Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1891-06-25
Bel,ltnltt Gltrn,ttrle.
THURSDAY, JUNE %, 1891.
OUR CANDIDATES.
WILLIAM M'KINLEY, JR.

William Mckinley, Jr., who has bee
nominated for Governor by acclamatio
by the Ohio Republicans, was born &
Niles, Trumbull county, o., on Januar.
i29, 1913. His father was an iron man
ufacturer, and is still living, his ag
being 81. Young Mckinley was edu
Gated at the public schools and at tn
Poland (Mahoning county, Academy
In May, 1861, he enlisted in the Twenty
third Ohio Volunteer Infantry as a pri
vate. On September "A, 1862, he wa
promoted to Second Lieutenant; OF
February z, 1862, to First Lieutenant
on July 25, 1864, to Captain, and wa
breyetted Major by President LincolI
for gallant and meritorious services a
the battles of Opequan, Fishers Fill ant
Cedar Creek. He served on the staff o
ex-President Hayes and Major Genera
George Crook, and after Crooks capture
he served on the staff of Major Genera
Hancock. He was with the Twenty,
third in all its battles, and was mustered
out with it July 26, 1865. At the close
of the war he returned to Ohio. He
had liking for the military profession,
and it is said that but for the advice of
his father he would, at the solicitation
of Gen. Carroll, have attached himself
to the regular army. He studied law
with Hon. Charles E. Glidden and David
Wilson, of MahOning county, and then
attended law school at Albany, n. Y.
In 1867 he was admitted to the bar, and
in May of the same year he located in
Canton, Stark county, where he entered
the law Office of Judge Belden. He
manifested such ability and industry
that he was soon made partner. He
was elected Prosecuting Attorney of
Stark county in 1869. On January 25,
1871. he was married to Miss Ida SaxtOn,
daughter of James A. Saxton, a promi-
nent citizen of Canton. He was elected
to Congress in 1876, and has been con-
tinuOusly in Congress ever since except
during part of his fourth term, he being
unseated by Democratic House late in
the first session, his seat being given TO
Mr. Wallace, his competitor. Mckinley
has been three times "gerrymandered."
In 1878 he was placed in district con-
sisting of the counties of Stark, Wayne,
Ashland and Portage, which was Demo
cratic by 1900, but Mckinley carried it
by 1,300. In 1884 he was placed in a
district consisting of Stark, Summit,
Medina and Wayne and was elected by
hn inf Dria
gerrymander of 1890, his district was
made up of Stark, Wayne, Medina and
Holmes, which had given Campbell for
Governor the year before over $500
majority; but on the fullest vote ever
polled in the district Mr. Mckinley re-
duced the majority to 3Q3. Mr.. McKin-
ley received $500 more votes in the dis
trict than had been received by Harrison
for President in 1888 in the same district.
While in Congress Mr.. Mckinley has
served on the committee of the revision
of the laws, the Judiciary committee on
in the pOst-office depart
ment, and the. committee on rules, and
when Gen. Garfield was nominated for
the presidency, Mr.. Mckinley was as
signed to the committee on ways and
means in his place. He continued to
serve on the last named committee until
the end of his congressional career, be-
ing chairman of that committee during
the last Congress, and was the author af
the famous tariff law which bears his |
name. For number of years Mr.. Nc |
Kinley has been the recognized cham
pion of the cardinal Republican principle |
of protection. He was a delegate at
1884, and supported Mr.. Blaine for the
He was also delegate at
large to the National Convention of
1888, when he supported Mr.. Sherman.
AT the latter Convention his name was
sprung for the Presidential nomination,
but in speech which was characteristic
IF the man, he forbade the use of his
name, for the reason that he had pledged
MS loyalty to Sherman. He was chair
nan of the committee on resolutions at
hat Convention.
COL. A. L. HARRIS.
Col. A. L. Harris, of Preble county,
he candidate for Lieutenant Governor,
vas born in Butler county, November
Il, 1886, bnt when years old was taken
o Preble county. Until he was q he
worked on farm. In 1860 he gradu-
tied from Mama University. On April
n, 1861, he enlisted as private for
hree months. On the organization of
he regiment Twentieth Ohio) he was
Captain. When his three
months term was completed he returned
o his farm and Immediately re6nlisted
or three years in company composed
mostly of farmer boys and joined the
seventy fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry,
hen being recruited by Col. N. G. Nc
Lean, near Cincinnati. On November
J, 1861, he was commissioned Captain,
Major on January 10, 1868, and Colonel
Nay 3, 1868. He was severely wounded
vt the battle of Mcdowell, Virginia,
May s, 1862, and again at Gettysburg,
July 2, 1868. His wounds so disabled
lin that he was incapacitated for farm
abor, and he therefore studied law, and
n 1866 chung out his shingle." In
July, 1875, he was elected Probate Judge
If Preble county. On leaving the pro,
,ate office in 1882 he again went to
arming, and has been engaged in that
business ever since. In 1867 he was
/ member of the Ohio Legislature, and
le served two terms in the House of
s-1SS6-7 and 1SSS-S9.
He made an enviable record in both
branches of the General Assembly.
WILLIAM T. COPE.
William 7. Cope, candidate for Treas
lrer of State, is 81 years Of age, and was
BORN in Columbiana county, o. His
are of Quaker stock, and
came over" with Penn. He has been
mel chant and banker almost all his
ife. Twice has he represented Colum-