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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-11-07
The Election
Republicans Election Six Out of
the Eight Circuit Judges
Sure, and it is Close i'm
Seventh and Third.
Republicans Jubi1ant All Over
the County. Returns Very
satisfactory for an
"Off- Year, Election.
Mccoy Elected by from 1900
to 1900 Majority.

Enough returns are in to assure
the election of six Republicans OF
the eight circuit judges, with the
result in doubt in the third and
seventh. A very light vote was
polled all over the state. The fol-
lowing are the returns from the fifth
circuit as near as they can be
obtained at this writing.
James H. Mccoy Republican,
defeats Thomas I'll. Null (fusionist)
by about twelve hundred majority.
Brown county gave Mccoy a
majority of about 900.
Beadle county gave Null a major
ity of about 400.
Grant county will show a small
majority for Mccoy, probably about
so.
Day county gives Mccoy a major
ity of $50.
Sphinx county gives Mccoy a
majority of about 200.
Marshall county gives Mccoy a
majority of about 20.
Roberts county gives Mccoy a
majority of about 300.
SPHINX COUNTY.
Mellette village and
township gives Null 26 majority.
Worthwhile Mccoy 81. Null Il.
Worthwhile township-McCoy 32.
Null Is.
Redfeld- Mccoy rs. Null 80.
Doland 30. Null IL.
Frankfort Mccoy 25. Null A.
~Turton-McCoy 80. Null 6.
Mccoy Ii. Null 10.
Athol-McCoy "a. Null is.
A~shton-McCoy Ii majority.
COUNTY.
Summit-McCoy 80. Null AS.
Wilmot Mccoy AZ. Null 20.
Sisseton-M Mccoy 100. Null 107.
DAY COUNTY.
Pierpont-McCoy Is. Null 8.
Webste Mccoy 202. Null 81.
Mccoy SO. Null Is.
Lily--McCoy II. Null 30.
Andover-McCoy 28.Null3. Ando-
yer township Mccoy Z. Null IL.
Bristol Mccoy Is. Null 10.
Butler Mccoy Ii. Null 6.
MARSHALL COUNTY.
Britton Mccoy So. Null 81.
Langford Mccoy 40. Null 22.
yeblen Mccoy 20. Null 30.
GRANT COUNTY.
Milbank Mccoy has a majority
of 3 in the city.
Twin Brooks 6. Null "a.
Big Stone Mccoy A. Null 4.
Stockholm Mccoy II. Null B.
Troy Mccoy ID. Null 4.
Oceola Mccoy 4. Null Z.
BEADLE COUNTY.
Huron Mccoy 81. Null 800.
Hitchcock Mccoy l6. Null 8.
"God of Battles More has been
relegated to private life by a large
majority. The voters of the eighth
have set their heal on his reasonable
~utterances, no room in the Hills for
his unpatriotic sentiments.
ELECTIONS IN THE OTHER STATES.
The returns are very satisfactory
in New York, Seth Low bucked the
tiger and broke the bank when Tam
many cashed in Tuesday, it was
nearly 10000 votes short. Tam
many has got an awful drubbing.
Richard Croker can now 60 to his
English country place, he has no
further business in New York poll
tics, the Republicans have made
almost a clean sweep in the state.
The democrats still have Kentucky
and Virginia with some consolation
in Maryland.
Ohio Republicans elect the entire
state ticket, and the legislature,
which will choose a ccess to
Senator Foraker, is safely Republi-
can.
Massachusetts, is Republican by
10000.
The Maryland Legislature is Dem
ocratic.
The regular Republican nominees
for state treasurer and justice Of the
- 1900 49,.
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In the tragic death Of William Nc
Kinley the nation has lost more than
a president. 1t has lost q man Of whom
1t was proud to say. "He is a typical
American" Just how great is this loss
can best be realized by a review Of the
life Of our third martyred president.
It is life which can stand the search
Ing rays of publicity, for the career of
William Mckinley bears no blot, re-
veals no blemisb, from its humble be-
ginning to its illustrious but sorrowful
ending.
He was born Jan. 20, 1S43, at Niles,
Trumbull county, o.
When he was nine years old, his par
ents removed to Poland, where he
passed the rest of his boyhood and
school days.
In 1860 he taught school, clerked in
the Poland postofice and finally, in
June of that year, enlisted as private
IN Company E, Twenty third Ohio vol
unteers.
