries of "go on." Mr. Randall asked for an extension, but Mills, with a dis courtesy almost Incredible, walked to the front and Bald: "I object!" The cry was repeated by nearly fifty Demo cratic members. It was a sad sight to witness this great Democratic leader thus silenced upon a momentous question by his oCh party friends. There was an exciting scone. Members and spectators, for the galleries were crowded. Joined In making the tumult Amid It all the chairman announced that Mr. McKln ley, of Ohio, had the floor. The latter was to close' the debate on the Republi can side. His desk was piled with mem oranda and statistics. "Mr. Speaer!" he cried, and hla voice stilled the din about him to silence, "I yield to the gentleman from Pennsyl vania out of my time all that he may noed in which to finish his speech on this bill." Cheer after cheer arose from house and galleries, and, by the courtesy of the Republican leader, the once leader of the Democracy was enabled to finish his speech In a body over which he had thrice presided as speaker. ':In 1891 McKlnley . was unanimously homtnatcd for governor. He made the contest against Governor James E. Campbell, and waa elected by a plural Uy of over 21.000. Two years later he was again unanimously nominated, and It was then that he received the highest vote ever cast for any candidate in Ohio. He beat "Larry" Neal. his Demo cratlc opponent, by the unparalleled majority of 80,995 votes. III. IN NATIONAL POLITICS. Meanwhile he had been otherwise prominent in public affairs. In 1884. as delegate-at-Iarge from Ohio to the Re publican national convention, he sup ported James G. Blaine for president, He was again delegate-at-large In 1S88. this time advocating the nomination of John Sherman. It was a long and ex citing contest The convention was in session over a week. Blaine, then in Europe, was ardently supported by many, despite his celebrated "February letter declining to be a candidate, There grew up a strong feeling for Mc Klnley. Many of the leaders favored his nomination as the best solution of the difficulty. Senator Quay, of Penn sylvanta, said: "If Major McKlnley comes Into the light I think our delegation would rally more enthusiastically around him than any other man. He is up to the Penn sylvania idea of a man, and the delega Hon, I think, will be for him." On Saturday, June 23, every Republi can member of the house then In Wash ington joined in a telegram to Chicago saying that the best interests of the party demanded the nomination of Maj. McKlnley. Thut same day. while the balloting was going on, Connecticut cast a vote for McKlnley. He rose In the nildt of the roll call and eaid Ohio had sent him there to support John Sherman and his heart and Judgment accorded with his Instructions. He could not re. main silent with honor, nor consistently with the credit of Ohio, prove false to John Sherman, or with his own views of personal integrity, "consent or seem to consent to be a candidate." "I would not respect myself," said he, "If I could find it in my heart to do, or to say, or to permit It to be done, that which would even be ground for anyone to suspect that I wavered In my loyalty to Ohio, or my devotion to the chief of her choice, and the chief of mine. I do request, I demand, that no delegate who would not cast a re. flection upon me, shall cast a ballot for me." There was no misunderstanding his position. Gov. Foraker, a delegate with him, said: "Major McKlnley is here under the most rigid Instructions to sup port John Sherman and no extraneous circumstances, or extraordinary In ducements, could tor a moment divert his attention from the central idea of his presence here. McKlnley Is as thor oughly Impressed with the gravity of the situation as he can be, and no man has, or ran have, any reason to doubt his fidelity to his trust." To the Cincinnati Commercial Ga zette Murat Halstead telegraphed: "The people of Ohio should see that the conduct of McKlnley through this trying week has been admirable. His good faith Is undoubted. The history of our state makes this position one of the utmost delicacy, but, guided by a fine sense of honor, he has made no mistakes and has done his duty thor oughly. Mr. Sherman's friends can find no fault with him." Major McKlnley remained steadfast In his position, and when Blaine's letter came, reiterating his refusal to be a candidate, tho nomination went to Ben jamln Harrison and was ratified by election in the fall, ylt Is hardly making a rash statement to say that Major Mc Klnley's fidelity to John Sherman lost him the presidency. But it inoreased the confidence