The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-11-10
EARLY IN THE FIELD.
The Next Republican Candidate for rresi-
dent.

| His friends believe that ne VIII be the Hepuo-
| lican candidate in the next Presidential cam
! paign. and that the tariff question decided
adversely in the last national election will
come up again through his candidacy for a
rehearing. Mr. Mckinley has an interesting
individuality. He has always taken himself
very seriously. He has been so consistent in
| this, that in the end he has impressed this
view upon ,nultitudes OF others
Mr. Mckinley is a Republican man OF destiny.
| He has the same belief In his fortunes that
Mr. Cleveland has had. He Is one OF the few
public men who believe that they were created
| to fulfil certain destinies. In this they are as
superstitious as the men OF old who used to
! have horoscopes cast of their careers by the
most learned magicians OF their time. 1t is n
most impressive thing. this absolute confidence
in ones destiny. Mr.. Mckinley believes. and
has believed for long time. that the kind fates
| which overlook his career agreed long ago
| that he should some day become President OF
! the United States. Each reverse that he has
| had in lfe and he has had several, was to him
only new lesson to be learned in the direction
| OF patience and in character building. His
! present success and prominence are based
almost wholly upon his Identifying himself
| from the beginning his career with one idea.
! viz. the duty OF maintaining a tariff on q
high protective basis.
|
fifty years. is still in vigorous health. He has
n good color. and looks at least ten years
younger than he really is. His success in
politics teaches the value after all. OF the one
idea man. MIR. Mckinley has 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
mover made II speech upon any other subject.
He has solved all OF the mystery OF the sched-
ules OF the most complicated 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 knowledge In day. He began his
enry political career by marrying we'll. He
was country lawyer in Canton. Ohio. with
very moderate practice and no great in
clination for the law. He was said at that time
to be very indolent. He married a rich wife
and entered politics He shook off his SEEM
ing Incidence after he was elected member
OF tho House. and gave himself UP entirely to
the study OF the one question which has made
him so prominent. He has added to this COM
plete knowledge Of a very important question
the easy address and finished manner OF a
flrst-class actor. He has never m de tho mis-
take Of employing wit or satire in his public
discourses. He has keyed his manner to
the awful solemnity OF his subject. Business
matters are serious questions. and those who
wish to have the confidence OF business people
should never Joke. There is something almost
sepuchral in Mr.. McKinley's soemnity in his
discussion OF public questions. No holy
prophet defending the sacred ark Of the
covenant has ever glowed with a more i'm
pressve suggestiveness Of the tragical
mingled with the solemn than has been dis
played by Mr.. Mckinley. the high prophet Of
the tariff system.
He ia SLIGHTLY ahova ha n, odiup, at
height Of Napoleon. 5 feet Ia inches. His
figure is we'll rounded and suggestive OF the
pudgy lines OF the Little Corporal His head
is round and large. The esemblance to Ma
poleon is slight but 1t 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 Ro-
man. while the lips are small and reasonably
firm in their lines. The lower part Of his face
is broad and double-chinned and smooth
shaver. His complexion is dark olive The
shaver beard gives a blue tint to the 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 we'll 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 q
lover OF refined company and In private life
is most genial companion. He has an afrec-
tionate way. which wins him many friends.
He has q reputation for being loyal. and he
has been such sturdy advocate OF the tariff
system throughout his many years of public
work at Washington. that he has gained for
himself the respectful admiration OF every
manufacturer in 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 bitter early
lessons to learn the dlsagreea bic art OF making
money, Mr. Mckinley has had some serious
reverses 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 affairs !
1t was found that Mr.. Mckinley was on his |
notes to an amount largo enough to wipe out |
his private fortune. He did not know the ac- |
tual 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 demands OF tho !
bankrupt's creditors. yet Mr.. Mckinley turned |
over at once all Of his own personal possess
sions. and his wife-an invalid-a most refined |
and charming woman. surrendered instantly |
every dollar she had in her possession to mako |
good her husbands honor. Afterward a num- |
her of friends raised fund to 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 n md devoted folowings. and are from |
first to last out-and-out party men.
Il. c. CRAWFORD.