photographs from the election of jeanette ranking to stories about margaret smith, clair booth, and lindy vosz. watch on c-span3. >>> up next on american history tv, robert merry, former ceo of congressional requestl congressional quarterly. recalls the presidency of william mckinley. this is just over an hour. ♪ [ applause ] >>> so, good evening, ladies and gentlemen. well m coto the kansas city public library. robert merry, this is his second presentation in the somewhat hallowed halls of the library, five star library this week from "library journal." thank you. he has a master's degree from columbia university school of journalism. he's been a reporter from the observe, the walt walt journal, managing editor and editor in chief of "congressional quarterly" and more recently the american conservative. he says it's collab la tif but it sounds like robert merry. we believe in constitutional government, fiscal prudence, sound monetary patrol si, delineated borders, authentically free markets, and restraint in foreign policy mixed with diplomatic acuity. we adhere to ideas over eidology, princi