president william mckinley asked him. he sort of there.created a constitution for a grateful people and extended the bill of rights to the philippine people because he thought have to be educated in order to be ready for the duties of citizenship. what he wanted to do was be on the supreme court. roosevelt offered him a supreme court justice ship and his wife becausede him refuse she wanted him to be president instead. she went to the white house under president harrison and said, i hope to marry a man who will be president and he said i hope you will and he is in ohio. she is pining for him to join washington. she thinks the supreme court will sideline him. the turned down the offer of this court seat with reluctance and it distinguishes himself in the philippines and becomes secretary of war where he is an administrative marvel. henry stetson, the circuit as secretary of war under president taft and, result, hoover, and truman, said taft was the greatest administrator of the mall. he was good -- of them all. he was still effective as sec

first, on the initial services commission during william mckinley's presidency. then on theodore roosevelt, nurse and laser -- commerce and labor. james decided to leave at the end of roosevelt's term, rather taft.erve under ca -- abram, the youngest surviving helped to resurrect washington's development directly. quietly behind the scenes. cleveland, heg quietly had a connection to roosevelt. he was appointed to the national council of fine arts. stardent roosevelt still predecessor to the national commission of fine arts. the council, through presidential executive order met only once. to review the sighting of the lincoln memorial before the order was rescinded by the president, william howard taft. abram garfield, writing to his mother, indicated that all alloses pence -- disciplines on the commission recognize the fertility of the council and the likelihood that william howard taft would abolish it at the back past -- at the behest of congressional opposition. he came back and served on the commission of fine arts from 1925-1930 including a stint as vice cha

william mckinley from ohio was a great president. he understood the crucial importance of tariffs in maintaining a very strong country. people that followed him went down at great presidents because one in particular as you know, because he was given an economic behemoth created by mckinley. mckinley said we ought to take care of our own nation and her industries first. we want to help other people. but we don't want to help other people that are rich and not have them reimburse us. they are taking care of their military, we are taking care of their manufacturing. we are taking care of everything. a lot of these deals were made many years ago when they were weak and struggling. and they never changed them. but we are changing them now. changing them now. and troy balderson is going to be helping so much. thanks to our pro american economic policies. american steel -- one of the things i'm most of proud of -- american steel is making one of the biggest comebacks anybody has ever seen for any industry. nucor, a great steel company. the

first, on the civil services commission under william mckinley's presidency. then on theodore roosevelt's commerce and labor commission. then as a secretary of the interior until the end of roosevelt's term in a 1909. james decided to leave at the end of roosevelt's term, rather than serve under taft. he rejoined his third brother in cleveland. abram, the youngest surviving son helped to resurrect washington's development directly. he did it quietly behind the scenes. an architecting cleveland, he quietly had a connection to theodore roosevelt. abram was appointed to the national council of fine arts. president theodore roosevelt's ill-starred -- predecessor to the national commission of fine arts. the council, through presidential executive order of architects met only once. it was to review the sighting of the lincoln memorial before the order was rescinded by the president, william howard taft. abram garfield, writing to his mother, indicated that all disciplines on the commission -- participants on the commission recognize the fertility of the council and

william mckinley from ohio was a great president. he understood the crucial importance of tariffs in maintaining a very strong country. people that followed him went down at great presidents because one in particular as you know, because he was given an economic behemoth created by mckinley. mckinley said we ought to take care of our own nation and her industries first. we want to help other people. but we don't want to help other people that are rich and not have them reimburse us. they are taking care of their military, we are taking care of their manufacturing. we are taking care of everything. a lot of these deals were made many years ago when they were weak and struggling. and they never changed them. but we are changing them now. changing them now. and troy balderson is going to be helping so much. thanks to our pro american economic policies. american steel -- one of the things i'm most of proud of -- american steel is making one of the biggest comebacks anybody has ever seen for any industry. nucor, a great steel company. the

one, ir, in am quoting legislation that is conveniently overlooked, especially by the media. , william mckinley set aside a section of arlington national cemetery as a burial site for several hundred confederate soldiers. until that time, southern soldiers could not be buried in a national cemetery. step in march, 1906. i do not know if anyone in here is aware of this legislation. it is a public law 38, statute 56. it states, as federal law, that confederate soldiers were to be entitled to be treated as veterans in the same, honorable way that all american veterans in all wars had been. in other words, you could not soldiers andon confederate soldiers. that is a 1906 statute. in spite of these federal laws, general robert e lee and other soldiers are being declared traitors. american politics thrives on a double standard. the media continually demonstrates when -- the current war terrible came during a 2015 incident in charleston, south carolina. murdered nineth black churchgoers. a his belongings was photograph of him holding a confederate battle flag. arguments over confederate symbolism imme

