The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-03-04

! - .iiS ioSditE TO ONO. or my deNO-
tlon to the chief of her choice and the
chief OF mine" And on the seventh bal
lot benjamin Harrison was nominated
| -FOUR years later Mr. Mckinley was
tested again. while presiding as chairman
| of the Republican National Convention
al minneapolis. where he had gone TO ad-
| vocate the denomination. of President
Harrison. The anti-Harrison managers.
without consulting Mr.. Mckinley, sought
10 unite n majority Of the convention in
MS support, and were apparently sue
ceeding. They had induced the Ohio dele
sauon. of which he was member to
vote Tor him. From the chair Mr. Nc
| hihley challenged the announcement of
the ONO vote. and demanded, as a MEM
Der OF the delegation. that its roll should
ne called. Upon this poll of the deIega-
ton, his alternate. under his instructions,
voted for Benjamin Harrison, while all
the other votes We're cast for Mr. McKin-
ley: but Mr.. McKinley's action prevented
the success of the movement to nominate
him, and although he received 1S2 votes.
Mr.. Harrison was renominated on that
ballot
When the fuiiness of time for his nomi-
nation came at st. Louis, in 1896, he re-
ceived the nomination on the first ballot
with 661 1-2 votes, 81 IL being cast for
Thomas 3. Reed. 81 1-2 for NJ. S. Quay,
So for Levi p. Morton. and 80 1-2 for VIII
liam r. Allison. In 1900 he was nominated
before the convention met at Phila-
delphia. by the voice of his party, ard
when the roll was called. received the
votes of all the 92s delegates.
All this time Mr.. Mckinley had been
broadening and deepening In mind and
heart. All this time. through prosperity
and adversely, public and private, he had
been getting stronger and wider grip
upon the ma jority of his countrymen The
Mckinley Tariff bill of 1899 although he
was not entirely responsible for it. retired
him from Congress, but made him Gov
ernor of Ohio, and eventually President
of the United States. There was nothing
accidental in it ALL 1t was simply ma
tural and orderly process of evolution
under favoring circumstances. 1t was the
old story of an American country boys |
success through steady and deserved pro- |
without wealth. or a college edu- |
cation, or high social position as aid or
hIndranee. At ffty-three. ripened and en-
riched intellectually, he was elected Presi-
dent of the United States as though by
inevitable logic. He was ready for mis-
great task How great 1t was to be
neither he nor any one else could have
imagined then.
President McKinley's personal qualities
make him most successful in the per-
'ormance Of all the social functions of his
office, formal and informal. President
4 rthur. hitherto unexcelled among mod
.rn Presidents in charm and courtesy to
:allers and guests, has been surpassed by
President Mckinley. Il ran into bank
4 roses" said a Senator who went an
;rily to the White House to ask the re-
noval of Il Cabinet officer, and came away
milling. without having been able TO
his request: and this sums up
n a striking way the experiences of all
hose who talk with the President. He
ikes to please He would rather say yes
han no. although he says no firmly
nough whenever it is absolutely neces-
airy to deny a request, but he always
makes his visitor feel his desire to crafty
i'm. Although he has ie"er been a So
iety man. he has performed the duties 1 ;
entertaining al dinners and receptions
which are so much more important than t
hey seem outside of Washington-in a I
lost acceptable manner. His kindness 5
nd thoughtfulness have appeared in ;
personal courtesies to those
! special joy or special sorrow. which
ave given him a personal place in Wash
iston such as no other President has {
yer had. All this. and much more of a /
linor character would have made an
lviable record for President Mckinley in l
is first Administration, If there had been
D Spanish war or Chinese upheaval. I
The war with Spain. which President
cKinley did everything in his power to
revent. gave him the great opportunity Y
: his life. and the one that he best i'm d
roved. In it he lifted his Administra- n
on to the plane of those of Washington
nd Lincoln, and linked his name with S
leirs for our time, if not for all time as
lie liberator of millions from the yoke
Spain. The country wanted war. but
as not prepared for it; the President did a
1t want it. but was prepared for il .
hen 1t came. Throughout the war he
as not only the actual Gommander-in-
nieI' out the director OF our diplomacy. j
he story of the United States in the p
miner of 1895 is as dramatic and as bril-
mt and as glorious any that history n
lis. Spain was expelled from her last 9,
ronghoIds In the West Indies and in the
ist Indies, and shut up in the home | -,
ninsula; the islands she had misgov- ! \,
ned came under our flag: the United | -
ates. as the champion of the millions
lom Spain had oppressed. came out of -
r isolation, and received recognition =
I'm all the nations President Mckinley :,
1ld say more truthfully than any other I,
IN. This was my work, while. with -
modesty, thoughtfulness. ,
d generosity. he was praising and ..
lnking other men, all of whom did not =,
serve to be so praised and thanked.
e suddenness and completeness of our -
Movement won the admiration of the ~
rid. Its consequences made us an ac- NJ
g instead of a passive world power, and DC
We us new duties and responsibilities
ich We may regret. but could not hon pc
IDLY avoid. tr
w
Without undertaking to anticipate the ba
gment Of posterity, it seems safe TO in
2 THAI President Mckinley has had a IN
at part to play. and has played it n,
Il, and that it was fortunate for the of
public that he was at its head in the
sing years of the nineteenth century. ne
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