The Globe-republican., 1898-10-20
PRESIDENT M'KlNLEY.

PRESIDENT M'KlNLEY.
A silver Orga.'s Opi,ie. Of the Credit
Due Hin for His Conduct OF
| the War.
Washington Tiaes lodasaal esxan Of the Bryan
csnNeracy1 JoiS n. ~
| while ~ axe prais1ng JouAaa let q not
fdUet Nose! The trNsA b r4pidly daNoinG
epia t1e csaatry that 4 Dewey and ScAley
Aave wuo uhfAding hufels for their ceunsfy
and for themselves. there is a crown Of
honor no less the due of William Mckinley,
President If the uAlted States. The eiori-
cus conditions 81 the hesf. whether rejected
! In the war situation or in our National and
international stat1ss cahnut BE coate0shted
without bringing home the conviction that
IN honest. true and wise plot stands At the
helm Of State. Time ,AAs heen wheA We
thought otherwise. We may have been ex-
cusable in view of things antecedent. In
fact, We were. wrong and gladly acknowl-
edge 1t. An honest newspaper, like an hon
est gentleman. VIM never hesitate 10 retreat
from mistaken positioa ner lose minute
In undoing an injustice.
The war with Spain followed hard upon
a period Of intense domestic. political and
economic strife. The administration Of
President Mckinley was surrounded BY
evil and corrupt elements, and appearances
justified the suspicion that it was Influenced
by them to the detfiment Of the country.
Whether it was or not. is OF little moment
at this time. The declaration Of war made
"tabula rasa" Of old differences and con-
tentions. and. beyond. that, We can say
with complete satisfaction and pleasure
that. on the firing Of the first gun. William
Mckinley, the practical Ohio politician.
passed from the stage, and William Nc
kinley, the great war President, appeared
to plan victory for his people and to achieve
for them the benefits and glories Of 4 new
and splendid colonial empire
Prince Hal did not more suddenly or
sternly relegate to obscurity the disfepu-
table Falstaf and other loose companions
Of his evil days than Precedent Mckinley
swept away from his official life the rene
gade Tories and despicable peacemongers
who once permeated 1t. The 21st Of April
saw him seize the crown Of American
patriotism. championship Of humanity and
National progress from the deathbed Of Old
time seclusion and provincialism, and placing
it on his head. stand forth q new man and
a worthy counselor and leader Of the splen-
did. imperial Republic Of America.
While we have Mckinley in the chair
of state and Dewey in the coming tower,
all Europe could not wrest from our hands
the scepter of our new dominion in the Far
Orient. As in the case Of the hero Of
Cavite. so in that of President Mckinley,
The hour has come. and the Man."
The Hand Upon the Helm.
Washington Post Und).
In this hour Of rejoicing and relief. while.
as is right and proper. We visit with accla-
nation the men who have led our military
forces with such courage and address, it is
well to keep always before us the thought of
that firm yet gentle hand which from the
first has been upon the helm Of state and
which. with wise and noble guidance, has
steered us into port-the hand of William
Mckinley. President and patriot, philan-
thropist and warrior.
To his undauntAd courage. lofty purpose
and immovable devotion we owe not only
the swift and splendid victory We have
won. but the glory of having won it as gen.
tlemen and Christians. He it was who, at
the outset, curbed the passionate extrava-
gance of those who had invoked the judg-
ment of the sword.
He foresaw the calamities which our
upon US; he stood firm against the clamOr
of the unthinking multitude. His wisdom
set us in the straight and narrow path of
justice. His quiet strength has held US
there. We stand to-day free of all compli-
cations. at liberty to carry out our whole
some and benefcent schemes of restoration,
simply because William Mckinley cast
away the letters that were offered us by
n n.
of the situation. bound to no ignoble course
and touched by no discreditable alliances.
solely because he. with clear head and ten
der heart and potent hand. has saved US
from ourselves.
full mountebank Of the Philippines. We
are not involved with the insurgent chiefs
of Cuba and their cOnspiracies of tyranny
and pillase. To Mr.. McKinIey's tranquil
provision and statesmanlike conservatism
we owe our present immunity from those
abominable and sinister entanglements. He
braved the insensate storm. the maudlin
clamor. the hysterical importantly, which.
three months or so ago. held possession of
the land and threatened the extinction of
its self-restraint. He it was who held Con-
gress at bay. with its insane hypothesis Of
CUBAN ln0epon0ence. meaning the regime
Of the insurgents. Through all that tragic
time he scorned delights and lived laboriOus
days. that wisdom. righteousness and hal
lowed peace might crown our arms. Kind
of heart. leaning always to gentleness and
mercy. suspected by the ca.lous. and re-
preached by every rude and brutal tongue,
he yet displayed a courage which nothing
could appali-a determination for the right
which stood like adamant
And he has led us to humanity and grace,
to power and to cleanliness. We take mr.
the work of emancipation and civilization
without a shameful or encumbering embar-
rasment We have no objectionable cOad-
tutors. no dstasteful obligations. The field
of regeneration lies before us and we enter
it without a single clog upon our action.
William Mckinley has led US to this noble
task. His has been the hand upon the helm.
London Tribute.
London. Aug. The Times" this morn
ing comments editorially upon the generous
universal recognition Of the part which
President Mckinley has played throughout
the war between the United States and
Spain, and says:
IF foreign observers might presume TO
have an opinion on his condact. 1t would be
that President Mckinley has kept his finger
constantly upon the NATIONAL pulse and has
known how to stimulate snd direct National
without too markedly outrnning its