The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-06-29
GREAT M'KINLEY
RALLY AT CANTON
All Eastern Ohio Gathers to Pay Tribute
to the Champion Of Prosperity.
TlPPEcAN0E CLUB DEMONSTRATION
Ten thousand Visitors from Cleve.
land...Larye Delegations from
Other Cities. ..Addresses by Major
Mckinley, Charles Emory Smith
and Others.

Canton, o., June 2S.-Yesterday was
another day of big crowds, parades,
brass bands, and noise, followed by a
night of red fire, Dyrotechnics, ana
more noise, with some oratory sand
wiched between events.
The occasion was the ratification ar
ranged by the citizens of Canton and
the Tippecanoe club OF Cleveland.
Special trains were run in on all rail-
roads, and immense crowds were
brought to the city. Ten thousand
came from Cleveland alone. Tonight
all Joined In monster parade about
the streets of the city.
Fireworks from the marchers and
from the houses all along the line made
the sky lurid with their brilliant hues,
and the noise and confusion were such
as to cause practical suspension OF
business.
A platform was erected in the Nc
Kinley lawn from which Major Mckin-
ley, members of his family, guests at
the house, and the speakers of the az
ternoon reviewed the parade. Just as
the parade reached the square an alarm
of fire was turned in. and the immense
crowd was for an instant panic-strick-
en while the fire horses galloped
through the throng. Happily, there
was no serious mishap, and the fire
was of no consequence. The village OF
Louisville sent delegation which, late
last evening, had an audience at the
Mckinley home, and the address of
their spokesman, Banker John keim,
was responded to briefly by the major.
Apollo, Pa, sent q delegation OF about
hundred with the Mckinley coon,'
sent from Ohio several years ago, with
congratulations on the election, to be
returned when Mckinley was nominat-
cd
The coon travelled in q glass and
tin case Of elaborate design, and was
received with pomp and ceremony. An
address was made by +. w. Jackson of
Apollo, and talk by Mckinley fol-
lowed.
The set programme and the oratory
of the demonstration began shortly be-
fore o'clock on a large lot in the
heart Of the city. lately cleared of
everything else in anticipation of a
new market house. At one end sub
stantial covered stand has been erected
for use to the end of the campaign.
Judge William II. Day was chairman
of the meeting. He spoke of Mckinley
as a neighbor and friend in opening
the meeting. II. W. Walcott. president
of the Tippecanoe club, spoke briefly
on behalf of the club, saying in part
I'VE are a club largely composed of
young men at the formative period of
life when they are wont to select some
one as model and guide, and several
years ago William Mckinley was by
common consent selected by us all as
that model. We looked to him as our
leader and have ever been ready to go
where he sent or follow where he led us.
We cannot but love a man who has
never been led by political rainbows
to follow strange gods, but has ever
been true to his political friendsshrdlu
been true to his political faith and al
ways kept incense burning at the altar
of protection, through whose favors
alone can a sure and lasting prosperity
come to our country.
Had victory not been given at St.
Louis we should still have loved and
admired Major Mckinley; but, as he
was triumphant there, we now feel call
ed upon for renewed efforts to secure,
If possible, that the triumph at st.
Louis may be followed by an equally
sweeping victory in November"
GROSVENOR'S SPEECH.
Congressman Grosvenor said: "The
Republican convention at st. Louis did
not abandon any of the tenets Of its
ancient political faith. nor did it an
nounce any new doctrine. 1t stands to-
day. as shown by its platform. where 1t
stood from 1861 all along the shining
pathway it has journeyed. Bear in
mind it was the Republican party
which enacted the law authorizing the
issue of the greenback dollar, and pro-
claimed as the solemn purpose of the
country that the greenback should be a
demand upon the treasury for dollar
as good as the dollar Of the best coun-
try on earth. 1t was the Republican
party which redeemed that promise
and gave a dollar in gold to the holder
of each dollar of that money
''There is not one dollar which today
passes current in the United States and
is respected the world over which does
not owe its value and parity TO the wis
dom and patriotism of the Republican
party. Tie platform of the st. Louis
convention reiterates the purpose of the
party now over thirty years old to con.
tinue to protect the money of the peo-
pie fron depreciation, and protect the
producers and the laborer from a
, money WORTH lpcc the world oyar tIo,,