--. -yfrfwS"1 "' '''-W-1w.to Ln,t.rMinM:WM 4 1 V t 1 t ,;' 1 I', j$ It 5fif I $? X x I IT ill '- as i IT ' . k KBVEll IS LONESOME. President McKinley Knows How to Attract People. Han Uhcrcd.I.n,an',Er of Good Feel inn Which linn Hud No Connter imrt Since theUayn of Pres ident Monroe. tSpednl "Washington Letter. LCX HAVE no doubt of the result; I tint! when 1 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. Bryan in July, 1800. Sitting under a Irco with Con gressman Apslcy, of Massachusetts, and another friend, smoking after dinner eigars, 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 lonesome- president." He has not been lonesome. On the contrary, he has had more callers daily since he has been in the white house than 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 conservativeness. Therefore, the people may be told that, many months before his first election, Pres ident McKinley determined that pub lie men should always be 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 That one fact, heretofore unpublished, will account in great measure for the pres ident's popularity with all classes of his fellow citizens.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 and rcclusively 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 first inauguration thcru'were only formal salutations in passing, but the memory of the narrator vividly re called those wards: "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. nro directed toward the two preced ing presidents 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 has gone down into history, everyone of them was subjected to harsh, de structive criticism during his as cendancy; even the great and gqod Washington and Lincoln having been no exceptions to the general rule. Jt was the misfortune of Washington to have in his cabinet Thomas JellVrson, respected and adored for almost a cen tury by a great political party, but who was one of the most selfish poli ticians that ever lived in high or low station in this republic. There is noth ing in the career of Washington, not even excepting the cherry-tree story, which so manifests his enlightened Christianity as the fact that he called Thomas Jefferson into his cabinet and always treated him with kindness aud courtesy. ' i r "j ;r. ittWML r a When Thomas .leffcrson became president he was subjected to criticism for every movement that he made; and even his great achievement, the Louis iana purchase, which mado possible the expansion of this Imperial repub lic, subjected him to nil manner of vio lent and vile, insidious and open at tacks upon the iloorB of both houses of the congress, us well as in the pub lic prints. With Monroe was ushered in the "era of good feeling." Peace 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 lighter of after years, wrote to the new president and If 0.- m. " 'A TAKING A STROLL BY HIMSELF. counseled him to hurmony, saying: "Now is the time to exterminate that monster called party spirit," and ad vised him to select his cabinet and other ofiiccrs 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 and harmonious had been his first term that he was reelected by a practically unanimous vote, only one ballot in the electoral college being cusfc against him, mid 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 eust his for John Quiney Adams. John Quiney Adams, 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 charge of a bargain and sale between him and Mr. Clay wus reit erated again ond 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 and defend all his measures. He met with great success in this line, but also 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 tho 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, Poindexier, White and others. It was during his second term that the celebrated resolution of censure was adopted. Van Buren and Tyler both met with opposition from their own party friends, that against Tyler nssuming the proportions of an open revolt. Mr. Polk went into ofllco under the most flattering circumstances. He had defeated overwhelmingly the idol of the whig party, and was support ed by a very largo majority in both branches of congress, but had hardly got warmed in his seat before a war against him broke out. The first "era of good feeling" in this republic lasted without inter ruption only during the first term of President Monroe; while the second "era of good feeling" did not begin until the second term of tho McKin ley administration was fairly along. He has not been and will not be "a lonesome president," but his per sonal popularity lias not been be cause he has been u good politician alone, but because Maj. McKinley has been and is an exceptionally sincere Christian gentleman. smith r. fry. Merely nu Incident. "I clutched that child and saved her from falling off the street car going at frightful speed." "That was fortunate." "Not for me; the child's mother berated me for tearing its