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be trained" said her father, .'to buy
her, own bread If necessary, and not to
sell herself to matrimony."
She had many suitors, but Major Nc
kinley, then rising young lawyer,
yanquished all rivalry, removed the
young woman from the cashiers win
dow and won from honest James Sax
ton these words when the hand Of the
daughter was gained:
you are the only man 1 have ever
known to whom / would intrust nv
daughter"
Mrs. Mckinley always assisted her
husband in politics. Her i'll health in
nowise deferred her from enjoying the
political honors he won, nor did 1t pre-
vent her from being wise counselor.
Her presence time and again served as
an inspiration to her husband When
political. preferment first came to Nc
kinley, 1t was his wife who convinced
him that he should accept. She believ-
ed implicitly in his talents, and that his
service would be for the good of the
state she was certain. She never wav-
cred In her faith in her husbands con-
victions.
Mrs. Mckinley had confidence in her
husband not only as a public official,
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committee on ways and means. He
served on the last mentioned committee
until the expiration of his last term as
representative. While chairman of this
committee he framed the Mckinley bill,
which afterward became a law.
Mckinley was protege of ex-Presi.
dent Hayes, and up to the time of the
latter's death he recognized the ex-
president as his adviser and counselor.
He was in General Hayes regiment
during the civil war General Hayes
knew him and his father well, and saw
In the dashing young cavalier the germ
Of greatness. He needed a counselor,
an adviser, friend, and General
Hayes watched over him with the
fllial love, devotion and pride of a
father.
The war ended, Mckinley still re-
manned an object of hope, of interest
and pride to General Hayes. McKin-
ley became candidate for congress
and was elected. When Hayes was
president, Mckinley was In the house
of representatives. The major was a
frequent welcome visitor at the White
House. One day the president gave
Mckinley advice, which made McKin-
ley the foremost champion of pro-
tective tariff. President Hayes thus
spoke to the young representative:
ITO achieve success and fame you
must pursue a special line. You must
not make speech on every motion
offered or bill introduced. You must
confine yourself to one particular
thing. Become specialist. Take up
some branch Of legislation and make
that your study. Why not take up the
subject of tariff? Being a subject that
will not be settled for years to come,
it offers great field for study and a
chance for ultimate fame"
With these words ringing in his ears
Mckinley began studying the tariff
and soon became the foremost author
ity ON the subject.
The day upon which the Mckinley
tariff bill" was passed in the house
must always stand as the supreme mo-
ment of Mckinley's congressional ca
Teef. he plll, ny aufolL parliamentary
generalship which had prevented it
from being weighed down with amend
ments not approved by the committee,
had been brought under the operation
of the previous question. 1t stood COM
plete, ready to go forth for good or
evil. Upon Mckinley devolved the task
of smoothing Its path and speeding it
upon it's way.
The occasion, thoroughly advertised,
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becoming United States senators and
Justice Of the United States supreme
court, and Rutherford B. Hayes, after.
ward governor of Ohio and president
of the United States. These are few
of the illustrious men who were borne
on the roll of officers of the gallant
regiment in which marched Private
William Mckinley, Jr
He carried the musket for fourteen
months; then he was promoted. But
