The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1897-12-15

should need her services. IL In very
wise old saw which says: I'm time OF
peace prepare for war" That is the
reason Senator Mcmillan has been
peering into the future and making
ready for emergencies by introducing
this bill.
Our Chief Magistrate.
William Mckinley. the man. today
deservedly stands high in the esteem
of his ellow-countrymen." says Sena-
tor Gray of Delaware. Il am a Demo-
crat and William Mckinley is a Repub-
lioan. and both OF us are American citi-
zens. Both OF us are the sons of
Christian mothers. Therefore we are
akin and in accord in the fraternity OF
American citizenship. and without
thought OF political affairs or political
relations l believe that voice the senti-
ments of our people. when 1 say that
William Mckinley, the man, stands
high in the esteem of his fellow-coun-
trymen because he dropped all things,
public and private. and FASTENED to the
bedside of his stricken mother. Her
sudden call to the Land o. the Leal
came as a shock not alone TO her dis
tinguished son, but to our entire people.
realize how fully the eyes of the people
were centered upon her when the mes
senger came calling her home, but our
impulsive, warm-hearted people love
good men and love good mothers. and
all of us have stood afar off and loved
the honest old mother of the honest
man who is now our chief magistrate"
Applies To the Executive Head.
Senator Burrows of Michigan said:
you have often heard the quotation:
There is a divinity that doth hedge
about a king Well, 1t applies TO the
executive head of a great republic as
well as to the chief parsonage in mon
archy. Our people are as loyal to their
presidents, under all circumstances, as
the people in the older countries are
loyal TO their born rulers. Our people
never knew Mother Mckinley until her
beloved son achieved the highest honor
that can be conferred upon any man
in this new world of ours. But they
at once saw in her typical mother of
typical American, and as such they
loved her"
Your correspondent was hard at work
for forty-eight hours during the Nc
Kinley Inauguration ceremonies, and
gave the Philadelphia Times almost
three full pages of descriptive matter
concerning that great event. In that
correspondence the narrator printed
the following fact, as ii occurred under
his personal observation: Mother Nc
Knley wanted her son William to be
Methodist preacher. Many a time,
when he was in congress, she said TO
him that she was proud of her son, but
that she would have been more graft
fled if he had gone into the pulpit and
she always said that if he had gone
into the ministry he would have been
bishop.
Better Than Bishop.
On Inauguration day when William Nc
Kinley entered carriage at the Ebbitt
House and went through crowded
streets where everybody cheered him,
Mother Mckinley stood beside a win
dow and looked upon the great event
with anxious eyes. Beside her stood
her other son, Abner, with his arm
about her waist, and Abner said:
Mother, don't you think after all this
is better than If William had become a
bishop?"
AS her son William was passing
through the cheering crowds. Mother
Mckinley turned to Abner, laid her
head upon his stalwart shoulder. and
said, between sobs: God knows best,
Abner. He has been very good TO WILL
lam and TO all Of u.s."
And after the writer had dried his
eyes he looked about and saw a throng
of ladies and gentlemen with their
handkerchiefs to their eyes. all of them
absorbed and enthralled with the faith
and love of Mother Mckinley while she
slowly walked with Abner to her pri-
vate apartments.
On Friday afternoon, while the presi-
dent was discussing the matter of his
hasty departure with members of his
cabinet, Secretary Alger said: Mr.
President, the entire people OF this
country want you to go quickly to your
mother The congress can wait for
your message. If need be- and the en-
tire congress will respectfully await
your return to the capital. The grief
is not yours alone, but the grief OF a
nation"
Universal sympathy.
And so that Friday evening, as soon
as it was possible for him to do so,
President Mckinley entered the car
WnlCn was 10 pear MIN speedily upon
his mission of filial love and duty, while
every hat and every bonnet was DOTTED
in respectful silence and universal
sympathy for the beloved son. as we'll
as for the devoted mother.
And now, with the shadow of grief
upon him, the president Of our republic
Is again attending to the vast business
Of his high office. Undoubtedly all OF
us will look upon him with more len
iency and with less spirit Of criticism
After all, he is one of us, came from
our midst. and If life is spared, will
return to our midst an American citi-
zen, a Christian gentleman, an honest
man, as the son Of such a mother must
necessarily be.
Upon William Mckinley largely de-
ponds the fate Of the Cubans and Ha-
waiians. That he strongly favors the
annexation OF Hawaii everybody knows
That he believes in the ultimate liberia
ton OF Cuba is generally believed. His
course of action will practically settle
both questions. Hawaii will very soon
become an integral part of the United
States; but the fate of the struggling
Cuban insurgents is yet problematical
Whatever attitude is taken by Presi-
dent Mckinley will be sustained by our
people, because we believe in his integ-
rity.