The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-11-07
ADVICE or HAYES.

ADVICE or HAYES.
His success in the halls Of congress
has by some been attributed to the ad
vice given him by President Hayes
when he was first elected a reprcsen-
| tative.
ITO achieve SUCCESS and fdrne," said
President Hayes. you must pursue a
special line. You. must not make a
speech on every motion offered or every
bill introduced. You must conflne your
self to one thing in particular. BE"
come a specialist. Take UP some
branch OF legislation and make it your
study. Why not choose the tariff"
| Mr.. Mckinley did choose the tariff
and though when the Mckinley bill
became q law in 1890. it was attacked
! bitterly by those who opposed 1t and
| those who did not understand it. its
author never for one moment doubted
the wisdom of his measure and his
counsel was always My friends. be
firm. This is only q cross current. The
tide OF truth flows surely on beneath"
While he was preparing the bill for
it's submission to congress, the great
patience of the man and his desire to
hear arguments on both sides OF every
| question, was clearly shown again anl
| again. One evening wealthy manu
| facturer, who was Democrat, called
| upon Mckinley in his room and said
to him:
"Mr. Mckinley, ! have been to my
| member. who is Democrat, to try to
get him to help me in obtaining a hear
| ing before your committee. I have been
to my senator. who is also h Democrat,
s,,t1 !, t,,1
| man l know in Washington, but not
one OF them has heen of any assist
| ance to me. Now 1 have come to you
I have no claim on you whatever, but
/ want to ask the privilege Of arguirs
| my case before YOU"
All night long these two men sat and
talked. Every argument that the
Democrat could bring to bear was
used against one OF the provisions of
the tariff measure. Books We're taken
vestigated and the tariff schedules
when at last the manufacturer arose
to go Mr.. Mckinley said to him:
your claim is just. thank you for
bringing it to me. We should have
erred If we had left the schedule as it
POPULAR AT THE CAPITOL.
Among the employees in the Capitol
there was no man in the halls of con-
gress who was looked upon with
greater respect or more admiration and
love than Mr. Mckinley. AT least two
of the pages will have cause 70 relnem>
ber for the rest of their lives the kin
heart OF The man who is now president.
When Mr.. Mckinley was unseutod in
1890 he asked one of the pages to at
tend to the removal OF his books and
papers from his desk in The house of
representatives The hoy sot car
riage, paid the driver and removed the
things as he had been asked to do.
When he reported to Mr. Mckinley the
eX-Congressmen thanked him and put
81 in his hand but the boy flushed and
drew back.
"Oh, no, Mr. Mckinley" he said II
could not take money from you now"
u understand you," said the defeat
ed congressman kindly, land I want
you 10 know that ! appreciate your
sympathy. shall not forget It, Per-
maps some day ! shall be able 10 show
you that
Shortly after Mr.. Mckinley Was
elected president a young man called
upon him al the White House and in
troduced himself by saying: ~ used
TO be your page
~ remember you very we'll" replied
the president. "ard I have not forgot
ten one very kind act of yours
The young man had merely called to
pay his respects, hut before the week
Was over he had been appointed 10 a
responsible office ana stlil fills the posi-
tion creditably
M'KINi.EY AND THE PAGE.
The other page wls OF an entirely
different nature, He was a bright boy,
but was continually getting himself
into trouble through his love of mis-
chief, Time after time he had been
reprimanded, but did not seem 10 inn
prove and finally was dismissed
Nj, Mckinley heard of his case and,
because he did not believe that the
boy was bad, had him reinstated.
The page heard OF Mr., McKinley's
efforts in his behalf and started at
once TO prove his gratitude He saw