he won his promotion honestly. His
comrades Of the rank and file bear tes-
timony to the fact that he was good
soldier; that he performed every duty
devolving upon him with fidelity and
intelligence and without complaint.
They congratulated him, therefore,
when he was made commissary SER
geant Of the regiment. Later, after
Antietam, he was made a second lieu
tenant, and the Mahoning county boy
had risen from the ranks.
He was now to all intents and pur-
poses trained veteran. He had had
his baptism in blood at Carnifex Fer
ry. He had gone through the West
Virginia campaign and become part
of the magnificent Army of the Poto-
mac under Mcclellan. South Mountain
and Antietam had been made immor-
tai. by the blood of heroes, end the
shoulder straps were worn with due
but not exaggerated realization of the
responsibilities they implied. He be-
came a second lieutenant on Sept "a,
1862 He was promoted to first lieu
tenant Feb. I, 1868. His commission
as captain bears date July %, 1864.
The brevet rank of major was con-
ferred by President Lincoln "for gal
liant and meritorious services at the
battles of Opequan, Fishers Creek and
Cedar Hill" He was with Sheridan
in the Shenandoah campaign, was at
Winchester, Cedar Creek, Fishers
Hill, Opequan, Kernstown, Floyd
Mountain and Berryville, where his
horse was shot under him, and in all
the battles in which the Twenty-thrd
participated. He served on the stats
of Generals Hayes, Crook, Hancock
and Carroll. He was mustered out
with the regiment July 26, 1865, after
more than four years continuous serv-
ice
When the war closed, Mckinley was
just twenty-five. He was full of youth
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was outlined when in his inaugural
address he said: at is my desire to CO.
operate with you in every endeavor to
secure wise, economical and honora-
bic administration and, so far as can
be done, the improvement and eleva-
ton of the public service"
From the day of his Inauguration
Governor Mckinley took the greatest
interest in the management of the pub
lie benevolent institutions of the state,
and he made a study of means for their
bettermcnt. During his first term the
state board of arbitration was created.
and he made the workings of the board
a matter of personal supervision during
the entire four years of his administra-
ton.
No account of McKinley's connection
with labor problems would be complete
without some mention of the tirelesS
energy which he displayed in securing
relief for the 1000 miners in the Hook
ing valley mining district who early in
1895 We're reported out of work and
destitute. The news first came TO the
governor one uiRnt III IHlulllSlt, put De-
fore . O'Clock in the morning he had
upon his own responsibility dispatched
to the afflicted district car containing
$1,000 worth of provisions Later lie
made appeals for assistance and finally
distributed among the 2.T32 families in
the district clothing and provisions to
the amount of So 1855.
Mcknley's nomination and election
to the presidency III 1896. the stirring
events of 1897. eliminating in 1898 in
the war With Spain. and the acquisi-
ton for the first time i'll this country S
history of foreign territory by conquest
as well as his reelection, with Theo-
dore Roosevelt as his running mate. in
1900 are events of too recent occur
renee to require more than passing
mention. With the circumstances sur
rounding his death, resulting from the
bullet of an assassin. fred While Mr..
Mckinley was receiving at the Pan
American exposition, and his gallant
but unsuccessful fight for life the pub
lie is but too painfully familiar.
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SOCIALIST MOVEMENTS.
Hold an interesting Meeting in Pleas
ant Township,

