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one fact, heretofore unpublished, will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