The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-05-22
SOME LEADING EDITORIALS.
FROM MAcDuFF TO MCKINLEY.

FROM MACDUFF TO McklNLEi'
From the Philadelphia Times.
A chicago grnealoeist named Edward A. Caypoo has
extraordinary discovery He that the president
Of the United States is lineal descendant OF
Tbane Of Fehat the calm blood which will today warm
to the acclaim Of the nation is the same thar ooeu ~ -"
veins OF the vengefu Scot who nine centuries ago, du o
and gave enough" that unpleasant person Maeoetn'
To prove this Mr.. Claypool has written pooke. esu
ethe Scotch Ancestors OF President Mckinley IL lacks
nothing in data We are informed that Macduiis hrst name
was Duncan that he born about 1000 a. ~ ana tha e
killed the tyrant December 5, 1850.
Three other Maedufs followed the last OF whom was
commander the army of King Malcolm w. and founuer "
the clan Macintosh which brought about change OF nae
The Mcintosh line runs to near the end OF the hi'ee
century and includes many warriors The last was forester
to the earl OF Mar and his was Farquhar, his
descendants we're known the Farquharsons
One of these, Fnday Farquharson, who was killed in
the battle Of Pnke in left four sons and they TOOK
the name MacInia meaning son OF Findlay, and pro-
nounced as nearly as English spell it Mac-ionn-ay The
badge of this the oxgove and its motto we force
nae friend fear nae foe"
William MacKinlay died in the reign of James vi and
also left four sons descendant OF these called
lanes the Trooper settled in ireland in 1900 and was an
of large portion of the Irish Mcknleys says the
genealogist.
David Mckinley horn in 1908, was the progenitor OF the
American branch He emgraed probably before 745 and
settled in Chanceord township York county Pa His great
grandson James lived for long time in Mercer county Pa
but late in life he went Lisbon, Ohio where he ran
charcoal furnace
His SON William father OF the president was born in
Mercer county but he too Ohio where the present
William was born. Niles, January 90, ls43
MR. HILL
In the course public ex-senator David
B. Hill says:
Il will state further that candidate for the
democratic presidential nomination in 1904. am neither
seeking the nomination expecting it. regard all sugges
ons of candidates this time premature and inadvsabe
No one can now tell what ought be done in 1904
III meantime, democratic efforts in my opinion should
be devoted strengthening lines and obtaining recruits
for that the nomination OF the may be-
something than empty honor and the
nominee may have chance of success
There is sound advice and good in this last SEN
1t may be great honor simply for president
Some candidates have appeared to enjoy it immensely But
while the nominee may be very much grathed with the
empty honor is little rough the party that furnishes
the and the torches What the democratic party
is nominee who has some chance of success Mr.. Hill
says he is neither seeking the nomination expecting it.
This does necessarily that he will not be cand
date The OF may be shaped that Mr. Hill
may become candidate At present he is conspicuous
ly in the public eye possible candidate than any other
democrat But there question that would probably
Mr. Hill rather serious embarrassment il he became
candidate The Chicago platform declared in favor OF
income The Kansas City platform reafrmed the Chi
cago platform The great ority democrats congress
voted for the income law Senator Hill strongly OPP
posed its passage If the National democratic
ton should declare in favor OF income would not
embarrassing question Mr.. Hill II he should be the
nominee? The decision of the supreme did
the income question 1t simply nulifed the law that
passed Thousands of democrats who opposed to 10
and who ardent expansionists favor tax
the convention should declare for income and
offer the nomination to Mr.. Hill, what would he do