The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1896-11-05
EXPRESSED HIMSELF AS SUR
pRISED AT SCENES ENACTED
AT M'KINLEY'S HOME.
SCHOOL CHILDREN MAKE A CALL.
Forty-Fivc Institutions of Learning Rep
resented Parents Brought Up
the Rear-NIr. Dcpew Addressed
Colored Delegation.

| week with an increase OF parade eHect'
scarcely to be expected for the closing
days of the campaign.
Chauncey NJ. Depew today added en-
| thusiastic comment on the marvellous
scenes enacted here when he said thai
lengthy and descriptive as the newspaper
reports had been, he had no apprecia
ton of the wonderful ovation through
which Mckinley was passing and no con
ception of the work he had been doing.
No more novel or prettier sight has
been presented in this campaign thar
the one which greeted Maj. Mckinley
when he returned from the depot
whittier he had accompanied his distin
guishcd guest, Mr.. Depew.
Most conspicuous in the throng that
crowded the yards and streets about his
home We're thousands of public and
waving American flags and shouting fol
Mckinley. Back of them and all around
them were the school girls of Canton and
still further in the rear were the fond
parents of these children, men and
women of Canton in countless numbers.
The affair which attracted this assem-
blage was arranged by the school boys
themselves. When they decided to call
on Maj. Mckinley to pay their respects,
it was early concluded to carry out the
plans pursued by older people and this
was accomplished most successfully.
Maj. Mckinley was visibly affected by
this demonstration of his old neighbOrs
and their children and it was with much
feeling that he delivered an address in
response to the greeting. This was the
fitting conclusion of the day for college
students, which was participated in by
students of forty-fve institutions of
learning. They hurrahed and yelled I'M
til the town resounded with their cheers.
Besides a response from Maj. Mckinley,
the students enjoyed talk by Chauncey
Depew and shook hands with both speak
ers.
In response to J. e. Benson. who spoke
on behalf of the Original Colored Nc
kinley Republican club of Cleveland,
Maj. Mckinley said
Mr.. Benson and My Fellow Citizens
| bid you welcome to my city and home
and feel, honored to have you give my
name to your club. l have been glad to
note in this campaign that the colored
men of the United States from every
section of the country have demonstra-
ted their zeal for the triumph of repub-
lican principles. Great applause.)
You, in common with all your fellow
believe in liberty and you be-
lieve that liberty should be regulated by
law. You believe that this country
should have as the medium of exchange
for doing its business. dollars that are
good, not only in the United States, but
as good in every country of
the world. You believe also that the
courts of this country, which are our
in time of peril, should be
sustained in their dignity and those
whom you represent as allies in this
great contest for sound currency. public
honor and general prosperity. | know
you will be glad to hear from Il distin-
guished citizen from another state, one
States or world, Hon. Chauncey NJ. De-
pew" tremendous cheering.)
Mr.. Depew said:
Fellow CitiZens-I came here to pay
my respects to Maj. Mckinley and not
to make speech. My experimenting
does not begin in Ohio until tomorrow.
daughter and applause) l feel that
| ought not to make speeches in Ohio,
anyway, and the reason is that l want
to have the state of New York give a
larger majority in proportion to its pop
ulation than any state in the Union.
e. vOice-"You can't beat Ohio" fol-
lowed by tremendous laughter and con-
tinued cheering)
And if by chance my coming here
should lead to Ohio beating us, | don't
know whether l could live again in New
York or not. daughter and applause
Anyway. can move to Ohio. daughter
and applause) 1t affords me much
pleasure on arriving here at this spot,
which will be one of the historic places
of the country for all the future of our
history great cheering), to find the first
delegation of those thousands of delega-
tons of which we read up in New York
should be delegation of colored men.
reason it has pleased the peoples or pop
ocratic party, to place this campaign
upon a plane which never has before
been presented in this country. They
are trying to array one class against an
other-as if there were classes in this
country. or permanent classes. They
are trying to array the employed against
the employer and to array the man who
has not prospered against the man who
has little more than he, as if the. spirit
of the American liberty proclaimed that
II man SnOulu not rise IrOlu Ills CoHuitioli
to a better one where all are equal be-
fore the law. If any one has right to
complain and the right to be an anar,
chist and Il socialist, it is the colored
man. 1t is only one generation since
he came from slavery to be free man
but no one ever saw negro socialist
or negro anarchist. loud and con,
tinued cheering.) The colored people OF
the United States accept the emancipa,
ton proclamation of Abraham Lincoln
as it was given to the world. They ac'
cept American citizenship as it came
from the pen of the great liberator and
that great American citizen, that al
men are created equal one with another
and with inalienable rights; that no mar
is better than another man before the
law, but are all equal and the rest is
American opportunity under American
liberty. and so it is that the colored mar
of this country, this generation which
has gone to the schools and received al
American education. is enjoying Ameri
can opportunity" Three cheers for De
pew and three for Mckinley
HIT HARD BY HARRISON.