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Rh Presidency four years before, and Adlai Stevenson. A bitter contest lasting up to the hour of election ensued, the main points at issue being imperialism, as the Democrats termed it, trusts, and the old silver issue. But the personal popularity of President McKinley could not be overcome, nor could the army and political record of Theodore Roosevelt be assailed, and the two were elected by a large majority.

His second election to the Presidency was highly gratifying to President McKinley, not so much because he wished the office, but because it showed that the great majority of his fellow-citizens approved of his actions in the war with Spain, and in dealing with the Philippine question.

During the campaign something happened which caused great alarm throughout the country, and was the cause of sending some of our soldiers to China. This disturbance is known as the Boxers' Uprising of 1900.

In China there is a certain society of men called the Boxers who are much opposed to all foreigners. The Boxers had been worrying the missionaries and tradesmen of all other nations a great deal, and matters