To "get the chair"

[Dave Wilton]

> My question is:  Does Baum use "the chair" as a metaphor for
> the electric chair?  If so, is this the origin of the phrase
> "to get the chair?"

McKinley was a Republican and Baum was a Republican activist, so I doubt he
wrote a poem calling for McKinley's death. More likely, Baum is using
"chair" in the sense of chairman or leader. He wants McKinley to be elected
president.