President McKinley, with his great wisdom and tact and his delightful individual quality, succeeded in establishing an influence over the members of the Senate not, I think, equalled from the beginning of the Government, except possibly by Andrew Jackson.
Hoar praises President McKinley's ability to influence the Senate, comparing him to Andrew Jackson.
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