Smyrna times., 1896-10-21
A Trip to Canton, Ohio.
For the Smyrna Times.


Having an opportunity to visit Gan
ton, Ohio, the home of Major VIM.
Mckinley, with delegation from Cen
tral Pennsylvania one day last week,
decided to go, and was well paid for
taking the trip.
Arriving at Canton at $50 o'clock
Saturday morning, we were met by
several marshals on horse back, who
escorted us to our headquarters at the
Barnett House.
AT 8 o'clock we paraded the streets,
headed by the Canton Military Band,
to the home of Wan. Mckinley, where
We were to be addressed by him.
When the distinguished gentleman
made his appearance, it was signal
for such an Outburst of cheering and
hurrahipg as have seldom heard.
He made an address of about ten
minutes on the issues of the campaign
In clear rich voice, he outlined the
policy of the Republican party in such
clear manner, that everybody could
gather the full meaning in an instant,
and at the conclusion the people were
fired to the highest pitch for Republic
ism and true Americapism, and the
cheers that went up for Mckinley from
that crowd was wonderful.
Canton is dressed in Holiday attire
and it is plain to see that nearly every
body is for Mckinley, and they are
proud of him.
Nearly every house has an enlarged
picture of Mckinley attached either to
the side of their house or some other
conspicuous part of their dwelling.
There were 26 delegations compris-
ing over 10000 people in Canton last
Saturday.
Among these the largest number came
from Oklahoma, West Virginia, Ken
lucky, Maryland. and Michigan. Con
spicious among the latter was dele
cation of women, 100 strong, who pa
raded the streets and were just as en-
thusiastic in their praises for Nc
Kinley as anyone.
Major McKinley's home shows signs
of destruction which has been done by
the visitors. So eager are they, that
they have torn panels off of the fence
which surrounds his house, to take
home as souvenirs. / was told that
one delegation took away one of the
small door steps of the Mckinley resi-
dence as a remembrance of their trip.
The trees in his yard have suffered
likewise at the hands of the visitors.
The beautiful green lawn which was
one of the attractions at the Mckinley
home, is thing of the past. The visitors
which have been coming there for the
past month have trampled the ground
so that a bit of grass around the
whole building cannot be found. II
looks singular to see this one yard
barren of grass while all of the beauti-
fulresidences in the eneighborhood have
their spacious grounds covered with
green verdure.
The grandest sight of all was at
o'clock in the afternoon when Major
Mckinley addressed crowd of at least
10000 people at one time. His voice
could be heard distinctly a square
away. AS he stood up before this vast
crowd, perfectly composed, earnestly
expOunding the political questions in
his plain simple manner, he at once
won the confidence of his hearers, and
when he had finished, the crowd went
wild with enthusiasm, and they gave
rousing cheers for Mckinley.
Major Mckinley made twenty-six
speechs on Saturday, and it is wonder
full the memory that the man has to
make such excellent impromptu ad-
dresses and all of them different.
A day spent at Canton under such
circumstances is a day that will not
soon be forgotten.
Our own delegation, 200 strong, re-
turned to Huntingdon, Pa, highly
delighted with our trip and all voicing
the sentiments of Mckinley.
S. NJ. h.