The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-21

official need not be great man or man
Of great genius, but if he is gentleman ,
we take him to our hearts. q" 1t appears !
from all accounts that President Mckinley |
did win the hearts of the southern people
to a remarkable extent. At the very next
election they will vote against him and
his party, as they have always voted Their
admiration for Mckinley as man does
not change their political views, but that
the southern people do admire him very
much as a gentleman there is no mistake.
In the opinion of most Observers this is
good thing. Party rivalry there will al
ways be, but it is "A healthy sign for the
country when respect for the office of pres.
ident and for the man who fills 1t spreads
throughout the country and among men
Of all parties.
Six Days In the South.
Those who travelled with the president
during that six days swing about the cir.
Gle, from the national capital to Nashville,
Chattanooga and Asheville back again to
Washington, were almost hourly impressed
by the placidity Of temper and perfection
of manners and bearing possessed by Mr..
Mckinley. 1t is not an easy thing for the
president of the United States to draw the
llua in Just the right place all the time be-
ity on the other. There is happy mean
which exactly COMFORTS with the dignity
Of the office, making it neither too much
of the one nor of the other. If q president
is hail fellow well met when off upon an
excursion, if he throws down all restraint
and becomes simply one of the party, shar-
ing things in common with them, spend
ing his time in their companionship as any
other man might do, the dignity OF his
office suffers. That is democracy, but 1T
is too much so. On the other hand, II he
secludes himself altogether, if he appears
among others only upon ceremonial occa.
| sions, when all the requirements OF ETH
| quette and formality must be observed,
| that is too much like royalty to suit re-
publican America.
The art of drawing the line just half
| way between, so that the counterpoise is
| perfectly maintained, President Mckinley
| appears to be thorough master of. For
| instance, when he left his private car and
| visited the newspaper correspondents In
| the forward part of the train, as he did on
two or three occasions, he was genial,
companionable, cbatty, even witty and
! humorous, but his dignity did not suffer
| for a single instant. Seating himself be-
side one correspondent with score more
, gathered about, he called most of them by
name, passed joke or two concerning
them, asked questions and made answers
with the utmost freedom. AS soon as his
cigar was finished he rose and went back
to his private car, carrying with him the
admiration of every one of the newspaper
men for the simple manner in which he
had borne himself. To face crowd OF
cynical and bold correspondents, loving
their pranks and jokes and to ward OIL al
their illusions and half yelled inquiries, II
no easy task without stiffness or letting
down of the lines of dignity. Mckinle!
is simply ideal in such situations
Southern Agriculture.
One of the members of the president
cabinet who accompanied his chief on Thu
excursion pleased all the other travellers b,
| his intense curiosity concerning everything
agricultural which he saw about him
This was Secretary Wilson. 1t was Mr.
Wilson's first trip south of Mason ant
Dixon's line, and the farming methods o
the south were all new to him AS is hi
wont, he was out at every opportunlt.
asking questions and taking notes. Whei
the train stopped near field, Secretar.
Wilson left the car, jumped a fence In tru
farmer fashion, engaged the husbandmal
in conversation and had to be whistled 70
| by the engineer before he could be induced
to break away. AT every opportunity n
would run out and examine the soil pincl
the growing crops or take a look at fer
tilizing material and farm implements.
. One result of Secretary Wilson S southern
Journey Is that he is looking for man q
write book about southern agriculture
, AS soon as he finds the very man he want
the work will be put in hand The secre
tary admires the southern farmers YER
mucht but thinks they have many thing
r TO learn He believes the department. ca
furnish them invaluable information an
help them to make still more OF their sol
and seasons
This habit Of getting down among tn
farmers is not a rev one with the secrt
tary OF agriculture Here in Washingto
p | he nnv C,t,n To seen down at the CCnte
. market before lrcukfast walking abou
: among the farm trs tLd market gardener
/. who have come Ll,hor to sell their produce
He takes UP a N,yciai lc or basket
| fruit or perhaps u bunch OF sassafras, pre-
j. tends not C. Elow anything about how
/ | is raistd an q asks al manner OF questions
@ He wants to know how the ground Is pr'
pared and til!,d. the Kind Of seed used an
. all about 1t In this way he gains man
O valuable suggestions
i scientific Farming.
Secretary Wilson's hobby Is the app!ic'
t tion of science to practical farming
have 23 scientific departments under me,
he says. and If they can't show me hc
o they are going 10 do good for the farmer
will wipe them out of existence.
Secretary Wilson says he is well satishe
with the results of his efforts TO create
?. demand for American butter In the EN-
= fish market The first lot sent over WI
sold at 1871 cents pound. or only about
cents under the best Danish butter. OF
butter was little too salt for the Engiis
J. taste The next shipment will be lit
fresber, and 1t will be packed In the sty
of package most In favor over there-ti
l. Australian foot square box.
WALTER WELLMAN