Evening star., 1901-09-21

and Hawaii will be the work of your ad.
ministration?" Then he became serious,
remarkinS simply: mo President ever car
tell what the work of his administration
will be-
The incident was brought to my mind
during the interview a few weeks ago at
canton in listening to the earnest talk OF
President Mckinley about the new ques-
tions and the new responsibilities which
had arisen and of which Cuba was the
source. He was not talking of expansion
In itself. but of the satisfaction he felt at
the fidelity and intelligence with which the
various officials, civil and military, had met
their duties In the Philippines, in Cuba
and In Porto Rico: think it will be the
testimony Of all those officials that their
greatest help came from the thorough un-
derstanding which President Mckinley
showed OF their perplexities and difficulties
The same instinct which kept him so mar
Velously IN touch with the American pco-
pie seemed to place him In sympathy with
allen peoples foreign to American institu-
tions In all his discussions of public
measures there was the strongest hone that
by the end of his second administration
the petty annoyances and the obstacle
would have disappeared and the expansion
or the nation could be judged in its proper
proportions.
Friendship for Latin-America.
In the Buffalo speech President Mckinley
gave an indication Of his sentiments on the
unity of the countries on the American con-
t!nent. While his views may not fully have
matured he was filled with the idea of
manifestation Of the disinterested friend
ship OF the United States for its Latin
American neighbors. Privately he deplored
the distrust which at times has been mani
tested and which was encouraged lust af-
ter the Spanish-American war. Nothing
pleased him so much as the evidences that
this distrust was disappearing. Had he
lived probably within the next few months
m
laratton which would have convinced the
Latin peoples of the American continent
how thoroughly President Mckinley en-
tered into their own aspirations
During the talk at Canton an incidental
interruption caused President Mckinley to
digress from other subjects in order to
speak OF his policy with regard to the
south. Rival claims for federal appoint
ment brought the matter up. do not think
that he was very hopeful that the long pre-
dicted political division in the south would
come during his administration, yet on that
account he did not feel justified In lessen
ing his own efforts to bring it about. In the
appointment which he had under consid-
eration the objection was made that one
candidate had given very loyal party SER
vice and was being opposed by faction
which only recently had come into the
party and 1t therefore should be over
ruled. This Is a familiar argument when
ever an office in the south is to be filled.
President Mckinley had heard 1t many.
many times, and as strong party man 1t
had weight with him. Yet in speaking of
this particular case he remarked, Where
you are In the minority, how do you ever
expect to become the majority unless you
get converts from the other side?' The
reply was made that while converts were
desirable they were too positive and too
self-assertive-in fact, altogether too In
dependent. President McKinleys comment
was that 1t took men who were independ-
ent and positive to shake of old party ties
and form new ones when issues changed.
New Southern Political Condition..
While he always was intensely pleased
that sectionalism disappeared under his
administration. as before stated, he did
not look for the early breaking up Of the
solid south. though every consideration
would seem to indicate that the time had
come for this to occur. In the porch cam
padgn Of 1896 OF all the incidents with
which 1t was crowded nothing impressed
him SO deeply as the coming of the con-
federate veterans to Canton.
After four months spent with Mr. BRYAN
that year my work took me to Canton and
1T was a pleasure to hear from the lips OF
the Pres1dent-elect many details Of his own
campaign. It was then that he spoke OF
the confederate veterans, and frequently
thereafter he recalled the full significance
OF their presence. Remembering this. I
spoke OF II In the talk with him q few
weeks ago with some impatient comment
on the failure OF the south, with q large
element In 1t sustaining the expansion
policy. Of the Mckinley administration to
do so openly and under the marty hammer