Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-05-27
why uls POPULARITY,

No doubt one reason OF the marked
rucc pc Of WIN. Mckinley Zoo tho cam.
paIgu Cor nomination at the Rurub.l.
{ can convention in st. Louie O. the
association OF bic name with the pro.
teciive tariff ioclflne Of bile party.
Hut thls b. not the real reason ior hs
popularity In Dol. party rsnkt, although
I thsi was The particular feature that
3 brought him prominently before thu
public. the concentration % party
sentiment upon min 10 n candidate has
come from other sources, aul So a vol.
umO that professional politicians could
MOB control as they would have
done % Mclt'nlcy'B protection record
had boon tho als1nges, basis OF bib
claim iJr recognition.
ltmay bo said, ami with 20 disrc.
spcct to the prospective Republican
slhnJsfIuCafer, thnt there are greater
msn, more brilliant men, inisllec,u.
ally, sthhu DO In bic party, whose
uamoh have been Just ns prominently
before the people, AMI who are July ~
anxious TO receive the party romina-
tlon aa ls Major Mcitinlsy; but their
greatness does mo-; give them the ID.
vaniagU ever him which ordinarily
they might be- expected 90 possess. 10
Il quite possible that semo oi ihcsc
would mako better President %
elected, than would the OHIO man,
but for some reason the bulk Of
their party does not seem 10 lhinR 90.
They orc Just "a ardent tafi1
advocatea a. the more favored can.
didsis, but they have not struck the
popular chord which hu has Ioachod.
One Item which finds favor Tor Me.
kinlcy among the maiscs 10 tho iac,thAt
he s. OF the common people, developed
10 tho school VI labor ptiva,lon aud
perseverance. II Is well known thst ho
10 not brilliant man; tuefo u little OF
memo oi the magnetic quality ia bic
nature; no IL aniblg iB bis way, AMI
rec from all suggestion VI haugh!i-
ness, but he h. not hail fellow we'll
met with everybody; Die speeches
never electrified tho nation, and bis
name Ia not spskun with familiar fond.
ness. But his abliilicl arc Of that order
Of uuii5rm ami every day excellence
which conveys The Impression Of AIDE.
quate strength Tor auy emergency, aud
yet does no, give out a sense OF super.
ioTiiy. lo controls his temper, 10
careful In bic talk, fuboriinntys him.
teli % the Interests that ne srtvut. IL 10
easy 10 comprehend what ho fays, ani
10 believe no bis sincerity. HE record
Is straight and clean, his reputation
untaiulUd with tho loaa. suspicion Of
dishonesty. Those Of his party who DO
not consider him great man, do
regard him Ne safe mau, who 10 not at
all likely to 10 any foolish or reckless
thing, hence there H. confidence IN
him. His home life 10 regarded as
ideal; aud no Il believer IN
the Bible and church gggr.
rhcso things DO not Indicate uro.
found s,aIesmanship, but they
count Ter n great deal among the
masses. a man without them might
make model PRECEDENT, but ha eau
hardly have the popular sympathy
which attends thum a. pleading 90 tho
Imagination anu penetrating iu tho
way they touch the hearleir,ng'. On
these 10 baaoi tho popularity that
sweeps wsv0.like over his party and
lot0shsdoWs with reasonable certainty
the action Of i.a national convention.
So Tar ~ these and other actual quail.
incat.ous are concerned, either party
could putioTwBfd very many candidates
who would make ~ good, aud possibly
better Prttlicuts. But tho ciTcum-
staueSa have not combined specially 90
bring many OF them forward Just now,
NJ that inlorsa, ceutprs only on Tow.
Aud one lesson Of the pTgssn, illuslra.
sion n that no matter how bright IA.
tolleoIually a man may DO, In order to
get Popular support politically or ether
wise no needs Ia bis character anu
home ne those elements which make
. people feel ,hat he Is one Of them ana
can be trusted 90 cafe to carry out thu
policy they ret their minds upon, be q,
/ Wlso or unwiso,