The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-06-20

/ssSH~.pS@r\ his life is sure to
If ,cN ~ become great.
IL When William Nc !
Ry\ Kinley was at the !
\ ~ beginning OF his !
w Fefho political career-a |
O young man Of 3d. |
who recently had |
bsen elected to congress-Pres'dehI
HAYES said to him: "TO achieve Sue
cess and fame you must pursue 7pe-
ciai line. You must not make speech
on every motion offered or bill lntr0-
duced. You must confne yourSeiE 10
one particular thing, Become a "pe-
c.alist. Take up some branch OF iegl5-
latIon and make that your study. why
not take up the subject Of tariff! BE
ing a subject that will not be setlleu
for years to come, it offers great h71o
for study and chance for uium''e
fame"
The seed thus sOwn has borne Fult
which the whole world has tasted.
After fourteen years of preparation NC
Kinleys time arrived, and his name he-
came known to every nation as the au-
thor of the great tariff bill OF 1871. IL
was a great stroke Of policy, grand
strategic movement in commercial war
fare. redounding greatly to the beheht
of America and the discontinue OF the
European nations, which were seeking
to bring prosperity to their own nous.
tries by destroying those OF the unltea
States.
A Cuban Bogey.
So far did the fame OF Mckinney
spread abroad that the negroes in CUBA,
having heard of "Bilr' Mckinley and
the Mckinley BILL and being taught by
their Spanish oppressors that oo'h
were bad, got the two mixed up IN a
sort Of ogre, and used to bar the doors
Of their huts at night for fear that "oid
Bill Mckinley would catch them.
The congressman had become man
a, national and international import
ance. Since then his name has STOOD
Al the visible sign OF the republican
partys principle ofprotection to Amerl-
can industries. AS the second ADMIN
istratjon has brought out into strong
relief the administration OF Harrison,
81 the weak and hating tariff Dill OF
Wilson has caused the tariff bill or NC"
Kinfey to appear stronger by contrast,
In the last election the theorists 1ooted
the people with juggled phrases, but no
theory can fill an empty dinner-paii'
and the revulsion Of sentiment IN favor
of the Mckinley tariff is complete,
But not only in Cuba is the name OF
Mckinley cordially disliked. Every
loyal Englishman, in England and else
where, believes 1t his bounden duty 10
bs own country to berate the states
manshIp of the great American.
scotch-Irish stock.
Mckinley Is of Irish descent on his
fathers side, and of Scotch on his moth
er's. His ancestors were settled in this
When the War of the Rebellion broke
out William Mckinley then II years
old. was teaching a little country schoo
= In Ohio He enlisted, and as a private
went to the front with the Twenty
third Ohio Volunteers. AT the close
the war he was mustered out as major
of the same regiment. He won hi
promotion by gallant and efficient serv
ice at Antietam and In the Valley cam
paign
Then young Mckinley had alking TO
the profession of arms, and wanted t
stay in the army after the war Tn
mental qualities Of the man are TN
doubtedly those which would have gon
to the making of a good officer in tn
regular establishment, and there
something about his personal appear
ance. perhaps 1t Is nothing more tina
his facial resemblance to Napoleon, bt
1t is there, which makes one think Of
military commander Mckinley
father and mother objected to his b.
coming an officer in the regulars, s
the army lost general and polite
gained enc.
Hts Wife Interested.
Mckinley studied law, graduate
from law school in Albany, and the
went back to Ohio to hang out h
"shingie" in Canton. His was the Il
ua1 exnerienca of q Young lawyer tar