The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-09-17

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cast for him. In 1891 he was elected
governor of Ohio by a majority of
about $1,000 over Ex-Governor James
b. Campbell, the democratic candi-
date. The issue then at stake was
chiefly the tariff, but Mckinley also
placed himself in opposition to the
free coinage Of silver. In 1892 he
was again a del~egate-at-large to the
national convention at Minneapolis,
and was made permanent chairman.
Although his name was not brought
before the convention, yet he received
1872 votes. He himself was a strong
supporter of President Harrison.
Election to the Presidency.
In 1898 Major Mckinley was re-
elected governor of Ohio by a ma
jority of sO,995. At the expiration of
his term he returned to Canton. He
had been a political speaker and lead
err in congress, known and admired
throughout the country, and his pop
ularity and the confidence of the peo-
pie in his principles and purposes
were constantly increasing. Hence
there was little surprise when he was
nominated on the first ballot at the
republican national convention at st.
Louis in 1896. Though the tariff ques-
ton was at stake in that campaign,
yet the free coinage of silver was the
all important question, and on the is
sue of sound money he was elected
over William J. Bryan, the populist
and democratic candidate.
The first administration of Presi-
dent Mckinley was marked by the
beginning Of the revival of prosperity
which has continued ever since, and
by the successful waging of the war
that wrested from Spain the last vest
ige of her vast empire beyond sea and
that placed the United States in the
first rank Of world powers. The con-
clusion of the treaty of Paris, the paci-
fcation and regeneration of Cuba,
and the establishment of American
military rule in the Philippines, to-
gether with the practical stamping out
Of organized rebellion there, are mat
tiers Of history fresh in the memory
of all.
His Second Term Begun.
President Mckinley was inaugu-
rated for a second term on March 4,
1901. He reappointed his cabinet
mel of the first administration. The
supreme courts decisions on the So
called insular cases amply sustained
his colonial policy, though they made
necessary some slight alterations
in the plans he had made
for proclaiming a full system of civil
government in the Philippines on
July 4. A partial system was, how
ever, put in operation on that date,
Late in July, on notice from the Porto
Rican legislature that a sufficient sys-
TEN of local taxation had been estab-
lished on that island, the president
issued a proclamation declaring the
abolition of import and export duties
laid by the Foraker law.
The president and Mrs. Mckinley
took an extended trip across the con-
tinuent in the spring to attend the
launching of the %battleship Ohio in
San Francisco. But the trip was cut
short by the severe and serious ILL
ness of Mrs. Mckinley, who was,
however, able to be brought to her
Ohio home where she recovered, so
that her health was such that she &C
companied the president to Buffalo
last week. d
Most Of the summer vacation was
spent by the president and his wife
in Canton, and they were about to
return there when the tragedy at Buff
falo happened.
Major Mckinley was married on
January 25, 1871, to Miss Ida Saxton,
of Canton, daughter of James A. and
Catherine Dewalt Saxton. Two
were DOiu W LHelu, OuG III
1871, and one in 1873, but both died
in early childhood. Mrs. Mckinley is
a woman of exceptional charm and
nobility of character. The president
is a member of the Methodist Episco-
pal church. During his official career
he received the degree of doctor OF
laws from a number of institutions
of learning. In 1892 he was thus hon
ored by Miami University; in 1898
the universities of Chicago and Yale
enrolled his name among their alumni
while in 1899 two women's colleges
Smith and Mount Observation-Disclosures
on him the same honor. Harvard vot-
ed last June to honor him in like