Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-04-01
PRESIDENT AND
VICE PRESIDENT.
SKETCHES OF THE LIVES OF
M'KINlEY AND HOBART.
Their Public and Home Life Interest
ingly Outlined.

LII pgpA1N tg az NV ~ tath AibbAN1N WIN
ia Washington and elsewhere. Both these
gentlemen have been before the public for
some time, and the story of their lives is
pretty well known. Ii may not be amiss,
however, now that they are just assuming
the reins of government. to sketch briefly
the career of the President and Vice-Pres-
ident, and to give to those interested some
facts relative to their families and home
life.
William Mckinley celebrated his htty-
third birthday a few days before his IN
auguration. Born Feb. PC, 1914, IN the
State of Ohio, his career has been a re-
markable one and full of activity IN puplic
affairs since reaching the age OF seven
teen. At that early age he entered the
Twenty-third Ohio Volunteer infantry IN
May, 1861. as n private soldier, serving
continuously until the close OF the war;
when he was mustered ont September,
1865, as n captain and brevet MAJOR. ne
was then but u years of age. Returning
To his home in Stark County, ONO, ne
resumed his studies. making such raplu
progress with his pursuit of the law mat
in 1869. only four years later. he was
made prosecuting attorney for his county,
which position he filed with honor 10
himself and satisfaction to the people OF
his county until 1871. His success in
this work was such as to clearly point 10
han as valuable for service In more I'M
! portant fields. and he was elected 70 'he
Forty-ifth Congress as member OF Tue
House Of Representatives. taking ms seat
in that body when it met IN speciai session
Oct. IL. 1877. IL is a somewhat singular
! coincidence that ne himself WIZ eau y
| special session Of the Fifty-hfth Congress
twenty years from the time that ne sa'
as n member of the special session ol 'he
Forty-ffth Congress.
His congressional career was an ihler-
esting one. indicating from the hrst tha'
his constituents had made no mls,ake 10
| placing in his hands the responsible onsi-
ness assigned 10 him. From the beginning
Of his work be developed a speclai inter
est in tariff matters and maintained that
interest through term after term uhti'
reaching the Fifty-iirst Congress- TUE
| careful persistent work which he had
lone in his earlier years proved the turn
ing point in his career. DE was the can
didate for the Speakership. but fate seem
ed TO have reserved for him the h'snef
honor of the presidency. for has deleat lot
candidate as Speaker was followed 10y Nv
appointment as chairman at the comm
tee of Ways and Means. and he TINS De
came leader Of the Republican, majority
In the Fifty-irst Congress, when eeacteu
what has since been knows as the NC
Kinley tariff act" That act. taking enecl
but n short time prior TO the national
election. had not time 10 prove IT'S value
which. as n result. went Democratic rs
did also the presidential election which
followed two years later. by which the
control Of Congress and the presidency
was swept into Democratic hands. Mean
time. however. the Mckinley tariff law
had made a record for itself which has
since proved SO valuable as 10 c0iniienu
to the public for the presidency the man
whose name il bears. and when It's work-
ings were compared with the Democratic
tariff law which was enacted three years
later, the comparison proved so iaVof-
able that IN 1896 the people OF the conn
try voted not only TO elect William Me
kinney President. but 10 PM into Ion
Sress n power which could sweep on IRON
the statute books the Democratic sariH
law and enact ore framed upon the gen
eral lines which gave prosperity during
the years the Mckinley law was IN opera
ton.
Mr.. Mckinley. M the close of his cor-
orassional career. was soon taken up by
the people of his State and made Governor
of Ohio in 1891 and again IN 1888. by an
enormous majority.
In his home and family life Major Nc
Kinley is extremely happy. though a
shadow has heen cast over 10 by the loss
Of his two children. both Of whom died
in early life. Mrs. Mckinney 10 q nau'e
Of Canton. which has been MAJOR MEAN
Iey's home for many years. and y me
daughter Of James Saxton- whose ia,ne'
was for sixty years editor Of the ONO
Repository" published AZ Canton. anu
still a prominent paper in the State. MI
Saxton. who was a banker, placed ms