New-York tribune., 1896-07-08
WON, OYER TO NKINLEY.
r,ou1s-wtNDMuhLER. THE wELL-KNo"N
DEMOCRAT. PRAISES HIM.

HE SAYS THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE 10
KIND OF NAN TO MAKE A GOOD AMER'-
cAS psEsIpENr'-sruRDY PRINCIPLES
or THE OHIO MAN ADMIRED.
m. following is translation Of an article oy Iou'S
Windmiil:er the well-known Democrat w'','o"
fore the holding Of the st. LOUIS No"ve".,o' o."
published by The Nation on July 2 IN ner,'' H
many ..The Nation" is one Of the most innuen''a'
.-,rs,c.ls IN Germany and is edited by the weh-
rnoprn Liberal leader Of the Reichstag. Dr. Theodore
Barth: r.u,,s,,.., IN
change o. PUBLIC opinion as Deem
sas nh1. saaSo1s doStrnes Of shvertes spread with
magic rapidly over the country BY aylsn rb
!IsS Bime,sC e National commee has SUCCEEDED % isdo in
alternating the confidence OF tnas psrsy AZ con-
tinaance Of hard times possibly also the IscsnSe s
Of President Cleveland about 'ns majority Of delegates
70 The Chicago Convention will voe % i0i de,,ed jnso
he Ssef 9s asa oor the gold
the source of our distress tha' iree Go,as pigher
s11sss ss ms 9Ss mss e ss and IN
Southern. ortooscc9 IN the Madae sve promises
s1s made Ss suS TO-
Understand indifferent TO inyessate bs 5se sTo
er Of nehalf Of the burden Of ms deo.s Is iI,ns
IS no wonder that ss peor afnS listen To the soem
warning Of his true friends ,hat any in the
gSSs gad e. Sspas Ss as sd % aes Sm
.s I" 'as p &
she former. bu, majority Is conservative enough 10
wlcs SSs '%ni %ii be holders
curitss and make i plain so that " cannot DC HIS
OF Republican Candidates. proposed. Governor l. p
seSvs,ive Statesman Of long experience his adhsr,
enoe to the god standard is known SO as 10 ad'''
But Governor William Mckinley is the fayorte his
popularity has spread IKE wlldn.e over ,s TnnnS
Da Dan ne csndse w oT he es
prominent men, he has been for free coinage in the
The o,owins extrac eI iT9m ss- speefn en- ne maze OH
Il am unwilling TO chance the unlimited coinage
of silver cannot gamble with the standard
our aUsS Credit and and more more, M runoas to
Some of his enemies in both parties nave & a,'T9 Ih3s
friends even had become S%n nneasy m Ss naTN 10
Careful not to offend its leaders he did not want ,o
s Sf IN Tass heS Et m s
sufficent guarantee that he VII cenlpy WIZ ne' I
SareH H'I possible that he not yei impressed enough
with tine gravity of the situation II So @ ms ni lrienrS
than t%Sf by inducing him to say biz letter that he
the al ter Of ff G goa for public
interest and the votes of sound money Democrats
4 Major sso,an No s Be- ennsde Z"
ciusion. Then business would revive and foreign
coincidence in the stability Of our currency r,.r,o
The enthusiasm OF Republicans may arouse Delno emo
Gratis from their free-silver dreams. so that wnsn
they meet in convention. they may s,rsdne 90, ,ne
money question adOgt But It IS
more probable that acting upon their present FREE ln
aIusss Of ver at the rate Of to ard nominate
. ike Horace Poies exoSvrrnOdd d oI granger the
most popular man in ali the silver States Sh9u,a hs
-: s the rssu H. sssgo and hold
one Of their II they want to prevent ,ne nts
odN a
Il possible than ths 2 aenbl,ca2 rs ame to rum
be,, man they can NM nny Wnc Contested election II Mr.
Ceve nd TO be renomina,sd or some 800, os.s!
me cho;ce between three strong Democrats may
throw the election into tie House OF h,n there
IN majority. Major Mckinley would be their seiec-
ton. xo, r,,r Ns,or
MCKINLEY by his enemies Of both political parties
indicates their fear that in case Of his nomination.
ms s ebo viii be- our next president and in
dieaons Of what ~ we e, may expect from ME a''"''
OF Scotch origin ne was born January 20 1913 in
Poland Ohio then village with ooS ons Hrss n
cupation that Of 2 school teacher when ne wa: @
sixteen years od When our Cv M var ar 1Ske Res1non, on
OF Ohio Volunteers. under William s. Rcsecrans.
Srsvery Is Became ta ocer under Rutherford
Hayes. was made captain In July. 1861 and preyeteo
He then sudied law Was admitted to the bar in
1857 and. with sender means began to pTacTce i IN
serious interest in politics he was elected to Con
gress In 1876. where ne served for fourteen years
duties. In December 1853, Speaker Reed appointed
him chairman Of the Committee on on Ways and and
name. passed in October. iso and to which he owes
his poiitica; fame. Mr. McKln:ey was elected
He Is an unostentatious man Of pleasing manners.
nsnsa .S ~ !; xs feet sfysn EVE .s inches
ehaven face bearsa striking resemblance to Napoleon
]. He Is called the ohio Napoleon" When he
k0 ho hia
audiences The speeches he made pubic schools
on. sag witness n that he has gwen u these SUB
5ects careful attention. lie devotes himself to the
care of his wife who has been an Invalid for years.
with tender affection.
who rsoss.y esgsinsd the meaning Of is to as an
authorization Of the Treasury to pay sixteen silver dollars
MAJOR MsKinsy owes his present popularity
ties; they all expect higher wages II he is elected
Here !: one Of his aS%s S is s., no, ,.r an
may not be the prominent feature Of the platform
snd 9f ths ep @ be IN ie
to raise II soon Mr. Mckinley becomes Pres
sons Of ises when they lost lost the he Election in eonse
quenceos the extreme rares imposed by the tariff Of
think thin s the Changes Contemplated viii Chiefly consist
Of correction Of neqSsss In our present law and
nue. In proportion 70 our expend1urss Even such M
ouna ey
refused to approve Of tariff which does not pro
tect silver.
Major MeKiuleys objection to a revival OF the sys
tenn Of a State bank currency Is we'll known. but
his administration will probably favor such
tension OF the privileges Of Nationa, banks will
satisfy the wants Of the community.
As Major Mckinley is q party man, he will know
how 30 harmonic its conflicting elements: in doing
20. he may at times approve OF measures which an
Independent President IKE Cleveland. would have
vetoed. But he will keep whatever promise he
makes about the platform In regard to currency as
well as any other matter. Although opposed.
as much as ever to the principles OF protection
which he represents I think that the whole.
Governor Mckinley is the kind Of . man to make a
good American President.
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