Smyrna times., 1900-10-31
M'KINLEY THE MAN,
0cING TIDE OF POPULAR LOVE AND
ESTEEM FOR HIM.
v,ble Career of the President-A Tried
and True Friend of the PeOple-iiis
Grand and Clean Record.

and True Friend of the PeOple-iis
Grand and Clean Record.
Who is William Mckinley? His
biography has been written too many
times to make it necessary again to
describe the place of his birth, his edu-
cation, his army service, his legislative
career. The American people know
well enough who William Mckinley is.
What is William Mckinley? This is
a question of more Importance with re-
gard to him. as with regard to any 9TH
or man. The question is to be answer
ed partly by reference to his public
career and partly by an estimate Of
what his fellow citizens think of that
career.
1t is needless to recount the events Of
his early life further than to say that
they we're of a piece with and led up
naturally to the events of his maturity.
In every onward step of his career he
has gone higher and higher in the es-
TEEN of his fellow countrymen, whether
as lawyer, soldier, representative in
congress, governor or president of the
United States.
Treasurer Bliss Tribute
Hon. Cornelius n. Bliss of New York,
treasurer of the Republican national
committee, has we'll described the char
acteristics of President Mckinley and
cOntrasted his claims with those of Mr..
Bryan in the following statement:
"Now that the campaign is approach
ing its close and the various issues
have been sifted and analyzed by the
voters so that they understand them
thoroughly the personal element comes
naturally into prominence.
Mckinley or Bryan? Can any one
hesitate between the two? There is no
cause or occasion for disparaging Mr..
Bryan's personal character, but as a
candidate for the presidency what COM
parison can there be between the ex-
perienced statesman. the tried and true
legislator and executive officer, and the
inexperienced, superficial theorist who
never held an executive office In his
life and whose short career in congress
gained him renown solely as an orator
and an extreme free trade and free sill.
yer agitatOr!
What little renown he gained then
and whatever respect he enjoyed foul
years ago as a man supposed to be hon
est and sincere, even If mistaken. he
has sacrificed now. He has fallen into
dlsrepute with the respectable portion
of the community by the exhibition hC
has made of himself in the city ant
state BY his dodging and evasion Of
the leading questions, by his Outra
geously impudent and false statement
about the policies and purposes of th'
Republicans and by his wicked at
tempts to set man against man ant
provoke the poor and labOring man t
violence he has proved himself tn
worst kind of demagogue.
The Peoples True Friend.
"How different the other man, MI
Mckinley. He is not the mere wind
orator pretending to a consuming low
for the people and going about sowin
seeds of popular discomfort and tul
moil. On the contrary, he has spen
his days and nights and devoted tn
whole of his busy life to the perfectin
Of practical plans for the good OF tn
whole people. He has devised and e.
ecuted with incredible labor vast II
dustrial reforms which have showere
incalculable benefits broadcast owe
the country. The tariff act which
forever coupled with his name has bee
benison of prosperity to all branch'
Of industry in the United States.
After n long series of cOngression
labOrs and triumphs Mr.. Mckinley W;
made governor of Ohio. He again 81
nalzed himself in the administratiC
Of that office as friend and benefact
Of the people. Elevated thence to u
chief magistracy Of the nation, he
once showed that he was the preside
Of the whole people-north, south, ca
and west, Republicans and Democrat
N rich and poor. Under his guiding a
vice the present tariff law was enacte
and it has been succeeded by thr
years Of the greatest prosperity I
country has ever known.
But neither Mr.. Mckinley nor a
other man could have foreseen WI
trials were in store for him. Out oi
clear sky came the thunderbolt Will
destroyed the Maine and precipitat
the Spanish war. The complicatlo
which followed are too fresh IN
minds of the people to need recapitu
n ton. How nobly the president has
4 en- to the needs Of the occasion even
worst enemies and detractors must
! knowledge. 1t is easy to find ia
with the Philippine policy or any OF
q policy, but no fault can be found W
q President McKinley's administrat
Z OF the presidency. With almost SUI
n human energy and endurance ne
toiled through the long days
A nights, months and years, sticking
4 his post with a fidelity never surpas