The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-12-31
BOOMING MCKINLEY.
Even Democratic Protectionists
Favor Him.
How His Recent Tangled Financial
Affairs Were Strengthened Out
by Persistent Friends.

WASHINGTON. Dec. 30-There Is q great
revival of interest 10 Governor Mckinley
among politicians in Congress. However
opinions may differ among Republicans as
to McKinley's chances for receiving the
nomination Tor President by the next Re-
publican national convention 1t is almost
the universal opinion among the Demo-
Gratis that Mckinley is going to be- the
nominee with whom they will have TO
fight in the next campaign. They re-
garded Harrison as q candidate for the
nomination again. and al one time many
were calculating on him for an opponent,
but they are now settling down to the
opinion that their next fight is going to be
With the taEin anu Mckinley.
a member of McKiniey's official house
hold was in Washington to-day. He says
Mckinley has aged considerably within
the past year or two; that he is altogether
moro thoughtful and grayer man than he
was two years ago. His mail since his last
election as Governor has been astonishing
In volume it has been more than he and
his secretary could attend to. He receives
hundreds of letters every day from all
parts of the country. from Democrats and
Repu publicsns, full of enthusiasm for him
for President, and a curious thing about
it is that since the Ways and Means Com
mittee of the House have disclosed the
plan of their work on the tariff he has
received many letters from South
ern Democrats, some of them men
Of considerable prominence, who are
dissatisfied with the Democratic tariff
policy, and who declare 10 bim
that he will have a strong support from
the Democratic protectionists of that Sec
ton. should he secure the nomination for
President at the end of Cleveland's term.
and that he will have strong Southern
following in the Republican convention. 1t
is said the Governor receives all this with
great complacency, keeping his own coun-
sci carefully and drawing from his own ex-
perlence and the experience of other men
who have heard the buZzing of the bee to
discount these bursts of en- thusiasm and to
held down hopes which might be gdis-
appointed. At the same time there IS
DO question that he is impressed with the
situation in which he finds himself with
relation to his party. and believes the next
Presidential election will be a battle over
the tariff. =
When, alter Governor Mckinley had
lost everything and bis wife's property
was about to be sacrificed, q popular sub.
scription was started to relieve him from
his disastrous position, as is known he
declined this money and had returned ali
that had been sent to him. The fact that
since that every penny Of his obligations
has been relieved is not generally known,
The sympathetic admirers of the Go vernon
were not to be stopped In THAR rood mr.
oo... ,-hor Oh. nou.-on- r.es
ceive the money of those desiring to give.
They simply sent it to his trustees for the
benefit of his creditors. The contribu-
tiens came largely from working people
in sums of 80 cents. ST. or S5. In a short
time every debt was lifted and a consider
able amount of money had to be sent back,
there being no need of it.