Wendell Lauth
Editor’s note: This is part of a weekly series marking the 120th anniversary of Niles native William McKinley’s presidency.
The New York Times reported:
“WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 — The whole length of Pennsylvania Avenue, from the Capitol to just beyond the White House, has suddenly witnessed an eruption of carpenters, timber, booths for watchmen and storage, and a litter of incomprehensible material out of which observation stands of artistic design and within the reach of the slenderest purse are to be constructed.
“Indeed, members of the Senate and the House are admonished, as they go by, that the day is approaching when these preparations must culminate in the inauguration of William McKinley and in the death of the 56th Congress. Those statesman who are to die with the Congress take small interest in the carpenter work, or the jokes about the little sawmill that is working right under the President’s bedchamber window to hasten the construction of the Court of Honor. Other members, who are selected to return to the next Congress, are wondering what became of the flurry about an imminent extra session, and are concluding that it was not a report originating with anybody who can give an explanation of a present necessity for such a session, but was merely an echo of the old report, started loudly by some remote practical joker and now coming back to strike the Capitol and fly off to be again heard at the usual period of two years. It is as clear and true an echo as that in the old Hall of Representatives.”

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