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The Washington times., 1908-01-12

The enumeration Of such list Of
achievements does not readily bring
TO the mind OF the reader the reahZa-
ticn of the immense amount Of work
this traction operator and Presidential
promoter has gotten out of his system.
II is only by the widest stretch Of
the Imagination hat one can bring
oneself to see the days and nights of
labor. the trying burdens OF detail.
the exacting cares of administration.
and the terrific responsibilities of
giant undertakings he has had on his
mind and shoulders.
Since 1892 he has been a member OF
the BOARD Of trustees of the University
Of Illinois. He has figured as one OF
the chief benefactors of the Julia F.
Burnham Hospital IN Champaign. Sew
eral years go he gave the Young Mems
Christian Association at the Illinois
University the lump sum of $4,000
Last spring he took a crowd of men,
hers of Congress- on q tour Of Panama
and the West Indies and footed the
bin himself And throughout his days
OF prosperity he has done countless
deeds OF kindness and charity, of
which the world viii never know, for
he talks about his charity as little as
he does about his business dealings
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gIlIIII D W N IIL 4 IIT n j
Mckinley and Cannon, With Thsii
Party On Board the Bleucher, En-
Route to the Panama Canal.

that parades, itself and becomes con
ceit, but the kind that hides its own
good deeds and the kind that viii walt
until the end Of time for others to
ind out his good traits. OF the most
thorough gentle breeding. he has made
IN Washington a prOverb OF the say
ing. We must be polite even 20 "u"
friends"
He made that remark one day when
one Of his employees wanted 70 see
him in his Washington home on an
important matter OF business. He ds-
clined to discuss it while a friend was
in the house. The enploye reminded
him that the time was valuable and
meant money. II was then that he re
piled, waving the business aside;
But We must De polite. even to our
friends
He has built all his success and
wealth. ne says. on the creed that 20
trust ones fellowmen is the only wise
thing TO do. He has always taken
it for granted that he would get fair
treatment from every man. and he
has given IL II the creed has ever
disappointed him. he never tells 1t.
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He Is a Natural Fighter.

Back OF his love for the world and
his trust in men, there is 2 great sbil
ity for battle. When he gets into a
fight, he wants things done 70 a I'm
ish. He goes at Il without gloves and
refuses to have the rounds called
When the railroads told him he could
not use their bridges 20 get his street
railway lines into St Louis across the
Mississippi river, he said he would
build a bridge OF his own across the
river. That was before he came TO
Congress. and the railroad people
laughed him TO scorn-
Soon after that he came to Con
gress. Before his first session was
over. he had secured the passage OF
the bin that allowed him &c build the
bridge across the NJ sissippi
The incidents tEat have been dug
out OF Little Macs asst SO to show
what stuff he Is made OF. The men IN
Congress who know him VIII tell you
nothing but good OF him. Now that
he has come 10 be a figure 70 be reck-
oned with in national politics, he Il
much discussed IN Washington. In
his committee rooms some big meet
ings are being held these days. Thsrs
is much talk OF conventions. noTnina-
TONS, candidates. ballots, and public
sentiment
The friends OF Mr.. Csnnon-&nd, os-
cesionally, Mr.. Cannon hirnsslf-ssre-
gather there and talk things over
from 4 to z. Those who ought 70
know say Mckinley talks only about
Malt as much as Chs rest OF than.
1T vrha+ ha saws a xzvs - F1saErAa fhs
others sit up and AXE notes. Mr.Can-
non has a lasting respect for him. be-
cause he bought from Cannon a rail-
way that Uncle joe" thought wa
worthless, and made Il q wonderfully
paying proposition by putting $4,000
worth OF improvements in il.
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A IL this sounds like a big
n thing. But there are big
1 ; ger things about this man
who stands Only > feet inches
high. He is loved by all who know
him, and by many who have never
even seen him. His charity has
carried happiness and comfort to
the sons of men all the way from
Illinois to uoilo. in the Philippine
Islands. He gives the employees of
his system q bonus every year
amounting to . per cent of their
annual pay. In his office in his
home town. Champaign. H., he has
a motto that reads:
IF you can't speak a kind word,
keep still"
4 year ago people who came to
Washington heard here and there
a whisper that Cannon would be a
good man to nominate for the
Presidency. They laughed. Two
months ago the country heard an
explosion that sounded like some
thing pretty real. It was the Can
non boom. The connecting link
the biggest link-between those
whispers of year ago and the
explosion of two months ago was
William Brown Mckinley. He had
made up his mind that Cannon was
enc Of the wisest men of his time,
Presidency.
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t'...S ers4tv of Illinois Then he found
Dee vas mp against the big round
world without a cent in his pocket.
So he started out He began as
clerk in drug store at $3.50 per week,
He did well and was offered clerk
ships in other drug stores in Cham
paign and Springfield. which he &C
cepted and filled for about three years.
In 1875 this silent. hard working
youth was installed as a clerk in the
banking and brokerage house OF his
uncle. James B. Mckinley. in Cham
paigu. III He worked and saved his
money. Two years later he was a part
ner I'm the concern. Soon after he
was the active manager Of the whole
business. A little later he owned the
concern. lie owns II now. All tie
time he saved money. It has been
his principle always 20 save his money.
but TO be liberal in his business trans
actions.
IN 1855 he began To do the big things.
In that year he h11r rI'e 0''-7----ef--1
end U'rbana wats~-~o~--s ami electric
lighting system. In 1880 he construct
ed the Champaign and Urbana Elec-
trio Railws.. Between that time and
1900 he built and reconstructed cleo
tric railways in Springfield and De-
fance, Ohio; Bay City. Mich. ana
Joliet. La Sale. Galeshurg, Quincy,
Danvilie. and Decatur. III.
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WILLIAM B. MCKINLEY,
Representative From Illinois and Driver
of Cannon Band Wagon.

