The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-09-19
M'KINLEY'S OPENING DAY.
Pilgrims Go TO Canton to WORSHIP
the Golden Idol.
pARADiS. SPEECHES AND MUSIC
Enormou. Crowd. Visit hc uv,u. vt Il,
Republican Apostle 81 High FRO
lection At Caution.

|
That is the consensus of opinion expressed
| here tonight. nhe opinions are from old
Liners in political warfare. from men ac-
customod TO bis crowds and familiar With
| the history OF campaigns.
| The chty since early morning has been
literally jammcd with visitors from dis
tant cities and nearby towns. The parade
| TINS afternoon was an hour and three inn
utos passing a glvon pols,. 1t was wei,
1 organized AMI compact parade. TOO, thc
| mon marching o.ehl and s.Ntouu abreast.
| huL the marcnVts We're ouiy II ttuctlOl OF
| the CROWD, ana Whcn IA response 10 Dusic
| ctus they Assembled at punlte esslAnud,
| thVre was scerce.y any appfeciaoiS III
| infusion IN tho ctowus wii.ca lined the
| sutols N,oug tne proposed line OF uarCn.
| HaiwaS meu c.oslneu az noon thvy had
| huuIci Vu,tuD people into Canton. SvN oniN-
| I've tra-noaus came, state Republican
| CHAIRMAN Gharics kurta tunigut cst-
| mated he crowds present In the streets
| III the Afternoon parade and at the bis
| tent meeting ANA about the McN lnles
| home al iQO,utO and faf ahead OF anything
| IN phios hlstoty.
tongrVs snlan Stophcn A. Nnrthway OF
| carr oids OLD d.stfdN. said the meeting was
| three tm,s as large as the memora Die
| western heaeiNe Garfield meeting that
| Was dtdg,ssod by Grant Aid ConlIiing
| lion sylvester r. Everett OF CloVclaua
st'4d the memorable Grant Conkang moet.
| 'nR az Warren could not compare with H.
| fF'Nihl 'NAuftiuIA from cleveland and
a dozen other points added TO the crowd
| aft"t the Attrruoou programme had hcen
lin'shed. SiMy thousand may be consid-
.Tcd q eoNs,fNatlvo estimate OF thu peo-
| -" VINO came by rnA outside of stark
| county OF the 5000 In tho cuurtv prou.
| AMY hai were at The Canton meeting.
! unv dr'ekhion from Unity eoNnshlp,
| t"itWp'a county, marched ,n the Nick m
| ltN home during the day. and IN resnune,
!" relIiGnwn RicsG,,qans Major mckinley sud;
,'Vl,ow Clliacns~it gives me groslt
| MI nj t,a.f 4. ....t
| ~ nay home atty. I recall with mast
! pinastut and grateful recollection tho re-
! " -"nA which We SUSTAINED for 80 many
! yNhis Wh"h You ala me the honor TO hccp
! ~" III uin National house OF representa-.
uNos think II only fair. as r we moi
| most OF You at your homes In Unity. after
| W NV twenty N"lre that YOU thuud re.
| ,hi my frequent cHlls upon YOU. Great
! laughter ana upplauSc) ! recall With
rhoell substitution that IN all contests
| your townspeuplo were always faithful
| 10 the UAuSe VIII n for The moiurut /
| lvutos nj, mM never taitcred Ia your ic.
vo'lon 20 ropuhlle,n principles This
| year tR' principles nip drarcr to the
! American people, more ndispousahlr L.
the prosperity OF the American people
| II mat Oc pc Sihlc-thRn ever before, and
am tiAd ip receive from yonf npukos-
| inin the aHHurwcc that the pcollc of
| unity township nov, rs In all he voars
"i the past, VIII stand faithfully hv the
VhNhl applause ! thank you for the
plonsutN ana honor OF this call ! win
not hhderiako To make speech 10 YOU,
as Nuu have snne ot the richest Of the
firh irISls heforr you today Come OF
,hn most distinguish ~ un"u OF the cnun-
Try VIII present Ia you tho political duos.
toms thnt divid, the gfe. parties aud
am cure that you viii 1c glad 20 hrlr
| them ! only appeu INA; | may thank
| you as do from the bottom of my
| hcArt, for your assurances or support aud
good VIII. (Grcat nhevringJ
Como of the organizations loft on the
enrly trains, bat many others arrived afta
the iitsl pernde ana N size the general
appearance of the parade tonight which
prcfncod the second tent mootiag, WINS II
reproduction OF the enc In the afternoon,
There $50 ro u score or more of bands in
Inc and the nunlbua Of uuil ltmod orHnu-
i2ations has ucVcr been rqutlel in tha
state Tongnt's parade MAS made
tWough streets brightly Illuminated with
JnpansTe lanterns, trnnsparouoiea aud col
orod lire.
rho enormous tent large as II IL. fell
far ehpr, OF thc demands mad" upon It
during lhe speak.ng, Many more than
were admitted TUNED back disnpp1. ulri.
ll"a les those. a crowd. nrNor mss than
hlOb, ana often double mat size aurgtI
around tho Mckinley home from early "a
the forenoon III late Tonight Many Of
The visitors came 70 cali ON Mnjar Mo
kinney with th',r spokesman 10 offer their
S, cor. i' ara 10 them hc made
carriage with roine OF the speakers dur
ing the ltst parade Whon his home was
reached he. With state Republican Char
man kuriz, left tha Cari!ages and with
General Hastings Sylvester \. Everett,
Judge Bndwin, Mira. Mckinley ami Mrs.
iifistnnu. frtm temporary stand - tha
dor. reviewed the long lno Of nnrchers,
ln'ersperstt with music by quart cites. glea
clubs aud bands.
The regular programme In the afternoon
incmdti Governor ijuHhuel's Introductory
adlreir AMI si~~ehcs hy Eoudtoir Cullum
eend r"a,on. rms evening Governor
iiushnel spoke briefly una Governor
Hastings Of Pennsylvania ana Consrcss.
dresses
Canton. ONO scpieml or IS canton
was up late last night looking over her
wardrobe. sclec Ing he brightest and best.
carton was up early this morning aud
robci IN raiment gotSeogs and elaborate.
Hrlghi ana early here clme from Lii
lie Sandy township a club of 800 uni
formed men aud added TO the popuuce
OF the town. At the square they me-
similar parties from othcr directions in
he county Then cam" 40 farmers from
Carroll county. ny This time the spaoial
traine, Of which more than nfly were
ychrdulcd hogan % arrive aud the dele
Rntion from outside the county poured IN
nlmoH faster than they could he counted. |
The notable uniformed Delegates pres
en' are me Young M"n'a Turn club and
IN" Americas club OF pit.sburg "a" FL
kns Cadets of Wheeling. The Tlppecanoo
club OF Cleveland and the Whocimcn
clubs from Toledo and Detroit. who left
their rain Al n suburban station and
rode Ia he city 10 parade order,
~ noon the hustle and hurry Of parade
org n2atiOns hognn. The parade moved
IN four divisions Of footmen with a large
contingent OF wheelmcn ana horscmcn.
Fonnsylvnuil West virginia ana other
States formed the FIRST division, ohio, out
aido OF stark county, HE second Siarke
county, outside OF Canton. the third ana
Canton the four h. Each of the notable
delegations was assigned a position OF
honor. Major mckinley. The Visiting
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