The candidate for sheriff on the so.
cialist ticket, Geo. w. Fernson. and
County Chairman N. A. Baker held the
first socialist meeting ever held in
Pleasant township Saturday night.
The attendance was fair and good at.
tention given. Mr.. Ferguson intro
duced the whole county ticket and in
an unassuming manner asked support
of the people as candidate for sheriff.
Dr. Baker was the speaker of the eY.
ening and spoke forty-five minutes.
He received marked attention and new
er lost control of his audience for
single moment. Several names were
added to the local club and many took
literature to read. Eldon and Agency
will be looked after this week and tho
week will close with a meeting next
Saturday night at the South Side So
cialist hall by the entire county club
and all local clubs and committees.
Nomination papers have been filed
and the campaign is on in earnest. So
cialism has thus become a factor in
Wapello county politics.
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SERVICES AT MURRAY.
Inhabitants Bowed Down With Grief
for Late President.


Murray, Sept. 20.-Regardless of
heavy rainfall and bad roads, the peo-
pie of Murray and surrounding coun-
try filled the Christian church Thurs
day at 2:30 p. m. to pay their last
debt of love to the noble memory of
our late President.
The platform front was tastefully
decorated in black and white under
meath rested the large portrait of
President Mckinley; behind the speak
ers the flag at half-mast held in place
by along scarf OF black
Program.
Song by the Choir, abide With
Me-
President Roosevelt's Declaration
Mr. Cook.
Prayer-Rev. Wharton.
Solo, 'I'll Meet Her Bye and Bye
Miss Truth Cathell.
Life of William McKinley-Prof.
Guyton.
Touching his life from birth up to
September 13, 1901.
Our Sympathy-W. H. Benson.
Song by choir (softly)-"Nearer
My God to Thee"
Rev. Bott, in his pleasing, sympa
thetic way held the audience for ten
minutes on Our Nations Dead" Eyes
We're wet with tears of sympathy and
sorrow as he told how the entire Des
Moines conference at Charlton wept
pleading for the life of their beloved
President
Herbert Wick, accompanied by his
sister, Edith rendered trombone sole
Heart Sorrow"-in an effective
manner.
"The Wife's Bereavement'-Mr
Eva Sells, in her mild tones, read, tell
ing the longing looks, the lingering
hand clasp, when Mrs. Mckinley was
allowed to visit her husband after the
shooting, and his encouraging words;
her love and devotion, telling of her
own words, why she loved Major Nc,
Kinley"-not because he is President
of the United States, but because "he
is my husband"
The service closed by singing my
Country 'Tis Of Thee
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claptrap than Mckinley. Sc true is
this that the incident when he sudden
ly drew from beneath his desk the suit
of clothes which he purchased for $40
ut the establishment of fellow repre-
sentative in Boston, in order to demon
strate the cheupness of wearing ap-
parel, stands out with vivid distinct
ness.
1t was this earnestness and self con-
viction that made AlcKinleys address
in the house and on the stump so effec-
tive. Indeed the occasion is still re-
called when he held an audience of
Georgia people for two hours at a
Chautauqua assembly near Atlanta
while he preached to them the glories
Of the protective tariff system sit
was only by the greatest self CONTROL"
sa4d the late Henry w. Grady, speak
ing of this event afterward, that
restrained myself from rising as Nc
Kinley concluded his. wonderful speech
and declaring myself henceforth ready
to follow him as disciple"
James G. Blaine in his Twenty
Years Of Congress" reviewed the For
ty-fifth congress, in which Mckinley
first sat, as follows: William McIlin-
ley, Jr., entered from the Canton dis
trict He enlisted in an Ohio regiment
when but II years old and Won the
rank of major by meritorious service.
The interest of his constituency and
his own bent of mind led him to the
study of industrial questions, and he
was soon recognized iii the house as
one of the most thorough statisticians
and one of the ablest defenders of the
doctrine of protection
AT a great mass meeting in Indian
apolis several years ago the late ex-
President Harrison was presiding Off
Ger. Mckinley was one Of the speak
ers, and Harrison introduced him as
follows:
He has endeared himself to all by
his record as a gallant young soldier
battling for the flag. He has honored
| himself, his state and the country by
his conspicuous services in high legis
latiye and executive places. No mar
more than he is familiar with the ques
lions that now engage public thought
No man is more able than he lucidly Il
set them before the people. do no.
need to invoke your attention to wha
he shall say. He will command it,
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but as man. Her fitness was often
Travelled thousands of miles when she
was weak in body merely that she
might be near him. She encouraged
him by word look and presence, and
he in knightly style returned the ia
vors and reciprocated the sacred affec-
ton. Her home life was short for out
of the thirty years of married life more
than twenty-four We're passed by her
husband in the public service.
Mrs. Mckinley for years has spent
much of her leisure in crocheting those
dainty little slippers which have so
many times brought sunshine into
gloomy hospital wards in various parts
knitted over 5000 pairs of these slip
pers in her twenty-six years of invalid
life. In appearance Mrs. Mckinley is
of medium height, with brown hair
and large deep blue eyes. Although an
invalid, she was fond of making and
receiving calls and often went on shop
ping tours. Mrs. Mckinley never cared
uuCu lOI uIeSS, although ueF lOiletS
have always been in excellent taste.
For many years Mrs. McKinley's face
has betrayed faint languor, sugges-
tive of the invalid, but it is fair and
bears stamp of beauty, in spite of the
flfty-iveyears she carries. Her i'll health
dates from girlhood. AS student she
with difficulty undertook the studies
of the course, by reason of this condi-
ton, but with constant care and fire.
quent medical attention she overcame
all trouble sufficiently to enjoy life and
| to taste Of its pleasures. Her actual
invalidism dates from the birth of her
second child, in 1871. This child died
in Its infancy and was followed by the
first child, daughter of three years, a
short time afterward. Mrs. SaXton,
Mrs. McKinley's mother, also died about
this time. These sorrows We're more
than she could bear, and she never re-
covered.
A little story of McKinley's home
acts while governor may be of interest.
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Mckinley
as
a Soldier.

