The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1896-10-24


nony from His Chief Organ 1. New
York City.
Before the New York Sun became the
ilavish organ OF Mckinley and McKin-
leyism it had something to say of the
man and his record. 1t frequently
warned the republican party against
the folly OF nominating a candidate
who was owned by a syndicate. On
May Is Of this year the Sun gave the
following summary Of the situation,
and Of McKinley's subseryiepey to
Hanna. Kohlsaat and Herrick:
Most Of the minor Mckinley bosses
who were sent here to protest that Nc
Ktnlsy Is all right" on the money
question went home yesterday. Their
mission was fruitless, like the similar
missions OF John Sherman and Col.
Charles II. Grosvenor. Neither has the
calliopean clamor Of H. 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.
The minor Mckinley bosses were dis
heartened over the result OF their mis-
sion. They were chagrined also by a
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. II, 1898, Mckinley,
1t was found, had Endorsed $4,000 OF
Walkers promissory, notes. Mckinley
did this, although he was worth only
10000 In all this wide world. The
eastern republicans could not under
stand such business methods, and they
declared to the minor Mckinley bosses
that II was vitality essential this year
to put up "a safe man." and they talked
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 1t is in brief:
Chief contributors Chief bosses
Mekla 40 pay debt. Of e n1aaR;Hs
Marcus A. Hanna, Marcus A. Hanna,
II. H. Kohlsaat, H. H. Kohlsaat,
Myron T. Herr.ck. Myron T. Herrick.
In other words, the minor Mckinley
bosses learned on every hand that their
candidate was spoken Of as the mort
gagged candidate" mortgaged not only
In untold promises of federal patron
age, but mortgaged in other ways and
by every tie of business and friendship
to his three chief managers and syndi-
Gators, Hanna, Kohlsaat and Herrick,
and to others. Mckinley is the first
aspirant for a presidential nomination
to stand before the country loaded
down with obligations, which after
some fashion even he is bound to meet.
The coterie Of manufacturers and 9TH
ers who Clipped in to pay his debts;
the trio, Hanna, Kohlsaat and Herrick;
their satellites, all do not live by bread
alone. They must have their pound OF
flesh In return for past favors, even
unto the tiniest grain. Mckinley re-
mains silent and docile in their hands;
he is their creature, and after all the
wanderings Of the minor Mckinley
bosses in New York and elsewhere In
the east, solid business republicans
said yesterday that they were amazed
at the audacity Of Hanna, Kohlsaat and
Herrick in springins such q candidate
upon the country.
A candidate with fortune Of SIC, 900
to indorse his silent partners paper for
Sis, O0oI
The eastern republicans naturally
wanted to know what return Is McKin-
ley, IL nominated and elected, to give
Hanna and the others for their aid in
paying his debts 1t Is as well known
as anything on earth that Ohio politi-
clans, and especially those in the re-
publican camp, do not lift their little
fingers for a soul without some prom
Use of reward immediate or in the near
future. Indeed, Mckinley was spoken
Of as the "mortgaged candidate" for the
reason that no candidate for president,
not even Mckinley, can in honor &C
cept gratuities to the amount Of s11S.-
900 from q set Of men dependent upon
federal legislation for further additions
to their fortunes.
The eastern republicans declared 1t
20 be a detestable situation from begin
ming to end, and one that, to certain
extent, reflected on the whole party.
But Mckinley accepted the $4,000 In
eratuities, and there he stands in Can