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"alestine some Lay become a
great mining field. One of our consuls
there reports that immense deposits of
phosphates have been recently discov-
ered on each side of the river Jordan.
meng
A California has a new
device for directly utilizing solar heat.
In the event of its success economists
will regard the waste of energy during
the summer of 1901 as little else than
a tragedy.
inventor
The fellow who stole $280,000 worth
of gold from a California smelter ex-
plains that he wanted the money to
enable him to invent a flying machine.
It would probably have done him more
good if he had invented his flying ma-
chine first.
Compositors have something to be
thankful for. Here is a specimen of a
real German “Donaudampf-
schiffsfahrtsgesellschaftsoberdirection-
bureauvorsteher.” In English it means,
“Manager of the chief director's office
of the Danube Steam Navigation com-
pany.” No wonder there is trouble
sometimes in the printing trade in **
Fatherland.
word :
The skeleton spectre of famine again
stalks abroad in parts of Russia and
nf Asia. Again the east will cry out
to the west to give bread to millions
of starving mouths. Even with all
the progress of modern civilization
hunger seems to torment as vast mul-
titudes as in the days of the Caesars.
Times are sadly out of joint in broad
regions of the earth.
A monument is to be erected in Chi-
cago to the memory of David Kenni-
son, who died in that city in 1852, at
the age of more than 115 years. Ken-
rison was the last survivor of the
“Boston Tea Party.” He fought
through the War of the Revolution in
the Continental] Army, and at the
opening of the War of 1812 was on
garrison duty at Fort Dearborn, which
then marked the spot where Chicago
now stands. He returned to Chicago
in 1846. His grave lies in Lincoln
Park, not far from the Lincoln statute.
Philadelphia oculists tell us that
there is something more in the brassy
eye than mere slang [It is a disease
one which affects motormen and
railways.
and
conductors on electric
symptoms are an excessive flow
tears and a dread of light. According
te the oculists this is caused by ver-
digris conveyed by the hand to the
eye, and its scientific name is chalkitis.
The motormen and conductors whose
hands are on brass rods and the like
a good part of the time while they are
on duty rub the verdigris into their
eyes and then the trouble begins. 1f
taken hold of in time no permanent
harm results, but if neglected the vis-
ion may be seriously impaired; and
while it lasts a motorman is not whol-
ly responsible for an accident because
everything before his eyes is more or
less blurred and he cannot see clearly.
The St. Paul eccentric recluse who
provided in his will that all his cash,
amounting to some $50,000, should be
burned by his administrators *‘in the
presence of witnesses till nothing but
ashes are left,” was illogical, not to
say luny. If he had wished to escape
the disgrace of dying rich, and to
make sure that his hoarded money did
nobody any good he should have
burned it himself. Of all the ways
of proving that one has money to burn
this is perhaps the most novel. It has
one advantage over the usual method
of brainless spenders, which is to burn
money in dissipation or foolish ex-
travagance. The post-mortem confla-
gration, if carried out, will at least
not harm the owner and will leave the
government so much richer. The in-
cident is another of the little ironies
of life that crop out daily in the news.
Think of the work and self-denial re-
quired to accumfilate this considera-
ble miser’'s hoard, the bitter disap-
pointments in, realizing at last that
there are no pockets in the shroud, and
the hatred of kin and kind displayed
in the instruction to burn it—and you
have answered before asking it the
question, “Wag it worth while?’ ob
serves the New York World.
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J
PRESIDENT MCKINLEY D
The Nation's Chief Expires at 2.15 Sai-
urday Morning at Buffalo.
FOR HOURS ON VERGE OF DISSOLUTION
in a Loving Farewell
to His Devoted Wife
the Dying President’s Last Words Were
“It is God’s Way; His Will Be
Good-Bye.”
William McKinley, the twenty-fourth
President of the United States,
2.15 Saturday morning.
The bullet fired by
the anarchist assassin,
ful work.
