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OF WILLIAM McKINLEY
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CHAPTER XIX
Second Term as Governor—Declines the Nomination for the Presidency—The Convention at St. Louis—Triumph of the Gold Standard
Mrs. McKinley was as good as her words, and soon all the property of the governor and his lovmg, trusting wife was in the hands of trustees selected to manage affairs.
"I have this day placed all my property in the hands of trustees, to be used to pay my debts," said the governor. "The amount will be insufficient, I know, but I will execute notes and pay them off as fast as I can. I shall retire from politics, go back to law, and begin all over again."
The words were those of a noble, honest man, willing to do all in his power to make good that for which he was not personally responsible, but for which, as an honorable man, he felt he must stand.
"He shall not retire from politics," cried