of the people In his honor and faithfulness to trust. Four years later came the Minne apolis convention. Major McKlnley was Its permanent chairman. When it be came evident that Blaine could not de feat Harrison, many of his friends turned toward McKlnley. There was great excitement when the convention began to ballot. Major McKlnley was In the chair and unnounced that the ballot for president would be taken. The first state called Alabama told that some, at least, of Blaine's strength was going to McKlnley. When Ohio was called, the vote was announced as "44 for McKlnley, 2 for Harrison." The convention went wild. Amid the din Major McKlnley demanded a poll of the delegation. "I am a delegate from. Ohio," he cried, "and I demand that my vote be counted." "You were not here," shouted For aker, "and your alternate voted for you," and again the shouts went up. The poll was taken, and Ohio cast 45 votes for McKlnley and one for Har rison. The one Harrison vote was given by Major McKlnley. Harrison was nominated, receiving 535 votes, but Mc Klnley came within a fractional part of one vote of having as many as were cast for the idol of the Republicans, James G. Blaine. Blaine had 182 6-6 votes and McKlnley 182 1-6. IV. A GREAT CAMPAIGNER. Major McKlnley has a fame won In another field than that of official life, It has been gained as a political cam paign orator. Without exaggeration It can be said that more people have heard him discuss political issues than ever listened to any other campaign speaker In the United States. Ho has been a favorite on the stump for years. In every campaign the demands for his services far exceed the, possibility of his meeting them. Ills great tour In the fall of 1894 was without a parallel In our history. It was a triumphal progress from state to state. At Indianapolis, on September 26, General Harrison Introduced htm to an audience such as had never before as sembled In the Hoosler capltol. At Chi cago 7,000 listened to McKlnley, and cheering crowds followed his carriage through the streets. At St. Louis 7,000 people crowded into a hall Intended to hold 5,000, and as many more could not get In at all. The police had to drive back the throng so as to get Major Mc Klnley Inside. At Kansas City, the Auditorium, the largest place of as sembling west of the Mississippi, would not hold half the people who came to hear him. At Hutchinson, Kansas, a comparatively small town, Major Mc Klnley addressed the largest meeting ever held In the state. The estimates of tho attendance run as high as 40,000. People came from Texas, Oklahoma, Indian Territory, Missouri and Ne braska, It was a day meeting, and had all tho exuberant manifestations of pro cessions, bands and glee clubs. One of the latter sang, in poor rhyme, but pos sibly good prophecy; The man will fare sllmly Who opposes McKlnley, In eighteen nlnety-ttx. At Topeka 25,000 people were present. The Populist ex-attorney general, who had nominated Lewelllng, the sitting Populist governor, rode In the bicycle brigade that escorted McKlnley to the meeting. "I believe in honoilng a governor who won't steal." he said, "and no one has ever accused McKlnley of stealing. He bas never catered to the baser elements of society. That Is what our governor has done. If this Populist crowd is elected again they will steal the moun tains of Missouri in another two years. In his trip through Kansas Major Mc Klnley spoke to 125,000 people in five days. Once he made seventeen speeches in twenty-four hours. At Lincoln, Neb., 8.000 were present among them 500 cowboys who rode ninety miles to hear him. At Omaha 12,000 came out, the largest audience ever gathered under one roof In the state. From Council Blufls to Des Moines he spoke a.t every station, his audiences aggre gating 30.000. Ten thousand, turned out at Des Moines. Among the 10,000 who came to hear him at St. Paul were hundreds from the two Dakotas. At Duluth the Iron miners came and shared with the old soldiers tho honor of es corting him. There were 15,000 In the audience, and afterward he spoke to the laborers at work at the docks. Madison, Wis., turned out 6.000. Mil waukee 15.000. On the Saturday be fore the Madison meeting he spoke 21 times in 16 hours to audiences ranging from 500 to 7.000. Grand Rapids. Mich., Rave him 4.000 listeners. At Peoria, 111., there were 20,000. at Springfield, the last resting place of Abraham Lincoln, almost an many. Then he turned southward, toward New Orleans. At Lexington, once the home of that other apostle of protec tion. 3.000 greeted him as he passed through. At Chattanooga. Tenn., there was a