Word: mckinleyism
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Died. Dr. George Finley Bovard, 76, president emeritus of the University of Southern California; of kidney trouble; in Los Angeles. A member of the University's first class (1884) under the presidency of his brother. Dr. Marion McKinley Bovard. he spent 20 years in the Methodist Episcopal ministry, was elected president of the University of Southern California in 1903, retired...
...that September, William Jennings Bryan seemed to have the November election won hands down. That year Mark Hanna was the G. O. P. boss, than whom there never has been a smarter. His brilliantly ruthless management of the Republican campaign resulted in the election of William McKinley by some 600,000 votes...
...late famed Sanford White. He was born and still lives in Lawrence, L. I. For his ancestors was named the neighboring town of Hewlett. As architect he designed the Soldiers & Sailors monument in Albany, the Civil War Memorial in Philadelphia, the City Club of New York, the McKinley Memorial at Columbus, Ohio. As mural painter he has just completed four large historical panels for the Bronx County Building showing the history of Mayor McKee's bailiwick from its foundation by Patroon Jonas Bronck. As a stage designer he made the maquettes for the U. S. production of Rostand...
Though Rubens does not take the credit of getting the U. S. to declare war on Spain, he did his best to bring it about. When one of his agents got hold of a letter written by Spanish Minister de Lôme in which President McKinley was called "a pothouse politician, catering to the rabble," Rubens published the letter, forced de Lôme's resignation. Rubens thinks the Maine was blown up by the Spaniards, admits it was probably not "an official act," but suspects that the disgruntled Spanish General "Butcher" Weyler hoped it would happen...
...Marine Band played dirges at the funerals of Harrison, Taylor and Lincoln; accompanied Garfield's body to Cleveland; played "Lead Kindly Light" and "Nearer My God To Thee" at McKinley's funeral, and "Lead Kindly Light" again at Harding...