The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-09-19


George Crook and Winfield s. Hancock.
and towards the close OF the war was de-
tailed as acting assistant adjutant general
Iof the First Division, First Army Corps,
| on the staff OF Gen. 5. S. Carroll He
was brevetted major of volunteers for
|gallantry in battle in March, 1865, and in
| July following was mustered out OF the
|scrvice
Major Mckinley then applied himself
to the study OF law, which he completed
| BY course at the Albany On. Y) Law
School. In 1867 he was admitted TO the
bar, and settled down at Canton, o.. I'M
| the practice of his profession that town
since remaining his home. In 1860 he
was elected prosecuting attorney of Stark
|couilty. but served only one term in that
|officc. In 1867 he made his entrance upon
the field of national politics, and was
elected a member of the lower house of
Congress, in which for the next IA years.
i he represented the congressional district
lot which his county was a part. Asl
chairman of the Ways and Means Com
Emittee he reported the tariff law of 1900,
| in the preparation of which he took al
Heading part. and it has always been|
known by his name. In November of
that year Major Mckinley was defeated
for reelection to Congress, the new ap-
Iportionmcnt of the state having been sol
'gerrymandercd as TO throw him into al
Democratic district. but he succeeded in|
Producing the usual adverse majority
from 5000 TO 900. There was, however
practically no interval in his public ca
'reer, for in 1901, a few months after|
he retired from the House, he wasl
|elected governor of Ohio by a plurality
lof 2I,5II over James f. Campbell, the|
Democratic incumbent OF the Office.
Two years later he was reelected by al
plurality OF So.oo5 over Lawrence I.
Neal, Democrat, and retired from the|
|governorship at the close of 1905.
Major Mckinley served as delegate
Iat-large in the Republican National Con-
|vention of 1884, when lie supported
Blaine for President, and as a mcplber|
LOT the committee on resolutions read the|
platform TO the convention. In 1898 hel
was again delegate t-large from Ohio,
supported John Sherman for the nomi-
nation, and as chairman Of the committed
lon resolutions again reported the plat
form. In 1862 he appeared for the third
thine as delegate-at-large from Ohio,
and served as permanent chairman of the|
|convention. On that occasion Major|
Mckinley advocated the renomination|
LOT President Harrison but, notwith
standing his refusal to permit the use OIL
his name, IS2 votes were cast for himl
for the Presidential nomination At the|
national convention held at ST. Louis inI
June, 1896, Major Mckinley was made|
1.-THE Presidential candidate of the Repub-
lican party, receiving 66IH votes to 84Hl
for Thomas Reed ooH for Matthew ST.
Quay. Sc for Levi p Morton. 35H for|
William B. Allison and for ]. Donald
Cameron, with "a delegates absent. the|
plumber OF votes necessary for a choicel
being 462. In November following Nal
jor Mckinley received 7,Ioo, 100 votes|
Ito 6,5o2,685 for William J. Bryan. giving|
la plurality of 6o3,5I4. and clear NAL
jority OF the popular vote OF 28S.753 over|
|al opposition. In the Electoral College|
1.-THE vote stood 27I for Mckinley to I76I
for Bryan.
On June Fl, 1900 the National Repub
|lican Convention at Philadelphia renomi-|
mated Mr.. Mckinley for President. He|
received o26 votes (all the votes OF the|
On November o. 1907. Mr.. Mckinley
was reelected, defeating Mr.. William|
]. Bryan the second time.
During the administration of Presi-I
dent Mckinley the most important matt
ters that have engaged his attention haveI
been the war with Spain, beginning inI
April, 1893. and being concluded in Au-I
gust OF the same year the trouble With
the Filipinos. which followed the attack
'on the American troops by the FilipinosI
in February. 1900 and which still con
tinues IN desuitory sort OF fashion; theI
passage ot the Porto kican bill. applyingj
to the use OF the inhabitants OF the islandI
the duties collected the passage of theI
Financial blll at the last session OF Con-
gress by winch inc goldo standard waSI
made secure ana the trouble III Chlna
winch followed the attack OF tle boxersI
on the foreigners IN China. which neces-I
STATED sending American troops to Chi-I
ma. some OF winch arc still there.
Another interesting episode of the Mel
kinley administration was the final dis
solution OF the long standing tripartite
control OF tine Samoan Islands. Accord
ing to ire agreement TO which Great
Britain, Germany and the United States
government were parties, lutuila Island,
which contains Paeo Pago harbor, the|
pes' harDor IN the group, was awarded
to the United States, and Germany got
TIE balance oi The group ihls settle
|nent followed an ugly uprisIne on theI
island, in which some American and|
british marines were killed. and dan.
'geronS ieel'ng was ,engendered' caused