Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-17

bornly sure.
"Have a good time in Canton" he
said Enjoy your visit. I'll take you
around the city and in your paper yon
can write an article about what
fine place 1t is"
said: ~ guess I'll be in Canton for
quite a long time. Please read that.
l handed him Manley's note.
l never saw such change In a hu-
man being He came out of the dol
drums light and animation came into
his face. his eyes sparkled. He sald'
81 must tell the folks about this"
Going to the door of his study IN
which we had been seated. he called,
"Motber mother" His wife came
slowly from her room. Although his
own mother was alive-Nancy Allison
Mckinley a fine old Celt-and az
though his children were gone, MRS. NC
Kinlev was mother" in his household.
He ciung to the dear old nursery name
after the nursery had been empty for
many long year.
lie said: Mother, here Is a young
Gentleman who has come all the way
from New York to tell me l am to be
nominated for president. At first l
thought he was mistaken, but he mas
lust about convinced me he Is right
Then he called his own mother. and
the good news was told to her. and the
three McKinleys insisted snouIh stay
and take tea with them, and the Major
said grace. and we had very happy
Stump Tour Cut Out
After that, as some of you may re-
member, II was agreed that Major NC
Klnley should stay at home and re-
ceive delegations instead OF gong on
tour on the stump. Now, do you know
the reason for this? Perhaps some OF
you may have guessed 1t, although
have never seen It stated in print or
even limited at. That stay at nome
campaign, that unique, 'front.' porch
campaIgn. during which all the country
went to the candidate instead OF the
candidate going to all the country. was
originated to please Mrs. Mchnley'
when the idea was first mentioned TO
Hanna he was not prepared TO accede 10
It, and here again / had something 70
do with the final settlement or the
onestion | was asked: do you think It
would be agreeable TO the papersY'
and I said: Nothing would suit them
better" l had already sent TOT my
own wife and family
MY boys Immediately became favored
visitors at the McKinleys. especially
Hugh. whom / have here in this group
picture with Major Mckinley. l can
not help these little personal or family
illusions, and I would not be doing JUS
tIce to my subject If l omitted them.
Mrs. Mckinley had the walls OF one of
her rooms completely covered with PFC
lures of the Major, and one day my wife
overheard a conversation between ttuBh
and Mrs. Mckinley.
NV wife says it somewhat startled
her, because you know a parent always
feels responsible for the manners of her
child
The little fellow looked up at Mrs. Nc
Kinley and said:
what in the world are you doing with
all these pictures of Mckinley round
here?"
Familiarity Not ReIished
He aidn,t say "Mr" or Major" He
merely said Mckinley" and when, long
afterward I told the Major about it, he
keenlv appreciated the humor. as well as
the implied compliment
l think Mrs. Mckinley was rather taken
aback for minute by the blunt directness
of the inquiry. But recovering herself
with the utmost sweetness she maze
pleasant and unforgetta5le reply. 1t
was Because he is a dear, good man
and / love him"
am proud to say, that on thelr
mothers side my young Celts are sons
of the Revolution. descendants Of one of
washInRton's staff officers. This fact
Interested Major Mckinley. He was
fond of boys--not only my boys, but all
boys: and / want to repeat to you
something characteristic Of the real
william Mckinley. that I once heard
him say to some little fellows. You
won't find this in his published speeches
because the compilers did not think It
Important enough or political enough.
but to my mind 1t is both important
and statesmanlike.
'The best advice l can give a boy is
that he should be a good boy. Be
good boy at home, good boy in the
school a good boy in the streets. good
boy everywhere, and II you follow that
advice there Is very little in this world
you may aspire to that you VIII NOT
get, for it is the boast Of our great
country that the poor boy and the rich
have the same chance in the game OF
life Do not let the fact that you are
moor boy embarrass you at all. 1t should
only act as a spur to greater efort on
your mart. lust have pure hearts; keep
yourselves clean and your future pros
perity is assured"
Was Direct and Sincere
And to old people I heard him ad-
dress a wish for '1engthened years and
increasing blessings" He was a grace
full speaker direct sincere
He believed that his policies would
bring general prosperity He believed
every word he said on that subject,
He was not to blame IL things have
gone wrong, IL trusts have usurped
business independence, II two million
children have been driven out of the
public schools by bitter poverty and
SO called Industrial necessity to earn a
nItifui wage in the factories. the
He was essentially a domestic man,
with his affections and his interests CEN
tered in home-domestic indeed to such
an extent l think II his family had lived
he might never have gone into public
life, but that misfortune was without
doubt one of the reasons for his adop-
tIon of strenuous and exciting pub
lie career Therefore according to his
belIef-and mine, and 1 am one of his
chroniclers and one of his first publicity
men-there was no prosperity more i'm
portant than the prosperity of the
home. of every home, and IL was to pro-
tect the homes and the earnings OF the
home makers of the nation that he de-
voted himself to policy which ne
thought would create industries and
produce wages He could not foresee
trusts" In spite of certain utterly un-
truthful representations that We're
made when first the high tariff and
special privilege policy began to run
away with the Republican party and
imperil the nation-and unfortunately we
are not vet out of peril--he was a be-
ueyer in only two trusts--the home
trust and trust in God. In The Herald
the newspaper for which l have the
honor to write i'm Los Angeles, one of
my constant messages to the people
breathes the very spirit of President
McKinley's conversations and teachings
a constant plea for a return to the first
principles of Americanism, life, liberty
and the pursuit of happiness for every
body, the greatest good for the great
est number To these principles the
country MUST return, If 1t would live
and prosper and If through the years
and centuries to come the star spangled
hammer Is to continue to wave over a