The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-06-21
MR.. MKINLEY's CAREER.

records have the McKinleyS in Scotland
back 10 1547- About 1913 one Of the Scotch
Irish NcKinleys settled in CAancef0Td
township. York county, Pa, where his son
David. great grandfather Of the President.
was born In May. 1855. After serving N
the Revolution. David resided in Pennsyi-
vania until 1915. when he went 10 Ohio,
where he died in 1910, at the age of eighty
five. James Mckinley, son OF David NOV
ed 10 Columbiana county. Ohio. in 1903.
when William. father OF the President was
not two years Old William Mckinley.
father OF the President was born In Pine
township. Mercer county, Pa. ia/1S07, and
was married in 1923 TO Nancy Campbell
Allison. OF Columbiana county Ohio, whose
father Abner Allison was Of English ex-
traction Both the grandfather and the
father OF the President were iron manu-
factUrers or furnace men. William Nc
K3nley. ST.. died in 1882. during his sons
first term as Governor OF Ohio. and the
mother CT Mr.. Mckinley passed away In
December. 1851. az the age of eighty nine.
President Mckinley attended the public
schools Of Niles. but when he was nine
years old the family removed TO Poland.
Mahoning County. Ohio. where he was ad-
mitted into Union Seminary and pur-
sued his studies until he was seventeen.
He eXceiled in mathematics and the Ian
guaGes- In 1860 he entered the junior
class of Allegheny College. Neadville,
Pa. where II is said he would have gradu-
in the following year but for the failure
Of his health, owing TO which. as soon as
he was able he sought a change by en-
gaging as a teacher in the public schools.
At the age Of sixteen he became : member
Of the Methodist Episcopal Church and was
noted for his Information on Biblical mat
tiers. When the Civil War broke out he
was clerk in the Poland postof1ce- He
volunteered. and going with a body OF re
cruits to Columbus was there enlisted as
a private in Company e. Of the Twenty
third Ohio Volunteer Infantry June II.
1861 In this regiment were ". S Rose
Grams and Rutherford B. Hayes The
first engagement OF the regiment was at
CarnOfer Ferry W. Va. September 10.
1851 and In the winter camp at Fayette
Vile he received his first promotion. be-
ing made commissery sergeant April Is.
1862 At Antietam Sergeant Mckinley IN
charge OF the ccmmissary department OF
his brigade. filed two wagons with coffee
and other refreshments and caused them
to be hurried TO the front during the en-
gagsment- For this he was made a lieu
tenant his commission dating from Sep
tember p. 1852. While at Camp Piatt he
was promoted to first lieutenant Febru-
airy Z. 1863. and In the fighting around
Kinley distinguished himself. II is re-
corded that he also conducted himself with
honor at Winchester On July %. 1864.
at the age of q Lieutenant Mckinley was
promoted 20 captain At Be-ryvtlle, Sep
TENDER 3. 1865. his horse was shot.
After service on General Crooks stan
and that Of General Hancock. Captain
Mckinley was assig ned as acting assist
art sdjutsnt general On the staff of Gen
1-rHf h
ran reserve corps at Washington. where
he remained through that exciting period
which included the surrender OF General
Lee and the assassination OF President
LiuccIn. On March Il. 1865, he WAS com
missioued major BY brevet in the voiun-
teer United States Army for gallant and
meritOrious services at the battles %
Opequaa- Cedar Greek and Fishers Hill"
He was mustered out with his regiment on
July z6. 1855, and returned 70 Poland.
He began the study % Law under Judge
Charles z. Glidden and his partner. David
M Wilson. at Youngstown. Ohio. and com
pleJed his course al the Albany N. y
Law School. and was admitted TO the bar
in Warren county. Ohio. in March. 1861
He settled in Canton and in the fall Of
1857 made his first political speeches.
which were In favor OF negro suffrage
He was elected prosecuting attorney for
Stark county in 1863 but failed OF re-elec-
ton il 1871 In the gubernatOrial cam
paign between Allen and Hayes in 1875
Mr.. Mckinley took the stump in behalf
OF the resumption Of specie payments. In
1875 he was nominated for Congress on
the first ballot and Was elected over leslie
l. LanhoTn by $500 majority. On April
l., ISIS. ne made q speech in opposition
10 Fernando Woods tariff bill. which be-
came a Republican campaign document
He was re-elected in 1877 over Gen.
AquIIa Wiley by 1884 majority. During
the extra session OF Congress IN 1878 be
opposed to repeal OF the Federal election
laws in a speech which was issued as a
Republican campaign document Mr.. Nc
Kinley wes Chairman Of the Republican
State Convention OF Ohio in 1880 In De-
ceu.ber. 1850. Samuel Randall. then
Speaker OF the House OF Representatives,.
appointed him on the Judiciary Com
mittee. and also appointed him on the
Ways and Means Committee.
He was chairman CT the committee hav-
ing in charge the Garfield memorial exer-
cises in the House In 1881 He was re-
elected 10 the Forty-seventh Congress over
Leroy L. Thomas by S,571 majority He
was chosen by the Chicago Convention as
the Ohio member OF the Republican Ma
tiorel Committee. and accompanied Gen
eral Garfield on his tour through New
York. Maine. Indiana, and Illinois. II
Ohio By 1900. and elected thirteen Rep
resentatives. Mr.. Mckinley was Te-elect-
ec by a narrow majority OF eight woes
over jonathan II. Wallace. This was dur
ing the sessions Of the Tariff Commission
and in speech. on January "a. 1888. ha
supported the report Of the Commission. on
which the Ways and Means Committee
had favored a bill reducing existing duties
on an average about 20 per GEN. On
April so. 1854. he delivered q Spsech in op-
position to the Morrison Tariff bill IN
1884 Mr.. Mckinley presided over the Oh o
State Republican Convention. ard vas
elected a Delagate-st-Large to the Nat'oal
Convention. where he supported the Gains
OF Mr.. Blaine. In the baHotirg he was
given several votes as the Presidential
nominee.
He defeated David R. Paige for Congress
in 1854 By 1000 majority. Wallace H
Philips in 1886 by $3.50 majority, and
George z. l. KeTt in 1858 by AGO woes
He was a candidate for Speaker OF the
House in the Fifty-frst Congress but was
! defeated by Thomas 3. Reed. On the death
OF Judge Kelley he became chairman Of
the Ways and Means Committee In 1890
he IVES defeated for Congress by Jchn G.
Warwick Ii June 1891 he was nominated
for Governor. defeating Mr.. Campbell by
q 500. and was reelected over Lawre-ce
T. Neal by S0.995.
In the Republican National Convention
held in St Louis. IN June 49, 1895 he was
nominated for President in the first bal
lot. resolving 661I5vOtes out Of 922-
Sugar "a Tonic
(From the Youths Companion-)
Experiments by Prof Mosso in the University
Of Genoa have shown that sugar administered
after a period Of starvation, or a long fast re-