The nation is bowed in grief.
Theodore Roosevelt, in
with the provisions of the Constitution,
is now the President.
President McKinley's end was peace-
{ul.
spirit which had characterized his splen-
did public career and his sweet domes-
tic life were pathetically shown in his
last moments of consciousness. His §
one thought was of his wife, who held
his hand in a loving,
His last words were to her.
were: “Good-by, All. Good-by.
God's Way. His Will be done.”
Members of the Cabinet, Secreiary
Cortelyou and the others who had
watched through the hours of suspenze
and anixety from the first sinking spell,
caused by heart failure, carly FPriday
morning. entered the chamber
dying President, touched his hand and
murmured a word of farewell. About
¢.40 o'clock the President softly uitered
the words of his favorite hymn, "Near-
er, my God, to thee
{ato unconsciousness.
[Leon Czolgosz,
has done its aw-
They
It
1s $
of
died at
accordance §
$1 hu
i trate
Which an assassin’s bullet had condemn-
The noble courage and Christian g ¢d > :
® of calmness and poise which
8 who stood at his bedside when they
8 Ut tered,
lingering farewell.
Io
y
the ®
& hymn
ic before he lapsed into unconsciousness heg
2 begged the doctors to let him die.
and then lapsed 8
BE 1c
¥ groan of anguish went up from the as-
sembled officials. They
like children. All the pent-up emotions
fe. ¢ T .
8 of the last few days were let loose. They §
turned from the room and emerged from
the house with streaming eyes for the
t fate of the dead President.
He died unattended by a minister of
Bl the Gospel,
nble submission
#in whom he believed.
was reconciled to the cruel
to the will of God,
fate to
E cd him and faced death in the same spirit
had marked
conscious
long career. His last
Dr. Mann,
reduced to writing by
this
® words,
were as follows:
Good-by all! Good-by! It
® wav. His will be done: net ours.”
2? Iriends came to the door of the
recom. took a longing glance and turned
rfully away. The President was un-
clous during this time.
Members of the Cabinet, one by
{saw the President momentarily,
there was a hushed exchange.
President softly chanted part of
“Nearer, My God, to Thee.”
18
sick
one,
and
the
It said that President McKinley
really died at 2 o'clock, and that after
had been pronounced dead efforts
is
From the time that the President ex- j§
perienced the first severe sinking spell,
at 2 o'clock Friday morning, until 7
o'clock Friday evening, digitalis
given and saline solution injected to
stimulate the action the c¢nfeebled
heart. Oxygen was also administered.
It seemed that the dying man was be-
ing kept alive by artificial means. After
he had bidden farewell to Mrs. McKin-
ley and others near and dear to him
the President requested the doctors to
be allowed to die, and the use of oxy-
gen was suspended.
The physicians
Of
disagree as to the
cause of the fatal turn in the Presi-
dent's condition and it is already certain
that an autopsy will he necessary to de-
termine the exact cause of death.
The members of the family.
exception of the bereaved widow
at the deathbed. Mrs. McKinley
in an adjoining room. Dr. Rixey
the only physician present.
END OF A LONG STRUGGLE.
was §
with the
were §
Was 3
was i
Tearful Farewells and Then a Wait Ustil Death
Came to the President.
Buffalo, N
dent died at 2.1
authoritative
5s A. M.
From officials the
lowing details of the final scenes
about the death chamber were secured:
The President had continued an
unconscious state since 8.30 P. M. Dr,
Rixey remained with him at all times
until death came. The other doctors
were in the room at times, and then re-
paired to the front room. where their
consultation had been held
“About 2 o'clock Dr. Rixey noted the
unmistakable signs of dissolution and
the immediate members of the family
were summoned to the bedside.
McKinley was asleep and it was deem-
ed best not to awaken her ior the
moments of anguish.
