The age-herald., 1900-06-17

naSter-Seneral, came rom thefe l1eatH had been a printer and later d newspaper correspondent in Washington. He ac- quired an option on the Cincinnati Com mereial at time when it was suspended between the democratic and republican parties, mortgaged to the former and sup ported by the latter Heath was made con- ductor of this paper. and his connection with such an important paper made him requested of Hanna and Mckinley who were working McKinley's canvass chiefly upon the advertising plan
 One of their propositions was to nave Mc- Kinley's portrait wherever the human eye could turn. They bought steel engravings, reduced to a cent or two a piece in cost, and l heard Hanna say that he thought those portraits were one of the best invest ments the campaign committee made NC kinley has great vanity in his face; ne would rather have the society of a photoS- rapher than of the F Caesars. He is a Narcissus, who fell in love with his race in the brook of his runng popularity Those persons whom Mckinley turns his afec- tions toward are enamored with him or enact the affectonate part.
 Mckinley has the most extravagant love for the reporter sort of man, that kind or newspaper writer who sees only the obvi- ous and never strains his quality Heath was just that sort of man.
 Munce is a good point to operate In diana from, and that state had long been a stumbling block to the republicans from it's preference for cheap currency. ohio possesses a general good average of soll and it's settlers had become well-to-do while those in Indiana were still poor and serious. The distinguished mark of Indiana has been it's solemnity, said to have arisen from the nearly universal fever and ague which afflicted most of it's people. NJIpcia hecop,e rather fhe centre of Do- litical operations in McKinley's Indiana campaign, and Heath mounted to the head of the postoffice department since the post master general was to be only an hon. orary head. It was first conferred upon Gray, New England Marylander, who was soon frozen out.
 Had Mcnlnley kept Gary at the head of the postoffce department, the Heath com- bination would not now be a weight upon McKinleys heart and source of impotent rage to Mark Hanna. But the president be- came frigid to him. and the cabinet circle, which was obsequious to Mckinley, hardly perceived the presence of MT. Gary. He dis covered that ability and equipoise or dig nifty were not admired in that circle and withdrew.
 Charles Emory Smith came to Washing ton in McKinley's behalf and that of the big railways, to stop the war with Spain. l heard him harangue senators, like Platt of Connecticut and Proctor, upon the>error of their ways. He defended Mckinley in editorial compositions written at the cabi- net table, so that the fear of losing those strengthening lucubrations at time when the president had melted out his backbone caused Mckinley to put Smith in the caoi- net, so that he might have Xenophon to describe the presidents heroism on re- treat.
 In that interval and subsequently, Perry IT |, thn md the department, and divided with the war department the entire administration or Cuba and other parts
 Far removed from the United States, among people who did not speak the English language, these agents picked out by Heath had free field. It was not long before Nicely began to steal.
 Observe now Nicely, another reportorlai polypus, who had been a printer and the playmate of Heath and had run snow III which the want of dress was conspicuous. Show people and reporters are the pul- warks of the president Anybody who Vis- ited Canton would find the actors as wei come there as to the melancholy court or Prince Hamlet. Though Methodist MIG Kinley loves the theater, and there he and Hanna blend their tastes.
 Nicely broke up with a newspaper at Muncie and broke up with his travelling show. and the Heaths, who are several, bought the paper and printing establish ment, and Perry Heath appointed Neeiy to be treasurer of the Cuban postofhce sys- tenn. for which he was fitted by being bankrupt and a rounder.
 Except for the military authorities on the spot this stealing might have gone to immense lengths. But the climate was not to the taste of the gentleman who could forward S150O0 to the Muncie bank, and he came home and left confederates, one of whom had been postmaster at Indian apolis and another was Mark Hanna's s chief political factor in Ohio. Tie mlli- tary men turned over one of these crea- lures and he let out tale The first thing Mckinley said, naturally, was How will this affect my re-election?" The first thing everyone else said was: What a disgrace to our nation that such licksDlit- ties and menials should be sent to the new countries we assumed guardianship for"
 The fact that Spanish rule had loosened all the examples of purity was an addi- tional reason why we should have put honorable men in that island. The strength of the British rule in India Is not in its arms but in it's honor. The administration of justice and the punishment of public defalcations in both the British municipal governments and the British colonies are patent to the subjects there.
 
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