St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1896-04-25
LOVE LETTERS FROM M'klNLEY.
Thousands of Them Find Their Way Into
.sa# Indiana.

4 ~ - So 1870 faSSass ssA
Thousands of Them Find Their Way Inte
/ Indiana.
do not know whether Maj. Mckinley
in working up sentiment for his presi
Dental aspirations, has q young woman
or not to whom he dictates those pleas,
ant typewriter letters that have
reached every voting precinct in this
state, but / do know that they have
| much to do in strengthening the orig
inal MeKinleyite and winning over tbs
wavering. Without the typewriter he
| could not have reached one-half the In.
dianians he is now rallying under his
banner in response tc the clicking of the
| little instrument in his law office or Ii
brary at Canton.
On an average so republicans to !;
county have complimentary letters
from the adroit little Napoleon. Ono
would suppose that the distinguished
gentleman in Canton had a powerful
memory for persons and localities, for
there is never the mistake Of a letter in
name or post Office of the one addressed
Up in Clinton county the other day a
visiting politician from the capital was
taken aside by resident politician of
Frankfort with mysterious wink and
nod of the head. Look at that said
the yerdant politician, unfolding let
ter bearing the Mckinley office head
and the Mckinley signature, with a
dozen or fifteen lines of typewriter
copy between.
"Oh," remarked the visiting politi-
clan, who is an Allison Harrison or a
Harrison-Allison man, just as events at
St. Louis may dictate, "that is from Nc
KinIey, is it? Well, your letter Is
only one of the many thousand the
major has sent Into Indiana
''That don't make any difference" the
resident politician replied. 'He may
send 100000 if he wants to do so. The
letter shows that some time or other he
has heard of me, and now, when he
wants help, he remembers me. I'm for
Mckinley from this time on
Tbs major varies his compliments in
these missives of good will to TIE inn
portance of the one addressed. IL the
latter has a. pull only in his precinct
the major tickles his vanity with q few
pleasant words, closing with the hope
that he can find II. consistent with his
views to give him Ills personal support.
If the one the Little Napoleon wishes TO
come over to his side is of mysterious
greatness he phrases his communica-
ton with the suggestion that he (Mai.
Mckinley can't go much further in
this campaign unless his particular fne
diana friend, whom he takes the liberty
to address in his interest, visits Canton
and the Mckinley home at his earliest
convenience.
One Of these letters reached a promi-
nent Harrison man the other day. 1t
his stomach cirrcutiifiIferetise. He had a
secret that was burning q hole in his
heart. He could keep it no longer, and,
singing out victim whom he knew
would be moved by consuming envy,
took him out of a group in hotel lob
by and in one Of the out-of-t -the-Way cor
ners whispered:
"Haye you heard from the major?
"Major who?"
.Why, Maj. Mckinley, Of course,
Hasn't he written to you?'
..No, and 7 don't care rap if he
Doesn't
"He has to me. Look at that, will
you?"
And the victim of envy read the Ohio
mans compliments without comment,
and, passing the letter back to the
proud Indianian, moved off into the
crowd to say a good word for any can
didate but Mckinley.
All these letters are the sequence of
g request the Canton candidate made
of Chairman Gowdy some weeks ago.
1t read like this:
'MY DEAR CAPT. GowDY: VIII you kind
ly send me the names Of rs or 50 repub-
Icans In each county Of Indiana who will
likely support me. Yours respectfully,
WILLIAM MCKINLEY.
That is the secret of the majors re-
menbrance of SO many ardent friends.
Cincinnati Enquirer.