and when the drums and flies aroused
the echoes Of the quiet streets of Pc
land among the first applicants for en-
listment was William Mckinley, Jr
1t was new experience and new
school that the eigAtcen-year-old boy
entered, this school of war, but he had
wonderful teachers. 1t was his good
fortune that assigned him to the THen-
ty-third Ohio The recruits that com
posed it were in June, 1861, mustered
and formed into regiment. Its first
colonel was William S. Rosecrans, aft
erward major general commanding the
department Of the Cumberland. Sec
ond in command was Stanley Mat
thews, who was a splendid soldier, but
won his greatest lonors in civil life by
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Mckinley
as
a Boy.

ly enough to have sons who took pa
triotic part in the war of the Revolu-
ltion.
The family removed from Pennsyl-
Sania to Ohio in 1914, and from that
day has been identified with that
state not in great public way, but
simply as faithful and devoted citi-
tzens, not striving for particular emil
'nence, but notable for sturdiness Of
character and integrity.
It was among such people and Of
them that William Mckinley was born
at Niles, in Trumbull county, o., Feb.
26. 1914.
A younger son, he was destined by
his father, after whom he was named,
for the bar. He was educated at the
public schools, and later entered Allie
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ACCIDENTALLY SHOT.
Cash kitterman Meets With a Sliaht
Accident Yesterday,

Through the accidental discharge of
his shot gun yesterday afternoon Cash
Kitterman, a switchman in the employ
of the Burlington, had his right foot
slightly injured. He was able TO
come home, when physician was call
ed and the injury attended to. Mr..
Kitterman will be able to be out in a
few days.
about $3.50 o'clock while Mr. Hitter.
man, was stepping across small ditch,
his gun was discharged in some unac-
countable manner, part of the charge
striking his right foot. One of the toes
was badly lacerated, but he was able
to return home. DR.. Spilman was at
once called and attended the injured
members, and while it will lay the VIC
tim UP for several days, it will not re-
suit seriously.
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Mckinley
as
a Lawyer.

roou1.r or,,r DIT q, +his ,;s n,,.o,+,
offorod strona onnoSition rho1 no;nt
ed o,t tbo srnoli rovorls +h,+ soma 10
tho soldio,. In t;,,,o % no.oo A. Inn,,t,,
bo yie,dod ~ thoi,. roi.s,,,s ;o,s .nd ,a
l,,ot,n+,, o,,,o ~, liz dra.r 80 No.,
+io, slor,, ond hon+ his ,,,in1 ,,no, t,,o
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ho nhosa +ro ,,-r NJ ,,oa,n,o -,
In 40 otf,aos 90 rha,.,as,. n c,i,,1a,ss
end T5oyid wilton +ho;, Ioo1ars ~ ~
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al III ,oodin H.. t,,.i,,,r ~ ,e,,,.s =.
tho A,h,,v Ion. snl,nnI ana IN 1sc5
,,os od,,,ittod - ~ l,ar TT. ,a,taa
a. ron+on ,,,hor, ~ for,nod ,,ont,an
shin With 1ndaa pa,,an
He rros on oxoalion+ ,drooo+o -
in thoso o,rl,, do,s ana ,ool,o san,o ,,e
Tho hos+ i,,r,. oro,,,nort. n,.o,. ,,oand ~
the star,. no,,,,tf, har 40 49, ".
n-os frs+ o,oot.5 - oo,,r,oe,, " o,,ie,ns
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AS
a Son.


1t had been his custom while at home
In Canton to take his mother to church
each Sunday morning, When he went
to Columbus as governor, he determin-
ed to keep up the practice as much as
possible, and unless the press of public
business was very great he always
slipped quietly over to Canton from the
state capital on Sunday mornings and
walked to church with his mother on
his arm. The next train would carry
him to Columbus, where his wife
awaited his coming. Naturally the
mother looked with pride on such a
son, and she followed with keen inter-
est the progress of his first presidential
canvass.
Young Mckinley had been keen OBJ
server, so far as his opportunities went.
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MKIN1EY AS A BREslr MAJOR.

