Show The Life Lift of of McKi McKin leY lcy j William was x named after Ills his Luther lather TOt lime j ne- ne r A William i try ty y was burn bunt in III IWI H He lie WU wua a i cr Ih III time the iron Industry la um time Iho cst W st st. He lie carried tl Nancy l' l Allison like himself himself him him- self was wa of uC eV V C ln t stuck lck und end together they ICY were a r re- re inn couple Air 11 y sr II livid ed 1 to bo be t to ai years yan of r II age C. C Ills J ivi wile te who bore boie him liim tune nine children was w s nearly 1 la s rs ut ag age Wh ll Silo she died d bI JH years Iari u lego u. u She MIL he had hat lived lI tor to see lO u tier mien third hard sun vii II in iii the Uw White Unite House U t Jut but fortunate fortunate- y the l nil nI in Irl Ills his t before ne Ire met nut hl his end md 1 in n is l son boil Oll U the lilt se v was ivas beta bom at at Niles In UlY V iilo e luu lu Iu lua u a frane house I is Mill standing lit lie t the public schools In In the cH city of or his til birth mind and nul later Inter was grad gratl- t Crom ruin ll the Poland Seminary A As Asa a aU buy boy U he was much tike like oln r boys bOy uc uc- tire Uve full ful 01 of life lite fond of hunting tinning tinn In ing and hurI horses but bin withal sober r and nd J lie fie h wins IS trot 1101 lt o of or ofa a n 1 sense of or humor and could not hot always ice e ce a yoke joke 1 ihen hen lit II years of oC he by Joined Joined tho the M age hI t church and anil nUen attended ll 11 it as communicant a u uil- uil III lil II th the ta day tha UI hf he I. I died in ht II s sIH strung Strong In ta the til belief of ur hl Ins huts bO boyhood hood and still Jat passionately ly tend fond of or tu his gm I eat song Lead ail Kindly Light Ju Just Juat t after joining JoIning time the cn churca hn ho entered en- en ere ere-d Allegany college at ut Meadville ta 11 a but broke down own and und after some- some regaining his taught h i school l near hear ar Poland o V. until lh the CIvIl ChU war broke bruke out H enlisted t d and for fol 01 fourteen mon months marched In t the thu hu ranks of ur tHu twenty third aa as a In company n E. r. r In April Arll 16 1 lie he ic was made malu iry and Il Al t I tum-th tum L of uC the tl war tu war he- he distinguished himself lf lr by hy coming coining on the thu tiring line t II alter r the Cite themen men had fought taught all L day und and serving tf tho buys boyn with wih hot ln ionee e and rol roll rolis u a as they stood t I I t n their ni ju i ket Ohl Po h k t In tn the thick ot of battle t tor Por this decd el d of Irn r he was n d a n M second see sec Con C- C ond on nt In nil alt aUh ho was wn iti In In morn t thirty thirty- skirmishes t la t h ui a he 8 and anil tamo clUne out nil O l u it ILc I be being mustered out omit or Of s service he was wasal al advanced orris more peg lJ by brei bre vet et L. L hi end nil o of ili ilay cay liln old O f. f friends lends nc knew hm by that veil arn d title title McKinley r. r tte after ll the tbt e war young oung ho ho was wn then but 22 took Z-took took ur uj up the tlc tUdY of ot his Jn Jim the tlc of oC Charles j IS- IS Glidden n noC of oC Poland a Poland Poland-a a Judge of or ability and learn learning ing lie H Ic graduated from the Law school ut lit N N. Y Y la lit l It Vh Admitted lulled to the thu bar and I opened am an u office at ut Canton Canton Can Can- ton tun 0 O then a n town towi of t comb l He lie n made le a u u- u considerable consider consider- 1 able ble success at ut the practice of or law Ju y but bill hl grow growing gowInG Ing- Ing prominence In the po- po arena soon IllS his legal fegal le legal fe- fe gal successes His Ills first political distinction Ion tion on carne came ClfO with wih the nomination for theoffice theoffice the office of or prosecuting p pf Stark Shirk count county Ohio reputed ll a n. n stronghold s. s o of ho tho Ho Ile two later latr lat- lat opposition le won years tr er 1 r or In ht II ISU he he was S a acid nil was waN beaten b by forty live fort I votes otes in Jim fn a n that usual usually beat that thu tates of his party by several 1 hundred In n