“Silently and sadly the members of
the family entered the room. They
stood about the foot and sides of
bed where the President's life was ebb-
ing away. These in the circle were:
Abner McKinley, the
brother; Mrs. Abner McKinley, Miss
Helen, the President's sister; Mrs. Sa-
rah Duncan, another sister; Miss Mary
Barber, a niece; Miss Sarah Duncan,
Lieut. J. F. McKinley, a nephew;
William M. Duncan, a nephew: Chas.
G. Dawes, Comptroller of the Curren-
cy; F. M. Osborne, a cousin; Col.
Webb C. Hayes, John Barber, a
nephew; Secretary George B. Cortel-
you, Col. W. C. Brown, business part-
ner of Abner McKinley; Dr. Rixey, the
family physician, and six nurses and
attendants.
In adjoining rooms sat Drs.
ney, Wasdin, Parke, Stockton and Myn-
fer.
It was now
utes were slipping away.
of those in the circle about the Presi-
dent's bedside broke the silence. Five
minutes passed, then six, seven, eight.
Now Dr. Rixey bent forward and then
one of his hands was raised as if in
warning. The fluttering heart was just
going to rest. A moment more and Dr.
Rixey straightened up. With choking
voice he said:
“The President is dead!”
Secretary Cortelyou was the first to
turn from the stricken circle. He step-
ped from the chamber to the outer hall
and then down the stairway to the large
room where the members of the Cabi-
net, Senators and distinguished officials
were assembled. As his tense, white
face appeared at the doorway a hush fell
upon the psseriblage
“Gentlemen, the President has passed
away,” he said.
For a moment not a word came in re-
ply. Even though the end had been ex-
cted the aetual announcement that
William McKinley was dead fairly stun-
ed these men who had been his clos-
est confidants and advisers. Thea a
in
2.05 o'clock and the min-
Mrs. §
last
the |
President's
McRBur-§
Only the sobs
(Special).—The Presi- 4
fol- ¢
in and 8
WILLIAM
The Third President of the
fof any attempt at repair on the part of
MW bullet.
ton,
cried outright #8
but his last words were an@
The Chief Magis-J
were pm
God's &
i mediately after he was shot, in the course}
of a cursory talk,
Then they
Just jg
fl opinion sometimes among us as to which g
mode of procedure under
breastbone did net pase through the skin
and did little harm. The other bullet
passed through both walls of the stom-
ach, near its lower border.’ Both heles
were found to be perfectly closed by the
‘stitches, but the tissue around each hole
had beaome gangrenous. After passing
{through the stomach the bullet passed
into the back walls of the abdomen, hit-
ting and tearing the upper end of the
kidney. This portion of the bullet track
was also gangrenous, the gangrene in-
volving the pancreas,
“The bullet has not yet been found.
There was no sign of peritonitis or dis-
ease of other organs. The heart walls
were very thin. There was no evidence
from the
stomach
resulted
the
death
affected
and
which
nature,
angrene
around the bullet wounds, as well as the
tissues around: the further ceurse of the
Death was unavoidable hy
surgical or medical treatment and was
the direct result of the bullet wound.
“Harvey D. Gaylord, M.D.; Herman
G. Matzinger, M.D.; P. M. Rixey, M.D.;
Matthew D. Mann, M.D. : Herman Myn.
ter, M.D.: Roswell Parke, M.D.: Eu-
2eene Wasding, M.D. Charles G. Stock-
M.R.: Edward G. Janeway, M.D.;
Johnson, M.D.: W, P. Kendall,
S. A.; Charles Cary, M.D. ;
Edward 1.. Munson, Aseisin Surgeon
U. S. A., and Hermanus L. Baer, M.D.”
The official announcement of the phy-
dl sicians as the result of their autopsy on
the President's body that death resulted
{from gangrene of the wounds led to
much discussion of the causes leading
qup to its gangrenous condition. It de-
veloped that Dr. Wasdin, one of the con-
i sulting physicians and an expert of high
standing in the marine hospital service,
strongly supported the view that
murderous bullet had been poisoned and
that this was one of the moving causes
of the gangrenous condition. The area
of this dead and gangfened flesh was a
source of much surprise to the surgeons,
reaching a circumference about the size
of a silver dollar about the internal
fl wounds.
