Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 19, 1893, Page 17

L L PART THREE. MArAm A AAn ann s - L ———————m SUND A.Y ABLI WLITTLE GIANT” OF CANTON Governor McKinley's Barly Life, Achieve- ments and Future Possibilities. HI3 POLITICAL CONFIDENCE IN ESTINY Loyally to the Administration Prevented s Candidicy Onee, but Lvents Now tto Mim s the Republican Presidential Nominee. [Copyriyhted, 1503, Now that the tumult of ele And its losses and triumphs outcome fairly regarded, it side that the most unportant of its results has been to place Governor William McK ley at thé head of the list of republican ca didates for the presidency in 1806, 1t is sur. prising enough, certainly, that no such re- sult was anticipated, and yot, now that ail is over, it is the most natural thing that coutd have happened. 1t was the McKinley prin- ciple that was a test in the November strug- gle. While widespread idleness, a midsum- mer panic, and the discontent that invaris bly follows in the wake of such condition: no matter what party may be in power, had unquestionably an influence on the ele:tion the net result in the great manufacturing states and the splondid triumph won by Me- Kinley himself in his own state makes it clear that the irrepressible tariff issue was the real groundswell of the battle, after all, It would perhaps be less than the truth to say that Governor McKiuley himself had not forescen this. For many years hoe has cher- ished such a profound belief in his own for- tunes that his confidence could not be shaken by intermediate events. He believed t She tariff, which had been his lifelong stud Was yet to bocomo the keynote of succes: on has passed punted ang the McKiNLey v CoNaness, campaigns, and that in the fulness of time he would be called, like Moses of old, to lead his party out of the economic wilderness. He believed firmly in destiny ana he was con- tent to wait. From boyhood this distinctively American quality of self-reliance and control has been N McKinley trait. Gallant Service In the Army. The young Ohio lad was barely 18 when he shouldered an army musket and marched out of the iittle village of Poland in Ma- shoning county, to join tho regiment under the command of Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes. This was in May, 1861, and in Sep- tember of the same year, the bravdless young privite had borne himself so gallantly and so manfully that he was made a second licutenant; the further promotion to a first lieutenancy following in the succeeding February. In 1864, he had won his cap- taincy and for eallant ser s at the pattles of Opequam and Cedar Creck, he was bre- vetted major. The raw villager was now a rapidly maturing man, with a wonderful quality of self control, a precision of judg- ment beyond his years, a keen, active Aagacity, and tireless energy that would in 4ll probability have w him fame as a guilitary leader had not his activities been diverted by the force of circumstances to another channel. He had been’ with the Twenty-third Ohio regiment in all its bat- tles mllllm\v the war over and a long in prospect, he decided najp 10 rust in mnmuy harness, but to apply Aimself tothe law, and accordingly set about ecuring a position in the ofice of Judge elden, of Canton. Here the twin ottractions of polities and Jjurisprudence him on and he soon found himself ct attorney of Stark counvy. This was y-runged ladder up Mnrs, WiLLiam MeKisLey Which William McKinley has climbed to tho eminence of a statesman. 1t was the first ‘public ofice he had ever held, the ouly sthers being those of congressman und g arnor. To sketeh the career those days in Canton becamo governor of means an easy task, of MeKinley, from to the time wheh he Ohio, would be by no for, however eventful the years may have been, the material at hand is meager. And yet, it is certain that those years of unremitting labor and con- ummun uspiration contributed very largely their experiences to round out and com- nemu strong and altogether remarkabl character. In Canton he made his maiden litical speech, and from that district he st went to congress. Iiven in those early times he became noted as a profound tariff student, the champion of honest politics and the releutless foo of the gerrymander. There, too, he married a lovely an amiable Canton girl, Miss Ida Saxton, who had the irul misfortune early in her domestic life become & confirmed invalid, Studious and Seciusives Possibly this sad homo shadow may have driven theyoung lawyer-politician to work harder at his books and speeches, for inte lectual activity