. >> this summer i've just finished a book from karl rove that is the triumph of william mckinley, and it's why the election of 189 6 still matters. it was a really, really good read because you don't realize how many issues that they dealt with then that we're still dealing with today. of all things, one of the major issues that was a concern was trade. and another issue besides that was currency, whether to go to the silver or gold standard and the arguments that occurred. and what was really wild is this was one of the first times the big bosses weren't really controlling it, that the local election was really, really good. and mckinley did what was known as the porch campaign. he sat on his porch and people came to him. it isn't quite like that anymore, but it was a great read. of course, i'm also -- i always try to have one book with politics, one book kind of fiction and one w

people don't realize, william mckinley from ohio was a great president.e understood the crucial importance of tariffs in maintaining a very strong country. people that followed him went down as a great presidents because one in particular, as you know, it is he was created. mckinley said, we ought to take care of our own nation and our industry's first we have to take care of our nation for spirit we want to help other people. but we don't want to help other people that are rich and not have them reimburse us. it is so foolish. we are taking care of their military, we are taking care of their -- of everything. a lot of these deals were made many years ago when they were weak and struggling to win ever changed them. we never change them. they are still the same deal. we are changing them now. [cheering] and troy balderson is going to be helping so much, things to our pro-america economic policies -- one of the things i am most proud of -- american steel is making one of the biggest comebacks anybody has ever seen. [applause] pres. trump: for any industry.

people don't realize william mckinley from ohio was a great president.derstood the crucial appointment of power. maintaining a strong country. people who followed him went down is great residents, one in particular is you know, because he was given an economic behemoth that was created by mckinley. mckinley said, we ought to take care of our own nation first. we have to take care of our nation worse. and we can take care of other people. but we do not want to help other people who are rich and not have them reimburses. it is full is. we are taking care of their military. we are take care of their manufacturing. we are taking care of everything. a lot of these deals we made a long time ago when they are weekend struggling. but we never chase them. we never change them. but we are changing them now. changing them now. and, troy balderson is going to be helping so much. thanks to our pro-american economic policies, one of the things i most proud of. american steel is making one of the biggest comebacks that anybody has ever seen. or any industry. steel indu

in 1901, president william mckinley set aside a section of arlington national cemetery as a burial site for several hundred confederate soldiers. until that time, southern soldiers could not be buried in the national cemetery. a larger forgotten step occurred in march 1906. i doubt if anyone in here is aware of this piece of legislation. it's public law 38, statute 56. it states as federal law that confederate soldiers were to be entitled to be treated as american veterans in the same honorable way that all american veterans of all other wars had been. in other words, you cannot segregate confederate soldiers from union soldiers. they were all american veterans entitled to the same. that's a 1906 statute. but in spite of these federal laws, robert lee, jackson, all other confederate soldiers are now being declared traitors, symbols of racial hatred. such allegations run counter to law and to common sense. but american politics thrives on a double standard. and the media continually demonstrates daily that it has difficulty in telling the whole truth and nothing but the truth. now the sp

. >> this summer, i just finished a book that is "the triumph of william mckinley." that's why the election of 1896 still matters. it was a really, really good read because you don't realize how many issues that they dealt with then that we are still dealing with today. of all things, one of the major issues of concern was trade. another issue besides that was currency, whether going to the silver or gold standard and the arguments that occurred and what was really wild, this was one of the first times that the big bosses weren't really controlling the local election. it was really, really good. mckinley did what was known as the porch campaign. he sat on his porch and people came to him. it isn't quite like that anymore but it was a great read. i always try to have one book with politics, one book with fiction and one -- there's a new book coming out by max cahill, "unshakeable hope." "unshakeable hope." i'm looking forward to have that. max is actually going to be doing a book signing tour in the first week of august here in d.c. at the bible museum. looking forwar