The Bottineau courant., 1896-08-29
WILLIAM M'KlNLEY.
Personal characteristics Analysed by an
Intimate Acquaintance.

Personal characteristics Analysed by an
Intimate Acquaintance.
William Mckinley became national
character when, in 1861, a little more
than II years old, he enlisted as private
soldier in defense of his country.
The record of the war shows the i'm
preston he made upon those who came
in contacfwith him. His manliness and
courage attracted attention. In action
he was alert and vigorous, in manner
cordial and considerate. His mind was
strong, clear and comprehensive. Cor
rect in judgment and energetic in ex-
preston.
His physical and mental qualities
which then won confidence and distinc-
ton have been illustrated and confirmed
by his subsequent career. In public and
private life, in social and official rela-
tions. he is genial and sympathetic. A
master in debate, he carries conviction
mainly by the earnestness, sincerity
and directness of his thoughts and by
uniform courtesy toward his opponents.
Patriotic by birth, by association and
conviction, the glory of his country
and the welfare of it's people are the
touchstone of his principles and his con-
duct. BY this standard he gauges opin
ions, measures and men.
Conservative, yet liberal in his views,
he welcomes criticism and shows the
same regard for the opinions of others
that he claims for his own.
He is conscientious and laborious in
forming, and candid in expressing, his
conclusions. He is efficient and courage.
Gus in maintaining the right and in
rebuking wrong. but without malice or
prejudice. He is answering in devo-
tion to duty, affirming by the dignity of
his bearing his own self-respect, and
commanding the respect of others.
He presents signal example of the
best type of the American citizen in pub
lie service.
The traits which distinguished the
soldier boy on the battlefelds of Vir-
ginia and Maryland marked also the
young lawyer in Stark county, O., the
private citizen in domestic and social
life; the statesmen in committees and
In debate, framing and advocating
measures for the public good; the chief
magistrate of his native state, exercis-
ing power and clemency; the leader in
national conventions, refusing for him
self honors he believed due to others;
the popular campaign speaker, inspir-
ing men with confidence and enthusi-
asm; the polished orator, exarting in
glowing words heroic deeds and men,
Yorable events, or with earnest express
isions advancing the cause of religion
Iand education.
Born of the people. every fiber of his
being thoroughly American, rising step
by step at the summons of his fellow
men to higher and higher stations, never
failing TO respond to the hopes of his
friends or to do honor to the positions to
which he was chosen; recognized in all
parts of the country as leader in whom
confidence was never misplaced; in ex-
ternal features noble and commanding:
in intellectual and moral constitution
of unsurpassed integrity, sagacity, puri-
ty and strength; an ideal embodiment
and an indefatigable advocate of repub-
licanism; honored by all men, even by
his antagonists, and loved by the people
everywhere, William Mckinley stands
in the forefront of American statesmen.
and, without dispa-agement to any
other of the great names which honor
the republican party, is conspicuously
fit for the highest station in the service
Of his country.
EDWARD H. AMMIDowN.
Seattle, May, 1896.