The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 8, 1896, Page 1

VOLUME LXXX.—NO, 161. SAN FRANCISCO, SUNDAY MORNING, N EMBER 8, TY-EIGHT 1896 —TY PAGE UAREER OF PRESIDENT-ELECT WILLIAM MeKINLEY, SOLDIER, STATESMAN AND PATRIOT. While Yet a: Boy He Took Up Arms for His Country. BRAVERY WON HIM HIS | EPAULETS. Pen Picture of a Conservative Statesman and Heroic Soldier. TOKENS OF LOYALTY DECORATE HIS HOME. His Anc:stors Were Fighters and Sturdy Pioneers of American Civilization. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 5, 1896. | To Hon. William McKinley, President- | Elect of the United States, Canton, Ohio: | The woolmen of California send thelr | congratulations. | JACOB ROSENBEKG, | President of the Association, deeply set behind black and somewhat shaggy brows. Indeed they are set so | deeply that there does not seem to be any eyelid above them, and mostof the time they are shaded. The dark-brown hue of the upper strip of the lower eyelid adds to these a Rembrandt chiaroscuro effect. From the midst of these shades two While possessing all the courtesy and | chivalric bearing of the Latin race, the Governor has an ample store of Scotch cautiousness which is the saving rudder to: his force of character. This quality came to the front this morning, when one of the New Yorkers laid before him on a table a small fiag, on whose white stripes were printed with pen and ink the name that into the sunshine of their wedded lives there never has come a cloud. Gov- ernor McKinley is a devoted husband. Of him can no man dare to say aught that he would fear to have published to the world. His private life is without a stain; with- out even a suspicion of blemish, Yet upon their happy wedded lives the whirling wheei of fate has brought much S. MOODY, Secretary. The great mass of Democrats, as well as on the Pacific Coast, now tement of the campaign is| e to know something about the v of the man who on March 4, | ume the responsibility of the | t of the United States, | his term co tury and begi y told in a pen scrave, who, un- Tue Cavr, visited John Panl ictions from y at his home in Canton, s alter the nomination by uis convention. Part of the ed to is here republished s Onto, June 20.—I had ample | opportunity this morning to draw a mental portrait of Governor McKinley as he stood in the parlor of his cozy and un- ostentations residence surrounded by a group of New York delegates. I found him a square-shouldered, square-headed man, rather short than tall of stature and inclined to corpulency. His hands were in his pantaloons’ pockets and his feet wide apart, giving him a solid foundation, Wids attitude is in harmony with the Test oi bis physical make-up—strong, pur- poseful, reliant. Standing in this position with shounlders set weil back and chest tnrown forward the bereditary determination of his Scotet-Irish ancestors stands revealed. The square forward chin, the square jaw, the lines extending downward from the corners of the mouth, the ‘deep-set lines irom -the corners of the /nostrils, the dimple of babyhood grown into the cleft in the chin, the lips horizontally set and the almost level eyebrows tell the same story. The most conspicuous facial character- istic of this man upon whom the eyes of the Nation are blazing to-day is the agqui- line profile. It reminas you at once of an eagle’s head. There are the curved beak of the king of the cliff and the crag, the fine-grained, dark and rather scanty hair d back over the ears, and the dow d curve of the mouth to make the resemblance more vivid. Like most of the other dwellers in the moist heat of the great West, and like the Bonaparte | whom Le resembles, there is no color in the McKinley face, and this absence of red, which is often an indication of a tem- perate life, is made more conspicuous by the dark hair and evebrows and the suit of solemn black cloth and the black tie which be wears. The Republican candidate for the Presi dency of the United States has a remarka. the ¢ article refer: CANTO is not the case. | clear and musical, modulation and accent WILLIAM McKINLEY JR., round bright gray eves shine at you. The look is not keen and penetrating nor de- livered from ambush, but open, bold and sparkling. - There is no winking of the dark eyelashes, but the round nupils shine as polished crystal. They are among the frankest eyes I ever looked into. ing this ren.arkable man, to whem the signs of the times are pointing as the next President, he left the group of New York- ers and walked to the back parlor. His step was_the stride of an Edwin Booth; every sweep of the body showed intellec- tual as well as physical power; there was a free and graceful swinging of " the arms, a swaying of the compact, rounded figure and a dipping of each shoulder in unison with the step. From an iron man, such as Governor McKinley strikes me as being, you would expect a rough, deep bass yoice. But such The Governor's voice is ble pair of eyes. They are gray and being those of a well-trained elocutionist | (fi i i li A { k Wiljam McKinley Sr.,, Father of the President-Elects . Once while I was clandestinely study- | of a Republican club of that city with