The morning times., 1897-03-03
Mr.. McKinley's Satisfaction
and His Great Responsibility

The biographers agree that William Nc
Kiniey's has been a typical American "a
reer. He was born OF foreign parents
II you go back far enough, which is also
the case with all OF us-end he grew up
and became a man largely by his own
efforts. He is Scotch-Irish US we'll as
American, aud that is good, He went
into the army q mere boy, and was a
brave soldier. Then he took to the law
and to politics which was typical
American thing TO do. He married and
loved his wife deyotedly, thing which
he has never ceased TO do from the moment
OF the first flush of it, and we all care
for MIN the more for that. His dear Old
mother comes to the Inauguration with
him, and somehow we think she is just
about as interesting as any one of the
whole Presidential party; and we shall
study her face and share, as much as we
can be permitted. her mothers pride In
the boy.
Everybody said when Thomas B. Reed,
of Maine, was elected Speaker of the
House, instead of William Mckinley, and
when this same Mr. Reed made Mr. Nc
kinley chairman of the Ways and Means
Committee, that the Ohio man and not the
Maine man, would be the next Repub-
lican nominee for President. And SO it
fell out; for Mr.. Hanna, Mr.. McKinley's
present manager, became his manager as
much as three years ago The Republicans
of the country were carefully cultivated.
The hard times reaction brought the onus
OF industrial distress upon the Wilson bill
The tariff, in other words, seemed to be
the only possible dominant issue in the
approaching Presidential campaign. This
gave the Mckinley movement, which epito
miZed among Republicans the desire for
another tariff bin, tremendous impetus.
Mr.. Hanna used money freely, but the
natural situation gave him a tremendous
advantage. Mr.. Platt, Mr.. Lodge land
other Reed and anti Mckinley mem, forced
the gold standard plank upon the st.
Louis convention, but they were powerless
to beat Mckinley. Mr.. Hanna secured the
nomination Of his friend. And he at once
went about the business Of electing him.
1t was business campaign. so-callcd
Mr. Hanna had two headquarters one in
New York and one in Chicago, and fitted
back. and forth between them in his
privateear. Tremendous amounts ofmonay
were raised and spent. Republicans were
pretty solid The desire for party success
made them so. All of the money influences
in the country. and pretty nearly all OF
the preachers and the newspapers we're
behind Mr.. Hanna. No generalship like
that displayed by Quaynin the 'sS CAM
paign was required. There were no con-
fusing sideissues. Yetup to the last three
weeks of the campaign Mckinley was not
| elected He was finally chosen by the
efforts of Mr.. Hanna and his friends in
the close States Of the Middle West
The verdict was then made, and prob
ably it does not profit anybody to quarrel
with it. Several of these close States
were unquestionably oyer-voted; and
| unquestionably hundreds of thousands Of
dollars were spent where it was thought
that any sums OF money, big or little,
would have effect. Yet it is mathemat-
ical to say that a change of $4,000 votes
in the States which turned out to be
the closest would have elecsed Mr.. Bryan.
Mr.. Mckinley seems to come to the
Presidency with united party behind
linn. II csc ale surface Indications merely
TIE fact o nal quarrel in Ohio has Eecn
Guieted onewhat, but il isaliEc cstineyitable
that it 81 olld break cut again with Ie-
newed visor. Tie new administration has
already intcrfered with the internal af-
fairs of It's panty in several Of tie States.
It's pledfed ol,asssa Tt V tafhi lii, witch,
Considering the close complexion CT tie
Senate. it viii be extremely difficult, il