mighty throng at the stutlon. The New Orleans Picayune, the leading Democratic paper, said his audience there numbered 8.000. It printed his speech in full and devoted columns to a description of the scenes. There a Democrat In the audience shouted: "What about the force bill?" "We're more Interested just now In the board bill than the force bill." was the major's instant response. It was there that he said: "Cleveland Is a peace man in war, and a war man in peace." On his way home he had a great greeting at Birmingham. Ala., and then went Into West Virginia, speaking at Parkersburg, Huntington, Charles ton and Wheeling, as well as to tho crowds gathered at the stations along the route. In one day he spoke twelve times, his hearers numbering In all over 30,000. In Pittsburg he had a great audience. In Philadelphia he spoke twice In one evening to Immense meetings. Hla journey through New York was one great ovation. At Buf falo he had to address three meetings. Ten thousand greeted him at Albany. From Dunkirk to Batavla. Rochester, Syracuse, Utica, Schenectady, New burg, Poughkeepsie, the people turned out In thousands. On his return to Ohio' he stopped at Erie at 8 in the morning and found 12,000 people wait ing to hear him. He closed the cam paign in Ohio. This was indeed a memorable trip. It took In the Btates of Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ken tucky, Tennessee, Alabama, West Vir ginia, Pennsylvania, New York and Ohio. On undertaking It Major McKln ley agreed to makn 46 speeches. He made them and 325 more. For over eight weeks he averaged' seven speeches a day, ranging in length from 10 min utes to an hour. It was estimated that 2,000.000 people listened to him. It was a long, arduous and tiresome Journey, covering thousands of miles. But Major McKlnley bore up under his labors with wonderful vigor. When it ftas over he said to a friend: "I have been singularly fortunate. I thank God every day of my life that I have been so watched over and cared for and brought through the bag Jour ney without a mishap of any kind." After telling the story of this trip It need not be said that he has wonderful power as a campaigner. He is not a ilowery speaker. He tells no stories, never seeks to make his audience laugh. His language Is plain, his manner sim ple and sincere. His sincerity gives lilm his power over his audience. However much his hearers might differ from his views, all recognize that he means what he says, believes what he says, and yield homage to his sincerity and earn estness. He deals In no personalties, utters no abuse. No opponent leaves his meetings angered by what he has heard. He begins his speeches slowly, speak ing In low, measured tones. Then gradually his voice grows stronger and louder until his penetrating tones are heard by his entire audience. He has a look of Webster. Many have spoken of this. "McKlnley's eyes are not so deep set," says one, "and his voice has not the volume and resonance of the Olym pian oracle of the constitution, but the periods have an earnestness, his voice has an inflection and a force, his dark eye has the glow of a living coal of fire. No one can hear McKlnley and doubt that his soul Is touched with the living truth of a rule of action that has for Its object the upbuilding of America and the highest welfare of every Amer ican citizen." He has the power of stating a truth In plain words. Here are a few of the sayings that fell from his lips on that lour, and which his hearers understood and remembered: "Capital won't work without profit any more1 thun labor will work without wages. Yet capital can wait on Its divi dends, but the worklncman on rlB dinner." "The capital of the working man Is his strong right arm. and In the deftnpua and skill of his brain, ami If th pv n pr un used for a month, cr three months, or six months, that much of the worklncrnnn'a capital Is gone forever. What we want today Is to keep thut capital Invested. You can't do that If you give Europe a part of our work to. do." Diminution of domestic nrndnptlnn means diminution of the demand for American labor. There is nothing cheap to the American that comes from Europe If It enforces idleness at home." "The dearest things to any people are Idleness and poverty." Major McKlnley has known Inns nr- vlce as a public speaker. It Is more than the third of a century Blnce he first was heard In nubile: discussion. Tn 1XKA Ohio voted Upon the adoption of the Fif teenth amendment to the United States constitution, giving tho colored man the right of suffrage. "The flrBt political speech that I ever made." said Governor