the request that the Governor should sign his | inscription. The Governor mechanically dipped his pen in ink and held the pen | poised akove the flag. “I will not write upon the stars and stripes,” he said quietly, but with a deci- sion from which there could be unmis \taknbly no appeal. That expression will | 8o down in history, although it sounded commonplace there among the common- place people, who- failed to take in its full significance—the patriotism of the re- mark. *No,” said one of the prosaic lawyers from Manhattan, *it’s a misdermeanor.” “‘That’s so,” remarked the man who had disfigured his country’s flag with bad let- tering. “Write your autograph and your name on a sheet of paper ana that will be just as good.”” The Governor readily compliied with the request, and for ten minutes wus busy writing his autograph. When I asked him ot one for THE CALL he replied: “1 will give my autograph to the San Francisco.CALL with pleasure,”” and he dashed off “Yours, truly, Wm. McKin- leg,” in those bold, square characters, so like the man himself, mentally and phy- sically, In his speech on this occasion the Gov- ernor made the first political utterance since his name was mentioned for the Presidency. In a few simple words he laid his finger upon the cause of the trials which now afflicted the working people of this Nation when he said that he was glad to have demonstrated in his native fown that tin plate could be made in America. His next’ sentence was greeted by a chorus of cheers: “When I have given the American workingman a day’s wages and a day's work I will be satisfied. The Governor received me very cor- dially, but in reply to my request for a statement from him on his conception of public policy designed to secure the great- est happiness to the greatest number of the inhabitants of this country he eaiq that while he would be pleased to favor thé San Francisco CALL in every way he could it would be impossible for him 1o’ make any statements at this time for pub- lication, for the reason that he might be misunderstood. “I have declined to state anything of that kind to Murat Halstead, John Rus- sell Young and a score or more of other newspaper corréspondents from the cther great dailies of this country, because my friends have advised me that it would not be politic at this time or discreet to say anything of these matters. The commit- tee appointed to formally notify me of my nomination will call upon me in about ten days, and whatever I may have to say on those matters will be given to the pub. lic on that occasion.” At this moment Mrs. McKinley entered the room. Sbe has been for twenty-three years a confirmed invalid and ecannot walk without the aid of a cane orother support. She is a highly accomplished lady, of most fascinating manner and of a cheeriul disposition. It has been a com- mon remark among those who have known this coupie for more than a score of years aut ograph on the white stripe below the | President-Elect of the United States, sorrow. Across their lives misfortune swept and tracked their hearts with deso- lation. Two chilaren blessed them; no brighter in mind, no lovelier in face and form, no more beloved by God, indeed, thun those |- the poorest laborer holds close against his breast when twilight ends his day of toil. Their hearts’ best love went out to those sweet giits of God, and prattling music fillea that humble home. But angels came unbidden and unseen and stilled the vibrant chords, and plucked the rosebuds one by one, to weave them in the crown of him who smiled when little children played about the feet of God. Ana on a gentle rise a mile or two from home there is a spot on which the passing clouds cast shadows; two littie mounds, kept green by summer suns and summer showers, the grass as fresh and as bright as once were they who lie beneath locked up in earth. " This man and woman, joived as closely as holy love could weld them, bkave learned, through bitter pain, that smiies and tears and life and death are inter- woven in the lives of all God’s creatures. 8o ‘these two—this kind and Christian man; this gentle, patient, suffering woman —have not escaped the common lot of all, and sorrow’s link has bound them to the lowliest of their. neighbors. And so, among the grassy slopes where the little mounds are shaded 'neath the maples, this man’s and woman’s feel on many a holy pilgrimage have worn a pathway to their loved and lost. Death can take away all else but love. The memory of her own lost darlings has bent the mother’s steps to deeds of golden light. Many a home in Canton has been blessed by the sunshihe of her smile, the beneficent giving of her hands. The children of the poor have been her special care, A score of years has not fatigued ber nimble fingers, and in that time there’s many a baby’s foot been warmea with web and 'warp and woof of cotton and of wool by this sweet lady who will grace the White House. The record of William McKinley is one of'which the foremost citizens in any Stete or any country might well be proud. His | loyalty has not been confined to tongue utterance; it has been expressed in deeds upon the field of battle; It has been