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in .ir .mi - .wowatotn" ' r. t leJMU?- I V 11 i-. , iM J' If I K - i t t,v "ft 1. f r -v, ! V.' h -; I- 2 ! ? WW- ' ' K f 1 NEVER IS LONESOME. President McKinlcy Know3 How to Attract People. linn Unherodrln.an ,I3ra of Oooa Feel ln Which Ha Hnl No Counter part Since the Uayn ot Pres ident Monroe. Special Washington Letter. 44f" HAVE no doubt of the result; JL and when I am in the white house I will not be a lonesome president." Thus spoke Maj. McKinley on the lawn beside his house in Canton, O., on the afternoon of the Sunday following the nomination of Mr. Brynn in July, 1800. Sitting under a tree with Con gressman Apslcy, of Massachusetts, and another friend, Bmoldng ufter dinner cigars, Maj. McKinley quietly made that statement which was then a prediction. Now it is a historic fact. The gentlemen were adverting to the fact that of the leading men of the po litical party which Grover Cleveland twice led to success, very few were in the habit of calling at the white house. No unkind word had been said nor any uncharitable criticism uttered con cerning President Cleveland; but the fact was mentioned that he had been deserted by many of the men who had formerly supported him, when Maj. McKinley said: "I will not be a lone some president." He has not been lonesome. On the contrai'y, he has had more callers daily since he has been in the white house thnn he could always find time to greet and welcome there. Leading men of both political parties have con stantly called, and all of them have been on friendly missions. He has not been lonesome. He has not been austere, nor has he been repellant. Because he has emphatically an nounced that he has no further po litical aspirations, he may now be commended with tongue and pen by men who talk and write with non partisan conscrvativeness. Therefore, the people may be told that, many months before his first election, Pres ident McKinley determined that pub lic men should always bo made wel come at the executive mansion. That one fact, heretofore unpublished, will account in great measure for the pres ident's popularity with all classes of his fellow citizens. . On thc day following his first in auguration President McKinley went forth from the white house for a stroll down Pennsylvania avenue. His ac tion was a surprise to the people. Dur ing the preceding 12 years no presi dent had been seen alone in public in that manner. Grover Cleveland four years, Benjamin Harrison four years, and again Grover Cleveland four years, had been exclusively nnd reclusively incumbents of the white house with out appearing on a public thorough fare. When the narrator met Presi dent McKinley on the day following his iirst inauguration there'were only fprmul salutations in passing, but the memory of the narrator vividly re called those words: "I will not be a lonesome president." It. was strikingly apparent that Maj. McKinley was showing himself to be a man of the people from the very be ginning: and he was doing it to let them all know that he did not intend to be "a lonesome president." The reader must not erroneously suppose that any unkind reflections NOT A LONESOME PRESIDENT. nre directed toward) the two preced ing proficients in this contrast. They are not the only ones who have seen lonesome days in the white house. Although every president has been revered and respected when his name hits gone down Into history, everyone of them was subjected to harsh, de structive criticism during his as cendancy; even the great iiml good "Washington and Lincoln having l-'i' no except ions to the general rule. It was the misfortune or Washington to have, in liis cabinet Tlionu'is .IcIVcVson, respected and adored Tor almost a cen tury by a great political party, but who was one or I lie mom, hellish poli ticians that ever Used In high or low station in this republic. There m noth ing in the cured' of Washington, not even excepting the cherry-tree Hlor.v, which so inaiilfcMtM IiIm enlightened Christianity as the fact that he culled vilioiiiiiH .lelTei'Hou Into IiIm imlilnnt nutl Ijvuyii treated hliu with hlndneuu untl clcy, ' 'ifiMi When Thomas .lefferson beuiuie president he was subjected to criticism for every movement that ho made; nnd even his great, achievement, the Louis iana purchase, which mado possible the expansion of this Imperial repub lic, subjected him to all manner of vio lent and vile, insidious and open at tacks upon the floors of both houses of the congress, us well as in the pub lic prints. With Monroe was ushered in the "era of good feeling." Pence had come and the country freed from war was so happy that it would not listen with any sort of patience to any party dis agreements or bickerings. Even Jack son, that grim political fighter of after years, wrote to the new president and TAKING A STROLL BY HIMSELF. counseled him to harmony, saying: "Now is the time to exterminate that monster called party spirit," and ad vised him to select his cabinet nnd other officers without regard to par ty, telling him "the chief magistrate of a great and powerful nation