Aside from their official, signed state-
ment, the doctors were rather averse to
us discussing the autopsy, but some general
expressions were secured on the point
involved. Dr. Matthew D. Mann, the
surgeon upon whom fell the responsibil-
ity of operating upon the President im-
WW. W.
surgeon, U.
said:
any
among
contention or
the physi-
was never
discussion
“There
unseemly
cians as to the method of treatment off
Ma case similar to the present one in 1m
5 portance. In no case was there ever a
better understanding as to what should
be done. We worked together as one
man. There were honest differences of
was the better
certain conditions, but
wavs were convinced.”
“Se far as the treatment of
1
the minority al
the
McKINLEY.
United States to Die by the §
Hand of an Assassin.
were made to revive the spark of life.
When this was found impossible Mr.
Cortelyou made the reluctant announce-
ment.
Senator
Representative
soon after the
President's death.
“It took place at 2 o'clock,” said Mr.
Alexander. I went up stairs and met
ECol. Webb Hayes. ‘How
dent? 1 asked. ‘He passed away
o'clock,” replied Colonel Hayes.
died peacefully and without pain,
a man sinking to sleep. For three hours
or more he had been practically dead and
his extremities had been wholly dead.
Burrows, of Michigan, and
Alexander left the house
announcement of the
at 2
@ Only a faint Hicker at intervals told that
Bhe
Occasionally he uttered
a faint exclamation ‘Oh! and before he
quite lost consciousness Dr. Stockton,
bending over him, heard him repeating
the words of the hymn, ‘Nearer, My
God. to Thee.’
“Secretaries Root, Wilson, Long and
Hitchcock. Attorney-General Knox,
Senators Hanna, Fairbanks and Burrows
and Representatives Ryan and myself
filed through the President's room about
11 o'clock and saw him for the last time
alive. So quietly did he pass away that
the members of the Cabinet who were
gathered in the dining room did not
know when he died.”
Senator Burrows, who left the house
with his handkerchief pressed to his eyes,
could hardly speak great was his
emotion.
“The President's death seemed pain-
less. said he. “He seemed to fall into
calm and peaceful repose.
DEATH DUE TO GANGRENE.
Conclugion of Physicisns After Autopsy on
Mr. McKialey's Body.
Mulburn House, Buffalo, N. Y. ( Spe-
cial ).—The following is the report of the
autopsy upon the remains of President
MgKinley :
“The bullet dllich ck
still lived.
50
3
is the Presi-§#
‘He 8
like 8
wen. RD
frgm a a surgical
11 was SUucCcess-
was fatal
Ml was concerned, both
and a medical standpoint,
ful. The abdominal wound
from the start.
feel relieved over the result of the au-
topsy. because it revealed the fact that
the abdominal wound was necessarily
fatal, and that nothing that was done or
@could be done would more than
the inevitable result.
represented among the physicians and
surgeons making the autopsy.
LEAVES HOUSE OF DEATH.
Simple Fumeral Services Over the Bedy—A
Dramatic lacident.
Buffalo, N. Y.
their simplicity were the services held
here Sunday morning over all that re-
mains of William McKinley save the
memory of him that will linger
hearts of the American people.
Except for the presence of many of
the most distinguished men in the na-
tion the services in the Milburn house
might have been the last words said
over any of a hundred thousand men.
Barely two hundred persons were ad-
mitted to the house, and those only by
special invitation. Except for the news-
paper men, the military and the escort
guard of police there were few within
a block of the cottage while the ser-
vices were in progress.
