St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-11-06
THE POLITICAL POT.
Sunday at Canton and Lincoln.

Sunday at Canton and Lincoln.
The quiet of Sunday was greatly en-
ioyed by the people of Canton after the
weeks excitement. A delegation arrived
in town composed of 100 young men rep.
resenting the 1900 members of the First
Voters club of Detroit, Mich. They
marched to the home of Mao Mckinley,
but instead OF making a speech he sent
them to meeting, where he went himself.
After meeting Major Mckinley shook
hands with his visitors and they then left
for home.
Mr.. Mckinley took short drive and
walk and spent the rest of the day with
Mrs. Mckinley, who has been in poor
health all summer, but able to spend part
Of Sunday out OF bed. The Major did
not appear to feel nervous over the result,
but looked the picture of health and was
in most cheerful frame of mind.
Little business was transacted in Can
ton, Monday and Tuesday, everybody
was making some sort of preparation for
the election. Joseph P. Smith, Ohio
State Librarian under Mckinley, who
has been active in campaign work, gave
out table Monday giving Mckinley an
estimated popular plurality Of 1, 1852, 700.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan stepped from their
private car "Idler" into the station at
Lincoln, Neb., Sunday morning and the
candidates unprecedented campaign was
then practically ended. A small crowd
ofpeople gave him a Sunday morning
cheer and when the residence was reached
the welcome to father and mother from
the three children was joyful one.
Mr.. Bryan went to bed almost imme-
dately and slept until supper time and
retired again early at night. 1t was the
first opportunity for an undisturbed
sleep he had had for some time and it
put the candidate in good condition for
his lightning tour through Nebraska
Monday.
Mr.. Bryan's hard work began July 10
when he left Chicago few days after his
nomination. Ever since he has been on
the go, with the exception of the three
weeks spent in Lincoln before he went to
New York to receive his notification and
week of rest following his notification.
His hardest day was the journey from
Chicago to Pittsburgh, en- route to tn.
notification meeting. He left Chicago
half an hour before midnight, and in
twenty-four hours made twenty-seven
speeches. That record-breaking trip was
made during the terrible heated spell Of
last summer and left thecandidate pretty
well exhausted.
The second hardest day included south
ern Illinois, Indiana, and Kentucky
Starting from st. Louis early in the
morning he talked to many gatherings
along his route, and was obliged to de-
liver four more speeches on his arrival at
Louisville at night.
He went as far north as Duluth, Mimi,
and as far south as Memphsis, Tenn,
while the Atlantic coast was covered
from North Carolina to Maine
1t is estimated that Mr.. Bryan Travelled
during the campaign $4,000 miles. He
visited 81 states as follows: Connecti-
cut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,
Kansas, (passing through in the night
from Lincoln to Kansas City,, Kentucky,
Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mich
igan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska,
New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York,
North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio,
Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Rhode
Island, Tennessee, Virginia. West Vir-
ginia, and Wisconsin. He also made a
speech in the District of Columbia.