frock." Chicago Record-Herald. VOTE IN SECLUSION. How the College of Cardinals Elects a Pontiff. Coming; Conclave Will Connint of 07 Mcmlirm front All I'nrt of the World I'olltlea In tho Vatican, Special Correspondence. CllURCII politics is quite as excit ing a pursuit as partisan politics. Sometimes, It is true, the papal office seeks the man; but only nfter a number of men who have sought the office have been what an American ward statesman would call "knocked out." Just at present, so rumor says, several cardinals of high standing arc making efforts to line up their forces; while others arc 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 Roman authorities claim that ever since the year lOSS the election of pope has been confined to the col lege of cardinals. Others state that not until 1802 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 arc found to be in favor of a particular candidate. The ambassa dors of Trance, Austria and Spain have each the right to put in a-veto 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,dividcd into three distinct orders bishops, priests and deacons. There arc six cardinal bishops, who hold the suburban sees of Rome. At CARDINAL OREGLIA DI STEPANO. present, however, there arc but five, a vacancy which occurred some time ago not having been filled as yet. There arc also six cardinal deacons and SO cardinal priests a total of 07. The cardinal priests hold their titles from parishes in Borne, many of them, among them Cardinnl Gibbons, being at the same time archbishops or bish ops of foreign dioceses. The cardinal bishops are the real princes of thi 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 pontiff 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 the five cardinal bishops will be the successor of Leo XIII.; although Car dinal Bampolla, 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 rank, 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. lie is n Sicilian by birth, very approach able and affable to high and low. Yet his chances are below par; not because he is not popular among his colleagues, but hcnui.su it is un unwritten law of the church that no one who held a high position under a previous pontiff should be elected Ills successor. Car dinal Rampolla, it is true, lias given up his confidential and responsible trust, but his self-denial evidently lias not contributed to enlarging his popular ity. However, he is but 58 years of age and can well afford to wait an other decade before reaching the highest honor within the gift of the church. , The most popular, as well as the youngest, of the five cardinal bishop la Scriifino Vannutelll, bishop of Frns catl; who was born November 20, 1834. Ho was educated by tho Jesuits, and after his admission to the priesthood took up diplomacy. He has served as nuncio at Brussels, Munich and Vien na, where ho established connections which were of momentous usefulness to the church nnd himself in after days. Cardinal Vnnnutelli, as well as his younger brother, who Is a cardinal priest, arc favorites in Roman society. Both are inclined to bo liberal in their views, and that Is why, in spite, of stro'ng personal following, neither of them can expect to be ninde pontiff. Luijl Oreglla di Stefano, dean of tho, sacred college, was born July 0, 1828, the son of a Roman patrician family. He became a Jesuit novitiate, but did CARDINAL MARIO MOCENNI. i not continue in the Society of Jesus, lie was ordained to the secular priest hood in 1850, and was made n cardinnl in 1873, by Pope Pius IX. Cardinal Mario Mocennl, bishop of Snbino, is the oldest of the cardihal bishops. Ho was born January 22, 1823, and has served as-apostolic dele gate to Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia. Ho is a personal friend of Pope Leo, who created him a cardinal priest in 1893 nnd cardinal bishop in 1891. Lucido Maria Parocchi, bishop of Puerto and vice chancellor of tho Roman church, is also subdeau of tho Sacred College nnd secretary of tho Congregation of the Inquisition. Ho enjoys the reputation of being tho ablest lender aud foremost scholar In the church. He is the sou of a Mantua miller, and was born August 13, 1833. He was mado a cardinnl by Pius IX., in 1877, nnd cardinal bishop in 1889. Ho represents the anti-Italian party in the Vatican, ond during his vicar gen eralship fought several spicy battles with the Quirinal government. Antonio Agliardi, 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 Russiu. Ho was made a cardinal bishop in 1890, and has since taken un active iartin Vatican affairs. The five cardinal bishops, as well as a majority of the cardinal priests and 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 Rnmpolla as his successor, with Cardinal Gotti, pre fect of the congregation of bishops, as second choice. All such talk la 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 advocacy 'of their cause, it having been the custom of centuries to disregard