In 1852 he was promoted to be CON-
missary sergeant and later to second
lieutenant on the staff of Rutherford
B. Hayes. He distinguished himself in
several engagements.
In 1858 he became first lieutenant.
In 1864 he was promoted to captain
and detailed as acting adjutant general
Of the First division, First Army CORPS.
In 1865, having been brevetted a ma
jor of volunteers and honorably dis
charged, he returned to Poland and re-
sumed the study of law.
IN 1867 he was admitted to the bar
and began practice at Canton.
In 1871 lie was married to Miss Ida
SaXtOn of Canton.
In 1876 lie was elected to congress,
serving as representative from Ohio
for fourteen years.
In 1880 he acted as chairman of the
ways and means committee which
framed the bill that afterward became
known as the Mckinley tariff law.
In 1891 he was elected governor Of
Ohio.
In 1893 lie was reelected governor of
Ohio.
In 1896 he was elected president of
the United States.
In 1897 he was inaugurated presi.
dent
In 1898 he personally supervised the
conduct Of the Spanish-American war.
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most that was in him. He did nothing
himself that others should do ~ him.
His cabinet officers were appoteed fss
q purpose-to administer the alealrS Of
their great departments. He RaQulred
Of them a strict account ef Otp6ar6-
ship: he did not inteFfaes M tAsA
IN the discharge Of thslr oqDgVus Au-
ties; he called them i6te Stufnuon;
he required Q showiug Of th1ar ho1ksl
he drew upon them Ter q ssrsa(4hnDaAe
OF administrative polseies; he rdlie6 Vp-
on them for material and suppoq1: kle
ONCE was a model In the dlspA y VI
public business. A.ksen 1udes e Den,
he surrounded himself with e0eienS
helpers. From an ordinary sevQgnps9a
establishmeat. with yeFy in1IU UoeeAt
methods. the executive na>nina' b.
came one Of the NEST psastfeol AID
helpful Of public emebs. A neslpp 10
the Office Of the president Of tbe pAited
States il to-day a post Of aighal henoS,
highly prissd spolg tAe fhouslnAs Of
such places In the Neral service.
Only the sterling qualities Of bis
character helped him in the dark hours
Of personal suffering which came to
him during the last few months Of his
life. All public men train themselves
in the hard school Of self control, but
none was more successful than VIII
liam Mckinley. The nation still re.
members the calm, patient man who
watched for many hours at the bed.
side of his wife and whose uobenAiug
will smothered every outward trace Of
the emotion which tore at his heart
strings. Even in that recent tragic
moment when he had been felled by
the assassin that grand moral strength
Of his enabled him to endure pain with
q calm face. 1t was he who tried to
reassure his friends, although his life
blood was even then sbbing away.
Such was the stuff of which our third
martyred president was made.
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representatives, he found that two 9th
were asking for the place. Reed was
the only eastern aspirant, and he won
handily. 1t is a tradition in the house
Of representatives that the speaker
shall appoint his most formidable op-
ponent chairman of the ways and
means committee, and this chairman
becomes ex officio the leader Of the ma.
jority. This lot fell to Mckinley. 1t
was his opportunity, and he took ad-
vantage of it by formulating the Nc
Kinley tariff bill. The outcome is
known to the world.
Two years later, after McKinley's s
district had been changed SO as to
make the normal majority against him
more than 1900, he was defeated for
congress, but he made a strong show
ing by cutting his opponents vote down
to a margin of 800. This led to his
nomination as governor of Ohio, and
his next step was to the White House.
Had Mckinley been successful in his
candidacy for the speakership, and
had he appointed Reed chairman of
the committee on ways and means, In
all probability he never would have
been president.
But Mckinley kept to his work. He
had no false notions of luck. In one
of his addresses to young men he said,
Luck will not last" The president
held that
The fortunate
Is he whose earnest purpose never swerves,
Whose slightest action or inaction serves
The great aim.
So this brace of temporary setbacks
that he experienced merely afforded
him time and space in which to get a
fresh hold on the lines of his destiny.
In 1884 he was a delegate at large
from Ohio to the national convention,
and helped to nominate James G.
Blaine. At the next national conven-
tion he represented the state in the
same manner, and supported John
the first days balloting, the indications
were that Mckinley himself might be
nominated. Then his strength Of pur-
pose and his high ideas Of loyalty and
honor showed themselves, for in an
earnest and stirring speech he demand
ed that no votes be cast for him.