is a safety valve to many wen. In his famihar work room in his Cau- ton home, surroundec by momentoes of the war and by portraits or his brother officers and-the commanding generals, side by sido wilh those of & few—a very few— statesmen for whom ho had alwmost u passionate ad- wiration, be loved to seclude himself. His recreations were few and for society he crred litle, prefering that of his wife aid a rcle of intunate friends to all others. A charming bhost and a delightful raconteur, is HED JUNE 19, 1871, would have beor voung politician, casy matter for tho ris- had ho been so dis- to have posed as a social idol, but Mc l\x ley. with the grim humor iaherited from his Seoteh-Irish progenitors, disdained such follies and held life as intended for more "rv!lll!( matters, Not that he had no of the so - * o pleasanter entertainer more rexsonably indulgent host does no! but he likes to have these things in his own W nd not filtered through convention- alitics, An invetorate smoker, temperate at table, an excellent judge of good wine and a most moderate consumer of it, & man who reads and rememocrs everything that is worth reading, who is wonderfully well cauipped in all matters of current interest, scientific, sociological, political, and who has a rave gift of facile and logical ' expression no warm stress of eloquence, but just easy and pleasant and surprisingly i wayof putting a fact toan idea—tnat is Major William McKinley, the “little glant,” of Canton, Comfortably Well O, Not e is the owner of valuable Canton, besides a considerable sized farm in the towaship of Miner nd a substantial block of opera house stock in Canton, Coin- fortably well off, he is stiil far from being woalthy, even on a western estimate, and he is known to be generous almost to a fault. ‘This quality has frequently been emphasized dealings with many of the numerous nts who are constantly appealing to him for hielp or advice, as well as with pen- niless clients and impecunious constituents. During the financial stress of last summer, he helped others to tl cnt of fully $100, 000, without hope of return. His openhand- cduess extends to church matters the IMirst Methodist Episcopal chur Canton, where he and his sister Ann members for many v '|l'lul fora time as superintendent of the school, A Power In Congressional Dobate. But the great triumphs to which Major McKinley was destined were yet to come. No sooner had he entered congress than it became apparent that the now acquisition to the republic as a deb His quict, self-possossed ing in all the great debates in which he bore a part, his consideration of oth and his intense party loyalty at whate quickly made him a prominent foor. In his musical, well modulated voice, vith fow gestures and no ranting, he could voduce a deeper effect upon the house than any half dozen of those speakers who raved and denounced to tickle tna groundlings. His mild bub caustic agaiust the democrats, his sarca his own party's shortcomings, his incisive sirokes of logic when del really big problem, liko the t sn\nhl, and unconcea parliamentarian. nd dignified be rels dn-;mp in congress, His profile, clean, and commanding, recalled those of both tephen as, that other ‘it- tle giant, Napoleon Ly the “lit- tlo corp Aud f the in repose wus racter, in the_action of debate 1t w causformed. The eyo rikled and danced with animation, the firmly chiseled lip curved, and a close ob- erver could see the distension of the nostril as though the man were eager for the forensic fray. If the dress were but a trifle less correct aud conventional, the smoothed hair but the least particle awry. and the general appointments had just ‘a hint of carelessness degage, the picturesque- ness of the face and figure would be perfect. But Major McKinle personal: like his whole career till now, is the ou a cly logical and systematic character. Jn ail his debates, this trait has been pre- dominy 1t has made him thoro where others wi ally informed; it has given him the mastery of a question, while those pitted against him, or, it may be. alibed with him, knew but a single y e of the subject. It was this thoroughness as well as his skillin handling a small majority, that enabled him to pass the McKinley tariff bill, a weasure which, for a time at le: found fayor with the masses in this countr, while it was held in cordiak detestation the manufucturing and producing class abroad. But it is not here purposed to enter mto the question of the tariff, a subject of which Governor MeKinley has proyen him- self peculiarly the master and best