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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one fact, heretofore unpublished, will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.
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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.
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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.-
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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." '
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