The Indianapolis journal., 1897-03-05
THE M'kINLEY BABY.
Marjorie Mcfx. Morse to he the White
House Pet Till 1900.
San Francisco Chronicle.

Every national administration has its
infantile pet. The Harrison adminlstra-
ton had Baby Mckee. Cleveland had Ruth
and Esther and Marion. Major Mckinley
will have Marjorie Mckinley Morse. aged
two years, and the only baby in the whoi :
Mckinley family. Miss Morse is a talifor-
MAN and the daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
George +. Morse, of 1880 Grove street. San
Francisco The mother is the daughter of
David Allison Mckinley, the eldest brother
of the President-elect. Mrs. Morse Is "A
handsome woman OF commanding presence.
who has been prominent in local society,
and enjoys the esteem of a very large cir
Gle of friends The marriage Of herself and
her husband some i've years ego wa a
social event.
Mr.. Morse is with the Western Sugar
Refining Company, and is one OF the best
men of the city. He has always been in
terested in politics, but was particularly
active during the recent campaign. He
was vice president of the National Repub-
lcan League, chairman of the committee
or arrangements for the big Republican
parade on the afternoon of Oct. 81, and
chief of staff of Grand Marshal Stone uDO..
that occasion. He and Mrs Morse visited
Major Mckinley at Canton during the early
part OF the campaign and it was then and
there officially declared that in the event
or republican success little Marjorie Shoulc
be the new Baby Mckee.
Marjorie is the only baby among all the
various branches of the Mckinley family
and therefore the major is more than anx
ious to have her with him at the White
markable child in MANY ways and despite
her youth can read fluently recite prettily
and incidentally charm all who come in
contact with her. Mr. Morse Is, of course,
enthusiastic, as dutiful fathers should be
and when speaking of his child the other
day he had this to say:
We will reside in the White House I
suppose. during our stay in Washington
We will return in May. and then, when the
weather is more suitable for her, we will go
East again, taking Marjorie with us.
Marjorie Is the only baby in the entire
Mckinley family. and the President is very
anxious to have her with him. Shen is a
very pretty and bright child, and-oh, of
course. L know il may seem somewhat fat
or familiar for father to praise his own
child-but, the fact it, that every one who
comes in the house is delighted with little
Marjorie Now, when little girl only two
years old can read a book wherever it is
opened. L say ii is unusual, if not Amarka-
Die. III you show her picture in a book
and tell her about il, she never forgets it,
She has remarkable memory for a child.
She will recite poetry as well as children
four times her age. Then she is a cute little
and has many charming ways about her.
must say that Marjorie is a very pretty
bright and lovable child
The little girl, so ii is alleged, has political
aspirations, the office to which she aspires
being chief custodian OF the President
elects heart" That she will become the
pet of Washington, if not of the Nation is
almost certain, and many honest penny
VIII humoristS earn at her expense as they
did at Baby McKee's.