; but it was properly named after Mr. McKinley because of his
indomitable pluck, his ability, his energy.

"It was pushed through the House after great opposition, because
the Democrats, as usual, opposed that, as they opposed everything
else."

The election in Ohio resulted in Republican success, Daniel J.
Ryan, the head of the ticket, being elected secretary of state by
about 11,000 majority.

Shortly after the election I was in the city of New York, and was
there interviewed. I was reported to have said:

"The Republican defeats do not bother me at all, I have seen many
such revulsions before and we get around all right again. It does
us good, we become more active and careful. It will be all right.

"I will cite an instance in my own state, Ohio. Last year we lost
our governor, this year we carry the state by a splendid majority.
The Democrats fixed up the congressional districts so we would get
six Congressmen only, but we got eight."

"What of Major McKinley's election to Congress?"

"Major McKinley is, I fear, defeated, though when I left Ohio it
was thought that he had succeeded by a small majority. If he should
have run in his old district his majority would have been 3,500 or
4,000 against 2,000 received by him two years ago. But they placed
him in a district of three Democratic counties and only one Republican
county, in which the Democratic majority is upward of 2,000. It
looks now as if he is defeated by about 130 votes. It simply means
that the major will be the next Governor of Ohio. He made a splendid
canvass and a magnificent run, and defeat is not the proper name
for the result. Mr. McKinley told me before the election that he
did not expect to succeed with such odds against him.

"As to the general result of the congressional elections, I have
seen such convulsions a dozen times or more, but they have had no
permanent effect. In 1878, when I was Secretary of the Treasury,
we lost the House and Senate both, but two years later, in 1880,
we rallied and recovered all that we had lost and elected a Republican
President besides. I do not regard the present situation with
apprehension. The country will be wiser by next year and better
able to pass upon the issues."

The second session of the 51st Congress met on the 1st of December,
1890. The annual message of the President dealt with the usual
topics. The surplus for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1890,
including the amount appl