Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1900-06-30
THE CANDIDATES.
Sketches Of Republican Nominees
Tor President and Vice President.
VIM, Mckinley

william McKl ~. selected for tho
second time by the national republican
convention a. The leader OF the party.
was born az Niles. ohio. January 20,
isiJ 49, profession lawyer. ha han
been ga turn a school teacher. onicor
10 tha army, county attorney. congress
man, governor OF HE state aud prcai.
dent OF the nation. ~ was his ablAty
AZ a political gyoaker which won the
| partya recognition IA his own state,
aud AZ was hia tarim bill which brought
hia name prominently before the Amer
lean people. La iSgg be was nominated
TOT president in So Louis ana received
'.loA5is votes. Hin principal opponent.
/ William J. Bryan. received 6.s04a25
votes The other four candidates In the
field did not obtain gOO. 900 votes alto
gether. The electoral vote resulted In
al ballots beng cast Tor Mckinley and
ti0 Tor Bryan.
Ancestors Of the president came from
scotland and ireland. Hia great sreat
grandfather and a brother came 10 tiiis
country. then colony % England. On
sailing vessel nearly two centuries
agu David. great grandfather % the
president waa soldier In the revolt
zion. lie moved from Pennsylvania %
COlumbiaua county. ohio. in 1914. aud
there James Mckinley. grandfather Of
the president. was educated. William
Mckinley. ST.. was born In Mercer
county Pennsylvania, Ice is0L when
he was young man he removed 90
Niles. OHIO. where the leader % the re-
publican party was born, and where kls
parents made their nome Until their
son becsme a public man and removed
10 canton. lie u one OF seven children.
At Niles the head % the Mckinley
family owned an iron furnace and
smelling works and q vas in the ONCE
of this establishment that the boy
william obtained his insight into bust
ncEa. Hs parents were not satisfied
with the educational advantages Of
fercd thcir children in Mics. however,
and the furnace having given william
Mckinley ST.. what was considered In
those days . good competence the fam
ily removed 60 Poland. Ohio. Il Was
here that the president began the study
OF law. ana q was In this little town
that he Joined the Methodist Episcopal
church, OF which he has always been
"a member.
Al the time that Abraham lincoln
was campaigning against stephen A.
Douglas young Mckinley was studying
law la Allegheny city, pa. Illness
compelled him to return home. how
ever, and upon recovering hia health |
he became che teacher OF the town |
school ln Poland. one morning ia |
Jane. isCl, he rang tho school bell IN |
Yain. ana going TO the door. saw his |
pupils gathered in iron, OF the Gown |
hotel. He heard the town auotoneor |
read the dispatch that said President |
Lincoln had called for volunteers The |
Auctioneer asked who would be first 10 |
enlist. and william Mckinley placed |
his name as the head OF the muster
roll.
With company Il OF the Twenty third |
ONO infantry Mckinley served with /
Is, Hayes, afterwards prcsi-
dent oF tho United states. and Gen.
William s. Ronecrans. From private
he rose 10 commlAsary sergeant and
then To second lieutenant, This promo.
ton being made On the Held OF Antie-
tam. Colonel Hayes made him a mem
Der Of his athn "a few months later.
Afterwards he served ia the same ca
paCity with Cook, sheridan and Han
cock. AZ Winchester ne helped reform
the troops which were rctrcating and
helped turn the day when sheridan
rode up.
Whom war was done william MoKIn-
ley returned 50 Poland and was -
mitted 20 the bar IA 1861. Two years
later stark county strongly democrat
H. elected him county attorney on the
republican ticket Two years later he
Was defeated Tor the same place by
f0rty-nye votes. but Ia is36 the state
sent him to congress, whore he re-
manned until 1880. One year later he
became governor His nomination for
came the year his term 81
PRED.
President Mckinley was married TO
Miss Ida saxton. of Canton, January
Is, 1874. Her life during the fourteen
years her husband was IA congress
trained her Tor the place which she
aas to occupy In the white House. but
she has been an invalid the greater
part 81 the time.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
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