MeKlnlev tho other day, "was In favor of that amend ment. It was delivered at the trlllniri. nf New Berlin, and I afterward made It all through Stark county." He r'auscd a moment, and then, his face brightening, he went on: I really wish I could rend that speech. I can see It now, all written out. I never orenared a. sueech with arrester care In my life." As the vounc orator made hla inn Man neech It wan rtftllvarptl frnm tha vot. anda of the reildenoe of Mtnhanl mt. ser, a Pennsylvania German and stanch Republican, who yet points out with pride the spot where McKlnley stood no thought came to his mind of a day when not only hundreds, but millions of his fellows cttUens would flock to hear him, and his eloquence have pow er "listening senates to command.' III3 HOME LIFE. Major McKlnley is now in his fifty third year. He is strong and vigorous, well-preserved. Of a long-lived family, his father reaching & and hla venerable mother still living at tho great age of 87, his stock of vitality has not been Im paired by careles living or excess. His form is erect, his eye bright and scarce ly a gray thread gleams among his dark hair. He works, but does not W orry, and work seldom kills. A good deal of a philosopher, care sits rather lightly upon him. Trouble never' keeps him awake. His dress is plain, and al ways of black materials. His coat is a frock, always buttoned. In summer his clothing is of lighter material, but black In color, and he wears a straw hat Instead of the silk hat worn in other seasons and on all formal occasions. Ills neckties are black or dark blue. Beyond a plain gold ring he wears no Jewelry, but in his buttonhole Is always seen the bronze badge of the Grand Army of the Republic or the red, white and blue rosette of the Loyal Legion. Ho does not use Intoxicating liquors, but Is an Inveterate smoker. No man is a better judge of a good cigar, and he won't smoke any other. When not at work the blue smoke from his cigar is constantly curling In the air as he talks or travels. Those who do not know him well might think him rather reserved, if not austere. This would bo a mistake. With his friends he Is a most Jolly companion. While he never tells a story In his speeches, he is an excellent story teller, and enjoys listening to them. His appreciation of humor is most keen, and when among his Intimate associates there la no bet ter sign that he is In an excellent humor and likes the person with whom he talks than the way In which he joking ly teases him on some harmless matter. His home life Is. happy tn the ex treme. In 1871 he married Miss Ida Saxton, of Canton. Mrs. McKlnley Is a gentle, accomplished lady, but for years she hns been an Invalid, and Is even now confined to her bed much of the time. The devotion of husband and wife for each other is touching. No young lover ever manifested' greater affection, more constant, loving care than does Major McKlnley for hla In valid wife. When her health makes it at all possible she travels with him. When absent from her, not a duy pass es, not even during his arduous west ern tour last fall. In which he does not find time to send a brief letter or tele gram to her at frequent Intervals. In Columbus the governor and his wife occupy a suite of rooms at tho Neal house, just oppposlte the capltol. Sit ting at her window Mrs. McKlnley can look Into the executive offices and see her husband at his duties. Every morn ing as he goes over to the capltol, he turns at the gate entering the grounds, lifts his hat and bows a good-bye to the watcher at the window. Their two children died In Infancy, an especially deep affliction to a couple who love children as they do. Mrs. Mc Klnley will frequently stop her carriage while out driving and call a child to her. All her friends must bring their babies for her to see. At Christmas she sends little gifts to all the "admin istration babies" and these of her other friends. Both she and the major are fond of the society of young people, and It Is a source of regret to them that circumstances prevent their enter taining them. But Mrs. McKlnley can neither go out nor receive guetts, and It is recognized In Co.umbus that all she can do Is to formally acknowledge by cards calls made upon her. During his service bb governor they have, how ever, given several receptions at their hotel to the legislature, the public and their Columbus friends. These have been pleasant affairs, for the governor enjoys agreeable company, is an ex cellent conversationalist and a delight ful host. In religion the major and Mrs. Mc Klnley nre Methodists, as were his father and mother. He Is now