The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-12-28
PRESIDENT M'KiNLEY
LIKE CLEVELAND
TEARING DOWN THE FUNDA-
MENTAL. PRINCIPLES.
A STANDING ARMY TO GEORGE LABOR
The Editor Goes 10 the Presidents Church
How Coon Skin Countryman Emerged
Into a Shining Light and an
Elegantly Dressed Gentleman.
Elegantly Dressed Gentleman


Washington. ID. c.. Dec. 2I.-(Edito-
rial Correspondence.)-T is, perhaps,
no city in the world where business Is
So generally suspended during Christmas
week of every year as in the Nations
capital | write nation with a big y,
because this is no longer "a Republic IN
fact like the fathers founded, but is
now in everything except name lim-
ted monarchy, with William the First
on the throne and Marcus Aurelius Han
ma prime minister. We have colonies in
the far-off Pacific and in the Atlantic
50 that at last the Anglo-maniacs can
say with the English. The sun never
sets on our dominion" The reason why
The sun never sets on Englands pos
sessions is to quote Kruger, because
the Lord cannot trust the English III the
dark Is that true of lis also!
Mr.. Mckinley is a democratic I'm
pcror. with many good qualities, and II
we are to have an emperor, ne makes
the yoke as pleasant as any could make
If. | sat near him in church on Sunday,
and as he Joined with the others OF
the congregation im singing the old
fashioned Methodist hymns i'll manner
wholly free from anything EXCEPT hu-
mility. it was difficult to believe that
he could be the first in the line of presi-
dents TO twist the government from one
of. by and for the people to one in
which the people have no part nor lot
cxcept to fight the Eilipinos and pay
l..
like Judge Buxton than any either North
Carolinian, though he has moi so benign
n countemance as the Carolinian. When
Cleveland attended church. it was his
custom to stride out OF church while
the doxology was being sung. McKin-
ley does better than that. He puts on
his oyercoat while he sings the doxology,
hows his head reverently for the bene-
4iiction. and as the .'Amen" is said he
strides ont of church and is half WAY
down the aisle before the members i'll
the .'amen'' corner have their heads
erect. | use the word ''amen corner
advisedly. In the old time Methodist
churches, there was an ''amen corner
lin which the old time fathers and moth
ers in Israel would sit. and now and
then when the preacher would give eX-
preston to some sentiment that greatly
pleased them. these old saints would rev
erently say amen" sometimes in low
alndertones and sometimes in a higher
key, depending upon whether their APP
proyal was hearty or very hearty. On
Sunday morning at Metropolitan Nj. Il.
church. the preacher gave his congre-
CATION d very fine sermon from the text
There was no room for Mary i'll the
inn 1t was opposite, original. striking,
full of the 0ld-fashioned gospel told
in the modern way. Now and then as
he would warm up. an old brother in
the .amen corner would come cut loud
and strong with a fervent Amen
Until then | had Thought THAT the mod
ern city Methodists had abolished the
..amen corner along with the enforced
attendance ON class meeting, but it
seems that in this | was mistaken.
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As a matter of fact. those who live
in the country or small cities make about
as big mistake about city folks as the
denzen of a big city makes about what
ne calls '.hay-seeders. !" There isn't much
difference in folks after all is said and
done | will illustrate this by AN Incl
dent that came under my observation.
Early in the Cleveland administration.
a North Caroiinian who had never visit
ed a town bigger than 1000 population
received an appointment TO posi-
tion as Waterman or messenger in one
of the departments in this city. He
landed here one Sunday morning. dressed
in jeans and wearing a coonskin cap
looking for all the world like a hunter
from mountain cove. The Congress
man who had secured the position for
him was out of the city and the country
man was puzzled 10 know what to do.
He had arrived On the 6 o'clock boat
and he went at once to Secretary Car
isles house, rang the door bell and
ted the servant he wanted to see Mr..
Carlisle on important business" The
servant didn't think the man With the
coon-skin cap had pressing enough BUSH
ness with the Secretary of the Treasury
10 wake mp the great tinancier. and
told the countrypan to call again AT
10 O'Clock Promptly to the hour the
countryman was on hand. When he
showed a clerk or secretary that his
Important business" with the Secretary
was to find cut when he should go II
work at his siXty-dollar a month job,
the secretary almost had a fit and when
Mr.. Carlisle heard about the two visits
on important BUSINESS ne wondered
how II man knowing so little of the way
things are done i'll official life ever
found his way to Washington. That was
in 1893 or "a. Yesterday, as ! walked
IT'D Pennsylvania avenue a friend SAID.
as we passed gentleman dressed in
the height Of the fashion, Don't you
know that man." / looked again and re-
plicd that | didn't think ! had ever
seen him before, and then he said,
Don't You remember the coon-skin cap
North C4irolinian who tried to wake III,
Mr. Carlisle Oh the important business
of beginning work as messenger in the
Treasury Department" / said, Yes.
but what has that To do with the stylish
Iy-aressed genrleman!' When he told
me that they were one and the same
I; almost fell ON the pavement. The
Carolinian, finding himself ill., Rome re-