should never indulge in party feelings." There was no antagonism between Monroe and congress during his eight years. The Missouri compromise aroused a storm of contention in con gress, but no one dreamed of attack ing the president under cover of it. So peaceful nnd harmonious had been his first term that he was reelected by n practically unanimous vote, only one ballot in the electoral college being cast against him, and that was by one of the electors of New Hampshire, who was his friend, but said he did not think after Washington that any man should have a unanimous vote, and therefore cast his for John Quincy Adnms. John Quincy Adnms, like his father, had a stormy time from the very be ginning. His own irascibility and dogmatism had much to do with creating the opposition he encoun tered. His policy, as outlined in his inaugural, split his own party and aroused a storm of opposition. Ho was able to secure the passage of some measures in support of his pol icy, but more often met with defeat, and the chnrgo of a bargain nnd salo between him and Mr. Clay was reit crated again nnd again. Old Hickory had enemies. Jackson, with his strong will, his own bitter ness in his dislikes, might have looked for attacks. He undertook to domineer congress and force his party friends to support nnd defend all his measures. He met with great success in this line, but ulso met with determined opposition. One of tho most bitter attacks made upon him during his term was that led by John C. Calhoun. Under Calhoun's polit ical management many of the pres ident's nominations for office were rejected by the senate. So bitter did the feeling become that when an in sane painter by the name of Law rence attempted to assassinate the president his friends charged that Lawrence had been instigated by Clay, Calhoun, Poindexter, White nnd others. Jt was during his second term that the celebrated resolution of censuru was adopted. Van Buren and' Tyler both met with opposition from their own party friends, that against. Tyler assuming the proportions of an open revolt. Mr. Polk went into office under tho most flattering circumstances. He had defeated overwhelmingly the idol of the whig party, and was support ed by a very large majority in both branches of congress, but had hardly got warmed In his scat before a war against him broke out. The first "era of good feeling" in this republic lasted without inter ruption only during tho first term of President Monroe; while the second "era of good feeling" did not, begin luitll the second term of the McKin ley administration was fairly along. He has not been and will not lie "a lonesome president," but his per sonal popularity has not been be cause he has been a good politician alone, but because .Maj. McKinley has been and Is an exceptionally sincere Christian gentleman, HMITIl I). FRY. ,Mcrol- mi liiclili'iit, "I clutched that child and saved her from fulling olV I he slrrrt ear going fi'lglitl'ul tipci'd," "That was fortunate." "Not for me; the ehlld'n mother berated mo for tearing IIh frnuk." Cliluuuo Itri'imMIcruhl, VOTE IN SECLUSION. How the College of Cardinals Elects a Pontiff. Coming Conclave "Will Conalnt of (17 Member from All I'nrli of the World Politic In the Vntlcnu. Special Correspondence. CIIUBCH politics is quite as excit ing a pursuit as partisan politics. Sometimes, it is true, the papal office seeks the man; but only after a number of men who have sought the ofllce have been what nn American ward statesman would call "knocked out." Just at present, so rumor says, several cardinals of high standing are making efforts to line up their forces; while others nre giving their friends to understand that in the event of a deadlock they would not be averse to being considered candidates for the chair of St. Peter. Some Boman authorities claim that aver since the year 1053 the election of pope has been confined to the col lege of cardinals. Others state that not until 18G2 was the practice estab lished. The election takes place at an assembly of cardinals, styled conclave, which begins the day following the funeral of a deceased pontiff. The car dinals are locked up in several apart ments, and meet once a day in tho chapel of the Vatican, or some other pontifical palace, where, their votes, given on a slip of paper, are examined. This continues until two-thirds of the votes are found to be in favor of a particular candidate. The ambassa dors of France, Austria and Spain have each the right to put in aTcto against the election of one cardinal who may be unacceptable to their respective courts. For some centuries the membership of the college of cardinals has been limited to70,divided into three distinct orders bishops, priests and deacons. There nre six cardinal bishops, who hold the suburban sees of Borne. At CARDINAL OREGLIA DI STEPANO. present, however, there 'ore but five, a vacancy which occurred some time ago not having been filled as yet. There arc also six cardinal deacons and 50 cardinal priests a total of 07. The cardinal priests hold their titles from parishes in Borne, man" of them, among them Cardinal