The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-10-28
A GAY SIGHT
Was Canton All Day With Ban
ners and Bunting.
Crowds Sang All the Old Fa-
miliar Airs.
CROWDS OF WOMEN
With Campaign Umbrellas and
They Drilled.
CROWDS OF WOMEN
Souvenirs for Major Mckinley,
Flowers For Mrs. Mckinley.

Canton. Oct. 2s.-There was never a
more inspiring scene than that wit
messed on the public square yesterday.
Many Of the visitors from Boston, West
Virginia, "a airy land and Cleveland gath
cred in front Of the handsome court
house on the broad public square and
sang patriotic melodies. lnterspersed
by music Of bands and the waving OF
flags, banners and campaign parasols,
with which the women's delegations
We're supplied. America, 2 Yankee
Doodle The Star Spangled Banner
quickly followed one another. nor was
Dixie" or Maryland. My Maryland"
forgotten Both were sung as Justify
and periodically as was John Browns
Body and Marching Through Geor-
gfa-"
and ended at O'Clock with Home,
Sweet Home" from both bands and the
vast audience, which had gathered first
as spectators and then as parHcipaIOrs
in that great patriotic concert.
Todays demonstration was full OF
beauties and features. Tt was notable
for a large crowd. Tt was notable for
the wide range of territory represented
by the visiting delegations 1t was
notable for the varied interests Of the
people Who came
The demonstration began in earnest
at noon with the arrival Of q party rep
resenting three states and IL continued
till dark. All that time the Mckinley
residence, which was surrounded by an
crowd
ing for the nominee and applauding the
splendid delegations which marched up
the street
All that time the air was filled with
the music of bands, and at no time was
the street leading to the Mckinley home
without a line of men and women
either marching or waiting orders to
march. In the first party were is
coach loads coming from eastern West
Virginia. western Maryland and Mar
tins Ferry. O.. the latter delegation be
ing composed Of women coming with
greetings for Major Mckinley and with
beautiful flowers for Mrs. Mckinley.
Employees Of three large Cleveland
concerns We're next. and when they
gave way it was to make room for more
Ohio people. men and women from
N9ingO Junction. o.. the employees Of
a large iron and steel plant and their
wives and friends. After these came
the New England delegation under the
banners Of the New England Sound
Money club" This party occupied a
special train Of six sleepers and two
dining cars and was on the way from 2
o'clock Monday afternoon till O'Clock
yesterday afternoon. The party came
largely from Boston, but a number OF
other New England towns were repre-
santed lit was composed of former
Democrats as well as Republicans and
one man presented to Mr. Mckinley
was Introduced as one who had for
over fifty years voted nothing but the
Democratic ticket. but who this year
will vote for Mckinley and Hobart
The visitors We're Introduced by Frank
r. Rollins. exp president of the New
Hampshire senate.
Many relics and mementoes Of the
visit We're brought for Mrs Mckinley
from Boston New Bedford and from
historic Salem. including whales teeth.
twigs from a tree planted by Gov
Endfc0tt in 1862 and a gold watch chain
They remained until s o'clock and then
went to Cleveland where stop of two
hours was made. then on to Niagara
Falls. the schedule being to reach Bos-
ton a q. m. Thursday
N prattfar sight has been witnessed
in the whole campaign than the recep-
tfon Of the women's Mckinley club Of
&0rwalk, o.
This club Of some 300 nam hers is
splen3idly organized and drilled and
when ca parade carries campaign UNI
/ bre1las on which are portraits Of Nc
l<inley and Hobart They were COM
manded by a chief marshal, Mrs. A. II.
BIoxham, and their evolutions may
wen attract the envy Of voting clubs.