The coffin was taken down stairs and
put in the large library at the front of
the house. just off the hall. It rested
between the two front windows, with
the head toward the street and about
two feet from a large pier glass. The up-
per half oi the coffin was open. and on
the lower half rested a large wreath of
purple violets, red roses and
chrysanthemums. Two other wreaths
of red roses and white chrysanthemums
rested en a marble shéif at the base of
the mirror. The carpet was draped
with a large American flag.
Only the thimmess of his ecg fore
;
any ge
the 8
The physicians should}
delay 4
The Government, §
the family and the profession were fairly §
(Special).—Striking ing
in the §8
white >
mute te
which t}
dured.
was in
button
gfirst b d
A bla
A collar |
sually
it was
ere the
struck.
standing §
e of white
y at his
ody,
t Roose
Mr. and §
Bwhen,
velt d
Mrs,
in si
Cabi
and
into
azza
, north side
use were m of the members
othe McKinley fan
ent anda few of thir
Mrs. cKinley did not
stairs hiring the services. With Mrs.
Barberf Miss Barber, Mrs. Hobart and}
Dr. Rfxey, she sat at the head of the}
Bstairs fleading into the main hall. All
the ddors were open and she could hear @
every word of the minister's earnest
and the sweet strains of
reached her as they sang
President's favorite hy mn,
‘She sat through it all, Silent and pas-
sive. It seemed as if her great grief
had exhausted her power
With a handkerchief at her
buried her suffering in her
heart. Never moving until
fore the coffin was carried out,
gently raised from her chair
away to her own room.
As President
flibrary everyone rose. Gravely he
walked past the line of the Cabinet
members to the head of the coffin. I¢
Ma moment he gazed on the face of Mr.
McKinley. His eyes were suffused
with tears and his mouth twitched, but
of C hh
friends.
come down
closest
eyes she
just be
she was
Jwith a superb effort of the will he mas-
re- ¥
the
was
tered his emotions. During
mainder of the service his face
and grim,
Turning,
place with
iment Rev.
set
took his
this
Locke, of
Mr. Reosevelt
the Cabinet. At
Dr. Charles Edw.
qthe Delaware Avenue Methodist Epis
@copal Church, son of that Dr. Locke
Bho for many years was the McKinley
pastor at Canton, entered the room.
took a position at the door leading into
Bthe outer hall.
\ quartet from the First Presbyterian
Church had been stationed in the din-
ing room, and with the sweet strains of
one the President's favorite hymns,
® Lead, Kindly Light,” the services be
Hoan. Ilyc hat before had been dry
SMfilled with tears as the words were sung
Bwith exquisite feeling and pathos.
B As the last strains died away
i [ocke’ oice was heard. He beg
Rrcading from the fifteenth chapter
first Corinthians. There was a mo
cnt s pause after he had finished, and
quartet sang the verses of
rer, my God, to Thee,” so dear tof
im about whose bier the mourn
od.
\s the
of
Dr.
yan
of
music died away for a
ment there was tense silence. Then
in prayer Dr. Locke; his Ey uttered
so that they reached the ears
Woman sorrowing for her dead,
an eloguent appeal.
Al present joined in
Praver as ule minister
Roosweyelt's
he back™No{
MP Coucluded wit
101
The
of
the
repeated it,
voice being au-
the room. _
a_simpl
S;... 1
[i President
dible at t
uncral director was ahout to
when suddenly there
behind ‘Governor Odell.
ho had risen,
mity
was a
Senator Hanna,
saw that the last oppor
% ty to loek into the countenance of his
(cad friend had come. Pressing forward
1 an instant he was at the side of the
othn,
nto it. Almost two minutes passed and
then he turned away and the cofin was
Bosc +d.
Four two infantry
and two artillery sergeants bore the cof
of the house. The
and others followed it.
Lo
sailors
Win out
B Cabine
emained.
rolls of muffled drum told those outside
dthe house that the funeral cortege was
Bout to appear. At the moment the cof
Rfin appeared “Nearer, My God, to Thee,
ascended in subdued strains from one of
the military bands.
lowered the coffin from their
and placed it in the hearse.
sailors swung into long columns
took up the march southward toward the
: £Y Hall.
