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Show K'KINLKY. It seems at this writing that William McKiuiey, jr., of Ohio, is defeated for re-election. So let it be. When the democrats scoured , possession of the legislature and reapportioned the state they took particular pains to gerrymander gerryman-der McKinley's district so as to make his candidacy impossible, but yet, undaunted un-daunted by tho heavy odds against him, the brilliant chairman of the ways and means committee took the field and made a gallant canvass. Although uuablo to wipe out altogether an adverse ad-verse majority of throe thousand he still reduoed it so materially as to demonstrate dem-onstrate both his porsonal popularity and the popularity of his cause. His was the only election waged solely upon national issues and the result is a substantial sub-stantial vindication of both. It does not matter to McKinley that ho is beaten. He can better afford to miss one congress than congress to miss him, and under tho circumstances a minority of oue more or loss mnkes little difference. A man of his courage, ability and convictions cannot be suppressed sup-pressed and he will return to plaguo his adversaries whon they least expect it. At present it is enough to know that in the one battle waged for the principle of protection to American industries, in-dustries, embodied in McKinley, tho enemy was reduced in his own stronghold, strong-hold, cunningly and craftily ereotod, to a minimum. McKinley is not routed nor protection repudiated. |