Republican. printed con, plimentsry
things about nim. and the Champaign
Times ran a two-column. double-leads cd
poem of welcome. with the refrain:
so were mighty glad 10 see you
back.
Little Mac. Little Mac.
Glad you took the homeward track.
Little Mac, Little Mac;
At the big old county's gates for YOU
a welcome waits;
Howdy-do. Mac. Howdy-do!
That's the way Little Mac stands
at home-and he occupies the place
because of the way he has helped the
town and Its people. The only time
his secretary, who is his right hand
man, ever saw him mad" was when
one Of his construction foremen, in
digging post holes for a new electric
line. had thrown earth on some Of
the lawns along the street. Mckinley
saw it late in the afternoon and i'm
mediately went 10 a telephone to In
stluct the manager 70 have that earth
removed from the lawns it was dc
facing. The maTager replied he could
cot do il without employing an extra
gang of men. II took Mckinley a frac-
tion Of a second to order out the ex-
ira gang. And the lawns were in per-
feet condition before night fell.
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Couldn't Roast Him.

When this Congress opened. "A news
paper correspondent was Instructed by
his paper to write a roast OF Nc
kinley. The correspondent wore out
pair OF shoes trying 10 md something
10 hang that roast on. He couldn't
do IT, Everybody he went TO told MN
what a fine man Mckinley was. The
correspondent wrote his paper the
state Of affairs and received instruc-
tons To let the roast alone and
write the truth. This is one in
stance OF why the public is beginning
to know what manner OF man this
Representative IS.
Above all, he Is energetic. He
never had that tired feeling in his
life. He can sit down at q piled-up
desk and clear away the work as II
he had done it with the help Of five
men, He says little. His greatest
stunt is pulling of his coat and sitting
down to labor. When he does this
he gets on the outside OF anything
he tackles. He is a human dynamo
that never breaks down,
This is only his second term in Con
gress. It is. therefore. something Of
a pat on the shoulder from the
goddess of fortune that he Is chair
man Of the Committee on Coinage,
Weights and Measures, and that,
when he is not on the floor Of the
House. he has a committee for which
two spacious rooms in the Capitol
have been set aside. On the ceilings
OF both rooms there are PAINTED
little Cupids whose legs are much
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Just to show that he could do pretty
much everything, he reorganized and
consolidated the gas and electric
light companies in all of the towns
and cities mentioned. Since 1862 ne
has devoted much of his Tins to build
ing up interurhan systems of electric
railways in Illinois and Indiana. this
work representing what he has done
when not called on for work in Con-
gress or campaign. On this system
he operates dining and sleeping cars.
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Rouslng Welcome for lin.

They found him on the curbing out
side shearing of the dogs long hair.
He looked foolish when he was dis
covered. but he keyt on cutting until
the dog was cool and free of his wool.
He was invited to be a member OF
the Secretary Taft trip to the Philip
pines-that jaunt made famous by one
of its results. the Longworth-R oose-
welt wedding When he returned from
the journey The whole town Of Cham
paign and its surrounding country
turned out to welcome him. All the
newspapers. Democratic as well as
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Unique Political Position.

