The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-11-04


them 500 and can easily AFFORD TO give
YOU quarter of g."
I'm case which came 10 him soon
utcrward Mckinley won one OF ms
most substantial earlier triumphs. lie
was ritt,d against John Mcsw eiy' ere
ot che most brilliant lawyers al the ONO
bar. 10 was suit FOR damages icr
malpractice against "a surgeon. TO- II
was claimed. had set "a broken hs SO
unskilliully that the patient was i"',uo
bow-lcggcd. MCSwccny hro'tht ms
client into court. and after he had toiu
his story he barred his leg TO show 10"
far IL was out of line.
\ SHREWD DEFENSE.
Mcniniey for the defense. deinahucu
that the plaintiff bare the othcr ieb io'
comnarison. The court upheld this de-
mand. i'm spite Of McSwccncys vigorous
objection TO the confusion OF the pldIu-
tiff and mis- counsel and the mcIrl l-lt
Of court and jury that leg was iouhu 10
be the worse bowed OF the Two MS
trousers had concealed his natural de-
formity. ~
INV client seems 20 have done better
bv mis- man than did nature itself. sad
Counsellor Mckinley. land i move that
Tho sut be dismissed with recommclla-
lion that he have his right leg broNen
and set by the defendant In this case.
The plaintiff was laughed ont or court
soon after this success Judge Beldcn, a
leading lawyer OF Canton. formed
partnership with the young attorney
which lasted until the Judges death, III
1870 He had already won his way 50
that the people in that year elected f'm
Prosecuting Attorney OF Stark county
which office ne filled for several years.
Practice now flowed into him, and he
speedilv won roputc as an excelle II ad-
| vocate. He IS credited with making
some OF the best jury arguments ever
heard az that bar. When elected 10 Con-
crcss he was a recognized leader OF me
stark county bar and had one Of the
| best general practices at that bar.
Another case i'm which he especially
| DISTINGUISHED himself was That OF a num-
! Der of miners prosecuted Tor rot WhoH
! he defended In an appeal TO the jury
which is remembered TO tins day as d
! triumph of eloQucuce over hard iact.
| II was the first opportunity in his career
1 TO attest his deep sympathy with w9ee-
| workers. and his use of It gave nm
hold upon their gratitude that time
! has only strengthened.
WON HIS SPURS YOUNG.
Major Mckinley was only 80 fears old
! when. in 1871. the people Of the canton
district elected him 20 represent them III
! Congress. Henry Clay and James t.
! Blaine arc the most conspicuous states
/ men who began Congressional careers az
/ an early age. II was Democratic
/ House. and the new member began his
service at the foot of the unImportant
I Law Revision Committee. His first term
passed with no public speech Of note 10
/ his credit. but Speaker Samuel j. Randall
| had noticed the studOus application or
| the young Ohioan and his shrcwdness in
| committee work Hence. al the outset
| of his second term Mckinley was placed
| on the judiciary Committee next TO
! Thomas Bracket Reed. His ambition
! and mental promptings led him 20 prefer
! the WAYS and Means Committee, but
! he was disappointed az that time. How
ever early i'm his second session. debate
on the tariff revision bin of Fernando
| Wood gave his his chance. and he
riddled that measure with a grasp Of
! fact and merCiiess logic that marked
/ him as one of the masters Of protection
! knowledge.
McKinleys COM ressional prominence
! may be said 10 have fairly begun with
! the retirement Of Garfield from the Ways
and Means committee after his election
| TO the Presidency ia 1850. Mckinley was
! appointed TO the vacancy and from then
until be retired from Congress in 1891.
have been continuous except FOR that por-
ton of the Forty-eighth Congress when
| the Democrats unseated him. he re-
manned upon that most important COM
mittee.
Ia 1890 an international contest was
brought into the narrow limits OF his
COngrcssiOnal district. His district was
patched up until il showed nominal
Democratic plurality of 300 votes. Most
men would have snirked such contest
and retired upon laurels already won.
Not so Mckinley, he threw himself into
the night with an impetuosity that he had
never before exhibited. He actually car
rled three Of the four counties Oi ms dis
trict. but was beaten by a slender plural
itv of 302 votes. lie had pulled down the
Democratic majority $500 votes, and
what his enemies sought 10 make his
Waterloo proved 10 be "a Mckinley tri-
umpn ID. however, closed his Congress
sional career.
MklNLEY \ WORKER.
Mckinley i'm Washington was worker
persistent. methOdical and indefatieahie.
| Not Directing 10 temperate use Of stimu-
| lauts, he was never found I'm the hdunts
of conyivial men. That side of life which
/ fascinates and has destroyed the useful
ness OF many brilliant men had no fas-
cination for him. His workday was
spent IN committee or in the House and
the business of the day over, he went
straight to his home and his invalid
wife. Tom MURRAY. who for years was
manager OF the House restaurant, says
that for years he watched his daily
coming for bowl of crackers and milk.
which consumed he returned 10 his work
and wrought while his colleagues RECALLED
upon terrapin and champagne.
inc NON. af.I1r f i
vial member from Canton was popular
with his fellow members on both sides
of the House
GOVERNOR OF OHIO.
When Major Mckinley. In $50 lost his
gerrymandered district by the narrow
margin Of 30 votes there was no doubt
i'm the minds of Ohio Republicans as 10
who should and must be their candidate
for Governor IL was no consolation
purse that he was 90 race for.
Governor McKinley's career Of four
years in the Executive Chair Of Ohio is
exempliication Of the fact that the most
interesting period Of a statcsmans pub
lie service is not necessarily that in
which he eIjoys tho greatest degree OF
public prominence. That office claimed.
almost monopOlized, his attention ard
local interests were never IN the re-
hottest degree subordinated 90 wider
political necessities. But this lcssened
neither the number nor loyalty Of his
friends IN al parts Of the country.
He received the nomination and. ac-
cording 20 his custom. began his canvass
in Niles. Trumbull county. finishing IL at
"a meeting ia Canton. his home city. His
election was scarcely less triumphant
than that by which Clement l.. Nallan-
dieham was retired 20 Canada by Gov