History of the United States from the earliest discovery of America to the end of 1902 . tah, though remaining, protested againstthe conventions financial utterance. The Republican platform lauded protec-tion and reciprocity, favored annexing theHawaiian Islands, and the building, owner- 1896] THE MEN AND THE ISSUE IN i8<)6 175 ship, and operation of the Nicaragua Canalby the United States. It reasserted theMonroe Doctrine in its full extent, ex-pressed sympathy for Cuban patriots, andbespoke United States influence and goodoffices to give Cubapeace and in4epend-ence. The first ballot,by a
History of the United States from the earliest discovery of America to the end of 1902 . tah, though remaining, protested againstthe conventions financial utterance. The Republican platform lauded protec-tion and reciprocity, favored annexing theHawaiian Islands, and the building, owner- 1896] THE MEN AND THE ISSUE IN i8<)6 175 ship, and operation of the Nicaragua Canalby the United States. It reasserted theMonroe Doctrine in its full extent, ex-pressed sympathy for Cuban patriots, andbespoke United States influence and goodoffices to give Cubapeace and in4epend-ence. The first ballot,by a majority ofover two-thirds, nom-inated for the pres-idency William Mc-Kinley, Jr., of Ohio,the nomination beingat once made unani-mous. Garret A. Hobart, of New Jersey,was nominated for Vice-President. William McKinley, Jr., was born at Niles,Ohio, January 29, 1843, of Scotch-Irishstock. In i860 he entered Allegheny Col-lege, Meadville, Pa., but ill health compelledhim to leave. He taught school. For atime he was a postal clerk at. Poland, the outbreak of the Civil War he en-. Copyright, 1899, by Pack Bros., N. A. Hobart, Vice-President. 176 EXPANSION [1896 listed as a private in Company E, 23d OhioInfantry, the regiment with which WilliamS. Rosecrans, Rutherford B. Hayes, andStanley Matthews were connected. Suc-cessive promotions attended his gallant andexemplary services. He shared every en-gagement in which his regiment took part,was never absent on sick leave, and hadonly one short furlough. A month be-fore the assassination of President LincolnMcKinley was commissioned a major bybrevet. After the war Major McKinley studiedlaw. He was admitted to the bar in 1867,settling in Canton, Ohio. In 1876 he madehis debut in Congress, where he servedwith credit till 1890, when, owing partly to agerrymander and partly to the unpopularMcKinley Bill, he was defeated by the nar-row margin of 300 votes. As Governor ofOhio and as a public speaker visiting everypart of the
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