8
i
g
to
s the funeral cortege moved south or El
a Dts: avenue toward the City Flali§
a vast concourse of people looked on.
began raining hard and the people were
drenched by the time the body reached
the hall. :
A VAST OUTPOURING.
Immense Crowd in the Rain at Buffalo City
Hall to See the Body.
Buffalo (Special.)—Such a spontane-§@8
ous outpouring of men and wemen desir-§
Mous of paying their respects to the dead §
#as that which took place at the City Hal 18
Sunday afternoon has seldom occurred}
in this country.
d As carly 5 a. m.
gather at the points of vantage around §
@the hall. They stood there all day, con
stantly increasing in numbers and re
gardless of the wind and rain whicl
drenched them to the skin, in order that
they might have a last look at the
of the dead President. Not less
150,000 persons were massed at one time
behind the lines of police which
them in check.
For hours, in double lines, two abreast
they filed past the coffin containing Mr
McKinley's body. Though they went
through the City Hall at the
185 to 189 a minute the stream
slackened. late in the afternoon there
|g were two lines, each’ nearly if not quite
a mile long, in which were standing men
Band women, waiting patiently
8 Many
as
never
ior
food
death-mask of the President's fac
@has been made. The mask was taken by
Edward L. A. Pausch, of Hartford.
dConn. He has modeled the features of
limany of the distinguished men who have
died in this country in recent vears.
The funeral train left Buffalo at 8.30
a. m. Monday, arriving at Washingtor
9 o'clock Monday evening. At Wa
ington the body was taken from the tr:
to the Executive Mansion under the es-
cort of a squadron of cavalry, remained
under a guard of soldiers and sailors
until 10 o'clock Tuesday morning, when
1
Bit was taken to the rotunda of the Capi
under the
same escort of cavalry.
“The body will lie in state in the
tunda of the Capitol Tuesday. Tues
morning the public fumeral service
ok hands A CHRISTIAN'S
ers of the &
carriage $i
and gd
Ne of
vhe were pres-#
3 \lc Kinley
Bl calmly awa
$4 gan
the §
the §
r ~ . b
tor suffering.
broken § but implicit faith in the
Be: all
pg week of hope and fear that followed, at
and led 3 the
Roosevelt entered the §
\4
& \ cK
mo- g
led
a private
a unteers,
1g on
MO- Bs
the i
made §
Lord's :
step gi
forward to place the cover on the coffin
movement &
be nding over and looking down i
sergeantsg
President, 58
Mrs. |
Me Kinley and the members of the family §
It was 11.30 o'clock when three long [8
ge Neal,
Tenderly the bearers ki
shoulders [&
Soldiers and}
and 8
eof the com
To
ican party,
crowds began tof y
face ge
than}
held @
rate of from}
hours. i“
of them were wet through and@
ginearly all of them were without
military
processiofl, in accorg
§cedent infthe case of Preside!
Eto the Baltimore and Poton
and placed upon the funeral t
ris of Can
the direction of a committee to
ed by the Mayor of that city.
DEATH.
Ml will leave for Canton, whey
8 funeral services i comn
W@W charge of the citi
entered §
Thy Kingdom Come, i
Thy Will Be Done. v
While lying in the operating room’ of
Wc Emergency Hospital in the grounds,
Pan-American Exposition, after
upon his life, Presidenit
his trust in God and:
ited the work of the sur-
At that time he suffered no
His mind was at peace, save for
Nhis solicitude for his invalid wife.
The scene within the hospital was]
tranquil. When Dr. Mynter be-|
to administer the anesthetic;
Bthe President was repeating the Lord's!