exponent in America, A Vindication of McKinley Erinciple, If the protective tariff.for a time seemed to_have caused the wreck of his personal political fortunes, it has now apparently heen the means of their restoration. At the present moment he stands before the people of this union as its leading apostle and the result of the November elections, no less than the protected business panicof the past summer, are now claimed by repupli- cans everywhere to be a complete vindica- tion of the McKinley principle. Fora man who, from the very depths of political de- feat, has plucl \ml out a brilliant victory, and who, moreover, has so largely contributed to securing the ‘widespread triumph of his party, Governor McKinley bears himself with ‘rare modesty. Unliko Sonator l’mn of New York, who ascribes the y tory “to Providence, he bel Napoleon that Providence always fights on thi sido of the big, v hi this auspicious oceasion happened to be in the hands of the republican voter, who used it to the advantage of his party Nor nave the republica forgotten the splendid part McKinley bore - the Minneapolis conveniion which renominated Harrison in 1892, 1t is unques- tioned that, but for the pressure of the ad- ministration machine, and left to its unfot- tered choice, thatassemblage would not have long hesitated in making a nomination for president. Of the great triumvimate of brains —Keed, Depew and McKinley—the third, the ablest and the best beloved, would have been chosen by acelamation, Tow Reed had the dash and brilliancy that many admired; Depew was the idol of a cul- tured, conservative element, but McKinley was almost worshiped by the entire party— excopt the machine. Ho had furnished the platform upon which it was to stand or fall and there was a demand that the man who wrote that platform be made the standard bearer, Ingalls, Quay, Reed, New and even Hurrison himself® felt the strong. popular undertow that was pulling tho prizeaway from the grasp of the machine. The great audiences were McKinley to the core. The delegates from almost every state were en- thusiastic over the man of Napoleonic and Websterian face. And here, in the crisis of his public life, McKinlsy displayed the same phenomenal power of gelf-cotrol that had marked his whole career, ‘To Be the Nominee of the Future, He stood the test of temptation splendidly and came out victor, for his acceptance of the post of permanent chawrman settled for the time being the possibilities of his nomi- nation for the presidency. Aud the wonder- g delegates unders! itall aud thence- forth spoke of the Ohioan as the nominee of the futwe, It almost 10ks as though the ()VLMBEP 19, future were already paving the way for the redemption of their unrecorded pledge, for not men or factions but events alona have given to Governor McKinley his oversh: owing prominence late, on a_purely tarift with President Clev battle ground and land as the only avail able opponent on such an issue. Both char pions would represent, more distinctively than any other two men in our 70,000,000 of people, the two rival platforms. It is not an easy task to analyze the causes of a statesman's hold upon the masses. High principle, personal magnetism, gal- boldness even to ‘harshness, great skill in debate or ability as a_platform orator in turn be cited as reasons should be liked nd ted. But to awaken the love aud warmest admiration of a people requires qualities that well nigh defy analysis. Te Was been McKinley's qood foruing. to strike o chord of sympathy in the breasts of a v large class who needed just what he_offered Statesmen may argue and sophists disclaim, but sympathy s in itself o tremendous log- ot tho workingmen attest the y their hearty liking for Governor Me! & Hardly yet in h years of age—Governol younger than his yoars. today in the estimation gardloss of party, the republican ¢ name like his cess. All the poli prime—he is now 50 MeKinley 10oks even He stands higher of Americans, re- than he ever did, and in uncils (here is no other which to command Suc- cal possibilities point to the nomination in 1806 of the brilliant, saga- clous Ohio statesman, who in 1885 and 1502 refused to yield to tho desire of his friends to make him the candidate, “All things come to him who waits,” and, having waited 80 loyally and so long, it would now scem that the fidelity of William McKinley will at last be assured of its rewary Harper's Weckly. It was an unkempt, fellow, with a shock of auburn hair, Who camie to beard me as T sat defenseless in tchel inone hand, plumb full ot dynamite, And in his