El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-03-26
"TBE PRESIDENT OF THE q. S."

1.-THE PRESIDENT OF THE U. S."
was thus responded to by A. G. Foster:
thank the committee on arrange
rlents for the theme they Rave ass gn-
ed me. 1t is al ipsp ration. One OF
Cleveland's friends said that Cleveland
was loved for the enemies he made; of
McKiuley we can well say that he is
loved by all for those am' able. char
acteristics of heart which attract even
his enemies to him. Everyone admires
great characters: we like TO hear of
their success, to study their methods,
to see them in the flesh and blood, but
of all things to study their characters.
To the ordinary person there often
comes tide, which taken at its flood
leads en- to fortune: but with few,
there is within them those t. ats of
character that, whether flood times
come or not, their lives are success.
OF these our honored president is
conspicuous example.
He is a man of courage. During the
lac campaign Insecure ge,was impugn:
ed, for polite re asons. Mr.. Mckinley
ly. When only eighteen, he was
among the first of that vast body of
Ohioans to enlist in the war. He en-
tered the ranks of the celebrated 23rd
Ohio Volunteer as private. At the bat
tie of, A ntietam he was promo ed to
lieutenantcy for distinguished person
al bravery. AT Winchester he went
into the captains rank, and he closed
the war as brevet majrr. His supe-
riors unite in praising mis- endurance,
iptellie ence and bravery upon the
field OF battle.
Like great men, he possesses soul Cf
patience. Believing that the destinies
of individuals and nations are in the
hands of an over ling Providence,
he has calmly bide his time. In both
the republi, an conve ntiOns of 1888 and
1892 a great crowds of delegates insist
ed upon him as the standard bearer.
He was pledged by ties of hOIOr to
friends; and be firmly. set aside the
tempatit n of ambition, knowing full
we'll that the tiue would come when
he would be free to accept without loss
OF honor.
He is man of great humanity. The
son OF an irou-moulder, him. elf wCrk-
ing at the forge in his DO hood, he has
ne yer forgotten the ambitions, the
motives and the feelings which pervade
the working classes, but has himself,
at all times BEEN actuated by impulses
In common with them. The working
people regard him as Cne OF them.
T rec times the democrats tried to
eerrymarder him out of his sest in
congress but each time the working
men 1Ougnb dS GIOuSu lucy wore uRul-
lug for themselves The first gave
him a majority OF 1900 tie second, a
majority of 1900 and the third caused
him to be raised to the gubern q orial
chair. AS governor, be showed the
same strong feelings for his fellows.
He successfully created state board
OF srbitrat ton in labor matters, and
through the troublous period OF strike s
when fifteen t mes the militia were r.
ouired to be called out to keep the
peace, it is noted as monument to his
pruder ce o,'his tolt rance, to h love
fer the working men and their love for
him, that no blood was shed.
He is man # intense loyalty, 20
his relatives, to his friends and to lis
convictions. While govern or each Sab
bath he took the train to Canton IL
order that he might accompany his
aged mother to church. No more
touching scene in history has been
noted than when his taking the presi-
Dental oath he lifts his face from the
sacred volume to implant kiss on her
mothers lips.