This consideration for others and
love Of human beings Mr.. Mckinley
has taken into bis new sphere. ma
uonal politics. He occupies a unique
position, for he is. perhaps, the first
man 20 help along a big movement by
the sheer force CT love that radiates
from his personality all the time
He IS first, last, and all the time 8
modest man, nog the sort Of modssty
The Washington times., 1908-01-12

those he likes than were ever de-
scribed in the Bible In this line OF
talk he excels. He likes people. and
ne likes people to like him
Out in Champaign they tell stories
of how the dogs in the streets see
Mckinley coming wag their tails and
then fan in behind him, merely for the
sake If following him home One day
last summer when he was sitting at
his desk, while the heat was coaxing
tho mercury through the top Of the
thermometer, a dog with a suit OF
long, curly. hot hair came IN. The dos
first lay under McKinley's desk, then
went to the window, and finally tried
the doorway to see il there was a
cool draft coming in that way.
Pretty soon the clerks in the office
missed 'the boss
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lillian BROWN Mckinley, Representative in Con
M ges from the Nineteenth Illinois district and
" " operates bigger traction system than any other
man the world Its present lines 500 miles, and
there under construction additional lines that will bring the total up
to 800
But Mr. Mckinley busy with another sort of vehicle these days
He driving band wagon And he is right the job
The wagon the the White House pretty well
the drivers have showed themselves into the megh
with Mckinley He has been driving and leaving the talk
to the other fellows He his job get his the finish first
Consequently he has been getting pretty good results The
other fellows beginning study his style of driving Incidentally
they a new power in national politics
this line of endeavor Mckinley has been but his natural SELF He
lights and he gives the signal the bands be
gin playing when he about climb up the works He Just takes of
his coat pnges ahead and does things This has been his
procedure all his life.
Now when he fifty years Old he is rated mutmiIionae
railways Illinois, building 100000 bridge
the Mississippi at ST. Louis chairman of committee in
Congress- and the head and front of the movement to land Speaker
Joseph G. Cannon in the Presidential chair
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and Enthusiastic RoOters.

too short for their bodies and who
wear their clothing principally on
their left shoulders. But this doesn't
bother Mckinley. He never looks at
the ceilings. He hasn't the time.
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Admires His Friends.

He loves his friends. and they are
the subjects on which he rises to his
greatest heights of loquacity. About
himself he IS the grand exalted ruler
of the Keep Still Club and a hfty-
second degree member o. the Don't
Say It order. But on the subject OF
his friends he looseRs up in great
shape. He can find more virtues IN
The Washington times., 1908-01-12
Presidential Boom a Big Fight.

A Presidential boom is a hard thing
to handle. The man who undertakes
il might as well tell his BED good-by
ans resign himself TO living on the
Job A boom has so many tricks
One day It's stock Is bounding above
the tree tops Another day It's pro
moter has to go out with a rope lad
der and a lantern and climb down into
a deep well in order to get hold of Il
and bring It to the surface. Some
TIRES It runs away with everybody
yelling 70 It 10 stop long enough 20
let a man get on the rear seat. and
sometimes IL sticks and won't bulge
an inch.
Mckinley takes al this with great
philosophy. He never climbs up on
the roof to shout out how good he
feels. And he never ruins his friends
coats by weeping or their shoulders.
But he is always on the job He
knows a lot about Taft's strength and
Cortelyou's strength and the standing
of Fairbanks. Hughes. and the rest
Of the Presidential race entries.
Whether he and the others who ar.
enrolled under the Cannon standard
viii make their man President. no one
can say with any degree Of certainty.
Bu1, if Cannon ever reaches the White
House. he will owe q lot OF il to the
man who owns the big interurban rail-
way system and who works, unCon-
cerned and un1ismay ec- beneath the
pictures of the Cupids 1vho5e legs are
too short
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Started Out Penniless.

William Brown Mckinley, banker
and railroad operator, was born in Pc
tersburg. H.. September 3. 1886, the
son of a preacher. He received a good
education IN the schools and at the
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Presidency.

Then he got busy lie found out
how people in III parts of the
country felt lie sounded public
sentiment in regard to Cannon,
and in regard TO other men. He
said things. and he did things.
After some hard work. he dropped
into Cannon's office in Illinois and
said he guessed the Cannon boom
Hooked pretty strong Since that
January II. 1908
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time, the country has learned some
things about Mckinley.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-11-05