hinder pocker was a box of melin- ite. 1is other hand hel 0 stick, With poisontd cobra sic Wwixt his tooth he held a knite—its edgo was very ke In short, b3 aspect it was such s turned my visage green Y asked Hin what his businoas wa estly replied He wanted me tolet him have my firmly a right ugly look- ckers on 1t that would make Ana He mod- daughter or bride, And_sixty million dollars ana a trotting horse. And did I run? T didn't! him, “Of course! vou wed my d unts-—" le reiative two-four I Just answered shter and my cousins h and so conld take mun nce— stead of sixty millions, oy, relbnd 8 forson Suphoso wo ninke it more; eighty-two? “A nickel on account to bind the bargain is the thin And you can have t bought the wedding rin And while we're gettin brokers and from banks, Il draw a draft on Bonner for his trotter Nancy Hanks." Thc fellow looked me in the eye, and laid bis weapons down; fTo Dt the nickol vie fously, as cockneys bite o crown, To see if it was genuine and not a counterfelt, And then passed gayly down the stuirs and out into the strect. And Tam now possossor of . hag of dynamite, A polsoned club, & bowie, and u box of meli since the sum, levs say an even ly when you've in the gold from Whielh tost a nickel only, so that, far as I can see, The crank is not so profitless us he is thought i —— LMPIETE rigliteous soul was sadly vexed by the talking and giggling of some of the jumor members of his congregation. Breaking off in the middle of his discourse, he looked straight at.his tormentors and said: ‘Some years ago there happened to sit right in front of the pulpit a young man who was perpetually laughing and talking and making silly faces. Istopped short and took him severely to task. At tho close of the service a gentleman stepped up to me and suid ** ‘Sir, you made a great mistake; young man is an idiot,’ *Since that time I have not ventured to reprimand any persons who behave them- selves indecorously in church, lest I should repeat the same mistake and inflict censure upon an idiot.” There was rest of the se; A preacher’ that cemplary silence during the vice. Captain William K l’1|l(‘lsrm of Balti- kR Mr, Powell, list church in_Bal® before .Imluu Hugh L. Bond for tion, he beinga native of lingland, and, in response to the usual inquiry whether he knew him to be a man of good moral standing in the community, said that he would suppose 80 from the fact of his being a minister of the gospel. ‘‘Captain Patterson, d the judge, “'that does not alw: follow.” “(.M.Img money ouL of my congrogation,” S 0 pulling teeth,” You muht get ]nlh's of money, then,” said Hicks. I never knew of more outrageous charges than those for pulling teeth,” <. Sophronia (musingly)—I wonder if it is my money he's after! Amanda—You innocent goose! What else can it bet Only the ultra sentimental believe that a broken cngagement invariably means a broken heart. Marie—1 had nine proposals at the beach. Mertie—How disagreeably persistent a sum- mer acquaintance can be! He—Do you remember tiie evening we be- came engaged? She—Of course I do. T'hat was the first time I ever wore a four-in-hand tie. In view of the acknowledged fact that every one must muke a pet of something it is greatly to be regretted that move married men do not make pets of thew wives, Young Bride (pouting)—Here we h.n' only been married two days, Clarence, you'ro scolding me already, Husbund— 1 know, my dear, but just think how long I have been waiting for the chance, arles K. Harris, author of “After the a8 married last week 10 Miss Cora Lehrberg. Any grudge the public may have felt toward Mr. Harris was wiped out. “After the Ball” was played at his wedding and it was dinned into his ears all day. Everybody who knew him flung it after him as an omen of good luck. People who did not kuow him sung and whistled the song at him from force of habit. It screamed through the air while the wedding service was being read,but the bride was undaunted and Lo responses prop - b L Judge Waxem's Proverbs. Detroiv ¥Free Press: It's a mighty hard thing to keep silver and polliticks from gettin' mixed. "The godess uv libberty ain't in polli- ticks, though stump speekers saye so. A congressman without five thousand a year wood hit bottom about every twenty minutes, Ef Samson haa been a United States senator he wouldn't a used his hands to brake the lion's jaw. A penshun nowadays much but dollars and sents, A man can't {n money and glory both out uy office h Too many men want votes instead uy purity in the ballot box. 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