The sun., 1901-09-14


i n The fighting M and down the Shenan-
E,loah alley. and at i'erryville, Va, Sep
Stelnlcr 8. 1864, Captain Mckinley's horse
Swus shot from under him.. He served
Asuccessiyrly on the staifs of Geneia
ER. b. Hayes. George Crook and Winiiei
AS, Hancock. and on March Ia, 1865 VIZ
sSl,l.vetted major Of United States voitin L
Steers ly President Lincoln, for galln1i
Sservicc in the battles of Opeduail, Cedar
Creek and Fishers Hill, and was de. I
!! tailed Us acting adjutanr-genertl on the
staff Of General Samuel $. Carroll. He \
! was mustered out of the Il my on July Y
( 26. 1865 and returned to Poland. Ohio. &
4 At The close of the Civil War MajorH
I Mckinley was urged to remain i'll thas
Z army and adopt II military career; burH
Z deferring 10 the Judgment Of his father
I he quit the service and almost immed 4
|; lately began the study of the law, ,lhderE
y tilddem and Wilson. at Youngstown
= Ohio Later he attended the law Schuo
! Mt Albany, New York. He was admittpds
+ to the hnr in March. 1867. ut Warren.
Z Ohio. and during the same year removed
to Canton. Ohio, which has been his HON
ever since.
i The political career Of President Me I
NKmcy began in 1867. His first politi-e
#cal sIcp,hrs were made in favor OF |
Enpgro suffrage. Two years later. in 1863
Nhe was prosecuting attorney of Sta'k
5county Ohio, served one term and wasS
Fdercatcd for the same office two YEAR
slater. HI, took public part in all tl.eI
asuccee,ling campaigns III Ohio. makinGl
Fmuny speeches for his party. He was
Slnarriel to Miss Ida SaXton. .lannarNl
#25. 1871. Two daughters born to thcmI
died in early childhood In 1876, TN
Tcentennial year. Major Mckinley wns
kelected to the National House Of Repre-
$sentativcs. was reelected and servedI
islccssively for fourteen years. except forl
II; portion OF his fourth term when he wi,sl
SuE<eatpd late in the first session Whiie|
lin Congress he served on the committnesl
Jon the Judiciary. Revision of the Laws.
sENpcnliires in the Postotlice Depart 4
Smcnt. Rules and Ways and Means. As
Echairman Of the Committee on Ways and
EMeans. he reported the tariff law of 1889
(which afterwnrd came to he known by|
&hs name. At the beginning Of the Fifty
Hfrst Congress he was defeated in tac
caucus of his party for the Speakcrs'lip
&of the House by Thomas Il. Reed. He
WAS re-nominated for Congress. and wa;
defeated by small majority in Novem
ber, 1890.
In 1891 Major Mckinley was nominated
mi elected Governor of Ohio by Il plu
.alty Of q 500 and in 1893 was reelected
hy plurality of $685. In 1894 he wa
delegate to the Republican Nationa
UGonyentnn and supported James
Rlainc FOR the presidency. He was n
2ncmhpr Of the convention committee or
q resolutions and presented the platform
TO the convention. He was delegate-at
arge from Ohio Mt the Republican M
: onal Convention of 1884. and rs chair
nan of the committee on resolutions
q ,gain presented the platform to the cor
-crtion. He supported John Shcrmai
or the presidency. at the convention O.
1884. In 1892 he was again delegate-a
II 'arge from Ohio, to the National Repnn
lean Convention, was chairman Of The
Convention and supported Bcniamir
Harrison for the presidency.
At the convention of 1892 1872 votes
, & we're cast for Mckinley for Presidential
+ lominec Of the Republican party, At
hough he positively and persstently rc
fused to consent to the use of his nam
II n the canvass. On June IS, 1896, at -
. q &l4ouis, lie was nominated for the pres'
+, ency on the first ballot. receiving 6fl y
n .otes ont Of Il total of 922 votes. He wa
ected at the ensuing election by {
: popular vote of over 100000 and secured
ii III electoral votes out of a total Of !
votes. President Mckinley was re-nom
mated ut the National Republican Cen
Evention ut Philadelphia in 1900 and tr
nmphantly elected at the succeeding NaN
II ,mhrr election.
His first term as President of the
EUnited States will always stand a>
appchal time In the history Of this coun
E!ry. The reversal of the tariff policy
Ii naugurated in the enactment of the Me
5 liinley tariff of 1890. consequent upon tn,
l. Republican defeat in 1892. was follow,t
/ 4 by the terrible Industrial depression tla
= characterized the last Democratic Nj
l. tional administration. The revival from
a this depression upon the election 9
l. President Mckinley was SO rapid as t
il be marvellous. and during that admins
q &trstion the records show that the countr
l. preached condition Of prosperity eNcet
G, ing anything ever before knowli--or tina
= had ever been anticipated. This fac
Il alone marks the time as epochal tim'
II The first administration of President NJ,
4, b Kinney inherited the Spanish Cuban W.
IL mnidle from the proceeding Democrat
a A administrations and the subsequent 20;
ii duct of the Spanish American War, i
4 victories, the liberation of Cuba and Il
nj 4 Philippine Islands from Spanish misrlt
q b and the establishment of permanent fir
ig p government over those territories. s.eXten
IL II ing the power, and influence of the fl
lis II American institutions to the Orient n
10, II to millions of men and women to who
he liberty was unknown: the eXaltntion
ut the American army and navy III the opi
liz ion OF the world through IT,. mamie
prowress and glorious victories til
he commanding and assuring the respect n
rs. courtnsy of the nations of the world II
ol ESafeguarding the liberties extended 10 I
il. II liberated people. will always mark t
ic i Mckinley administration as Il gorio
nc II one in the Nations history. In [
be- b Chinese embroglio. growing ont of [
lr- boxer rebellion. the United States exert
st- i greater and more benficent intlunr
II upon the nations of the world than eN
- before. and it is fair to assume that I
hi. i Ehistory Of that most impa'ln inter-
var ktional controversy. will show that
thu b lFnited States authorities under the
Ills Erection of President Mckinley, eNerci'
mn 81 not only the most hencfcent iniluen
il. but was really the most potent power
m. Suggestns and enforcing tho terms
mt. h final settlement as they We're only
sal- cently adopted and signed.
nm; The five years of President NIcINinle
lro- administration has been marked hy
II" trapid recovery If industry from the de
re- Fest danressien ever known in this co
'cil- 5try: the attainment of the greatest
lmc dustrial prosperity and power Of VIII
n " history makes record; the greatest
4 Ia.