The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-11-15
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H7oef Mckinley n - stranger
- W1nhIngson- He sexvs1 n conoBsnl
10y from 1871 TO ~. ousing sll
3 n11eh time he occupied . suits q
- q the third floor Of TIE Ebbitt
sm 80 Of the fashionable hosteirjoo
8 ~ ~. freausntsd especially ~ army
s5S6 novy people Manager Burch. of the
~ teIls many interesting stories
- NJ former guest Fourteen years
s $1,000 made then seem Hlke ''he0o
- = the people o. the hotsI-
Sz$f1n Mckinley Wa1 confirmed lnvn111
II - ~ whole residence here. but ouo
s5s n0ooter or SUMMER disDoeltioa oeveg
Her patience ana gentIensss won
s. - love and sympathy Of al who
- h contact with hsr. The heuse
III 1vsn1e usrs her devoted stavesL
= 0as not the pubic side at lGr. Nc
<ooHe life and career hat most Inn
z - sdmiration for his chafacter. While
s u nsoatnass - = statesman has won
- - highest honorS that can come 70
80 & vns the aoooluto thurouHAn1oo
s - Aosostoo 70 bic wife amid al her
q - e po3n and sjc1gmo1D dat onAAare6
81 Il - ~ personal friends.
- ~ years and years that b lived
- says DGr. Burch. r. never knew
- - Ieaye the house. even for . fsw
- without Giving some special In
ueSts1s looking 70 the comfort o. pleas.
- q his wife. lie Vas lndefatlGablo
r lhie regard. and to us who knew him
Ifiuateiy. this unselflsh and constant
so(in - HE wife wae but one virtue
eharacter whose domestic side was
1ngoi IN beauty TO the grandeur Of his
1SdbaIo career"
~ rooms at the hotel were an fur
6oo1 with special reference 10 Mrs.
NNkinDey's tastes and comfort. ana
Nbfs and palms abounded evorywhe9e.
~ tact that Mrs. Mckinley was an m
m prevented tho family from taking
~ pssminsut place h the social life q
~ capital that thay otherwise would
IN done. All Of the receptions given
~ Mr.. Mckinley were held In the pri-
80 pasiors II their suite. They had no
G11ren living. but = nIece OF Mrs. Nc
1oley used to spend much Of her time
IN them there.
n Mckinley was great favorito With
- 0ewbers OF the Ohio delegation. and
p0141ut Hayes, who really introduced
- into public life. Garfield. Sherman
- tevtef were constant visitors 1t his
~ollA He was. and II. = sociabIe man,
- nede friends and kept them.
bile the tarin was being formulated,
~ Mckinley was the most sought after
~ a>$ts ~ tttC (httc0 StAdc&. Ills
06o1s were crowded every hour Ia the
~ Delegations Of public men from
1gsTy part Of the country and represent
- esefy conceivable interest docked here.
eeters and congressman. with their
1en9iltuents. came In q continual stream,
- amid all this pressure Of business he
Ngef appeared to be Ia the slightest way
Npu1d or disturbed.
~ Mckinley was IN attendant at
4Aoun6ry y. z. church. though not q MEM
Mrs Mckinley n = member Of the
k1eeeyssrian church. but could not be an
edfu6anf on account of her health.
~ pastor OF the Foundry church tsals
ufious and interesting fact in connec-
- with Mr. Ackinley's attendance
09A The church vas built soon after
- Nof OF 10i2-n ~ a thank Offering by
MY Foxhan. whose foundry near
sxetown WAS preserved from destruc-
~ b. the British BY an almost provf-
Anuea storm. which destroyed the expedi-
~ ut against IT, In the deed from
loxhail II was provided that pew
sneeA b set aside In the church Tor the
HN34eut Of the United States.
0e presidents pew" bearing q silver
ate With suitable inscription. was for
Nay years curiosity in the church, but
Nhen the old pews were replaced by the
~ ones. the plate WAS lost and the
NAct location Of the seat provided for
- eeesadent became unknown.
WeshlnEton fully expects IN extra
oeNn of congress a. soon A. possible
ezsr the 9Th OF March. In assembling
ceeess In extra session, II Is customary
= g1ve ten or fifteen days notice. n Pres
at Mckinley and his advisers deem Il
- And necessary to have quick action
uon congress With regard to the present
soad'sion OF affairs. he viii probably ad-
70 custom and not bring congress
nesther before the 18th OF March.
The continued deficit In the treasury
~ doubtless require immediate attention. :.
tnan i've months OF the present fiscal
nave passed and yet thu excess OF
Hpena1tnres over receipts has reached the
ktnous sum OF So. SIT 4s&. The 1epub-
80 have contended that this continual
sanlnx behind In receipts In the manage
~ o. the Affairs Of the government has
hrgesy the cause Of the financial
.see. ana that ~ soon ~ receipts
1 Seu expenditures confidence VIII be re-
-. 49, and the drain on the treasury gold
~ - at an end. Tho firss purpose.
.eelore. OF Republican house and SEN
:" WI doubtless be to provide soms
OF meeting the expenses Of the
lament Some temporary measure OF
s1ss u being talked OF and the deferring
as revision OF the tariff Until the resu-
= session In December.
1a0 congress gets together. however. II
aAt'y 10 run Wild on the tariff. Great
= ufs VIII certainly be brought TO bear
49, ~ ways and means committee 10 IN
s..s ne Immediate revision OF the
Present. law. The people exp~c, n. ana :
ssry were tn favor Of the man whose
S e . synonym sos protection to
american Industries.
49, 80 eooaer had President Cleveland be-
49, ooadneed OF the complexion OF the
- ~ ress than he began tho prepara-
- as annual message. He will. In
-. paragraphs. take occasion 10
ORGANIZATIONS and express HE
krsencatton that the ante-elec-
,.Shaence expressed by him in the
Dn.es - ana integrity OF the American
81 49, question affecting the honor
a., esal credit OF their country Is
M. 0'cafed by the story Of the bal
suas their cue from the president.
49, Al the members Of his Official
| onss..s.na Their suhordinasea exhibit no
| arS,~l 20 sxaft over former party as
! t1e~ 40 worked for Bryan. Al the
rs,- aeuse and In all the departments
NA.ss . dignified silence on the
9mrs - me election. In the possible hcps
Asa,. - suns easier the task set for the
hrfv a'ns the existing break In IRE
T. ~. ~. Clsveiand's work In prerar-
1ea.s .xssaee VII he done at the White
= s year instead OF at wcoalev
N~se~u During the present month.
= III vss.. sne president viii deny himself
N1nsr !. - =. SreckinrsdSe. Of Kentucky,
sas defeated n s...e - ,,s..sn s w .sn
u, - s.n ne proposes 70 con,es. the