breathed forth in the stifling smoke of gunpowder, nor has it been deafened by the roar of cannon. Mr. MeKinley was born in Niles, Ohio, January 29, 1843, about fifty miles east of Canton, just north of the Western Reserve line. His father was an ironmaster there, and had moved from New Lisben, Ohio, to the town of Poland, near Niles, so that his children migh: be educated at the Poland academy. In his college days at Poland MRS. WILLIAM McKINLEY McKinley was the prize debater. Wnen the War of the Rebeilion broke out young McKinley's pulse was stirred with patriotism, and in June, 1861, he joined the ranks of the Union army at the agé of 18. He enlisted in the Twenty- third Regiment of Ohio Volunteers, which was organized at Columbus, Its first colonel was Wiiliam 8. Rosecrans, after- ward major-general.’ Itslieutenant-colonel was Stanley Mathews, who became United States Senator and Justice of the Supreme Mrs. William McKinley Sr., Who Lives Near Her Favorite Son. the words of an old comrade, ‘“there marched in the ranks of Company E, with a fat knapsack on his back and a heavy musket on his shoulder, in a new suit of blue, footed in brogans, the leather of which resembled cast iron, the boy of 18, William McKinley, who was serving his apprenticeship as one of the Presidents of the United States.” The first battle in which Private Mec- Kinley, a stout lad at that time, was en- gaged was when Rosecrans defeated Floyd at Carnifex Ferry. Afterward McKinley’s regiment fought under McClellan of the Army of the Potomac. He smelled pow- der at Antietam and South Mountain, and after the battle of Antietam he was pro- moted from the rank of private to that of second lieutenant, on aceonrt of soldieriy bearing and brave conduet in those en- gn’femenu‘ he only step between his rank as high private and that of second lieutenant was that of commissery sergeant. He never was a corporal, aithough he is little, and he does not take kindly to- his re- ported resemblance to the first Napoleon, *‘the Littie Corporal.” He was afterward promoted a first lieutenant ‘and captain, and served on the brigade and division Court. Its major was Rutherford B.!staff of General R. B. Hayes part of the Hayes, afterward President of the United | time; later as aid-de-camp. He also was States; and last, but not least of all, in | acting assistant adjutant-general on the @iy, ikl oYY JR.,, Who Will Be the Mistress of the White House for the Remainder of the Century. staff of General George Crook and with Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley cam- vaign. He faced the battle clouds from which rained hissing lead at Cedar Creek, at Winchester, at Fishers Hill, at Ope- quam and on other fields at that period. On- that histori¢ day when the gallant Phil Sheridan rode his foaming horse from Winchester young Major McKinley was rallying the troops at Cedar Creek, and Sheridan speaks of it with pride in his memoirs. . At Berryville Major McKinley’s horse was shot from under him. He holds a commission of brevet-major in the United States Volunteers, issued in 1864, for gal- lant and mieritorious services at Opequam, Cedar Creek and Fishers Hill. This com- mission was issued by Abraham Lincoln. Major McKinley accompaniea General Crook 10 Cumberland, iu Maryland, where, - after- the capture of Crook and General Kelley, General Hancock retained Major McKinley on his staff until the brave young soldier was assigned to the staff of General Samuel 8. Carroll, commanding the veteran reserve corps at Washington. The future President of the United States looked on with tear-filled eyes and bosom swelling with lovalty and pride when Grant received the sword of Lee at Ap- pomattox. Not until the end of the war, September, 1865, did young McKinley lay aside his sword. Art connoisseurs will not approve of the taste of Governor McKinley in the selec- tion of pictures with which to adorn the walls of his Canton home. Instead of Psyches, nymphs and satyrs, Venuses de Milo who do not bear arms and rea.istic monstrosities by Munkacsy, or “‘A Maiden Going to the Bath,” there is a fine etching from the life of General Ulysses S. Grant, a large steel engraving representing the surrender of Lee to Grant at Appomattox, a fine engraving of Abraham Lincoin, and other subjects of a like kind, which prove that Governor McKinley's loyalty and pa- triotism are foremost 1n his thoughts, * *# JonN Paur COSGRAVE. FAGE RAW AND BLEEDING My little boy was afflicted with Eczema in acute form for a year, during which we tried without success every known remedy. The dis- order appeared on the right cheek and was of a blistery and bloody form. His pillow, mornings, would bear the bloody imprint of the side of hia face, while it was impossible to prevent him from scratching his face owing to the itching. Advised to try CUTIOURA, I bought a box. ‘The first application was mado at night, and it in a fact, that the appearance of the affeoted parta showed a noticeable improvement the next morn- ing, sud, continuing the treatment. as a result, my child has as fair and smooth skin as can be found anywhere. W. 8. 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