arrang ing to place a memorial window In the little Methodist church at Poland, In remembrance of his father. But , ho came originally of Presbyterian Btock, His grandfather was an elder In the Lisbon Presbyterian church from 182 to 1836. during the pastorate of Rev. Dr. Vallandlgham, father of Clement L. Vallandlgham. Governor McKlnley will pluce a similar memorial window to his grandfather In the new Presbyter Ian church at Lisbon. Major McKlnley Is a man of moderate means. While not a poor man, he Is by no means rich. Nut he lives plain ly, and has no extravagances, personal or domestic. He owns some property In Canton, and has leased the Harter residence there and will occupy It on the expiration of his gubernatorial term. His aged mother.lives In Canton with his sister, Miss Helen McKlnley, and with her two grandchildren, Grace and James McKlnley. children of the governor's brother, who died In Indi ana. There is not much ceremony about the executive offices et Columbus, When the writer handed his card to a clerk In the nnte-chamber, expecting that It would be sent In to the governor, as Is usually the ease elsewhere, he said: "Oh, just walk right In." The governor waa found Bitting In a large room, comfortably, but plainly furnished, with a high arched celling. Facing him on the wall hangs an excel lent oil painting of President Hayes, flanked by smaller portraits of William Henry Harrison, James A. Garfield, and those two bluff old Ohio worthies, "Hen" Wade and "Dave" Tod. The lat ter signed McKlnley's commission as captain. Pictures of Arthur St. Clair, 8. P. Chase, William Dennlson, Wil liam Allen, Oeorgo Hondly and other governors of Ohio hang around the walls. lie has many callers, not only from all parts of Ohio, but from every state of the union. Ohio men, wherever they live, are proud of McKlnley, and they never visit Columbus without calling to pay their respect. The old soldiers always call to see the governor who served In the ranks. His mall is very large, and almost one-half of the let ters contain requests to address meet ings. They come from all over the union, and range from political con ventions, soldiers' reunions end dedica tion of soldiers' monuments to welcom ing women delegates to a missionary meeting. From very necessity not more than one in fifty is accepted. All let ters are answered, the governor giving his personal attention to those most Im portant, except such as are plainly from cranks and professional beggars. And not only does he receive begging let ters, but beggars call In profusion. His clerks try to stand between him and all but those really deserving, for he Is too generous for his means and Is often Im posed upon, Major McKlnley's career well exempli fies the possibilities of American eltt senship. Starting in the battle of life without the adventitious aids of wealth or high station, what he la and where unto he has attained be bas won for himself. The boy soldier In the rank of Company E finds himself at life's' meridian a cttlsen whose fame bas spread throughout the whole land.' aad whose name Is Indeed a "household word." And In a career wrought out In the open arena of public affairs, with a nation's eyes upon him, no whisper of scandal, no taint of wrong-doing, at tad.es to hl3 name. The tongue of s'ander Is stilted, the finger of malice pctnts to no stain on his record. Should destiny have no other and greater lien ors In store for him. his name and fame will still live In the annals of the American people. When introducing Major McKlnley to the great meeting at Indianapolis last fall. ex-President Harrison. In that suc cinct, felicitous style no one Is better master of than he, thus summed up the man: "He has endeared himself to all by his record as a gallant young soldier, battling for the flag. He has honored himself, hla state and the country by his conspicuous services In high legis lative and executive places. No man more than he Is familiar with those questions that now , engage publlu thought. No man is more able than he lucidly to set them before the peo ple. I do not need to Invoke your at tention to what he shall say. He wilt command it." ' 100 MUCH HYPHEN. The Use of This Particular Puoctuatiol Mark Is Not Objectionable la Bosleest aad Social Life, but It Is la Politics. From the Washington Post. The hyphen Is a venerable and gen erally useful device. Its advent was simultaneous wtth that of writing. The Invention of printing vastly extended the area of Its usefulness, and the oofl cetts, fashions, and fads of civilised peo ples have continually multiplied Us op portunities. In Uie