Omaha daily bee., 1916-05-07
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TT Is a remarkable career thai has rounded
out by The eghtieth birthday celebration n Rob
ett Woidensal who than any other one man
has brought the Young Mems ChHatian association 10
rs present position world factor and the career
Is by no means yet ended Mr.. Weidehsal was ID 10
SEQ Yesterday in fact he seldom comes to Omaha
without paying a call al our office Just ~ he do
when he 10 drop Ia to advise with my father ~
h4 lifetime and for @ryear-old youngster he "
the spfyes 1 know Dr. not excepting Uncle Joe Can
What IN particularly interesting 70 uA Il that
Mr Nedensali started on hs Young Mems Christian
association work right here IN Omaha o., perhaps,
should say Fremont, for il WAS there be bcgan me
railroad Young Mems Christian association IN 1858,
which las now eirclcd the globe he tells me, too,
that the county organization work which he Ike
wise originated was tried out first htrr n h,a slate
down In Pawnee and Gage counties, and he Ia con"
Vincod that with possible notifications development
will eventually be sproad over all The civilized coun.
tries Of the world lust think of ~ When he started
ID the work the Young Mems Christian association WaF
nothing but name covering loose combination ~
few local associations and now IN the span OF one
life has achieved III present colossal proportions anJ
reaches into nearly every social and nduatnal ACTIVITY
/ have found much of interest IN d new Life 81
william Mckinley" issued almost Al onicl0i
biography written by ChBrcs .. Oe1lt, vino has
drawn hia materials not only from tile fecofds put
also from personal memoranda letters and diafiea
furnished by Moknley's most Intimate frehfa IN
HHffhitHA thN Steps ny winch MEhIhtS HffhIHt PI'
eminent az tariff expert and the foremost advocate
of protection The debate on the Nils bill, which
happened TO hear and now Wfidly recall II dwelt oi
a. length and particularly ttc answer which Mekh-
icy n0de 70 the plea 81 hls for The poor ab0rihY
man which was about ~ ulono 10 the humorous
he ever came Mr. Mills had told of the man wbo
worked for ten days ~ dollar day and then went
10 buy suit Of clothes and found that beeauHe the
ttobber manufacturer had been 10 congress ana
secured a 100 per cent tariff be had 70 10 bnek %
FEaNt n, d IEff
to purchase the suit Of clothing M Mckinley
produced q bundle which he opened before those anr
rounding him on tho floor Of the house, amid great
laughter md applause and proceeded
Now gentleman who read that speech ~
heard II, was touched By the pathetic story that
he looked into Il and sent mo SUIT ~ cothea
identical with that described by the gentleman from
Texas, and he also the bin for i, and here
IN the entire suit robber tariff and taxes ana all
had been added and the retail cost W what? Just
ten dollars. daughter and applause). 50 the poor
follow does not have to 70 back and work ten days
more get that suit Of clothes. re takes the suit
with him and pays for it-just ten dollars CAP
pauEe) But In order that there might be no mis-.
take about a. knowing the honor and honesty ~
tho gentleman from Massachusetts (Mf. Leopold
Morse, a well known clothier then q democratic
representative from Maaaacusettsl. he went 70 his
store and bought The suit daughter and cheers
the republican sidej ! hold In my hand tho bill
"BosToN. May l. iss.--I. D. Williams bought n
1ai.lT washington st.
10 one suit Of wooden elothes-ti0c0 Paid
And Mr.. Chairman, I knew of gentle
man engaged IN this business who sold hls clofles
without a profit d.Aughter) Md there II tbe
same ten-dollar suit described by the gentleman
from Texas thai be bought IN the city of Bos-
Ton can be bought IN Philadelphia in New York IN
Chicago IN Pittsburgh. anywhere throughout tho
country. at ten dollars retail. the whole sut-eoat
trousers and vest-snd 10 per less than II could
have been bought IN 1850 under your low tariff and
low wages Of that period. Great applausel II IL =
pity to destroy the sad picture " The gentleman
from Texas. which 10 be used IN the cam
palgn, but the truth must he told"
The Mckinley bIographer quotes from the address
nado at Beatrice. Neb,. August q 1899, two YEAR,
after the passage Of the Mckinley bill. and gives
much interesting inside information about the 1sti
nomination and campaign. Another point brought ont
perhaps worth mentioning Ia that Mckinley serupu
lousy kept away from all temptations TO utilize his
political honors for money making THE late Major
]. y. Pond" we are told Offered Mckinley $1,000
for ten lectures on Protection. The governor laughed
az he declined tho honor How would It look he
said for me 10 20 about preaching republican
doctrines for payT
II need scarcely be added that no can read this
account OF the life work Of Mckinley with the ali.
vantage now Of looking back and seeing what be ala
IN It's truer perspective without having the blgnrss or
the man impressed more strongly than ever