Evening star., 1896-09-19
AT M'KINLEYS HOME
Every Day Increases the Response
bility Of the Republican Candidate.
DESIRE OF PEOPLE TO MEET BIN
His Powers of Endurance Are
Great, but He Looks Pale.
A GERMAN EDITORS VIEWS
special D,spatch to The Evening Star,

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
CANTON, Ohio, September 10.-These
are the days that try the patience and en-
durance of political candidates, and the
friends of Maj Mckinley may well be
interested in the events Of the next few
weeks, for the strain upon the republican
candidate was never greater than it Is
just now. No point in the contest from
now on will be overlooked by the republi-
can candidate and he will be kept per-
fectly informed as to all the important
changes in the contest from one section
Of the country to the other. But this is
not ALL Never in any campaign has a ma
tional committee depended more upon the
personality of its leader than the republi-
can committee is relying upon Maj. Nc
Kinley now.
The demand for his speeches exceeds that
Of any other campaign document being Is
sued, and the desire of the people to met
him SENS to increase as the day or VIC
tory approaches. The result Of it all Is that
every day seems to increase the response
bilities Of the candidate and every week
to multiply the demands upon him. The
magnificent demonstration made by the re-
publicans of Stark county on Friday is
proof Of the loyalty and zeal of Maj. Nc
Kinleys town people to him: devotion
which is not confined 10 his CWn nome
or his own state, but is as warm IN West
Virginia and Pennsylvania ana New YORK
as 1t is in Ohio.
Devotion of the Masses.
The evidence Of this personal devotion
to him by the masses is never more appre-
ciable than in the delegations from the
great industrial centers Of the country.
The Pennsylvania iron workers, the East
Liverpool potters, the Harrison county wool
ro;c oolx hi,,N 1yith a 1GVNtinn
which has few parallels In The countrys
annals.
1t Is not only among the working men
that Maj. Mckinley finds warm admirers
and an illustration Of this was given the
other day when the Chicago democrats
came down to pay their respects to the re-
publican candidate. 1t was hot day ana
the crowd was immense. Very few spcts
in the well-worn yard were not occupied,
and 1t was well nigh impossible to get
from one point to another. One Of the
newspaper correspondents on the porch
was suddenly startled in the midst Of the
majors speech by finding some one wrig-
Cling between his legs. Looking down, he
saw the face of weil-known Chicago mer-
chant, who exclaimed. We'll. 1 got up on
the porch and touched that If can't stay
here;;' then he retreated back into the
crowd from which he had come.
Mckinley's Powers of Endurance.
Maj McKinleys powers of endurance of
the campaign have been the marvel of the
newspapers for many years, but the strain
that has been placed upon him this sum-
mer is even more intense than that which
marked his many tours through the state
and country. For four months he has
practically been prisoner in his own
house, and, with the exception Of an occa-
sional ride. has been denied all exercise.
Thursday morning. as he began his address
before two thousand employees of the Ed
gar Thomson steel works his pale care
face in m r oSt With he
bouyant almost youthful countenance that
left the gubernatorial chair last January.
His face was almost colorless. and it's pale
ness was remarked by many of his Canton
acquaintance who filled the yard.
Those who were permitted to participate
in the last campaign of the late James G.
Blaine. and especially those who can recall
his ashen face and weary eyes as he re-
viewed that long line Of shouting New
Workers before the Fifth Avenue Hotel on
the Saturday night before the election, can.
not but recall 1t in the palid countenance
of the present candidate. Mr. Blaine how.
ever, had an inherent tendency to an in.
sidiOus disease, while Major Mckinley Is
still in the full vigor of manhood. and If the
republican committee would merely regu-
late the excursions that are now pouring
into Canton at the rate of half a dozen q
day he would still be able to carry on the
fight with his usual vigor and energy.
A German Editors Interest.
An interesting caller to Major McKinley's
house the other day was Mr.. Theodol
Earth, editor of the Nation at Berlin and
| member Of the Mitglieddes reichstag. Mr.
Barth is German of high culture and In
| telligence, who has devoted his life very
| largely to the study Of economical ques
tions, and has been attracted to the United
States just now because he believes that th
| struggle and progress here Is in many re
| spects the most interesting and importan
| now going on anywhere in the world. 1
/ was interesting to take off ones partisan
| spectacles and look upon the. contes
! German eyeglasses. Il regard this strug
| gle," said he, "as altogether more import
| ant even to Germany than any recent elec
| ton that our own country has had. Ger
| many adopted a gold standard soon afte
| the close of the Franco-German war, ant
| its benefits have been so great that any
| thing indicating a backward step amoni
| ether nations, and especially the Unite'
| States, cannot but excite our deepest in
| terest.
THE financial crash that would follow
the election of Mr.. Bryan would be 81
great that I am sure the party would no
he represents. This eruption In Americ'
cannot help but effect our country, AM
1t is not an entirely unselfish interest tina
I have in the result" Mr.. Barth has ha
| sides of the situation in this country; al
though he has been here but a few week
he has met many Of the leaders and bot
the opposing candidates. OF Mr.. Bryan
personality Mr.. Ba-th spoke in the highes
| praise. He is strong, forciblc. but dan
| gerous" said he. II don't regard NAL Nc
Kinley from the short time have had t
study him and hear his speeches as
great man as the world rates greatness
but he Is conservative and safe, and eve
in the matter Of a protective tariff I don
believe that he would urge upon the coun
try anything more radical than he believe
ID.1 tad a nj
be. what you aptly term. a party man /
the best sense in that he would not al
tempt anything that would run counter
| hts party's wishes"
Mr.. Barth had been talking with MI
Cleveland also, and, like Ii Hung Chang
was impressed by the force and indepeno
| ence of character of the national execr
tive.
VIII of Louis H. Schneider.
The will of the late Louis H. Schneider
i dated February 2, 1892, and containin
| a codicil dated November o, 1S8 wa