nomenclature of newspapers the hyphen plays a star part. When two journals In the same town grow weary of competition the hyphen unites them lu a union so close that the Identity of each is lost In the other like two streams that have met In their winding way and blended Into one. Instead of the Dally Eagle and the Morning Call, each warring against Its hated rival, the Eagle-Call appears as the happy product of hyphenation. Peace reigns, the paper prospers, and the town is a gainer by the change. And It often happens that when one newspaper has struggled along In ad versity until hope Is beginning to sub side into despair, a more fortunate con temporary throws out a hyphen, like a rope to a sinking boat. In the nomenclature of families, too, hyphenation Is playing a great part. The descendants of the Smiths and Browns are put on a higher social plane than that to which their progenitors attained by hyphenation and a little Ingenuity In orthography. When Mrs. Smythe-Brown, in her elegant silver trimmed carriage with crested doors, with UvpHr1 rrnlphmiMi art A fniitmiin years ago? This use of the hyphen, al though possibly less beneficent than its employment In newspaper nomencla ture, is not In the least objectionable, on the box, rolls along Connecticut ave nue, who, among the oldest Inhabitants remembers, or careB'to remember.Smlth, the butcher, or Brown the tanner of fifty It harms no one, and it does a positive gcod by promoting happiness of fam ilies. ONE BAD SPECIMEN. "' But there Is one species of hyphena tion which Is not to be commended, and which, it Is hoped, will, at no distant day, go into desuetude and be permitted to abide there. We do not like the hyphenated American In politics.. All the citizens of the United States, no matter where they were born or whence they came, are Americans, All have equal rights, common interests, and common duties. There Is but one office under our government from which nat uralized citizens are excluded. Men who were born In Europe have borne their part in shaping the destiny of the republic In peace and war. Perhaps the most remarkable fact In our na tional history Is the blending of na tionalities into a great and strong na tion. ' But now, as heretofore, there is a strong Inclination In various quarters to run politics on lines of foreign nationali ties. It happens that we have a cur rency issue In politics a great and ex citing Issue. But what Is there In this' situation to appeal to any national sen timent other than America? We see that a German-American Sound Money league has been organized In New York. Its "lmmediuto put pose" Is announced to be the ascertainment of the views of the German-Americans In the United States on the currency question. In a circular letter the president of tho league declares his belief that this class of citizens Is overwhelmingly In favor of the ?old standard, and In order to ob tain proof of this, expressions of opin ion are asked from German-American citizens in all parts of the country. The league favors neither the Republi can nor the Democratic party, but, to quote the circular, "realizing the ruin ous consequences which will Inevitably follow from free coinage of silver, It simply desires to do its share in secur ing the maintenance of the gold stand ard." Can there be any necessity for this sort of hyphenation? Cannot all Ameri cans who believe In the gold standard work together as Americans? Are we to have Anglo-American, Irish-American, German-American, Austro-Amerl-can, Russo-Amerlcan, and the balance of the list of hyphenations all showing up In the campaign of 1S9C? This Issue does not effect a man's interests any more or any less by reason of his place of birth. Citizens who came from Eu rope have Just the same interests at stake tn a currency question as citizens whose ancestors came over In the May flower. Is It not time for all the varied nationalities In the United States to consider the propriety and expediency of dropping the hyphen In politics? The name American Is long enough and good enough for all of us. As n Precaution. Mrs. Newed "We will have to have a speaking tube from the dining room to the kitchen." Mr. Ncwed-"Why?" Mrs. Newed "Well, I must get some way of talking to the cook without hav ing her throw dishes at me." Truth, "How to Cure all Skin Diseases.' Simply apply "Swayne's Ointment." No Internal medicine required. Cures tetter, eczema, itch, all eruDtlons on th face, hands, nose, etc., leaving the skin clear, white and healthy. Its great neaung ana curative powers are pos sessed by no other remedy. Ask your ' druggist for Swayne's Ointment