In 1891 he was elected governor of
Ohio by a majority of about $1,000
over Ex-Governor James E. Campbell,
the Democratic candidate. 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 delegate at
large to the national convention at
Minneapolis. and was made permanent
chairman. Although his name was not
brought before the convention. yet he
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M'KNLEY'S BOYHOOD.

To speak at length of William Nc
Kinley's ancestry would be to repeat
facts that are already we'll known
That he was descended from sturdy
Scotch Irish ancestors. that he was the
child of William Mckinley, pioneer
in the iron pudding business In Ohio
these facts have been thrashed over
again and again.
Though the town Of Canton is most
Intimately associated with the name OF
Mckinley, it was not his birthplace.
He was born in Niles.
The old inhabitants Of that quaint
little village claim to remember him,
but their memories are vague, for he
was only boy when the family moved
to Poland. Mahoning county, o. His
neopie were not rich then, neither We're
they very poor.
Young William was sent to the vii
1age school at Niles. but his father felt
(hat better educational advantages for
the children could be secured else
where. Accordingly he moved to 70
land. and the future president was
sant to what was known as the "acad-
cuay'' in that town.
ne stood well among his school fel'
lows in all his studies, but his work IN
he debating society seemed to give an
early hint Of the eloquent oratorical
>wers which later enabled him to
SWAY multitudes with even more ease
than at that time he swayed the scnoo'
fellows who gathered to hear the oe'
bates. "a. .he
AT the early age of 16 he LETT tne
Poland academy for Aileghahy eolee.
In Meadville, Pa. Here, no"sse,' -.
sudden illness forced him TO give " ~
his studies and to return nome
top of this misfortune came VIVA. p.aH oI
tically amounted to the business iail
ure of his father Everything was no :.
lost. but the family was 50 reduced I
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One Touch Of Nature.
Wilmington Messenger.

w IlmiuktOu AcSSCuS0ts
One good thing will come from this
most wicked, most diabolical attempt
upon the life of the President. 1t
will draw the people nearer together.
make them realize more than they
have a common country with q COM
mon destiny. The united sentiment
and the profound regrets Of oil sec
tions. of all States, Of all communi-
ties, will tend to solidify. to unite. to
harmonize the different parts OF the
American Union. The baleful fires
Of discord will he extinguished and
only depraved and mean spirits will
again hurl anthemas at the South.
Generally all churches and among all
denominations have prayers been
offered for the Presidents speedy re-
covery. In this town on Sunday,
prayers in all the worshiPping
churches were offered to the Heaven
ly Father, the Creator and Dispenser
OF all life in behalf of the wounded
President then thought to be lying 10
almost extremis. A common human
;ty, a common sorrow, n common
calamity have drawn the hearts Of
the American people together.
Shakespeare wrote three hundred
years ago that
"One touch OF Nature makes the whole
world kin"
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mARTYRED
ES|DENT
The Life Story Of William Mckinney,
Who Rose From Log Cabin to
the White House and Whom
the Nation Was Proud
to Point to as aTyp-
iCal American.

received 1S2 votes. He himself was
strong supporter of President Har-
risOn.
In 1893 Major Mckinley was re-elect-
ed governor Of Ohio by a majority of
SO,995. At the expiration of his term
he returned to Canton. He had been
a political speaker and leader in con-
gress, known and admired throughout
the country. and his popularity and
the confidence Of the people in hts prin-
ciples and purposes were constantly in
creasing; hence there was little sur
prise when he was nominated Oh the
first ballot at the Republican national
convention at st. Louis in 1896
M'KINLEY AS A SPEECHMAKER.
Experienced campaigners declare
that Mckinley was an ideal candidate
He had all the courtesy of Kentucky
colonel. and his gallantry was unfan-
ing. His memory for names and faces
was phenomenal. Though not effusive,
he was ever urbane. He had tact and
in all the relations of life was a living
exemplifcation of the suaviter in mo-
do.
His home at Canton, O.. during the
progress of his two canvasses for the
presidency was the Mecca of thou
sands of admiring supporters. The
trampling out Of the grass in his front
yard, even down to the roots, grew to
be a national jest, yet it was no exag-
geration.
Rriof SnoochaS woYp IN tho ont 20
liking. Two characteristic addresses
will suffice to illustrate his methods of
addfess-one is no longer than Lin
coins masterpiece at Gettysburg, and
the other required not more than three
minutes for delivery in his most DELHI
crate style.
