The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-11-18
EARLY IN THE FIELD.
The Next Republican Candidate For
President.
From L. - York 81

the result OF the Ohio election, the most
prominent republican in the national field
of politics. His friends believe that he
VIII be the republican candidate in the
next Presidential campaign. and that the
tariff quest ion decided adversely In the
last national election will come up again
through his candidacy for rehearing.
| Mr. Mckinley has an interesting indlvid-
ualiUy. He has always taken himself
very seriously He has been so Consis-
tent in this, that in the end he has i'm
pressed this view upon mulutudes OF
others
Mr. Mckinley is a republican man Of
| destiny. He has the same belie1 IN his
fortunes that MIR. Cleveland mas had. He
| is one of the few public men who believe
/ that they were created TO fulfill certain
| destinies. In this way they are as super
1 stitiOus as the men of old who used to
/ have horoscopes cast of their careers by
the most learned magicians Of their time
II is most impressive thing, this absO-
! lu-e confidence in ones destiny. Mr.. Nc
! kluley believes, and he believed Tor a
| long time, that the kind fates which over
! look his career agreed long ago that he
! should some day become President Of the
/ United States Each reverse that he has
! had in life, and he has had several, was to
| him only a new lesson to be learned in the
! direction of patience and in character
/ building. His present success and prom
| inence are based almost wholly upon his
/ Identifying himself from the beginning of
/ his career with one idea, viz. the duty of
maintaining a tariff on high protective
| basis.
Mr.. Mckinley, who is on the wrong
| SIDE of 80 years is still in vigorous health.
| He has q color, and looks at least 10
years younger than he really is. His
| success in politics teaches the value,
after all, of the One-idea man Mr.. Nc
kiuley mas never scattered. He started
out from the first TO become an authority
upon the tariff. He has slept with the
tariff all through his political life, and
| has never made speech upon any other
subject He has solved all of the mys-
terry of the schedules of the most cOmph-
Gated divisions of the tariff law, and has
an argument ready for the support of the
justice of every feature of the present
tariff system. He did not arrive at such
a knowledge in a day. He began his
early political career by marrying well.
He was a country lawyer in
practice and no great inclination for
the law. He was said at that time to be
veay INDECENT. He married a rich wife
and entered politics. He shook eff his
seeming Incidence after he was elected
member of the House, and gave himself
up entirely to the study of the one ques-
tion which has made him so prominent.
He has added to this complete knowledge
of very important question the easy adj
dress and finished manner of tirst-class
actor. He has never made the mistake Of
employing wit or saJire in his public dis
courses. He has keyed his manner to the
awful solemnity of his subject. Business
matters are serious questions, and those
who wish 10 have the confidence of bust
II 4 al
something almost sepulchral in Mr.. Nc
Kinley's solemnity in his discussion of
public questions. No holy prophet defend
ing the sacred ark of the covenant has
ever glowed with more impressive sug-
gestiyeness of the tragiCal mingled with
the solemn than has been displayed by
MIR. Mckinley, the high prophet of the
tariff system.
He is slightly above the medium hight,
the hight Of Napoleon, ) feet ~ inches.
His figure is well rounded and suggestive
of the pudgy lines of the little corporal.
His head is round and large The resea-
blance to Napoleon is slight, but it has
been enough to give the caricaturist the
NapOleOnic suggestion. His forehead is
very broad and high his eyes are dark
and deep set; the nose, a small Roman,
while the lips are small and reasonably
firm in their lines The lower part of his
face is broad and double-chinned and
S uOoth shaver. His complexion is dark
owe. ne shaver beard gives a blue tint
to ohe lower part of the face, and is
in striking contrast to the reddish olive
of the balance. His hair is
dark and falls carelessly across his broad
forehead. His teeth are white and well
cared for. He has very white, fat hands,
and small feet, and he is always very
neatly dressed. He is fond of black, and
wears the soft, slOuched hat only when
| he is campaigning. He is a lover of re-
| fined company, and in private life. is a
most genial companion. He has an atfec-
| tiOnate way, which wins him many
friends. He has a reputation for being
| loyal. and he has been such u sturdy ad-
Vocate of the tariff system, throughout
his many years of public work at Wash
| ton, that he has gained for himself the
| respectful admiration of every manufac-
| turer of the country. For that reason,
| he could command, PROBABLY, from them
/ larger campaign contributions than any
/ one else.
| Like many professional gentlemen who
| have never been forced by hard and bit
| ter early lessons TO learn the disagreeable
/ art of making money, Mr.. Mckinley has
/ had some serious reVerScS in life. His
easy going good nature. for he is a kindly
| natured man, has led him to endorse the
notes of his friends without too careful
an examination INTO their business affairs.
: Last year the financial panic brought one
! Of his most intimate friends into bank
/ ruptcy. Upon the examination of his af-
fairs it was found that Mr. Mckinley was
on his notes to an amount large enough
to wipe out his private fortune. He did
! not know the actual amount of his own
/ endorsements, and was Mortified when
( he found that this sum ran up to
/ over 100000. In this he behaved
! most hOnOrably The bulk of his wife's
fortune was in her own name and could
have been safeguarded against the de-
III lnds of the bankrupt's creditors, vet Mr..
Mckinley turned over at once all of his
own personal possessions, ana his wife
an invalid--a most refined ard charming
woman, surrendered instantly every dol
lar she had in her possession to make
good her husbands honor Afterward a
number of friends raised a fund 10 make
good these debts, which Mr. Mckinley
had never incurred on his own account.
Mr.. Mckinley belongs to the class of
| Ohio politicians which developed James
A. Garfield, Charles A. Foster, Gen.
, GrosvenOr and John Sherman. They are
all good politicians with strong and de.
! voted follOwings, and are from first to
last out-aud-out party men.
T. 9. CRAWFORD.
A CRANK AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
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