Gibbons, being at the same time archbishops or bish ops of foreign dioceses. The cnrdin.il bishops are the real princes of tha church, and the pope is usually se lected from their number. The senior bishop in the college is "dean," the senior priest is "first priest" and the senior deacon is "first deacon" of the sacred-college. Upon the death of a pope the cardinal chamberlain assumes charge of all Vatican affairs, and with the seniors of the three orders of cardinals forms an interregnum which controls church and state matters until a new pontile is chosen. The committee has com plete charge of the conclave. The car dinal dean consecrates the new pope, and the cardinal who is first deacon proclaims and crowns him. Churchmen who profess to know what they are talking about are near ly unanimous in predicting that one of 4he five cardinal bishops will be the successor of Leo XIII.; although Car dinal Bampolia, for many years papal secretary of state, is by all odds the ablest and most popular member of the college. He is a statesman and diplomat of the first rapk, and has gathered around himself a, band of faithful followers. Moreover he is re puted to be a favorite of the present pope, and in order to release himself from all entanglements has recently resigned the Vatican premiership. He is a Sicilian by birth, very approach able and affable to high and low. Yet his chances are bclowpnr; not because he Is not popular among his colleagues, but because it is an unwritten law of the church that no one who held a high position under a previous pontiff should be elected Ills successor. Car dinal ISniupoIln, It is true, has given up his confidential nnd responsible trust, but. his hclf-deiilnl evidently has not routributed to enlarging his popular ity, IJowcver, lie is but 58 years of age and can well afi'ord to wait an other decade before reaching the hlghcht honor within the gift of the church. , The most popular, au well an the youngest, of the fivo cardinal bishops la Scratlno Vannutelli, bishop of Fras cnti; who was born November 20, 1834. Ho was educated by tho Jesuits, and after his admission to the priesthood took up diplomacy. Ho has served as nuncio at Brussclr, Munich and Vien na, whero he established connections which were of momentous usefulness to the church and himself in after days. Cardinal Vannutelli, ns well as his younger brother, who 1b a cardinal priest, arc favorites in Boninn society. Botli are inclined to bo liberal in their views, and that is why, in splto of stro'ng personal following, neither of them can expect to bo made pontiff. Luiji Oreglla dt Stefnno, dean of tho, sacred college, was born July 0, 1828, the son of u Boman patrician family. Ho became a Jesuit novitiate, but did CAIIDINAL MAUIO MOCENNI. i not continue in the Society of Jesus. He was ordained to the secular priest- hood in 1856, and was made a cardinal in 1873, by Pope Pius IX. Cardinal Mario Moccnnl, bishop of Sabiuo, is the oldest of the cardijial bishops. Ho was born January 22, 1823, and has served aa-apostollc dele gate to Peru, Ecuador nnd Bolivia. Ho Is a personal friend of Pope Leo, who created him a cardinal priest in 1803 nnd cardinal bishop in 1801. Lucido Maria Purocchi, bishop of Puerto and vice chancellor of tho Boman church, is nlso subdeau of tho Sacred College and secretnry of tho Congregation of the Inquisition. Ho enjoys the reputation of being tho ablest lender and foremost scholar In the church. Ho is the sou of a Mantua miller, and was born August 13, 1833. He was mado n cardinnl by Plus IX., in 1877, and cardinal bishop in 188D. Ho represents the anti-Italian party in the Vatican, nnd during his vicar gen eralship fought several spicy battles with the Quirinal government. Antonio Aglinrdi, bishop of Albano, the fifth cardinal bishop, was born at Bergamo, Italy, September 4, 1832. Ho has filled a number of important 'diplomatic posts and represented the pope at the coronation of the present emperor of Bussia. Ho was mado a cardinal bishop in 1S00, and has since taken an active jiart in Vatican affairs. The five cardinal bishops, as well as a majority of the cardinal priests nnd deacons, are Italians, and it may be taken for granted that the next pope will belong to that nationality. It has been stated that Pope Leo has designated Cardinal Bampolia as his successor, with Cardinal Gotti, pre fect of the congregation of bishops, as second choice. All such talk is idle nonsense. Pope Leo is very friendly to both of these prelates; and he knows that nothing would Injure their chances of election as CARDINAL PAROCCHI. .much as outspoken ndvo(;aey of their cause, it having been the custom or centuries to disregard the wishes of a deeeaspd pontiff in the matter of suc cession. Many of the cardinals who have been "mentioned" by amateur pope makers are ineligible because they belong to one or another of the many powerful religious orders of which a large part of the Boman hierarchy is composed. This rule was established by the con clave which elected Pope Leo, after a protracted discussion, and will prob ably be reaffirmed at