the stone same lne yea yeal J. J he him mauled married maled Miss Ug Id Ida t Saxion Saxton a n woman who W was destined to have a t wonderful Influence Upon his subsequent sub career two Jwo children were burn bOIn to lu the pair and both bolh dl lied d and ld limb thu mother ne neV-er neV r r recovered from the time blow blo he has been an Invalid uld In for nearly neury thirty thir- thir ty y years ears now and tint than touching vo dc lon lon and tenderness sho shon n Jo to-firby to to r. r b by the 1 assassinated Ir President the tw he most beautiful things timings of or Ills his career cared In 1 7 Major took his seat neat In n the tit COI congressional halls hals of or the nalon na- na lon qs s a u representative of or Ills his hi old Ohio strict During his Ice Ice- in the h IR he lie gr gt great at nt popularity In Wash Wash- n and arid andas as fr frequently ur urged ell to become be- be bl- bl coil come ome a U candidate Speaker aker Reed Heed for or th the tw position of or officer till laU latter r fil filled d with such bril- bril Irl- Irl lunt force foree oree At the the- Republican con Ii loki in 1 I 4 McKinley In a short sharp trong strung sp speech h rallied ral-d ral th time the Blaine for force s us amid lid won time the nomination fo for the tle bril Irl- Irl Lint Maine statesman Who was de debated defeated deft de- de ft bated tet Four 11 years ars later after afler he und and tl he the Ohio delegation had LI been cn instructed fur or Sherman c certain delegates began voting fur for him smith and he only prevented th he the convention rota stampeding for hll ilm halm ii In III what Vas tas perhaps the time most remarkable ch of his career I J I do donot doof doot not ot of request request-I 1 I demand ho lie closed that 10 o mo delegate who would nut nuL cast east lon ion Ilon t on me shul shall cast a ballot baIot for rl me me ot voted ll for to Sherman to to the ml end though the time Republican nomination 11 went vent to 10 that yeah yea I I. I during adminis ration U as chairman o of t the ways wn's and leans leans committee or the hou house e fathered he the famous tariff bill bi and In ash after he had been defeated by iby a u the district year before w vas elected governor of ot Ohio with a plural o of 1011 In l W he hp having ha In him Inho ho Iho meantime again declined ll to be Pres- Pres candidate led Ie 10 l his ills party parly to toI I vie vie- tor ory of at more titan than 0 X X J In Ini IF i M G and again aal In n IO M McKinley y as ag the residential candidate led lell his party parly art to Then fan one year later Iter came the ragie end ena In Buffalo Ills Ils great sin sJ speech ech nt it t the time Pun American Pan American bis last It roved delivered I two days before his Is recognized an as a mas- mas cl of or American thought The p period of oC henl Is Js past he 10 to said sald The expansion of at our trade tad nd commerce I Is the tho pa passing problem Commercial wars war arc unprofitable ta l A of or good will and amid friendly friendly trade elation will prevent reprisals HeI Re- Re t tre treaties mire are In harmony harmon the lie spirit o 0 of tho the times r n s' s of or I are not nolo Let It us ev ever r te erf that our Interest Is I Ir In concord r ev and not ber lot ot conflict and that thit our real e rest ests in the time victories of peace peace- and not hose thoc of war ivar We lie 0 hope that all al who whore are re represented here nH may be td bemo moved to 1 anti and nobler efforts for tor their own nd nd the good and that out out of or this his cl city nta 10 may come not only greater commerce and trade for fur vis Ua nil all al but butmore ut more essential than these ot of ol mutual respect and anil friend friend- friendship ship hlll which will deepen n and endure Our lur earnest prayer t 16 to God Gul Gods God's la s that God Cod will wi graciously vouchsafe prosperity rHY happiness and PC peace to all out our bors and like blessings to all rl pe-bples pe find nd IO of or the tho earth carth i And Amid th these e words nero ero tl to be bo boa a martyrs martyr's benediction on all ni mankind un Samuel Saru l Williams |