the wishes of a deceased pontiff in the matter of suc cession. Many of tho 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 Roman 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 ofany particular order be placed on the papal throne, he would, almost uncon sciously, but not the less surely, pro mote the interests of his1 society. For this reason no Jesuit has ever been made pope, although the college has al ways been devoted to the Society of Jesus. ' u. W. WEirriERT. SCHOOL AND CHURCH. The People's Christian Family church Is tho title of a new rcllgloun Beet which has been organized In Bos ton with about 20 members. In Germany ten years ago out or every 1,000 students who entered tho universities 205 were students of the ology; in 1893 the number was ISO for each l,00(r,' while-this 70111" It is only. 101. The. appeal for funds to rehabili tate the public schools of Galveston, after the storm, brought iu- tho sum. of $54,270.53, the bulk of It contrib uted by children throughout tho ' country. Three generations of one colored family have been graduated from Obcrlln college John M. Laugston in 1849; his son, Arthur I). Laugston, a teacher in St. Louis, In 1877; nnd his grandson this year. A young Italian woman, Dr. Rtmi Monti, who has published several fcI entiflc papers and who has gained a university gold 'medal, has been ac cepted by the University of Pavla as a lecturer In anatomy. From statistics recently made it Is computed that, whim the general pop ulation of India Iiiih increased 20 per , cent, during tho hist 20 years, tho growth In tho ranks of Protestant Christianity has been 145 per cent. A curloiiH Instance of religious fanaticism has recently come beforo the courts of Lembcrg in Austrian Poland. A wealthy Roman Cnthollo lady has been tried and convicted and sentenced to threu years' imprison ment for kidnaping a Jewish gir and confining her in a convent, whero sho was baptized against her parents' will. . Dr. Joseph Parker, the noted Lon don preacher, was recently lecturing on "Eternity" in ti provincial town and was much annoyed by a young dandy who was seated near the plat form. The youth, proud of n new watch, was continually pulling It out to see what time it was. Finally tho lecturer could stand it no longer. Looking full at the. offender he said: "Put up your watch, young man. Wo are considering eternity, not time." IT WAS NO LYNCHING BEE.- i Dot It XVnn Not the Vault of the Sen- atlon MonKrrit lit Thin lnntnnce. "I enjoy tho uncnviablo distinction! of having aided in the organization of a mob on one occasion," said at gentleman who is u recent acquis!- tion to tho citizenship of Louisiana, reports tho New Orleans Timcs-Denv ocrat, "but tho scheme all went aw'rj) for reasons that will be moro par ticularly set forth hereinafter. I had) been sent out to a little town In Tcni nessec where tho offense which justi fies lynching hud been committed. X was on one of the dallies published! at tho capital of tho state, and thera was with me on tho trip the reporter of another paper. Wo expected to find a tremendous mob at tho towm Whero the negro had been placed when arrested, but, instead, we found! the quietest place in the world. Mew were lounging lazily under i hadet trees, whittling on dry goods boxesj and whillng away the time after thol usual fashion in country townsj Then: was no evidence of tho mob) spirit. We had to stir up something or losts the story. Wo stopped every! straggler hat came along, and saidi jvc hail heard that the negro was going to be lynched, and, while wu deplored the fact, we thought imdcri the circumstances it would be JiistI- fiod. Finally we had the cro'wd in good condition, and had arranged for a meeting in an old r,tahlc. V'e had( been spending money freely, nnd tliof crowd was almost in a swooning con dition. ' ! "When we got into the stable my friend jumped upon a bale of hay ond. began a fearful denunciation of tho wretch who had committed the oriinc. 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 feilow was full of speech, and wo 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, and we gathered around the halo of nay again, listened and cheered lustily at intervals, got thirsty in the mean time, aud returned for a final drink before attacking the jail. 'Some other fellow had, in the meantime, puiupdd his Jungs full of philippics and hot nir, and he wanted to work his Ad am'a apple, so back to the balo of( hay we went. We finally concluded to make the charge on the jail. Pay light had begun to show, aud In tho gray, still morning the jail of the town did not look larger than a chicken coop. We swooped down on the Jail aud demanded tho keys. Wo got them, and demanded the pris oner. 'The mnu is not here,' the jailer said, good naturcdly. Rurni enough, the prisoner had been spir ited away, while we wero speaking from the bale of hoy and imbibing' iu the rum ahop, and it was a case of two scoopcrs getting scooped." ' M l V