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President McKinley

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by Robert W. Merry


  background of, 55

  becoming Ohio’s junior senator, 149

  in break with Hanna, 86, 237–38

  and canal treaty, 410–11

  Cuban annexation desired by, 375

  Cuban sovereignty recognized by, 275

  at 1896 Convention, 119, 125, 127–28

  elected Ohio governor, 60–61

  Hanna’s friendship with, 60–61, 62, 63–64, 68

  and Hanna’s political ambition, 151, 152–53, 234, 235

  in Ohio GOP rift, 68

  presidential ambitions of, 238

  on Proctor’s tour of Cuba, 265

  Sherman supported by, 59, 60, 64, 67

  Sherman vs., 61–63, 85, 86, 87

  trusts defended by, 391

  WM encouraged to run for Ohio governor by, 85

  WM’s convention plank and, 122

  WM’s message on neutral intervention dismissed by, 274

  and WM’s run for president, 105

  WM’s support for, 51–52

  Foraker, Julia, 181

  Foster, Charles, 55–56, 67

  Foster, John W., 175, 207, 416

  France, 201–2, 223, 280, 421, 429

  Frease, George, 83, 320

  Frease, Harry, 140

  Frease, Joseph, 37

  “Free Coinage Catechism,” 118

  free silver coinage, 53, 85–86, 106–7, 115, 125, 131, 143, 144, 167, 168, 189, 191, 201–4, 239, 240, 247, 248, 432–33

  Bryan’s push for, 132, 134–35, 141, 248, 444

  Frémont, John C., 21

  Frick, Henry Clay, 93

  Frye, William P., 204, 275, 324, 339

  Fuller, Melville, 164

  Funston, Frederick, 468–69

  Fusionists, 239

  Gage, Cornelia, 344

  Gage, Lyman J., 229, 462

  acquisition of Manila desired by, 310

  Alger’s criticism of, 356–57

  Civil Service reform approved by, 376

  on fiscal surplus, 396

  put into Treasury, 153, 157, 158

  at White House socializing, 344

  Gallagher, Albert, 479

  Gallinger, Jacob, 216–17

  García, Calixto, 262

  Gardner (bodyguard), 162

  Garfield, James, 72

  Garland, Augustus, 274

  Gary, James, 155, 156, 157, 187, 284

  Gear, John, 249

  Geary, John, 479

  Georgia, 107, 108, 320, 344

  Germany, 201–2, 223, 249, 280, 319, 334, 387, 390, 416, 421, 428–29, 430, 431

  Gibson, Henry R., 190

  Giddings, Joshua, 13

  Glidden, Charles E., 19, 35

  Godkin, Edwin, 103, 104, 116, 118, 134, 191, 248, 252, 361, 365, 412

  gold, 118, 166, 229, 325, 433

  Gold Democrats, 142–43

  Goldman, Emma, 478

  gold standard, 107, 110, 120–21, 122, 124, 125, 126, 133, 148, 153, 168, 247–48, 397, 445, 455, 484

  Gold Standard Act (1900), 397, 411

  Gómez, Máximo, 285, 293, 374, 375

  Gorman, Arthur, 217

  Gould, Lewis L., 488

  Gowdy, John, 108

  Grant, Ulysses S., 96, 124, 173, 200, 395

  Gray, George, 249, 324, 339

  Great Britain, 156, 188, 223, 248, 249, 280, 390, 421, 427, 429, 431, 461–62

  and annexation of Hawaii, 209, 210–11

  bimetallism and, 201–3

  and Central American canal, 252

  free trade policies of, 81–82

  Greeley, Horace, 40, 42

  greenback issuance, 53, 119

  greenbacks, Gage’s desire to retire, 229

  Greene, Francis V., 326, 327–29, 331, 332, 333, 334, 336

  Gresham, Walter, 64, 175, 176

  Griggs, John, 271, 276, 310, 390

  Grosvenor, Charles H., 112–13, 318–19, 371, 406, 474

  and election of 1900, 440

  Hanna supported by, 239

  and spoils system, 231

  Guam, 2, 324, 340, 411, 484, 486

  Gullón e Iglesias, Pío, 255, 256, 257, 261–62, 266

  Hagedorn, Herman, 246

  Hager, Alva, 192

  Hale, Eugene, 217

  Halstead, Murat, 67, 68, 127, 470

  Hamilton, Alexander, 75–76, 117

  Hamlin, Gertje, 450

  Hanna, Augusta Rhodes, 56

  Hanna, Charlotte, 165

  Hanna, Leonard, 56

  Hanna, Marcus Alonzo:

  accused of stealing election, 240–41

  and annexation of Hawaii, 204–5

  background of, 56–58

  Bliss pleaded with by, 157

  in break with Foraker, 86

  Cabinet position offered to, 150-51, 155-56

  in campaign of 1900, 445–46, 447–48

  campaign strategy of, 105, 107–9, 111, 113, 145–46

  cartoons of, 148

  confidence in election of 1896, 144, 145

  Cowles’s criticism of, 57–58, 101, 102

  Dewey’s nomination opposed by, 384

  at 1896 Convention, 119, 122, 125, 126, 129

  Foraker’s break with, 237–38

  Foraker’s friendship with, 60–61, 62, 63–64, 68

  fundraising for WM by, 137, 138–39

  gold standard favored by, 107, 120–21, 131, 135

  government ambition of, 148–49, 150–51, 152–53, 155–56, 187

  money given to Gold Democrats by, 142–43

  Nash supported by, 385, 387

  newspaper owned by, 57–58

  at New York meeting with GOP bosses, 98–100

  in Ohio GOP rift, 68

  and possibility of railroad strike, 101–2

  put on WM’s 1896 campaign, 100–101

  reputation for greed of, 101–3

  second senatorial term desired by, 233–40

  Sherman supported by, 59, 60, 62, 64, 65, 66, 86–87

  and shipping subsidy bill, 411

  Southern GOP delegates won for WM by, 103

  and spoils system, 231

  start of friendship with WM, 68, 74

  Theodore Roosevelt disdained by, 436

  and Theodore Roosevelt’s nomination for vice presidency, 442, 443–44

  trusts defended by, 391, 445

  U.S. politics transformed by, 137, 145–46

  at White House socializing, 344

  and WM’s assassination, 481

  and WM’s debts, 91, 92, 93

  WM’s distancing from, 436–37

  at WM’s inauguration, 165

  WM’s letter to, 147–48

  WM’s run for Ohio governor supported by, 86

  at WM’s second inauguration, 466

  WM supported at 1892 Republican convention by, 89

  on working people, 396

  Hanna & Co., 57, 100–101

  Harriman, E. H., 477

  Harrison, Benjamin, 80, 99, 144, 165–66, 207

  and annexation of Hawaii, 175

  as anti-imperialist, 361

  congressional relations of, 182

  in election of 1888, 64, 65, 67, 75, 139

  in election of 1892, 89, 116, 137

  and election of 1896, 105

  protectionist bill signed by, 81

  Hart, Robert, 418

  Hartman, Charles, 125

  Harvey, John, 25

  Hastings, Russell, 26, 29, 31, 35, 195, 245, 276, 284

  and WM’s debts, 91, 92

  Hatch, Francis, 204–5, 250

  Havana, riots in, 225

  Hawaii, 172–75, 186

  Hawaiian annexation, 175–76, 177–78, 189, 201, 204–11, 212–13, 214, 324, 360, 431, 455, 484, 486

  congressional resolution on, 317–19

  debated in Senate, 248–50, 319

  Dole’s push for, 206, 250–51

  in WM’s annual message, 230–31

  Hay, John, 172, 367, 368, 387, 474, 475

  Alge
r’s resignation approved by, 357–58

  bimetallism and, 201, 202

  and Boxer Rebellion, 421–22, 425, 476

  and canal treaty, 461, 462, 476–77

  in Central American canal negotiations, 408–10

  and Cuban rebellion, 219, 223

  Dewey praised by, 290

  on hostility of New York GOP bosses, 104

  importance of diplomacy of, 323

  made British ambassador, 156

  “open door” policy of, 413, 414, 416, 417–18, 429–30

  on Pan-American Exposition, 2, 3

  resignation of, 410

  on Schurz, 212

  and Sherman’s resignation, 284

  on Spanish-American War, 2

  Theodore Roosevelt pushed for navy position by, 158

  and U.S.-Spanish peace talks, 310, 335, 336, 339

  WM praised by, 103–4

  and WM’s debts, 93

  WM’s first meeting with, 158

  WM’s fondness for, 187–88

  Zimmerman’s analysis of, 485

  Hayes, Lucy, 42, 47, 53

  Hayes, Rutherford B., 42, 53, 54, 228

  in Civil War, 21–22, 24, 25–27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 96, 484