~ h4NLE1 Ao a ooLSlll AhJO1s
ighany college at Meadville, Pa, teach
ling school to pay his tuition fees.
scarcely was he matriculated when
the civil war came on. He was but
STRIPPING Of nineteen when he entered
ps private.
/ Mckinley, as those who remember
him as boy in Poland, O., declare,
was real boy, full of fun, loving ath
ietic sports, fond of horses and hunt
ing and fishing and all outdoor exer-
else, and yet at 16 we find him taking
upon himself serious view Of life.
The church records show that in 1858,
when he was hardly Is, he united with
the Methodist Episcopal church Of Po-
land.
Mckinley's father was an iron manu-
facturer and a pioneer in that business
William was his third son, the eldest
being David, the second James and the
youngest Abner.
McKinleys mother was alert and Wig
orous, mentally and physically, up to
the time of her death, which occurred
when she was nearly ninety years of
age.
Major McKinley's home life was very
happy despite the fact that his wife
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full enthusiasm and
ardor, and he re-
turned to his home
in Ohio fully ex-
pecting to accept
the tiattering offer
made him of a
commission in the
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As Governor
and |
President. |

service in congress the Ohio statesman
was defeated for reelection.
During his gubernatorial campaign
in 1893 Mckinley visited eighty-six Of
the lightweight counties Of Ohio and
made 130 speeches. He was elected by
a plurality of S0,995, up to that time
the record in Ohio.
The policy which Governor McKin-
ley pursued during his four years Of
occupancy Of the eubernatorial chair
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The
Mckinley
Bill.

usual, Mckinley spoke without notes.
His voice, penetrating but not harsh,
filled the chamber. Every sentence
was distinctly heard. Never was an
orator more free from the ordinary
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throng. The gal-
leries were one
mass of humanity,
and the anticipa-
ton Of the vote
had compelled the
attendance of ev-
n,,r p,op,l,or 40
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WILL SUCCEED BOWS.
Cedar Rapids Man Will Not Go to
LEGISLATURE.

Center Point, Sept. 24.-At the Linn
county republican convention JIG. Beal-
er was named for representative to
succeed Col. w. G. Dows, of Cedar
Rapids, who had served two terms and
was not candidate.
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dietary committee, the committee On
expenditures in the postofIice depart
ment and the committee on rules. When
General Garfield received the nomina-
ton for the presidency, Mr.. Mckinley
was assigned to the vacancy on the
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AS q
Statesman.

in which year change in the bounda-
ries of his district defeated him by a
majority of only 302.
While in congress he served on the
committee on revision of laws, the iu-
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nation with some
of it's greatest SOL
diers and states
m e n. II e W a S
Scotch-Irish by de-
scent. and his an
cestors immigrated
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of the political
events that culni-
mated in the firing
on Fort Sum ter.
The call of the pres
ident for troops
found a quick re-
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AS a
Husband.

cation when girl, spent some time
abroad and became her fathers assist
ant in his bank, where it was said that
her fair face attracted bouquets and
bank notes TO ti'" window. "She must
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No less than his at
tention to his wife.
his thought and
care for his moth
er, particularly
since his fathers
death in 1892. have
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people OF MS us
trict to represent
them in congress.
There he soon made
his mark and was
returned at each
subsequent election
until that of 1890.
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His Career From an Humble Be-
ginning.
WAS a LONG AND HONORABLE ONE
Extends From Time He Was a Mere
Stripping Holding Sway in a Log
| Cabin School House to Tragic Mo.
| nnent at Buffalo.

r. 3ollS duu uOuOIdUle was Uuo
public career of William McKin-
ley. 1t extended from the time
when, as a mere STRIPPING, he held
sway in a log cabin country school
to The tragic moment when, as
chief executive Of the nation, he
was felled by the assassin's bullet.
During all that time his record
suffered neither blot nor blemish.
He was tested as soldier, as a
lawyer, as politician, as states
man, as the head of the nation.
In each case he stood the test.
In private life he began by be.
ing manly boy, dutiful and obe-
dent son. He continued as a
faithful and loving husband, one
whose example has had its good eff
feet on the national character.
His life was typically American,
the life of an American of the best
type. And through it all he was
a patriot. Above personal ambi-
tion were ever in his mind his
country and his country's good.
William Mckinley came from that
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The sentiment which resulted in the
nomination Of Mckinley for governor

Of Ohio was en-
gendered immedi-
ately upon the an
nouncement Of the
result Of the cleo
ton of 1890, when
a f ter fourteen
1,anrS, continuous
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was an In valid.
Mrs. NJ c Kinley
was Miss Ida Sax
ton, daughter of
James and Mary
saxton Of Canton,
o. She received
an excellent edu-