At Canton, O., speaking Of the prog
ress of the war with Spain, the presi-
dent said:
Our glorious old flag, the symbol Of liberty,
floats today two herpispheres. During the
recent had exhibitions of unprecedented
patriotism the part Of the people and unmatch-
ed heroism the part Of soldiers and sailors.
Our second great triumph is the triumph of pros
perity. The busy mills, the active industries, the
general prosperity, have scattered plenty Ger =
smiling country. Our third great triumph is the
triumph xe have had sectionalism. We are
no longer a divided people, and he who would
stir up animosities between the north and south
is denied hearing in both sections. The boys oi
the south and the boys of the north fought tri-
umphantly en- land and sea in every engagement
during
At Chicago, three days later, he gave
utterance to the following:
The United States never struck a blow except
for civilization and never struck its colors Has
the pyramid lost any of its strength Has the
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and expression having dourished most
during periods Of popular governnent.
One Of the frst maxims put fsvah by
Mckinley In his first campaign against
Bryan was, 1T Is better to open the
mills than to open the mints."
The president once sought to win
acceptance of his policy Of confidence
and hope by saying, "A patriot makes
a better citizen. than q pessimisA"
To indicate his confidence in the
course that he was steering the ship
Of state, he declared. 1.-The country Il
not going backward, but forward"
For younger men Mckinley gave
voice to this oracular saying: Luck
Will not last. 1t may help you once,
but you cannot count upon it. Labor
Is the only key to opportunity"
HIS HOME LIFE.
When Major Mckinley first went to
Canton to consult his sister On the
choice Of profession, he met Miss Ida
Saxton, the pretty daughter Of James
Saxton, a well to do banker Of Canton.
He was young and good looking; she
was oWCct SiAtceA 1nc dC4u1lutduco-
ship was of short duration, for he had
to 60 to Albany to study law and she
had to return to school, but the first
thing that he did on his return to Can
ton as full fiedged lawyer was to
seek her out and WOO her for his wife.
They were married on the 2oth day Of
January, 1871, and he always declared
that it was the best suit he ever w6h.
The young couple began their house
keeping in the old Saxton home at
Canton. Two children We're born to
them. but both died in infancy. Since
the birth Of the second child Mrs. Nc
Kinley has been an invalid, but yet q
happy and contented one, for the devo-
ton Of her husband was untiring. She
followed his political career closely,
and often he was indebted to her for
valuable advice. During the conven.
ton which renominated Mckinley for
the presidency, when the private wire
was ticking the news, there was NO one
30 deeply interested in the result a.
Mrs. Mckinley, and when 1t came and
her husband entered the room with the
message in his hand there were tears
In the eyes OF the others present as,
tenderly bending over her, he kissed
her and said, Il congratulate you. my
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In 1899 he shaped the policy which
resulted In the extension Of our do.
main far beyond it's former borders.
In 1900 he was reelected president
by a popular plurality Of $4,000.
In 1901 he had begun his second ad
ministration with the establishment OF
civil government in the Philippines
and was preparing to inaugurate home
rule in Cuba. Early in the spring he
made memorable tour Of the country
from Washington to San Francisco, the
journey being interrupted by the seri'
Gus illness Of Mrs. Mckinley. With
the returning health of Mrs. Mckinley
he accepted an invitation to visit the
Pan-American exposition at Buffalo,
and it was at the close OF his third day
there that he was shot
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ed its tents. and among those who lay
under that scant shelter was William
Mckinley. just starting on the career
that has brought him such honor and
such gratitude from a whole nation.
PROEOTED FOR GALLANTRY.
Mckinley's executive ability brought
him into notice almost Immediately.
He was made commissary sergeant and
for two years was on the staff Of Presi-
dent Hayes, who was then in command
of the regiment.
On what President Hayes had called
the bloodiest day of the whole war
the 18th of September, 1852, In the bat
tie of Antietam-Sergeant McKinley's
conduct was such that his commander
in person recommended his promotion.
Under the hottest fire, with men ly.
ing dead AMI dying all about him, with
men suffering bitterly from the want
of a bite to eat and a drop to drink,
Sergeant Mckinley, with the staff that
he had organized so well, was every.
where on the field, distributing the
food and the coffee that the fighting
men so much needed, cheering them
on with his brave words and never fol
an instant seeming to care for the shot
and the shell that were flying so fast
about him.
