The San Francisco call., 1896-10-11
THOUSANDS CHEER
MAJOR MCKINLEY
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in the United States for political party as one
of these commercial travellers. [Applause.l
They go everywhere and they are good takers,
as you have demonstrated by the choice of
your spokesman here to-day. Laughter and
great cneering.1 thank you and bid you all
good day.
Three hundred Pennsylvanians of the
anthracite regions of the Lackawanna and
Wyoming valleys marched up and filed
the space before the stand, while the trav-
cling men were departing.
Just behind them marched the Grand
Army Club from Baltimore. General Il.
F. Long in troduced the Maryland visitors
to Major Mckinley in a pleasant speech.
The latter responded in a patriotic ad-
dress.
The seventh speech was made to the
delegation from the Lackawanna and Le-
high valleys. The spokesman for delegation
mem bers of the delegation were particu-
larly enthusiastic. They lea the cheering
when Major Mckinley rose to speak.
The next delegations were industrial
ones of Cleveland. The employees of the
Otis Steel Company were represented by
Otto Grabien, who introduced them to
Major Mckinley. The candidate spoke
briefly and the delegation made room for
the workingmen employed by the city of
Cleveland. Their spokesman was J. A.
Leighton. The delegation was an en-
thusiastic one and Major Mckinley
thanked them for their call and told them
he was glad to see by their inscriptions on
the banners they bore that they were for
protection.
Major Mckinley made his tenth ad-
dress to delegation composed of the
mission board, the editors, the members
of the publication company and ministers
of the Evangelical church. Bishop Bow
man was spokesman. and Bishops Esper
and Horn were with the party.
By this time the street as far as the eye
could reach was filed with waiting dele
cations. One could count ninety flags
borne by coIor-sergeants, while campaign
banners were too numerous to count. The
Cleveland, Akron and Columbus Railroad
Sound-money Club marched in before the
stand at O'Clock. There were 800 work
ingmen in the body. They cheered Major
Mckinley Justify. Many OF them were
Democrats, who were about to cast their
first Republican vote. John II. Sample
made very happy speech on behalf of
the Cleveland, Akron and Columbus en-
ployes, to. which Major Mckinley re-
sponded.
A splendid delegation from Wheeling,
w. Va, containing 2500 voters, marched
up the street, with bands playing and
banners waving. Half of them filled the
yard and the other half stood in the street
There were number of handsomely uni
formed clubs. II. G. Richards was spokes-
man for the II. G. Richards Club of six
footers," Edgar Boyd for the Riverside
Davidson for the Potterymen.
A delegation of 250 enthusiastic COM
mercial travellers from Terre Haute, Sui
liyan, Vincennes and Evansville, Ind,
were the next callers. The spokesman
was 'boy orator. E. Clyde Wilyert of
Terre Haute aged 10. He was introduced
by J. j. Shuttleworth, who, with the aid of
big policeman, swung him on to high
chair from which elevated perch he deliv-
cred an excellently wei. constructed polit-
ical Grafton.
Big delegations were marching up the
street and score of bands were playing.
Major Mckinley had to make his remarks
very brief. The next delegation was big
brigade of workingmen $500 strong from
the Cleveland rolling mills. They made
the ground shake with their tread and the
windows ratified with their cheers. T. L.
Hopkins spoke for the wire department
and James hampton for the ironworkers.
One of the most inspiring delegations
which has visited Canton this week was
that composed of the Commercial Travel
ers' Mckinley Club and the Commercial
Travellers Sound Money Club of st. Louis,
which arrived at the house at 4:S0 O'Clock
this afternoon. There were about 800 In
the party. congressman Richard Bar
thoidt and A. N. Mosely of Missouri were
with the party. L. A. Phillips was spokes-
man for the Commercial Travellers Nc
Kinley Club and Edgar Skinner for the
Commercial Travellers Sound Money Club
| of st. Louis. Archie G. Philllps,.a small
boy, presented Major Mckinley with a
silk flag, saying. "The loyal hearts of the
lOyaI bows of St IoIliS beat for yOup