Arizona weekly citizen., 1896-06-27
WHY M'KINLEY Is POPULAR.

Many short-sighted politicians. espe-
cislly those OF the New York machine
variety, have expressed unmeasured as
constituent at the extraordinary popular
wave which has carried Mckinley VIC
toriously through almost every state and
territory CT the union, and have endesv-
ored to explain it by the work of secret
organization, by the Wholesale giving of
promises and by all the tricks which
they themselves employ for arousing ar
tificisl enthusiasm. They do not seem
to realize that his popularity is just as
much merited as was that OF Blaine. of
Grant and Of Lincoln, of Webster, Clay
and jackson.
One of the strongest elements tending
toward the success of Mckinley is his
popularity with the women OF America.
As governor and congressman, as writer
and speaker, he has always identified
himself cordially with the woman's
cause, and not once but hundreds of.
timee, has shown himsslf to be Oheva-
leir Bsyard in bis attitude and conduct
toward the other sex. He was one of
the first public men to express himself
in very decided terms upon the inquiry
of the old common law, which made q
married woman little more than the
slave Of her husband, and made him the
owner of all Of her property, even to the
clothes upon her back. He not alone
spoke against it, but whenever in bis
official capacity there came up measure
tending to modify or improve these
ancient statutes, he was among the first,
il not the first, to advocate their princi-
plies and secure their passage.
When chairman of one of the leading
committees of the Republican National
convention he admitted a newspaper
woman to the great platform and pro-
vided special accommodations for dele
cations from woman's organizations who
wished to submit proposition to the
party there assembled. On several of
these occasions conversRtive men, i'll
bred men and quarrelsome men objected
strongly to having any women around,
and preclpitsted quarrel out Of which,
thanks to Msjor Mckinley, the womsn's
cause secured fair bearing. He is q
strong believer in woman's liberty, indie
pendence and individuality. In Ohio,
and in the District of Columbis, he
fought for the principle of equal pay for
equal work, and in some instances rRis-
ed the pay of women teachers. He
fought and defeated every attempt to
reduce wages under the specious guise |
OF economy. In respect to the employ |
ment of women by the national, state
and local government ne has put him
self on record scores Of times in favor of
giving the women clerks the same /
wages as those received by men IN the
ssme class of public service.
Most of all. he is one of the few men
high in public life whose careers have
been absolutely pure and upright. From
the time of his earliest youth he has
dedicated bis life to his now venerable
mother, and for the last twenty-five
years to lis now invalid wife. His
but unobtrusive courtesy to
wife and mother, as we'll ss to all women,
is one of McKinley's most beautiful and
lovsble traits. 1t is not the shoddy
veneer of ChesterfieIdisn manners"
but the courtly grace and manly digni-
ty Of generous, sincere and kindly
American gentleman. HIS leisure time
has been spent with wife and mother,
and for their sake be has foregone many
social and political pleasures and hon.
ors. in this way be has silently built
up q reputation at Canton, at Wash
ington and at Columbus which makes
him esteemed and loved by tens Of
thousands of the noble women OF the
United States.
An upright life like McKinley's needs
no advertising. II is 30 eloquent in it's
own sincerity es to impress all who
come within range of its influence. Men
may conceal their shortcomings, may
cover the blots and stains upon their
'obes beneath the greet mantle Of Of
ice, but the fact remains and is known
20 the community, no matter how sb-
,olute the silence which may prevail.
Around such men is the circle, not Of
but of repuision; not of pop
ularity. but of sntsgonism.