The Atlanta constitution., 1896-07-06

10 know his business ana thoL IT NoAf1
not be the better vay for her 60 marry
ia oaly youth. na had her duly installed
as the cashier of hls bank About this
tine a handsome young man returned
from the bis war "a hao at twenty-five
years Of age. the friend ot Sheridan, Hayes
crook, Comley, Eoseerus. Matthews and
an the true soldiers Who knew him.
Canton noticed that this handsome young
man, who had enlisted a. private at seNeu-
teen years of age, had returned a MAJOR
and had studied law and had been e-ectea
prosecuting attorney. found il very mueh
in tho way 10 pass tine SaEton bank when
going TO and returning from his duties ~
the courthouse. 10 happened that the desk
of tEe cashier was near window tudt adj
Inittcd good deal of light and ar, and
was numiua.e .el about the time tho ma. ~
PASSED by The fair face OF the daughter
OF ,he editor and banker
The marriage az William Mckinley 70
Ida Saxton took place in 1871 and they FIRST
kept house IN the prctty residence that IS
their home nowhere Mrs. McAihley =
beautiful beds Of flowers We're so Iulh,es5-
ly destroyed Thursday night by a HHiti-
tude mad with joy and rahid Tor rc-ies'
regarding the gcranilms with SUCH anec-
ton as to tear them out by the roots anu
carry them away, stalks dirt and ALI
IL was a great pleasure TO Mir and Mrs.
Mckinley. after twenty years i'm Washing
ton ana Columbus. TO 80 back TO the house
where they spent the first years Of their
united lives and Mis-. Mckinley lohIiy
hoped her husband had departed petlua-
ncutly from the services of the pubic and
would be content 20 work iot h'lhseI ana
be more and more her companion On the
dgv before his nomination shc said with
The utmost sincerity:
II am NOT in favor Of this presidential
business. 4 would ralher lFe here lhstH
where j must have Jess OF his society.
size added tender words as 10 his deFo-
ti0u to her and uuauecielly considered
that there wcro prlvauCus in store for her
81 her husband was 70 bo buriaued by
the great cares of the great Office. The
day after the nomination Of her husband
for the presidency, the friend with whom
she had this conversation approds1ed ana
asked:
"Wen. Mrs. Mckinley, are YOU going to
be IN opposition 20 your husbands admin
istration?"
She smiled archIy and said. mo. shall
have to give that up ana she did not
seem 10 DE worried much even about those
desolated flower beds and the dusty velvet
OF the trampled grass.
Mrs Mckinley las been for years. In
deed during nearly the whole period of her
husbands national public services, an in-
valid. but she yct wears the appearance
and has the graces and attractiveness OF
youth.
Two daughters were born to the 1IcKin-
leys one died as ltue baby aud the
other reached the age OF four years before
the angels came for her, aad the broken
health OF the mother dates from The loss OF
the children.
1t IS marked by all who know her that
hor sense OF duty IS an inspiration, and
while il is possible her strength VIII not
permit her to have personal charge OF all
the ceremonies over which the lady Of the
white house presides, she Will be, IL those
functions become her part as the partner
OF her husband in high destiny, a pleasant
figure, gracious and pcusive, with the knd-
liuess and sympathetic tenderness Of a
sprightly individuality, that survives her
sunerings with charm all It's own.
IT is the story Of Canton that Mrs. Nc
Kinlev's father said when lie had to take
into consideration the subject OF his daugh-
ter's marriage that he would rather she
remained single, but. while he yielded this
preference he would give up Ida TO no
man on earth but Major Mckinley, and
the Judgment of the old gentleman has
been justified.
on the eVentful Thursday last, while the
telephone and telegraph wires were telling
Major Mckinley ana his household the
news from St. Louis. Mrs. Mckinley sat
in the parlor surrounded by relatives and
near friends-the nearest and dearest of all
the majors mother, now eighty-seven years
of age-and when the major, in his office