Major Hayes noticed the young man
with admiring eyes. While recovering
from his wounds he called upon Gov
ernor Tod of Ohio and told him of the
incident. The governor Immediately
ordered the promotion Of Sergeant Nc
Kinley and ordered further that the
promotion should be placed upon the
roster Of the company.
Step by step after that the young
man won his way up until three months
before he was mustered out he was
made major by brevet for gallant and
meritorious service at the battles Of
Opeuuan. Cedar Greek and Fishers
Hill"
His commission was signed "a. Lin
|' HIS POLITICAL CAREER.
Returning home from the war. McK1n-
lev studied law with Judge Charles E.
Clidden Of Canton and at the Albany
T.av school. He was admitted to the bar
IN March, 1867, and settled in Canton.
which became his permanent home. He
soon attracted attention as lawyer Of
ability, and, although Stark county was
Democratic, he was elected prosecut'
ing attorney in 1869, but he was defeat
ed for the same Office two years later
From this time forward Major Mckin'
ley gave much attention to politics.
tn IN
career brought only greater honors
When Mckinley offered himself as 9
candidate for speaker Of the house pl
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republic lost any Of its virlity, Has the self gov
erning principle been weakepedf Is there Sny
present menace to stability and duf,sioh'
These questions bring but answer. The re-
public is sturdier and stronger than ever before.
Government by the people has been advanced.
Freedom under the Gag is more universal than
when the Union was formed 0r steps have befn
forward. not backward. FROM Plymouth rock 10
the Philippines the grand triumphant march Of
human liberty has never paused.
As maxim maker the president
gained fame, and searchers of history
have declared that monarchies and
aristocracies have produced few
maxim makers. this form of thought
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- circumstances that It was lmpracti-
cable to send William back to college
He was still little more than a boy,
but, anxious to do all in his power to
aid in the support Of his family, he
took position as district school teach
er, with the munificent salary of $25
a month.
And then came the war, and the
young schoolteacher, burning with
the desire to aid in the great cause Of
liberty, was one of the first to enlist
In the army.
HOW MKINLEY ENLISTED.
Robert p. Porter in his Life Of VII
liam Mckinley" gives this description
Of the young mans enlistment:
was the banner township. The boys went to The
tsent just as soon the national governmsn3
would take them. Polands pride today Is that
she never stood the draft. Her quota was always
full and ovsrfowing. Said enthusiastic Poland
to the writer:
''Of this she is rightly proud. When the war
cloud had burst over our heads, Poland came to
the front with more than her share Of treasured
sons her Offering. And the prsliniiparies were.
q rule, conducted at the Sparrow House. One
day In June, 1861, a crowd had gathered In this
old tavern. An impassioned speaker pointed to
the stars and stripes which hung on the wsll
and exclaimed, with much expression
" Our country's flag has been shot ut. It has
been trailed in the dust by those who should de-
fend it, dishonored by those who should have
cherished and loved it, and for whatf That this
free government may keep a race in the bondage
Of slavery. Who will be the FIRST to defend itF
"a deadly silence reigned in that hotel parlo5.
Many beating hearts there were In the room.
Many young patriots stood there who longed to
serve their country and yet had not the courage
to make the first move.
Presently space was cleared in front Of the
eloquent speaker. One by one some OF the choic-
est OF the young Of Poland stepped forward.
Among them a slight gray eyed boyish figure
might have been observed.
.'Too much impressed With the seriousness OF
the situation to put himself in evidence. he sten-
ped up with the rest. He ives only boyish prI-
vate then
The company that was formed then
was carefully drilled in the few days
that it had before its departure for
camp. On the day that they left Po-
land half of the town followed them al
most to Youngstown in their eagerness
to keep the brave boys in sight as long
as possible.
At Youngstown the train was boarded
and the journey for Camp Chase at
Columbus begun. Here Company e Of
the Twenty third Ohio reeiment pitch
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Cousump,ion Threatened

Z. Unger, 2l2 Maple ST., Champaign. Ill,
writes: Il was troubled with . hacking
cough for year and l thought had con-
sumption. tried great many remedies
and was under the care of physicians for
several months. 1 used one bottle Of
FOley's Honey and Tar. 1t cured me.
aud have not been troubled since" For
sale by Melville Dorsey.