He had reached the words.
hy kingdom come, "Thy will be}
done,” when the ether took effect and
he lapsed into unconsciousness. With!
this simple prayer on his lips he sub-
fmitted to the operation with the simple]
Almighty that
the!
the
attempt
put
the
yeons.
pain.
ayer,
well. T hroughout
would be
this same spirit of}
ever manifest, and on|
he repeated the words!
“Nearer, my God, tor
utterance was, “It is
will be done.” This
said good-by to Mrs.
Milburn home,
¥ trust in God was
his last evening
goi the hymn,
Thee.” His last
God's way. His
was after he had
inley and :
LIFE AND WORK OF MR. McKINLEY.
Carcer of the Late President—Lawyer, Sol-'
dier and Statesman.
William McKinley, twenty-fourth!
President of the United States, was borat
Mat Niles, Trumbull county, Ohio, on]
Tanuary 29, i84:. After attendong the
gyublic schools he went to Poland Acade-
@nmy, and subsequently to Allegheny Col-,
ik ilege, but before attaining his majority
had become a teacher in the public
schools. On June 171, 1861, when he was
in his nineteenth year, he enlisted as a
3 in the Twenty-third Ohio Vol-
becoming commissary sergeant
April 15. 1862, second lieutenant on,
eptember 23 of the same year, first lieu-
gi tenant on February 1863, and captain
nm July 1864. He served successively’
gon the i Gens. R. B. Hayes,
George and Winfield S. Hancock,
BS nd ton lose of the war was de-
Rl (0 led as tant adjutant general
f the First Division, First Army Corps,
Gen. S. S. Carroll.’ He
etted major of volunteers for
n March, 18635, and in
mustered out of thef
: of
B® was bre
Baallantry
fH uly
MSC
Ma 1] 01
to the stud Of law,
by a
School.
bar,
in bat
ng w
Kinley then applied himself
which he completed
S Albany (N.
1d oe he ‘glia 2
: and settled dow®at Canton, O.,
§the practice of his profession, that tow
singe remaining his home. In 1869 hd
wi elected prosecuting attorney of Stark
mty, but served only one term in that
fice. In 1867 he made his entrance upon
ie field of national politics, and was
lected a member of the lower house of
in which for the next 14 years
represented the congressional district
which his county was a part. As
‘hairman of the Ways and Means Com
mittee ported the tariff law of 18qo.
the which he took a
leading has always been
known hy his name. In November
gthat vear Major Mcl inley was defea
ior re-election to Congress, the new ap-
portionment of the 1aving been so
fgerryimandered hrow him into a
he succeeded in
be
g ( ~ongress,
of
he I'¢
preparation
part, and
gin of
state
as: tot
Democratic district, but
B® reducing the usual adverse majority
from 3000 to 300. There was, however,
practically no interval in his public
for in 1891, a few months a
he retired from the House, he
elected ernor of Ohio by a plu
of 21,511 over James E. Campbel
| Democr: itic incumbent of the
Two years later he was re-electec
plurality of 80.995 over Lawren
Democrat, and retired fre
governorship at the close of 1803
Major McKinley served as a
Bat-large in the Republican Natioi
vention of; when
8 Blaine for
ca-
reer,
2 »w
pon reso
platform tole conventi
was again a delegate-at-f
supported John Shermyg
Wnation, and as chairmai
@on resolutions again
Biorm. In 1862 he apy
ftime as a delegate-a
Band served as perma
ention. On th
McKinley advocated
President Harrj
standing his refusal
his name, 182 vote
Bfor the Presidentia
@nationa! conventiog
8 June, 186, Ma
Blil.c Presidential c
conv
J
jor
IC cet
Thomas Reeg
ll Quay, 58 for L
Wiliam B. Alli
Cameron, with
number of vot
ng gil In
jor McKinley
to 03s R83 fo
plurality of
jority of the g
1 opposition
the vote
for Brvan
On June
lican Cong
qior
be
Stoc
fnated MM
Mrecei
gconventg
Ve(
On
was I
J. Bry
Dur
‘nt