the next con clave. It was then feared surely not without reason that should a member of .any particular order be placed on tho papal throne, he would, almost uncon sciously, but not the less surely, pro mote the interests of his society. For this reason no Jesuit has ever been made pope, although the college has al ways been devoted to the Society of Jesus. ' a. w. WEIPPIERT. i SCHOOL AND CHURCH. The PeopleA Christian Family church is tho title of a new rellglou ucet which has been organized In Bos ton with about 20 members. ' In Germuny ten years ago out of every 1,000 students who entered the universities 200 were studtwits of the ology; in 1803 the number Was 150 for cncli '1,000V while- this Year- it is only. 101. The. appeal for funds to rehabili tate tho public schools of Galveston, after tho storm, brought, iu- the sum of $.-4,270.58, the bulk of it contrib uted by children throughout tho ' country. Three generations of one colored family hnvo been graduated from Obcrlln college John M. Langston in 1840; his son, Arthur D. Langston, a teacher in St. Louis, in 1877; and his grandson tills year. A young Italian woman, Dr. Btnn Monti, who hns published several sci entific papers and who has gained a university gold 'medal, has been ac cepted by the. University of Bavin ns a lecturer in anatomy. From statistics recently made it is computed that, while the general pop ulation of India has increased 20 per , cent, during tho last 20 years, tho growth In the ranks of Protestant Christianity has been 145 per cent. A curious instance of religious fanaticism has recently como beforo the courts of Lcmberg in Austrian Poland. A wealthy Boman Cathollo lady has been tried and convicted and sentenced to thrco years imprison ment for kidnaping a Jewish glr and confining her in a convent, whero sho was baptized ngainst her parents' will. , Br. Joseph Parker, tho noted Lon don prencher, was recently lecturing on "Eternity" in u provincial town nnd was much annoyed by n young dandy who was seated near tho plat form. The youth, proud of a new watch, was continually pulling it out to see what time it was. Finally tho lecturer could stand it no longer. Looking full nt the offender ho said: "Put up your watch, young man. We, " are considering eternity, not, time." IT WAS NO LYNCHING BEE.- i Dut It Wan Not thr- Vault ot the Son- atlon JloiiBtTN In Thin IiiNtmice, "I enjoy the unenviable distinction) of having aided in the organization of a mob on one occasion," said ai gentleman who is a recent acquis! tion to the citizenship of Louisiana, reports tho New Orleans Times-Dc'nv ocrat, "but tho scheme all went aw'rj for reasons that, will bo moro par ticularly et forth hereinafter. I had) been sent out to a little town in Ten nessee where tho ofTenso which justi lies lynching hud been committed. I was on one of tho dallies published! at the capital of tho state, and thera was with me on tho trip the reporter of another paper. Wo expected to find a tremendous mob nt tho towtu where tho negro had been placed: when arrested, but, instead, we found! the quietest place in tho world. Mem were lounging lazily under hadet trees, whittling on dry goods boxesj und whiling away the time after thcrf usual fashion in country townsj There was no evidence of the mob) spirit. We had to stir up something,, or lose the story. Wo stopped every! straggler hut came along, and said we had heard that the negro wast going to be lynched, nnd, while vu deplored the fact, we thought linden the circumstances it would be justi fied. Finally we had the cro'wd inf good condition, and had arranged for a meeting In an old stable. V.'e had been spenjllng money freely, and ther crowd was almost in a swooning con dition, i "When we got into the sfablo my friend jumped upon a bale of hay and began a fearful denunciation of tho wretch who had committed the crime. The crowd would cheer lustily at, in tervals. My friend finished. We alt went to get another round of drinks! before going to the jail. Homo other fetlow was full of speech, and we. gathered, around the bale of hay again. We listened, cheered lustily, nt Intervals, and then went to tho' rumshop to .whet our appetites for gore again. Some other fellow in sisted on exercising his lungs, nnd we gathered around the bale of nny again, listened and encered lustily nt intervals, got thirsty in the mean time, and returned for a final drink before attacking the jail. Some other fellow had, in the meantime, pumped his lungs full of philippics and hot nir, und he wanted to work his Ad am'n tipple, so back to the bale of, hay we went. We finally concluded to make the charge on the jail. J)ny liglit had begun to show, and in thej gray, still morning the jail of thej town did nqt look larger than a) chicken coop. We swooped down on) the jail and demanded tho keys. Wei got them, and demanded the pris oner. 'The man is not here, the jailer said, good naturedly. Rurei enough, the prisoner hud been spir ited away, while we were speaking from the bale of hay and imbibing in the rum, ahop, nnd it was a case of two scoopcrs getting scooped." ' i m' i ' v