Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-12-05

DCAQlE Lie ~NE@ III u gun BI-G~-4L A24E 4
g1ayish organ of Mckinley and McKin-
ieyism it had something TO say OF the
man and his record Il frequently
warned the republican party against
the folly OF nominating candidate
who was owned by syndicate. On
May 15 Of this year the Sun gave the
following summary Of the situation.
and of McKinleyis subserviency 10
Hanna, Kohlsaat and Herrick.
Most of the minor Mckinley bosses
who were sent here to protest that Nc
Kinley In "all right" on the money
question went home yesterday. Their 1
mission was fruitless, like the similar |
missions of John Sherman and Col |
Charles n. Grosyenor. Neither has the |
cailiopean clamor of III. H Kohlsaat Of
Chicago that Mckinley is sound on the
currency had any weight here in New
York. All that the minor Mckinley
bosses heard while in this territory
was that the republicans of the great
eastern states want a candidate for
president who will be a safe man" was
| heard.
/ lie MA4of A1IhAAfBy RS01E8 W<A% 1-@T
teartened over the result Of their mis-
sion. They were chagrined also by q
number of mighty awkward questions
| put to them as to the story concern
ing how McKinley's debts were paid.
Mckinley while governor Of Ohio was
the silent partner of one Robert l.
Walker of Ohio, and when Walker went
to smash, on Feb. IL, 1888, Mckinley.
IL was found, had Endorsed $i1s.ee0 Of
Walkers promissory notes. Mckinley
did this, although he was worth only
$40 900 In all this wide world The
eastern republicans could not under
stand such business methods, and they
declared to the minor Mckinley bosses
that Il EaE vitality essential this year
to put mp "a safe man" and they talked
J about "a safe man" until things were
unpleasant for the minor Mckinley
bosses.
These minor bosses ascertained also
] that the eastern republicans knew how
} McKinley's debts were paid and BY
whom. Here It Is in brief:
Chief contributors Chief bosses
! to pay Of McKinleyis
McKinley's debts campaign
Marcus A. Hanna. Marcus A. Hanna.
III. H. Kohlsaat, III. III. kohlsaat,
0 Myron T. Herrick- IMyron T. Herrick
In other words. the minor McKinls!
bosses learned on every hand that thei
. candidate was spoken OF as the mort
gagged candidate" mortgaged not onl.
. I'm untold promises Of federal patron
% age, but mortgaged In other ways AM
D by every tie of business and Friendship
to his three chief managers and syndi
. Gators, Hanna, Kohlsaat and Herricl
!. and to others. Mckinley is the frs
aspirant for a presidential nomination
y to stand before the country loade
10 down with obligations, which afts
!. some fashion even he is bound to mee
The coterie Of manufacturers and ott
y ers who Clipped in to pay his debt
is the trio, Hanna, Kohlsaat and Herriel
= their satellites, all do not live by brea
h alone. They must have their pound {
Is flesh in return for past favors, eve
Of unto the tiniest grain. Mckinley +,
e. mains silent and docile in their hand
50 he is their creature. and after all II
wanderings of the minor McKinle
bosses In New York and elsewhere
the east, solid business republican
said yesterday that they were amaze
at the audacity Of Hanna. Kohlsaat an
Of Herrick in epringing such a candida
a upon the country.
n A candidate with fortune Of $40 .0'
IN to indorse his silent partners paper 4
a. Sis, 900!
ID The eastern republicans natural
he wanted to know what return is McKi
IN ley, IL nominated and elected, to gi'
m Hanna and the others for their aid
at paying his debts. It is as well know
n as anything on earth that Ohio poll
ut clans, and especially those in the r
- publican camp, do not lift their lit
e- fingers for a soul without some prof.
az Use of reward immediate or in the ne
MT future. Indeed. Mckinley was spok
% Of as the "mortgaged candidate" for t
d. reason that no candidate for presidel
he not even Mckinley, can in honor
he cept gratuities to the amount of Sill
ms 900 from set of men dependent up
he federal legislation for further additio
to their fortunes.
The eastern republicans declared
to be a detestable situation from begi
ed ming to end, and one that, to certa
~ extent, reflected on the whole par
We But Mckinley accepted the $11S.0o0
In gratuities. and there he stands in Ca
&C. ION to-day loaded down with these a
he a thousand other obligations viii
4 must be met IL by accident he sho,
las be boosted into the white house cha
de Thousands of business men have n
n with disaster within the last ten yea
idc They displayed nerve and set to We
II to repair their fortunes. Mckinley !
rs himself In the hands OF Hanna. Ko
saat, Herrick and the others. and tn
hauled him out of the mire-not, graz
They lugged him to dry land. and W
ala their eyesuon,othe. obligations un,
~ which he rested to- them they set
-, work to boom him as their candid
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