Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1896-06-25
NOISE AT CANTON.
ANOTHER DAY OF CELEBRATING AT
MKINLEY'S HONE.
Many Delegates On Their Way Home
From the Republican Convention
stop mt Canton to COngratnlnre
Mckinley - They Are Greeted
with CaIIiopes, whistles, Tin
Horns and Bands.

80 "NfH tAh' "A' - US
terday Increased, each incoming Jelega-
ton being greeted by steam calIlioprs
and shriekin- whistles OF every kind,
while trumpets, tin horns, bands ana GglA
corps gave music To the merry maYcheri.
Delegates called in rapid succession, bllt
the governor shows no sign of wear or RE-
lapse after the strain of convention week.
He arose at the usual hour this morning,
and, after breakfast, opened his mail while
ne talked 10 friends around him. Among
the morning callers were Secretary Clark,
Of the Home Market club OF Boston, and
ex-Committeman Shaw OF that otganiza-
ton. After shaking hands with several
hundred visitors from Coshocton, Cuya-
hoga Falls and other points, he took his
customary drive a short time before
luncheon.
During the day the news spread rapidly
that the New York Mckinley league would
stop at Canton on its way home from st.
Louis and that the special convention
party from Canton would come home this
evening. 1t was shortly after 6 o'clock,
Just before the governors dinner hour,
when shrieking whistles Of locomotives
heralded the approach of the New Workers
and returning Cantonians, rs we'll as a
special train load of 500 people from the
Mahoning valley, where Gov. McKln-
ley spent his boyhood days.
An escort, with bands and drum crops,
including fifty horsemen. met the dele
cations at the station. The streets were
iensely crowded for blocks in every direc-
lion leading 10 the governors home. The
crowds rushed through the fences and
crowded iato the doorways OF the house
In their excitement. 1t WIS necessary for
the governor to go to the side door 70
meet his returning fellow citizens. as it
was impossible for him TO reach the front,
where he had been speaking. Congress-
man II. w. Taylor OF the Eighteenth, the
DID Mckinley district, mounted a box when
Gov. Mckinley appeared, and said:
while we have not the good fortune TO
De the first TO congratulate You in person
lpon the honor which the Republican party
,aS bestowed upon you, we rejoice to know
hat we are from the van-car OF the return
tng hosts that yesterday witnessed that
splendid demonstration whereby you were
dominated for the presidency. The recol-
hction OF that scene can never be effaced
rom our memory. There we saw the Re-
l,blican party place you In nomination
nd while IL honored you, it honored Itself
pd gave permanent expression TO the wish
nd desire that have been In the hearts OF
he American people for many months.
Prolonged cheering.) Twenty years ago
ktark county gave you to the congressional
district which you have made famous. Five
rears ago this splendid district gave you
to the state Of Ohio, and now our glorious
state has given you TO the nation. whose
true son you are and whose interests have
been your constant care. loud npplause)
GOV. Mckinley. may your heart be
thrilled when you recall that you are first
IN the hearts Of your countrymen, not be-
cause you are a presidential nominee, but
best and most glorious of all, you are a
J presidential nominee because you are first
N the hearts Of your countrymen. (Cheers1
May every blessing that a life well spent
brings, always attend you. Is the wish OF
these, your friends, about you" loud and
continued applause)
Congressman Taylor was followed by
Judge George f.. Baldwin on behalf of Stark
county, and Judge William II. Day, who
brought with him from Hickman, Ind, a
large box OF beautiful flowers sent to Mrs.
Mckinley as a souvenir of the entertain
ment given the Canton party on its return
from st. Louis.
II speak to you. SIR" said Judge Day,
mot as the governor Of Ohio, or as the
president of the United States, that you
surely shall be, but l claim the great
privilege on behalf of these. your old
friends, of still addressing you as
'neighbor," for we have not forgotten
that in all these years OF success and
while your fame has spread to the utter
most corners OF the civilized world,
while you now stand on fortunes crown
ing SLOPE" to US you have always been the
companion, the counsellor. the guide and
familiar friend. Greater tribute than this
/, can no man bring. Those who know you
best love rpu most.
To-day we had a very pleasant surprise
in a gift Of these flowers from the ladies
OF Richmond TO your most gracious and
noble wife. tcheers). / am proud, sir, that
this representative lady when she brought
this In, said Gov. Mckinley is In the heart
OF every good mother and every good wife
in all the broad land continuous applause),
and we send these flowers to his noble
wife as some slight expression Of our APP
precation Of him and good will OF
her. These flowers are typical OF the
purity OF his life and character, as unsul-
lied as his honor, and as fragrant as his
good name.
Governor Mckinley. accept these flowers
for Mrs. Mckinley from the ladies of Rich
pond, Ind, with their best wishes for her
health and prosperity and your continued
success" More cheers.
Governor Mckinley responded as follows:
"My Fellow-Citizens: How can I make fit
ting response to the splendid tribute which
has been paid by three Of my old and
earliest friends. / think | might be ex.
cused by merely saying that / am made
quate TO the task and can only express my
gratitude from a full and OVERLOOKING
heart. | have had a good many touching
incidents In my life. Yesterday, immedi-
ately after the nomination, : was sur
rounded by my neighbors and fellow-citi.
zens, who did not go to st. Louis, and by
friends from Alliance and Massillon; and
then came 1000 more of them from the
city Of Akron last night. With all these
tokens, / was deeply and profoundly i'm
pressed, but somehow the words spoken by
these three gentlemen, surrounded as l am
by their associates, who journeyed together
to 81. Louis-somehow they have touched
me more deeply and sound the depths of my
heart more profoundly than anything that
has gone before. In this audience to-day
are representatives of all the counties
which for years constituted my congress
sional district and with which have been
associated all my life.
"A large body Of my fellow-citizens are
here from Trumbull county, the place OF
my birth. Great applause) A large num-
Der are here from Mahonlng county (cheers
from Mahoning citizens). the place where
spent all my boyhood days: the county
where | received my education and from
| which l enlisted In the war for the preser.
walton OF the Union way back In 1861
loud and continuous cheering) And Their
around me are the later friends, for from
Mahoning county | came to Stark, nearly
| thirty years ago. You have all been my
| friends ever since. And the GOOD people OF
| Trumbull county, and the good people Of
Mahonlng and the Western Reserve, which
was so long represented In the national
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