tHE SCBANTON TRIBUNE - JTB1DAY MORNING, JUNE 19, 1896.
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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.
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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,
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