SAID to be especially strong. The Re,
puolieRnaShad had a great deal OF
trouble at this precinct before the
arrest otGuys, but after the arrest
1t seems that all efforts to use mon,
ely, were cast aside. ...
At the court house 1t was openly
rumored that the Democrats had
made o paying headquarters at q
store on kanawha street, and those
who voted right were given the coin
at this store. .>
AZ, daylight this morning many OF
the precincts had not finished count
ing theSspote. .. ~, -.
The fact that the Republicans did
not spend one dollartat the polls con-
trary to the provisions OF, the Cor
rupt Practices Act. has been warmly
commended by all good citizens.
While the; Democrats protested to
believe that the Republicans were
1nsincere,, the work at the POLLS yes
>terday was vindicatton, for not a dol
lar was used.
The officials will take up the cleo
ton offenses Immediately and every
one, regardless of high, position, who
is charged with a violstion OF the ell
cotton laws, will be prosecuted. Capt.
Avis fairly warned every voter in
Kanawha county that he would en-
force the law without fear or favor,
and will abide by his statement
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Forced to Unload 49,
$3.50 Guaranteed Raincoats $40. 90
THE HUB.
SEWELL.

d. H.tC.. Hargrove came home,
Sunday, after spending several weeks
in Hinton. 49,.
Rev. P. a. Harris, OF South Fay
etc, visited his lodge here, Tuesday
night
Miss c. e. Bennett attended a So
cial at Brown; Saturday night.
DR.. H. c. Hargrove and Reeves
Thompson were business visitors on
Piney Monday. -.
Miss w: "A. Freeland attended a So
cial in South Caperton, Saturday
night. .--.%... -;
Miss HI. e. Darlington was calling
On friends here, Sunday.
G. H. Saunders. of Red Star, was
calling en- friends here, Saturday,
The infant son OF Mr. and Mrs
William Pollard died at Cliff Top
Friday, and was brought here for
burial, Sunday. :'r
Miss G.. e. Bennett was business
visitor to Claremont,. Monday.
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Tuesdays election, was one Of the
| Qutetest ever held In Charleston. The
looked for trouble did not come, and
as q consequence all the workers
seemed to be pleased. However, dur
ing the day there we're several ar,
rests made, the Offenders beinE
charged with bribery, attempted
bribery or buying or selling votes.
Owing to the law which had been
complied with that screens must be
up to prevent the giving OF signs,
there were no signals from tho in
side to tho workers on the outside.
Because OF this rule it was a great
Inconvenience to purchase votes. as
the buyer had to take the word Of
the vote seller, instead OF the clerk,
who, in former elections, has been of
material benefit. ~ .-. -
There were few cases Of disorder
at the polls. 1t looked squally for q
time ut Garnett school house. Dur
Ing the morning the police arrested q
negro who was in limo ready to vote.
S. P. Smith, the Republican ca1c1-
Date for Sheriff, protested, and the
ohiSSi otSCh phSh " pace I'M
der arrest. but the McGrath brothers,
who were with Smith at Garnett
school house, refused to allow an ar
rest to he made, SO the officer backed
down. At this point there is usually
a quarrel every election day, and the
Democratic workers have to be call
ed early and strong to remind them
that other people must have some
consideration.
at the Triangle precinct. it is
claimed that quite SUI m of money
was used by the Democrats. Mayor
Holley and Morgan Gardner we're
the principal workers at this point,
and were assisted by Armour CIV
ems. 1t is claimed that sufficient evil
dence las been found against Mayor
Holley to place him in a serious pre-
dlcament. Two men were arrested at
that precinct BY Detective Howard
Z. Smith large crowd stood
about the polls all day.
Over at Humphreys store, on the
West Side, in the Third Ward, a
Democratic poll clerk, named GUYS.
was arrested and taken from the poll
ing place Guys carried a piece of
chalk III his hand and is supposed to
lave slapped these voters who had
voted right on the back with his
Ncnaik. The evidence against him is
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1908-11-05
Buy school shoes that stand
the test. Your - Shoe Men,
Palmer & Thomas.
BLUEFTELD,

The infant son of Mr.. and Mrs
I'd, Johnson died Saturday morning
and was buried Sunday afternoon
Miss Settle Brady, sewing teacher
and. Miss Landorn, music teacher, OF
Blueheld Colored Institute, were
visiting the public school Monday
afternoon. tl.>..>
Misses Holland, Lewis, Joyner
Walker and Lavender and Prof T.
i. Ram attended the Mercer County
Teachers District Institute at Bran.
well Friday, Oct. 30.% -.
A very interesting and enjoyable
meeting was held and the good PEG.
pie Of Bramwell spared no pains tt
make the teachers stay q pleasant
one. In the absence Of Miss Ailer
her paper on Primary work was
read by Miss Mary 3D. Holland. The
next meeting wifi be held at Blue
field the third Saturday In January.
The following program was; rem.
dered:
1000 g.. m.--Devotionals.
Paper-Value Of Drawing in Pri-
mary Grades--Miss L. M. Lavender.
Paper---MoraI Training In the
Public 'School--Mfs.3 T.. j: Heath.
Business Session, Election of. OIL.
'r.s. GERS, Btc. s,.s -, =. -
200 p. m.--4Papef: Percentage
and ita Application--G. d, Benson.
r VI n
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BECKHANNON.

