The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-06-12

and they don't care who is nominated for
the second place on the ticket"
A man who spends much of the time
with Mark Hanna and Is one OF the most
influential members of the Mckinley crowd
is Myron T. Herrick. the president OF the
Cleveland Society for Savings. bank
which has more than twenty-six millions
of dollars of deposits. Herrick is only
forty. He is tall. slender. thin-faced and
red-haired. He is a good mixer and ham
dies the delegates in great shape.
Then there is Perry s. Heath, who left
the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette I'm or
der that he might devote his time to Nc
Kinley. Perry is nearly forty, but he does
not look to be thirty-hve. He Is the hand
soonest man in st. Louis. His cheeks are
as rosy as those OF an Irish milkmaid, and
he looks sweet enough and clean enough
to kiss. He has money in newspaper work.
is worth about 100000 and is a shrewd polit-
ical manager. What Perry wants I don't
know. but imagine fat diplomatic post
or the private secretaryship of the White
House would suit him.
Several of McKiniey's relatives are here.
His brother Abner came to-day. He is
much like Governor Mckinley, only shorter
and he looks older than the Governor. but
he is twenty years younger. He is more a
loeker-on than a political manager.
Another important character is General
Osborne. of Boston. McKinleys cousin
General Osborne is a blue-eyed rosy
checked. white-whiskered man of fifty-odd
years of age. He knows more about Nc
Kinley's boyhood than any other man in
the country. There is only nine months
difference in their ages. and he and McKin-
ley were brought up together. had long
chat with him this afternoon about Nc
Kinley as a boy. He said: my mother
and Naomi Allison Mckinley, the Gov
ernor's mother. were sisters. My name is
William Mckinley Osborne. and 1 was
named after the Governors father. VIII
and myself went to school together at Hol-
land. o. There was good academy there.
and Wits parents moved there in order
that he might go II school at it. My father
sent me to the same school. and boarded
with Uncle William. We were together at
school about five years"
What kind OF a boy was young VIII
MkKinley?" asked.
HE, was queer fellow" responded Gen.
eral Osborne. He was quieter and more
did not seem to care for boys play. / re-
member we used to start out fishing to-
gether and often after fishing a short time
Will would drop his rod and say, guess
I'll go back and play with the girls He
was a hard student and he spent great
deal of time in the literary society. where
he excelled as a debater.'
Ibid he have to work TO put himself
through school?'' asked.
NO" he replied. ''McKinleys father
was not a very poor man. He was an iron
founder. This was then a very responsible
position. 1t required skill and brought
good wages McKinley's family always be-
lenged to the best society of the town in
which they lived. He was not a son of the
gutter, as some people wish to make him.
They say he walked to Allegheny College,
at MeadviIle, when he began his schooling
there. This is not true 1 went with him
to that college, and Uncle William Nc
Kinley drove up there in carriage. We
visited the college together last year at
commencement. and the Goveronr ad-
dressed the graduating class. They have
since given him the degree of L. D."
Were you with Mckinley in the army?'
Eyes, part of the time. We enlisted to-
gether. Robert p. Porter tells the story
of our enlistment in his book. He describes
how, after a speech about saving the
Union, the different volunteers at Poland
came up and enlisted. and how among 9TH
ers, pale, gray-eyed young maa, not yet
out of his teens. added his name to the list.
He says that this young man was McKin-
ley. This is not so. We did not enlist.
The company was organized as Porter de-
scribes, and 1t marched away from Poland
to Youngstown. There was great excite
ment at the time and hundreds of people
followed the soldiers. VIII and / were
among them. We drove In a buggy over
TO Youngstown and there saw the company
leave Columbus. On our way back to Po-
land that night we discussed the matter
together and decided that 1t was our duty
to volunteer, and we thought that the men
who stayed out would be despsed by the
community. When we reached home VIII
told his mother what we had concluded to
do. and she at once replied: We'll, boys,
If you think it is your duty to fight for your
country 1 think you ought to CO. few
days after this left Poland for home and
told father that wanted to go to the army.
1 knew he would allow me to do as Aunt
Nancy advised. / was not disappointed
My father was a Democrat, but he was a
very liberal man. He told me / could do
as / wished, and he gave me some money;
it was gold, 1 remember, to fit me out.
Will Mckinley left Poland and we went
to Cleveland together. From thence we
went TO Columbus and enlisted there at
Camp Chase. General Fremont swore US
in. Our enlistment was In cold blood. and
not through the enthusiasm of the mo-
ment. II was done as Mckinley has done
the most OF the things of his life, as the
logical offspring of careful consideration"
wherein lies McKinley's strength as
MANI" / asked.
He is we'll balanced" replied General
Osborne. He has healthy mind with
healthy body. He does not worry about
the past nor the future. He deals only
with the present, and, not being worn out
by worries, has all his faculties ready for
everything that comes uo. 1t Is his prin-
ciple to do the duty that lies nearest him.
and think this, with his ability. will make
him a good President"
.'But If he is nominated and elected. will
he be the President? VIII he rule the coun-
try. or will Mark Hanna or will some other
big man from behind the scenes pull the
strings?'
Governor Mckinley will be the Presi-
dent" replied General Osborne You need
have no fear of that He will manage his
own administration and the people viii
know it. 1 don't care who his Cabinet are,
he will be the ruler"