The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-06-11

know his fate then and there, and
how happy he felt when. upon ar
irving at tho top OF tho hill. he re-
ccived tho nswer for which his
heart had yeRrned."
Mckinley entered promptly upon
his political career. In 1875. stump
ing tho state for Hayes, then n third
time candidate for governor. he COM
battcd vigorously the paper money
issue. as against the now specie pay
mcnts act, which had enlisted tho
support Of General Thomas Ewing
and Governor Allen. And the next
year he met, under strange circum-
stances, the man who WAS to bO of
greatest political Importance to him.
Thus:
I'm March. 1876. n strike OF coal
miners was declared in the Tuscarn-
was valley. The operators undertook
10 break the strike by collecting min
ora In Cleveland and vicinity and
transporting them to n mine in stark
county, a few miles south OF Massil-
lon. The property was managed by
Rhodes and Company. Of Cleveland,
Of which Arm Marcus A. Hanna waS
the leading member. II was Operat-
cd by George H. Warrington, q part
e Of Mr.. Hanna.
I'm April n second gang Of strike
breakers was sOnt TO the mine. and
arrived Just while the strikers were
holding a meeting. The cry Of 'scHb'
was instantly raised. and with n
rush the strikers attacked the car,
preclpitRting n general melee In
which Mfr. Warrington was assaulted
and nearly killed. Tho whole dis
trict was thrown into a turmoil and
the sheriff was Obliged to call upon
Governor Hayes for assistance.
IA company Of militia was sent to
the Bcene and succeeded in quelllnG
the disorder, but not until after tho
strikers had set are 10 the mines
belonging TO Hanna's firm. Many
miners we're arrested and taken TO
Canton for trial.
with tho public mind InNamed
against the rioters. 1t was not easy
for them to secure counsel. Finally
an appeal was made to Mckinley.
Upon investigation he found that
many Of the miners had been unjust
" accused. He undertook their de-
Tense and pleaded 30 successfully
that nearly all Of them were ac-
quilted.
Refuses To Take Fees.
"Realizing that the strike had
made them nearly destitute. he rofuS-
ed 10 accept payment for his services.
The operators we're represented by
Lynch and Day, the senior partner
being McKinlcy's former opponent as
a candidate for prosecuting attorney
and the Junior partner his lifetime
friends and future cabinet officer,
william r. Day.
ut was Major McKinley's hrSt ex-
perience with Mark Hanna, though
the two were strangers at the time.
II 10 curious that tho man whose In
terest no was then so strongly an
tagonistIe should later become his
staunchest political supporter and an
intimate personal friends"
Into his first volume, Mr.. Olcott
writes his story Of Mckinley, AZ
congressman, az governor Of Ohio, as
a leading figure In Republican ma
tIonal conventions. as q successful
national candidate and as a begin
ming president. Ho acknowledges the
mistake OF Judgment which led his
subject to vote in tho House for the
Bland tree silver bill, but urges In ex-
tenuation the belief which had found
a transient place in many minds that
silver would, with the acts friendly
aid, reach a parity with gold that
could be maintained without an inter
national agreement. In the final
event "McKInley's voice rang out
strong and true for honest money.
and more SpecIfcally'-this was in
the days Of the Sherman bill Of 1890
-''against any proposition TO debase
the currency by the free coinage OF
silver"
Our b~iographer upholds strongly
the loyalty Of Mckinley to John Sher-
man in the convention OF 1888. Com
ing to the time sevGn years later
when McKinley's own candIdRtuTe
was taking form, he writes:
"Tn the autumn Of 1895 It became
known that the bosses who were OPP
posing Mckinley. presumably for no
other reason than to force recogni-
ton OF themselves. were ready to
make terms, and MIR. Hanna accord
Ingly went east 10 meet them. He
returned in due season and met Ma
jor Mckinley and Mr.. Herrick In q
private conference in his W house.
Would Not Bargain.
'The bosses he reported, vert
ready 10 name terms, and II these
wore accepted the fight would be
over. Ono Of them wished to be as
sured Of the patronage Of New York.
another of Pennsylvania, others OF
New England. and 10 on.
Hanna did not think the bargain
at all undesirable. and in its results
It would be a great achievement. But
McKinley's reply astonished him.
Mark he said, there are some
things that come too high. II I were
to accept the nomination on those
terms ir would he worth nothing to
me and less to the people, He fur
Their declared that II those were the
only terms on which he could win
the nomination he would retire then
and there.
This Arm stand for what Hanna
instantly saw was the only right
principle intensified the admiration
which had heen first born IN him by
the incorporating hrmness with
nakN.h it, AAA g. Me