The sun., 1900-11-01
Rising Tide Of Popular Love and
Esteem For Him.
SHARP CONTRAST WITH BRYAN
Noble Career OF the Presidential Tried and
True Friend Of the People-His 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
er man. The question is to be answer
ed partly by reference to his public
career ana partly by an estimate of
what his fellow citizens think Of that
career.
Ii is needless 10 recount the events of
his early life further than to say that
they were of Il piece with and led up
naturally to the events of his maturity.
In every onward step of his career he
las gone higher and higher in The es-
tccm of his fellow countrymen. whether
as lawyer soldier, representative in
congress, governor or president Of the
United States.
Treasurcr Hiss Tribute.
Hon. Cornelius n. Bliss of New York,
treasurer of the Republican national
committee, has we'll described the char
.<atcristics Of President Mckinley and
entrusted his claims with those of Mr..
1yan in the following statement:
Now that the campaign is approach
& its close and the various issues
lie been sifted and analysed by the
1to4 ,tara
iroughly the personal element comes
turally into prominence.
Mckinley or Bryan? Can any one
iitate between the two? There is no
ase or occasion for disparaging Mr..
VANS personal character, but as a
4Alidate 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 thcOrist 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 four
est ana sincere, even if mistaken. he
has sacrificed now. He has fallen into
disrepute with the respectable portion
of the community by the exhibition he
has made of himself in the city and
state By his dodging ana evasion of
the leading questions, by his Cutra-
Eeously inpudent and false statements
about the policies and purposes of the
Republicans ana by his wicked at
tcm1ts to set man against man and
provoke the poor and lnborng man to
violence lie has proved himself the
worst Kind of demagogue.
The Peoples True Friend.
GLOW different the other man, Mr..
Mckinley. lie is not the mere windy
orator pretending to Il consuming love
4 for the people and going about sowing
seeds of popular discomfort and tur-
moil On the contrary, he has spent
n his days and nights and devoted the
A whole of his busy life to the perfecting
q of practical plans for the good of the
whole people. He has devised and ex-
& ecuted with incredible labor vast in
dustrial reforms which have showered
incalculable benefits broadcast over
the country. The tariff act which is
Forever coupled with his name has been
a benson of prosperity to all branches
of industry in the United States.
K after long series OF congressional
labors and triumphs Mr.. Mckinley was
4 made governor of Ohio. He again sig
nalized himself in the administration
OF that office as friend and benefactor
on the people. Elevated thence to the
chief magistracy of the nation, he Mt
once showed that he was the president
of the whole peOplc-north, south. east
and west, Republicans and Democrats,
rich and poor. Under his guiding adj
svice the present tariff law was enacted.
'Hand il las been succeeded by three
(kyears OF the greatest prosperity the
\ kfeorntry has ever known.
"Rut neither Mr.. Mckinley nor any
other man could have forcseen what
n trials were in store for him. Out OF
I clear sky came the thunderholt which
destroyed the Maine and preciptated
the Spanish war The complications
IVwhich followed are too fresh in the
sSamimds of the people to need rccaDtrIa-
#ion. How nobly the president has ris-
en- to the needs Of the occasion even his
4 sHvorst enemies and detractors must ac-
owledge 1t is easy to find fault
It'll the Philippine policy or any other
RQlicy, but no fault can be found with
I k&HFesident McKinley's administration
&H the presidency. With almost SUPER
y Hnman energy and endurance he has
Mlcd through the long days and
Wghts. months and years, sticking to
HIS post with q fidelity never SIIrDaSSad
and devoting himself honestly, un-
selfishly and supremely to the best in
terests OF the people, which have ever
been his chief object. If ever presl-
dent deserved reelection, Mckinley
Goes and the people will see to 1t that
he gets what he deserves"