The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-09

than they can be carried out, with bas-
kets of letters, and with mementOs
brought or sent by friends. 1t is sell
dom vacant except on Sundays, when
work is avoided to the greatest extent
possible. Here callers are received.
Canton people have not lost interest
In the demonstrations on the lawn.
They follow delegations to the house
by hundreds and by thousands, accord
ing to the number of ears reached by
the music of the bands and the ability
Of people to leave work in hand. Many
big days house work cOnsults the papers
to see If it is to be day of big delega
tiOns. There have been complaints
that the home people take possession
of the vantage ground to the exclusion
of visitors. But that has been pretty
well corrected by the escorts, who now
go ahead of the line of visitors, open a
path, and then work backwards i'm all
directions till room is made for strang-
erS.
One of the first things which the
campaign settled had been debated for
years. The city had been running
along with a small police force. There
came a political division in the depart
ment and the force became short in
numbers and remained so. The first
week of the campaign found but lit
tie handful of officers to protect the
crowds. Pockets We're picked by the
score, and when one morning twenty-siN
gutted purses were found on the lawn
the two factions dropped their political
row and provided an adequate police
force. besides arranging for eXperienc-
ed detectives when necessary. Since
then crowds have been well protected
and few complaints hav been made OF
lawleSSneSS.
EATING HOUSES.
AS a maker of hotels the campaign
in Canton excels the Raines law in
New York, and, if one may judge by
the complaints heard now and then,
some of the meals served to the hun
cry shouters are no more elaborate
than those which go with mug of
amber fluid on the Bowery. But such
places are the exception rather than
the rule. A good plain meal at reas-
| enable price may be had by anyone
who is observing as he goes about the
city. Every barroOm now poses as a
restaurant The churches have taken
| a hand in feeding the hungry crowds
Two or three of them have lunch
| stands run by ladies' aid societies. One
| little congregation has continuous
! oyster festival in its lecture room
| Another. on the site of it's proposed
| new edifice near. the Mckinley home
| dispenses coffee and sandwiches from
u tent. A third, on business thor
| oughfare. keeps a regular picnic din
| ner table spread on its lawn on delega-
| ton days. Boarding houses announce
regular meals at all hours. and regu-
| lar hotels and restaurants have crowd
| ed dining tables together to make room
| for new ones.
All manner of devices are used to at
tract trade. When delegations are
passing there is din of bells, ac-
ccmpanied by voices calling out the
wares to be had. Boys and banners
mingle in the parade telling peopls
| where to eat. One can scarcely walk
a block without nding some such pla.
card as This is delegation headquar.
ters." Here Is the official eating
house." or Home dinners like youl
mother used to cook" One restauran,
keeper says that his receipts i'm the
past three months have been about s:
to one during the same period of last
year. During the past two weeks they
have been little more tnan six to one
| If the campaign has produced more
prolific crop Of anything than of eat
ing houses. 1t is of fakirs. Such va.
| cant stores as are not occupied by
lunch counters are filled with mu
seums, or relic sales, or other catch
penny devices. The streets are over
run by venders Of badges and buttons
each claiming to have the official de-
sign, or the one which Major McKin
ley personally approves" They &c
about the city with their coats covered
with the emblems and with cards and
easels bearing them by the thousands
Then there Is the photograph mar
with the before and after views -ei
fhe lawn, portraits Of Major McKinley