The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-14

insurance company a request that he
serve as a member Of its board OF d.
rectors. with an $4,000 salary. and no
duties except to attend an annual
meeting in New York. The use of his
name was all that was wanted. The
Governor wrote back that he knew
nothing Of the life insurance business.
and saw no reason why he should
act as n director. A land company
offered him a substantial interest in
It's undertakings If he would allow
them to give his name to a town site
in Texas. and he present at the for
NAL opening. After listening to the
Governors brief but pointed remarks,
tho spectators a~pologilcd and de-
parted. with a new idea of morality to
ponder. offered $4,000 for ten lee
lures on protection. the Governor said,
with a laugh. How would 1t look for
me to go about preaching Republican
doctrine for pay?"
Mr.. Olcott's second volume deals
with Mckinley's Presidential years.
Stress is laid upon the way in which
he viewed and exercised the constitu-
tional ~prerogative of his office as COM
mander in chief Of the country's mill
tary forces. Tie did not reject advice.
but he was the final arbiter in matters
of policy. revising orders issued from
the War and Navy Departments. The
~bioeraplcr relates an incident that &C.
CURED Immediately after the battle Of
Santiago:
Gen. Shf'tsr reported 10 the War De
pa"tncnt that Con. Torai. the spanish com
nander. wished to c,acuatc the city, tho
troops retaining their AIMS and marching
on. With coiors flying. They were to have
one day in which 10 march to some IN
terror point before the Americans occupied
the city. Gen. Skater ana Others r.. DIN.
m'ndcd TN. acceptance Of this p'nn1su',
hut Ia" Presidon; insisted upon an uu.oh-
d.tional surrender. lie ttlcErdph. to
shGftcr. through the War Department:
VIVA; YOU went to Santiago for was the
spanish army II yon allow q, IL cyaei-
atc with its arms you must meet IL some.
where else. This Is not war. n Tho span.
!si commander desires to leave tho cry
md It's people. let him .irrendei. and we
w;i! then discuss tho question A. to what
shai. Ne done with them"
The generals in the field urged that
Santiago could not he taken without
great loss Of life: that Toral would uot
surrender uncoudi,ionally. that tn"
difficulties Of the American forces Were
too great to justify the Presidents
course. The Cabinet was called to-
gcther. The President admitted tho
seriousness Of conditions. what with
fever among the troops and the diff
Guilty of getting supplies to them; but
he insisted that Toral "a lone for,
and was only playing for better terms;
thar tho moral .Hprf nnpn G'Irpnn ~
We should grant them. would be most
di~sadvantageous to us. and that 20
concede the Spanish demand would but
encourage tho wal spirit. He insisted
upon unconditional surrender. and his
wisdom was approved 10y III" event.
Mr.. Cor;clyou's voluminous notes are
the principal support of this hiogra-
ply. From another source comes 'hn
story OF McItinley's remarks on thu
Philippine problem. lie didn't want
the islands. and when they came 10
us, las a gift of the gods" he didn't
know what to do with them. lie or
dercd Dewey from Hongkong tn Ma
Mia to capture or destroy the Spanish
fleet. 'because if defeated he had u,
place to refit on that side of the globe.
and II the Dons were victorious they
would Likely cross the Pacific and
|, ravage our Oregon and California
coasts"
=. thought hrst ~ would '4t. only Ma
nils. then l.uzon. then other ls,t1Is, Pc
2 hans. el-o. ! walked the floor Of the
7 White House nigh; after might urt.l MIDI
risht ana one night late 1t came
| 70 me this way that ". could not give
them bark to Spain. that would be COW
. ardly and ii.hono-ahlr; that We could no;
turn them over to France Or Germsr'
tina, would be bad business and discrcIit-
able. that We could not leave them -
themselves. ,hcy wer" unh; for sclf gov
= eminent. and tina. there was nothing lcf,
Q for ia To do bu, take them all and to
p educate She FI'ipinos, ami uplift aud civil
lie and Christilni'e them.
i, M then, with mind =; cx>e. the
President went t. bed and sept sound
, ly; and in the morning he sent for the
Y chief engineer OF the War Depart
= merit. the nap maker. ard told INN Il
v put the Philippines on the map Of the
United States. "And there" he dc
. clared as the story of the interview
=. in 1899 runs. there the. are, and
. there they shall stay while I am Pres
e ident." Dne of his wartime memo
randa reads: While We are conduct
Ing war ard until it conclusion W.
must keep all We got: when the war e
- over We must keep what w want
a MIR. tlCo,t'S lie Of Mckinney is no
g quite satisfactory, not "deiinitiNc' as
N biography because IL does not couv,r
the political record into history il /.
y. 70; critical or analytical. WIFI" il f.
= NOT cNaggcratedlN culoSistic. It's choic,
of data is such as tn make Mcitiule!
the office holder a little more great
than the objective lens reflects him
ana Mckinley the man a little nor,
unmi,igatcdly good" than a real MAJ
ought TO he.