The copper country evening news., 1896-04-13
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A Great Run OF Luck.

WASHINGTON, April IL Especial. i
There is such thing as luck In this world
II any one doubts this, let him take the
case of William Mckinley, Jr., of Canton,
o was talking about Mr.. Mckinley q
case recently with one of the veteran mem
bers Of the house and his remarks were
rather interesting IL is we'll TO bear In
mind that he is great AL miror of the
Ohio statesman and to make some allow
ance for his enthusiasm, but his talk is
worth reading just the same. Mckinley
is perhaps the luckiest man in America -
said he. II ere he is on the highway %
the White House and no one able TO stop
him. But just stop and think % the
things that have contributed TO his success
IL he had beaten Tom Reed for speaker
six years ago some one else would have
been chairman OF the committee on ways
and means and would have lad his name
associated with tho tariff act OF 1890 Ii
might have been Reed or Burrows or Joe
Cannon or Dave Henderson. 1t could not
have been Mckinley. | remember when
Reed won the speakership Mckinley was
sore. He thought his career had received
"a decided backset, but he didn't know his
luck.
Lucky For Mckinley.
Another lucky thing was that the
country did not take kindly to the Nc
kinley law when II first appeared They
turned the country over to the Democrats
in 1890. and again in s92 and Mckinley
was denounced from one end of the land
20 the other. Few men thought he could
recover from that blow, but / know that
the faith Of Mr. Mckinley himself never
wayered. He never for moment lost
confidence in the ultimate triumph OF bis
idea, and he always had notion that
when the idea came TO the front again he
would be sure 70 come with It.
ut was lucky for Mckinley again that
the Democrats managed to squeeze out n
majority In the senate, and thus obtained
full possession Of the government. This
enabled them TO pass the Wilson German
law at a time when the country was enter
Ing upon period OF hard times Some
think the hard times would have come
anyway through natural causes. Others
think the German Wilson law brought
them on. This is n matter OF opinion, and
we don't need To discuss IL. The great
fact Is that the hard times and the Demo.
cratic tariff law came together The Dem
ocrats had 10 take the responsibility. II
they hsS failed to pass their law-and you
remember how close they came TO failing
lit would have been bad for Mckinley
But they squeezed their law through by a
scratch, and Cleveland came mighty near
yetoing 1t, but didn't, and thus Mckinley
was relieved OF all responsibility. The
people had been prosperous under the No
Kinley law, while under the new tariff
they had panic and hard times. What
mand McKinleyism again? And did you
ever see such "A series of luck?
The Hand Of Fate.
"NOr Is this all IL was the most fortu-
nate thing in the world that Mckinley
was retired from the house after the Fifty.
first congress. As governor of Ohio he
was out Of the way Of all the storms He
could make neither enemies nor mistakes.
He was off to one side, and the power OF
the idea did all the rest. Had he been re.
turned to congress there j. no telling what
bIunders he might have made or what &C
cidents might have bcfallen him. All this
makes UP chapter Of good fortune that
rarely comes to public man, and the
hand of fate appears 20 be In it,
We all like II plucky and persistent man
and even when VIC are unable TO agree
with this sort ~ character we are pretty
sure Co have admiration for him. / have
been reminded of this by the reappearance
here of Judge Jay l.. Taney OF St. Louis,
the champion of national bankruptcy legis-
lation.
This Is the thirteenth winter that Judge
Tanoy has been in Washington working
at his pet idea, and for the sake Of pluoky
lighter let us hope the old superstition NJ
TO the i'll fortune which attends the num-
ber 13 will not obtain In his case Twice
has the house of representatives passed
Taney's bill only To have tho senate fail 60
act. Committee after committee has re.
ported favorably on the measure. but he
has never been able to carry II through To
the statute books. Yet here he is as brave
as ever and full of hope.
The Everlasting bankrupt Act.
There is substantial unanimiiy Of feel.
ing that the country needs some sort of
national bankruptcy act. The chief trou-
BILE l. as to the details Some want one
hing and some another. This much can
be said for Judge Taney: He puts i'm his
time and energies In this matter because
he believes in 10 and not for profit. More.
over he has grown with the ide,. His pres
ent bill is an evolution, not M uch like the
bill with which he came here I 3 years ago.
He has sought TO perfect IL, to meet all OBJ
lectioDs, and there is at last fair prospect
hat something will be done.