...of President McKinley. "I do not believe in playing the hypocrite," he wrote privately to a friend. "Any strong man fit to be President would desire a renomination and reelection after his first term. It is pleasant to think that one's countrymen believe well of one. But I shall do nothing whatever...

...of President McKinley. "I do not believe in playing the hypocrite," he wrote privately to a friend. "Any strong man fit to be President would desire a renomination and reelection after his first term. It is pleasant to think that one's countrymen believe well of one. But I shall do nothing whatever...

...not believe in playing the hypocrite. Any strong man fit to be President would desire a nomination and re-election after his first term. Lincoln was...feel any personal interest in his own re-election. But at present I should like to be elected President just as John Quincy Adams, or McKinley, or Cleveland,...

...believe in playing the hypocrite," he said. "Any strong man fit to be President would desire a nomination and re-election after his first term. Lincoln was...feel any personal interest in his own re-election. But at present I should like to be elected President just as John Quincy Adams, or McKinley, or Cleveland,...

...confidence. He himself said previous to the election of 1904 : "I do not believe in playing the hypocrite. Any strong man fit to be President would desire a renomination and reelection after his first term," just as McKinley, or Cleveland, or Washington did. While "it is pleasant to think that one's countrymen...