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"Throth, but it's worth havin', Nancy: where did you get it?" asked M'Kinley. "Hould your wicked tongue, you thief of a heretic," said Nancy, laughing, "when will you larn anything that's good? I got it from one that wouldn't have it if it wasn't good Darby M'Murt, the pilgrim, since you must know."
"I'll warrant you that Tom and his wife made a better hand of themselves," said Alick M'Kinley, "than Larry and Sally did." "Ah! I wouldn't fear, Alick," said Tom, "but you would come at the truth 'tis you that may say they did; there wasn't two in the parish more comfortable than the same two, at the very time that Larry and Sally came by their deaths.
In the same session which saw the passing of the M'Kinley Act, the House of Representatives agreed to the Hitt resolution, providing that whenever it should be certified that Canada was ready to negotiate for a complete or partial removal of all duties, the president should appoint three commissioners to meet the Canadian representatives, and report their findings.
The return of the Republicans to power in 1888, it has been seen, appeared to put freer trade relations out of the question. The M'Kinley tariff of 1890 slammed the door in Canada's face, for in order to delude the American farmer into believing that protection was in his interest, this tariff imposed high and often prohibitive duties on farm products.
And when you remember the arrogant tyranny of the Yellow Journals, you are surprised that at the mere sound of the people's voice the prison doors did not instantly fly open. We have been told, as though it were no more than a simple truth, that the Yellow Press the journals owned by Mr Hearst not merely made the Spanish-American War, but procured the assassination of Mr M'Kinley.
"'Well, says the nager, 'if-you're not able to keep your horse shod, I would jist recommend you to sell him, and thin his shoes won't cost you any thing, says he. "The ould Square went away with tears in his eyes, for he loved the poor brute, bekase they wor the two last branches of the ould stock." "Why," inquired M'Kinley, in his small squeaking voice, "was the horse related to the family?"
Moreover, the special difficulty that faces all negotiations with the United States, the division of power between President and Congress, remained in full intensity, for President M'Kinley made the scrupulous observance of the constitutional limits of his authority the first article in his political creed.
Then came old M'Kinny, poacher and horse-jockey; little, squeaking, thin-faced Alick M'Kinley, a facetious farmer of substance; and Shane Fadh, who handed down, traditions and fairy tales.
"In witness whereof, etc. "William M'Kinley. "By the President: "John Hay, Secretary of State." Early History of the Philippines. The Abolishment of the 31st of December, 1844, in Manila The Mystery of the Meridian 180 Degrees West What Is East and West?
"I didn't say he was related to the fam "Get out, you shingaun!" The laugh was now turned against M'Kinley.
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