Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1900-08-17
A DAY WITH THE
NEXT PRESIDENT,
Something About the Excellent Type
OF American Gentleman Who Will
Speni the Next Four Years
in the White House.

presidential year" has come around
again; and in November the people will
have the privilege of deciding which of
the several candidates will have the
power Of ruling over them for the next
! four years.
The office of President of the United
! states is an honorary one, as all rulers
will tell you. He is the spokesman OF
| The nation, its proud Head, it's final
Voice; otherwise, it is asserted, in &C.
iual power he has less to determine
than many an official under him, and
appointed by him.
BE that as it may, it is certain that
no president of recent days has assert
! ed himself determinedly, in the face of,
ard against the wishes of those asso-
dated with him. The office as now used
| S more one of high associative powers
| than Of actual rulership.
| No doubt remains in the mind Of any
| good citizen as to the outcome of the
next election. The voice Of the people
| is too strong, the demand for certain
president of certain powers too great.
This newspaper tells you in it's editorial
columns who the man will be.
Yet there are two candidates at IT,
head of the two great parties that
claim attention.
First lphabetically comes William
J. Bryan, the man who four years age
measured swords with William Nc
Hiney and is doing so again this year.
These candidates are alike in many
respects. The most unprecedented OBJ
server will tell you SO. Aside from thei1
;1I, a. II
vergent they walk almost evenly in
personality.
Both are extremely fond of thei1
homes. Each has a loving and capable
helpmeet in his wife and both are prone
to- such pleasures as are followed by
iistinctively known family men," as
used in contradistnction to the club
man.
When William J. Bryan rises in the
morning it is to look around upon the
walls Of his very pretty home in Lin
coin, Nebraska. His house is not 4
pretentious one; rather such a hous*-
as is found along every grass bordered
walk in a city of medium size. His
household consists of a wife and three
children, of all of whom he is particu-
larly fond. Ruth, the fourteen year
Did daughter, has fallen into the way
Of managing her mothers home; and i;
is she who pours out her fathers first
cup of coffee and sees that his break
fast is properly served. Ordinarily thv
Bryan family does not aim to keep
more than a single servant but in the
trying times of campaign days, and
with the rush of official callers, it is
necessary to increase the household to
meet the demands upon it.
fathers pet; and younger than she is
William Jennings Bryan, Jr., as bright
and as mischievous lad as ever pun
ished shoe leather.
The Bryan family particularly en-
joys spending it's days at "the farm"
small acreage, a short drive from
Lincoln: and if Mr.. Bryan can be
spared from the duties of the town and
the demands of the telephone and tele-
graph, the family adjourn to the farm
for the day. Here there are pigs and
COWS and horses and here Mr.. Bryan
puts on boots and goes out with his
son on tour Of inspection. The day
soon passes and night brings them all
back to Lincoln, where Mr.. Bryan finds
4 world of work waiting for him.
Sometimes he spends weeks at the
farm.
President Mckinley has the same
fondness for his home. He does not go
duck shooting, does not frequent clubs,
cares nothing for fishing, unless off the
side of big boat upon which his wife
can rest easily and never takes mascu-
line jaunts away from home.
His day is regulated more in accord
ance with the needs of a delicate wife
than though there were children and a
robust helpmeet. It is late when the
Mckinley breakfast is served and often
the head of the house has read his
mail and is we'll ahead on the work
of the day before the dainty breakfast
is served.
After the family breakfast Mr.. Nc
kinley devotes an hour to his wife who
has cultivated the art. of being agree
able to her husband. All the good
things of the day are told to her and
she hears the best of the coming plans
She takes an interest in all matters
that are related to her and is a very
pleasant companion.
f. Then callers begin to arrive, most of
them on business, and the hard work
of the day begins.
Of hardy stock William Mckinley
shows his strength in the manner in
which he attends to his correspon-
dence day after day, month after
month, and year after year. 1t is
specially bulky at this season and
needs several assistants besides one
who answers the personal letters tell
ing of the newly born babies who have
been named William Mckinley, and
containing the appreciation of the gen.
tleman who has voted for every sue
cessful candidate for the past sixty
years. The souvenir hunters are nu-
merous enough to keep one person en-
ployed, acknowledging their letters and
then there are office seekers-galore!
It is tired man who seeks the lun-
cheon table, and still more weary
one, who goes back to the endless task
of letter writing.
1t is fully four O'Clock before Mr..
Mckinley can seek his wife again:
and then the two 60 for drive.
The horses are good and the pace
brisk and both seem to enjoy the hour
extremely. Here again you admire Mr..
Mckinley physically for he has the
most wonderful recuperative powers.