Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-03-06

nail ntn the head 81 the t-nnanntt. can-
Iiln, He was not often iInpaa uue,l- he
rarely resorted 20 The aid of wit 1r hu-
NOR. Vet I never saw his equal in com
uuiling and convincing "a uupuiur audi
ence ny sheer appeal tn their re1sou and
..itritl~enct. fte tid not hutrer 1r cnfuie
item. but there was m implied rnrunfs-
ment IN tie serious and sober tome .u
which ne addressed them. He seemed
one or them. in heart and feeling he was
pne gf them. Each artisan n "A great
erpwu might saw That la the sort lf
man would Ike to be-. ami under more
nE cirrumsinnces 70 Ehf have been
he had the divine gift af svmuafhv
Wh!ch though given ouv 70 the elect
makes all men their friends
Felt at Home In Congress.
50 i came naturally about continued
me orator. that in N16-the hggiuuiug lf
the second century OF tht. rauuNiic-he
political career Thereafter Tor ~ wears
us thamner was his home use the
Nurl adftsetilv. Nowhers. m tle world
was he so In harmony with his euv ron
ment as here, nowhere elise did his mind
W'rN N such full consciousness 1t its
powers The air OF debate was native
10 him. here he drank deiisat 81 battia
with MS peers In after days when hr
arpve hy TINS stately pile. or whru on
rare pccastcus hiss duty called him here
lr greeted his Old naunts with the lffas-
uuuafe rpst ~ n child Of hr house .iitr-
ing ltt the ilar ten years 1f his life. 1led
As fnHN We're with act rffr 4usl Enrr-
De never reusss,E 20 s.. har,4.4t,-it fs--trfa
nlill ~ nen DE cI-ue o. che prssideucv
thNrr W1f not dHF when his cuuE-ues-
-lHiiA '-rricr was NOT 1f IHc fa nIu
EfHNaltF lH uflrr pres. .dienr has been
= suHh tiill 4nd curl.a4 communion wffn
tA@a z We miaT sEneuf Lincoln
alone Mckinley knew rhe legislative
lelN taurfnEhiy 4fs ramuas tion. lLs
fnethatis. it's habits af Thought He had
me HrplHIfnfiesf rHsnert tur rs 4Hrnnr-
lfy aaa an 1fiHxihie belief Ia the uIfi-
naLe rscttuts % Is PURPOSES. our hls-
tnry SHOWS haW slIreiv an executive
COURTS disaster ana ruin by assuming an
atitiiale u hostility lr fifatriIst a. ffs-
.eSisiftfitres and. nu the other hand. NJ
N4nssI traux and siurere trust aud cum
Aueu.e An eHffssres- were rsuala nF arHFnuf
ana lntH4 support amt raanerIf Hu. uaIr-
- as -uiarr term af aiaee tliE mutual
trust ant re-ar7i-s1 e-eenr.al tu t1e rHh-
Ae Weii .iFs7-Was neFrr z1aaaveI hv 4
siuEle claGd.
Following the natural bent 81 his mind.
Ne devoted himself ru auesrons 81
nn1ucs and revenue. to the essentials d
the national huusckHeuiuE ffa tunk niEn
rank In the house from the beg 5nuiug
r. readiness in iehate. his mystery 81
every subject be handled the bright and
afnaale light he she'd about him ard
above al the unflillng courtesy and good
VIII Win which he treated friend AMI
tpe 1ike-ane al the surpst stigma llras
ai Il nature born IN great destinies-InasI.
his service in the house 4 narhwav OF
unhrokeu success and brought him at
ast t1 the aii-lmpnraut post Of chair
man or ways and means and leader OF
the majority. OF the famous revenue act
which. N that capaci tV. he framed and
carried through congress. It Is not M
purpose here and now 10 speak Tie
embers Of the controversy in tha midst
Of which that law had its troubled being
are vet tno warm 70 be handled on n
1ilN Ike iris. / NAV Unlw saw thHr Il
was never sufficiently tested n prove
me praises nt is friends or the crit c sm
Of it, opponents. After a brief axisteure
II passed away. tor n time out 1f power
that swept the republicans out NJ power
* ~ NuFr frrn 4 II
zone OF shadow. his congressional dis
trtct having been rearrangef far that
purpose BY a hostile legisinture
Pathway tn the Presidency.
Someone has said IL is easy 20 love our
enemies. they help Us 50 much moro than
cur friends. The people whose u1aitsg1l.slt
skill had turned Mckinley out 81 cone
gress deserved weH Qf him and Or The
republic Never was Nemesis more swfft
and energetic The republicans af ONO
were saved the trouble % choosing 4 gov
eruor-the other side had ehHseu aur for
them. a year after Mckinley left rnu-
gress he Wls mada governor of slhfn an1
Two years later he was reelected. each
time by maIurlrtes unhoped-f1r and over
whelm.ng- He came "a Ill sDuce n the
public eve which ohscured a great per
ton Of the reid Of visiul. Tn Two ma
uoual conventions. the preside ucv seemed
within his reach. Bur he hal gone, there
IN the interest 1f others aud his honor
forbade any dalliauce WITH temptlfs on
- his nav was nly-stellvered with a
HlS hour was not vet come
There was however. ne long delay. Es
becane- rom year to wear the masr
prominent politician and ora tor in the
COUNTRY Passsonafelv fevote+f - tbs
principles OF his party he was always
ready to do anything, 70 90 anywhere TO
prnclai m is ideas and 70 support Is can
dida les. His face and his voice became
familiar to millions Of our people. AMI
wherever they were seen and heard men
became his partsans. Ills face was cast
fH
n antique marble in the galleries OF the
Vatican and n the portraits OF the great
eardInal-statesme Of Italy. his vnice was
the voice OF the perfect 0ratur-rinEing
vibrating. persuading by its very sound
by its accent OF sincere conviction So
prudent and 50 guarded were al his Ut
terances so lofty his courtesy that bs
never embarrassed his friends. and never
offended his opponents. For several
convention met IN 1896. IT was evident ~
all who had eyes % see that lTr NcKin-
ley was the only probable cand.data or
his party. Other names were ment oned
Of the highest rank n ability charactar
and Dopularitw- rheV were stinDortag nv
powerful combinations; but the nomina-
tion OF Mckinley as against the field was
inevitable.
The campaign he made viii be always
memorable in our poltca! annals He
and his friends had thought that the IS
sue for the wear was the distinctive and
historic difference between the TWO mar
ties on the subject of the tariff To this
previous four years distinctly pointed
But no sooner had the two parties made
their nominations than IL became evident
that the opposing candidate declined to
accept the field OF discussion chosen by
the republicans and proposed to put for
ward as the main issue the free coinage
Of silver Mckinley at once accepted this
challenge. and taking the battle for pro-
lection as already won. went with enerxv
into the discussion Of the theories nra-
sented By his opponents.
Faces n Difficult Situation.
When he came 10 the presidency he con-
froured a situation OF the utmost difiicultv
which might well have appalled, 4 man Of
less serene and tranquil seif-cCnfidence
Tier had been 4 state OF profound conn
mercial and industrial depression. from
which his friends had sand his election
would relieve the country. our relations
with the outside world left much TO De de-
sired The feeling between the northern
and sout heru sections Of the union was
lackfug III the corCiality which was neCes-
sarv 20 the welfare OF both. Hawaii had
asked for annexation and had been reject
ed by the preceding administration. There
was a state OF things IN the Caribbean
which could not permanently endure. Our
. No aftrFa .ar humeq ard rnert.