The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-03-13
A MOTHERS ROY.


President Mckinley provokes the
admiration of a world in the loyalty he
has shown to those who are bound TO
him by the ties of blood, ana for the
love and devotion he exhibits for his
aged mother in the hour of his political
triumph.
In the varying scenes OF his politi-
cal career the present president has
never forgotten the highest duty that
he owes-love and devotion to his aged
mother. The world stands ready to
honor him who honors and loves and
is always regardful of his mother.
Mother Mckinley is Il PLAN, old
fashioned, practical American woman.
She does not rival o copy after the
Bradley-Mariins and Vanderbilts in
costume. She is not posted upon the
affairs pertaining to Partisan fashions.
The glittering sparkle of diamonds and
the magnificent tailor-made costumes
do not adorn her body. She Is not
versed in the sciences and the arts.
With Latin, French and Italian h Is
o stranger. She does not rival her
son nor his political associates in what
society calls intelligence, and yet she
has carved the destiny of the chief
magistrate of this nation. And in the
splendor of his associations and in the
hour of his greatest exaltatlon he has
not forgotten ''the hand that rocked
the. CRADLE
There is something sublime in this
sons love for his mother. There is
something about it that the painter
a never put on canvas, nor the poet
turn to rhyme. The same mother that
pressed the lips of a darling boy to
hers, over forty years ago, and through
all those years sacrificed her all for the
sake of that boy, leaned upon his
strong right arm as he walked from
his private home in Canton to the
station; sat by his side upon the long
journey, and in Washington stood by
him as he accepted the greatest trust
that the greatest nation on earth could
bestow.
Perhaps the greatest satisfaction that
this mothers boy enjoys is that sweet
incense that arises from a mothers
pride and burns upon the ALTA of a
IA mothers love. In the hour of Mr..
McKinley's triumph, party prejudice,
campaign passions and party differ
ences are cast aside, while a nation
bows in reverence to a sons love for
his mother, and stands with reverend
head, bidding that devoted mother
TO reap her highest Joy in her sons
success.
It has been the rule that men in ex-
allied positions forget the sacred ties of
kinship, but tho world nevertheless
respects that man who, though distin-
guished he may be, is ever mindful of
his family ties. And the world will
permit TO pass unnoticed the fact
that the first special dinner that was
served at the White House during Nc
.inley's administration was served to
the presidents own kith and kin. At
his banquet Mark Hanna was absent;
Sherman was o therei Platt nor
Quay nor any of the distinguished
lights Of the republican party honored
that gathering with their presence.
All who gathered around the festal !
board were joined by the common ties
blood. There Mother Mckinley,
ler son, William, and their relatives
celebrated the victories in which they {
Ill felt o common interest. ,
No such thing as q family dinner had :
been gwen at the White House for
many years. Harrison, though of a
family, was cold and in t
~lifferent to his kinsmen; Cleveland's
elatives never visited him. Not since '
he days of Garfield have we seen in |
greatest home in America an ex-
application Of g mothers love and ,
amily devotion. Z
The world stands ready to give to ;
Major Mckinley credit for exemplify- .
ng in the hour of his greatest distInc-
ion q sons devotion to mother and a
itizen's loyalty to loved one '
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