  in Congress, 36

  elected president, 46–47, 74

  in election for governor, 38

  Ida liked by, 47

  political advice to WM, 70

  in run for presidency, 45

  WM encouraged in presidential ambitions by, 74

  on WM’s 1888 Convention speech, 69

  WM’s patronage suggestions accepted by, 47

  Hayes, Webb, 276

  Haymarket riots, 143

  Hay-Pauncefote Treaty, 408–9, 433, 461

  Hearst, William Randolph, 148, 255, 260, 412

  Hepburn, William, 372–73, 409, 410, 411, 462

  Herrick, Myron, 120, 259, 385–86

  and Hanna’s fundraising, 138–39

  and WM’s debts, 90, 91, 92–93

  Hicks, John D., 94

  Hill, David B., 132

  Hill, James J., 477

  Hippisley, Alfred, 417

  Hirshfelder, Joseph, 473

  Hitt, Robert, 252

  Hoar, George F., 216–17, 323–24, 351

  anti-imperialism of, 361–62, 402

  Hobart, Garret, 129, 163, 238, 269, 276, 392–93

  Hobart, Jennie, 194, 195–96, 197, 393

  Home Magazine, 73

  Hong Xiuquan, 415

  Hood, John, 258

  Hoover, Herbert, 424

  Hoshi Toru, 206, 209

  Hospital Corps, 352

  Hough, A. B., 113

  House of Representatives, U.S.:

  Appropriations Committee of, 318

  army bill in, 457

  Central American canal debated in, 372–74

  Interstate Commerce Committee of, 372, 409

  military bill in, 371, 372

  naval spending in, 280

  Puerto Rican trade bill in, 406

  resolution on Hawaiian annexation in, 317–19

  Rules Committee of, 319

  Ways and Means Committee of, 7, 58–59, 75, 76, 77, 78–81, 190, 193, 405

  Howell, John Adams, 278

  Howells, William Dean, 361

  Hussey, Obed, 52

  Idaho, 126, 135

  Illinois, 135, 144, 145

  Illinois Steel Company, 93

  Iloilo, Philippines, 328, 346, 347, 348

  imports, 396

  income tax, 144

  In the Days of McKinley (Leech), 488

  India, 144, 202

  Indiana, 108, 144, 145, 167

  industrial expansion, 2, 105, 165, 189

  industrialists, 76, 137

  industry, 94, 146, 455

  inflation, 85, 117–18

  Influence of Sea Power upon History, 1660–1783 (Mahan), 176

  Interior Department, U.S., 154–55, 157

  internal excise taxes, 78

  Interstate Commerce Commission, 132

  Iowa, 144, 145, 387

  Iowa, 281, 282

  Ireland, S. R., 479

  iron, 166, 231–32, 396

  Isthmian Canal Commission, see Walker Commission

  Italy, 416, 421

  Jackson, Andrew, 12, 75, 106, 117–18, 395

  and nullificaton crisis, 76

  Japan, 2, 173–74, 176, 186, 205–6, 208, 209, 210, 230, 249, 319, 334, 413, 421

  Jefferson, Thomas, 75, 106, 117

  Johnson, Henry, 371

  Jones, Asa, 152–53

  Jones, James, 432–33

  Jones, John, 350

  Jones, Samuel B., 386–87

  Justice Department, U.S., 155

  Kalakaua, King of Hawaii, 173

  Kansas, 94, 135

  Kasson, John A., 193, 471

  Kelley, William “Pig Iron,” 59

  Kempff, Louis, 422, 424

  Kennedy, Robert, 51, 56

  Kent, Jacob, 302

  Kentucky, 143, 387

  Ketteler, Clemens August von, 421

  Kettle Hill, 301–2

  Kiao-Chau Bay, 416

  Kimberly, David, 102

  Kipling, Rudyard, 188, 414

  Kohlsaat, Herman Henry, 109, 115–17, 119, 120–21, 380

  Gage proposed to Treasury by, 153

  WM’s convention plank and, 122

  and WM’s debts, 91, 92, 93

  and WM’s difficulties with Spain, 271

  Kurtz, Charles, 234–35, 236–37, 239–40, 241, 384–85

  Lacey, John, 319

  Ladrone Islands, 311, 327

  Las Guasimas, Cuba, 300

  Laubie, Peter A., 48–49

  Lawton, Henry, 300, 301, 302, 366, 368, 381, 389, 402

  Lee, B. F., 16

  Lee, Fitzhugh, 219, 226, 244, 245, 252, 253, 254, 263, 287

  Americans evacuated from Cuba by, 270–71

  Moret’s desire for expulsion from Cuba of, 262

  Lee, Miss, 342–43

  Lee, Robert E., 24, 25

  Leech, Margaret, 488

  Leo XIII, Pope, 271, 273

  León y Castillo, Fernando, 337–38

  Liberal Party, Spain, 221, 225, 243–44

  Cuban manifesto of, 223–24

  Lichtman, Alan J., 484–85

  Li Hongzhang, 428

  Liliuokalani, Queen of Hawaii, 174, 250

  Linares, Arsenio, 300, 301, 305

  Lincoln, Abraham, 18, 96, 124, 363, 395, 408

  Little Texas, 301

  Lodge, Henry Cabot, 8

  and annexation of Hawaii, 210

  and canal treaty, 410–11, 461

  on debate over Paris peace accords, 351

  at 1896 convention, 121–22

  imperial view of, 280, 292, 307, 341

  Theodore Roosevelt pushed for navy position by, 158

  Theodore Roosevelt pushed for vice presidency by, 431

  on U.S. possession of the Philippines, 402–3

  Zimmerman’s analysis of, 485

  London Standard, 8, 193

  Long, John D., 399, 459, 474

  acquisition of Manila supported by, 310

  Alger’s resignation approved by, 357–58

  and annexation of Hawaii, 206–7

  Army criticized by, 285

  and Boxer Rebellion, 425

  Cortelyou’s criticism of, 297

  Dewey presented with sword by, 383

  and Dewey’s mission in Asia, 279

  as elderly, 284

  and explosion on Maine, 259, 260, 262

  infirmities of, 187

  and looming Philippines crisis, 338

  Maine inquiry read by, 268

  Maine sent to Cuba by, 254

  plan for Cuban invasion of, 293–94, 296

  as possible nominee in 1900, 437

  in preparation for war with Spain, 263

  put in charge of Navy, 155, 157, 158

  Theodore Roosevelt criticized by, 278
r />   and WM’s difficulties with Spain, 271, 272

  Lopez, Sixto, 336

  Lorimer, William, 405

  Louisiana, 107, 108, 392

  Louisiana Purchase, 166

  Louisville Courier-Journal, 270, 383

  Low, Seth, 219–20

  Luce, Henry R., 484

  Lucheni, Luigi, 451

  Luna, Antonio, 368, 369

  Luzon, 327, 328, 338–39, 347, 366, 368, 381, 397–98, 458, 460, 469

  lynchings, 164

  MacArthur, Arthur, 345, 366–68, 369, 422, 439, 453, 459, 460

  McCall, Samuel, 457

  McClellan, George, 24, 25

  McClure, Samuel G., 95–96

  McConville, Daniel, 235

  McCook, John, 155, 157, 193, 198

  McCormick, Cyrus, 52

  MacDonald, Claude, 420

  McEnery, Samuel, 350

  McKenna, Joseph, 192, 271

  offered attorney general, 157

  McKinley, Abner, 44, 48–49, 90, 232

  McKinley, Anna, 35, 36, 39, 41, 466

  McKinley, Catherine, 43, 44, 96

  McKinley, David (soldier), 14

  McKinley, David (weaver), 13, 14

  McKinley, Helen, 127

  McKinley, Ida (baby), 43, 44

  McKinley, Ida Saxton:

  background of, 40–41

  bromides taken by, 453, 472

  in Canton home, 96

  carriage accident of, 43

  correspondence of, 184

  and deaths of children, 44–45

  as demanding wife, 71–72

  dinner dance organized by, 160

  at 1896 Convention, 127

  European trip of, 41–42

  and Front Porch campaign, 140

  Hayeses’ fondness for, 47

  health problems of, 5, 43–44, 49–50, 71–73, 96–97, 159, 160, 194–99, 246–47, 379, 451–53, 472, 473–74, 482

  on inauguration day, 162, 163–64, 165

  moodiness of, 342–44

  and Mother McKinley’s death, 233

  at Pan-American Exposition, 5, 6, 9, 479–80

  sadness of, 71

  travel by, 200–201

  at Twenty-third Ohio reunion, 228–29

  wedding of, 42–43

  wit of, 197

  WM as loving husband to, 72–73, 87–88

  WM’s assassination and, 479–82

  WM’s assassination feared by, 451–52

  and WM’s debts, 90, 91–92

  on WM’s final cross-country trip, 472–73, 478

  WM’s first meeting with, 41

  WM’s gift to, 453

  at WM’s second inauguration, 466, 467

  and WM’s second term, 450–51, 453

  McKinley, James, 14

  McKinley, Nancy Allison, 14–15, 16, 19, 27, 39–40, 232–33, 344

  McKinley, Sarah, 17, 26, 127

  McKinley, William:

  as affable, 16, 17–18, 103, 180, 320

  in civic and fraternal organizations, 37–38

  in Civil War, 6, 13, 19, 20–34, 45

  as county prosecuting attorney, 38

  and deaths of children, 44–45

  debts of, 89–93

  desire to enter Congress, 36

 

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