The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1901-09-23
"reminiscences
OF MCKINLEY

Will. A.. ,.;.. - a..
WINS ."e ""''o" l1o"' '"s
death OF william MCKINNEY tner
are rev men among tnee
elsnty million souls mat pa'a 'rlo'
ute to MS memory 10 the past week
to whom ne was mors than the
Ch'ef Magistrate OF the United
states-to whom ne was friend
as wen az PRESIDENT 10 whom ne
naa oeen 'rlena "a MS youth as
wen as 10 the aavso me- greatness
ana 1ame. 10 Inc htt!e town OF
fo'ano' ". tneh ana sun one OF Inc
pretnest settlements 10 the buckeye
otate' w,l'!am MCKINNEY Jr' as ne
was AZ 'nat t'he' numoeeea atnoug
ir'enos ana scnooImates John a.
Les'e ana Henry y. morse. Lime
MAKES changes. ana w'tntne marcn
o. years Leslie aoa morse came
East 70 pursue 'heir allotted can,
the wool I'I CUISINES. now at Se ii4
Chestnut street ana the latter 10
PR, s'aeot OF Inc New YORK snip
oulld'ng company whose plant 10
IN SCUM eahaen.
1et '!me la"ed 20 weaken the Ties
OF aHee:lon tnat hrst lound express
SION between me tnree boys way
oaS" ~ 'ne "it'es' "nen tney
aonnea tneir nrst long oreeehee'
Tor unC'l william MCKINNEY aeatn
Lesl'e ana MORSE were among the
mos' "eieome vaNors 10 the Wnite
house. lnoeec, president Mcnin'
icy 90 ener'sneo inc memories OF MS
ooy nooa 10 roland lnat ne seemed
~ eV'.ee .n'euse Pc ASSURE 10 every
opportunity 70 "r,te n's old class
mates as MS o'o 'r'ends' one
u 'ne precious "'e"en'oes 10 MT.
Les'e possession is caro- IRON
tne ueao treslaeh1' "oieh ne re-
ce'veo Two years ago ana 90 whlch
III 'ne Iresiden' own lnanowrit'
Jug 10 'nis sent'ment' 20 Jono a.
E EeS,le ' :, "'so 'u 'F'ena, "'n' NC
h'n''H WAN.
"A picture OF "il,'am mckinley
uu'ype, .aHen aoout 1919, was
gwen w W.T.. Ae',,e 10 MS mo'ner
lew years ago II came INTO Mr..
hes''es possession 10 an exchange
ne mace WIN mckinley mr.. Les
ne LOOKS WIN jealous pride upon
inc possession OF me numerous com
muoisa,'ons from MS GEAR ir'end'
ana ne Keeps them neatly hled IN a
COOK 10 MS once.
10 every oetaIl mr.. Morse cor.
Iooor atea mr.. Leslie story OF
Wlliiam Mckinley . early lite. the
Distinguishing features OF his char
acter, his aptitude tor learning
an q MS Constant search Tor knowl-
cage. Like mr.. Leslie. Mr.. Morse
now looks back and sees the hand
OF tro'iaence guiding young Nc
h'hley through Inc great career
mat placed him IN the highest Oh
nee IN inc iand.
mckinley, Mr.. Morse said, as
ne SAT 10 the library oil his home at
woodbury.. N. j., was ten years
older 1han i wnen we went to Union
seminary out recall how he stood
up ana aeoa!ed pubic questions,
which were then the principal :eat-
ureS o. instruction IN the Edward
Everett society or Lyceum. also
remember now the other bows ad-
m'Eea n'm' looking up 10 him as
tnougn ne was naturally superior
ana di1erent. Every boy liked
MIN. remember when he went TO
war ana when he returned and
now MS achlevements brought him
the adulation that everv small COM
munity Will give 70 one OF it's own
II ne succeeds. Then ! went to
college and lost sight OF him lew
years.
However, in 1893, arrived IRON
Poland at Canton. Mckinley had
been there a couple of years, had
got INTO politics aud was already
married. lie wasthen prosecuting
attorney. Cornelius Aultman, a
wealthy mower aud reaper manu-
tacturer OF the town, fancied Nc.
k'nley, saw brilliant future for
him and started him out in his first
congressional campaign. Aultman
was the MARK Hanna OF Mck:n-
ley early political futures. At
that time the people OF Columbiana
county, adjoining Stark and Ma
honlng counties, were clamoring
Tor protection. 1t was an iron dis
tr'ct, Mckinley absorbed the senti-
ment OF these people and plunged
into the tariff question with de-
termination to master it, and his
last speech, 'nwh!ch he SAID it was
our duty to take care OF our own
first, was Only repetition of