Miss Beulah Wright spent Sunday
with Weston friends.
The entertainment given Tuesday
night by the members Of the Ladies'
Aid society Of the NJ. e. church was
well attended and was success
financially. II.
Mr. John Walker. who has beeh
indisposed. for about ten days with a
badly mashed foot, fs. better at this
writing.
The Silver. Leaf Club met with Mr..
William LYDIA Friday evening.
Miss Ella Munford. Of CiarksburE,
spent Sunday with relatives here.
The most enjoyable social affair
that has been given here for come
time, was4 the halloween reception
given by the Ladies'r Ala society Sat
urday evening at the home OF Miss
Maud r. Davis, Fortune telling,
games and other amusements were
INDUCED n by Me taanyzguests that
we're present, after witch delicious
supper was served by the ladies.
Miss Susie Jones, who has been
sick, fs nntIel1 bettef at this writing.
Our school ts doing excellent work,
under the Taapa9emedt of Prof.
Black and asiss Dorsey as assistant.
Rev, O., %. Davis has been returned
to the A.SAAs21A >pastogate fof another
year. O. IN m b.
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RONCEVERTE.

Mrs. Mary Brown returned last
ro and Renick. -. cd.
Mrs. Joseph French Is much inn
proved at this writing. '>
The Y. M. c., A. held their first
public meeting last Monday night,
and rendered, an, excellent program.
Miss Florence Boiling, of Lewis
burg, passed through here, Saturday
morning, en- route for Beckfey, Raj
eigh county. ~, /|.|.i...
- Lawson Eggleston; Of Fitzpatrick,
is, visiting his father, John Eggle-
ston. .....I ..~,.
Mrs. Nora Slaughter is much i'm
proved. r.:-y%
Rev. M. Robinson left last Monday
night for his home at Stanton, Va.
Misses Josephine and Callie Jack
son, of Lewisburg, we're IN town,
Saturday, shopping. e.
Rev. Charles Lewis made q flying
trip to aMarlintoi last week.
DR.. G. H. Payne, of st. Thomas,
made a speech to the oolored voters
at the NJ. e. church, Saturday night.
a large crowd was present to well
come him.
a. g,
Mrs. Sarah Johnson, of McKen-
dree, has returned here from
mouths visit in Pocahoutas county.
William Eggleston is home from
institute to vote. I'LL.
Mrs. Julia Jackson has been indis-
posed for the past week, 4. |.I.r.'I,y.
'Quiliar Thompson gave recep-
ton to his, friends last Friday night
at the Green Hotel, M ~ =
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Continued from Page One.)
Bennett 40. Glasscock 10.
$50 Cedar Grove-A140 Republican ma
jority..<
Poca District 600 Republican
majority. '''r h,''' '''' y, .'-' .,
Big Sandy idistrict25oO Repub-
lican majority.
Elk district-soo Republican ma
jOrity. a..
Washington district-2oo R;espub-
lican majority. -.
Acme-Taft "a, Bryan 80.
Pratt-Bryan "A, Taft. %. :.
Mair's -precinctSyS 100 Republican.
Legg precinetn17-3 to 1 Republican.
Emma Belle-2a0 Republican. ~
Ward-6O Republican,.
Eskdale-25 Republican major
fly. e. "-.-..- ;;---~---- (
:. ouick-75 Republican majority N
Poca Fork-1e9, Republican ma
jOr1ty. ~|
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Stand of I'm Marion.

Fairmont, w. Va, Nov. 4.-Judge
Taft has carried Marion county by o
majority ranging from 500 to 1000,
but the gubernatorial race Is stand
of. The whole Democratic county
ticket is elected. In 1904, Cornwell
carried the county by SO votes.
Gains I'm CabelI.
Huntington, w. Va, NOV. 4.--Cab-
ell county has given raft plurality
Of 500, while Glasscock has the coun-
ty by 400. Four years ago Dawson
carried the county over CornweIf by
ST.
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.f3enneGt hoses Home. County.

Weston, W. Va, Nov. 4.r-When
the Mall stated few weeks ago that
Louis Bennett could not carry his
home county OF Lewis, 1t made an ac-
curate forecast Of the situation.
Glasscock defeats Bennett In his
home county by 400 plurality. The
fight waged within the county was
the hottest ever known, but the Re-
publicans by master organization
carried the county for the RepubIi-
can gubernatorial candidate. &c..