The record-union., 1896-10-31
Chauncey DepeV Calls and Is Warmly
Welcomed by the Major.
The Nominees Address to Delegation
of College Students.
rhe Visit of Several Thousand School
Children, Who Marched, Headed
by Bands and Drum Corps, to Mr..
McKinley's Residence, One of the
UNIQUE Features of the Day at
Canton.
Canton.

CANTON (O.), Oct. 3O.-The unique
features of the day in Canton were the
visit and speeches of Chauncey NJ De-
pew and the gathering of several thou
sand school children at Major Mckln-
ley's house late this afternoon. Mr.. De-
pew was warmly welcomed, and spoke
to club Of colored men and to the col
lege students who came from various
parts of the country to pay their re-
spects to Major Mckinley.
The speech which Major Mckinley
made to the college boys was one of the
most carefully prepared he has deliv-
cred this week, and it was listened to
with the deepest interest.
The visit of the school children was a
beautiful incident of the closing days of
the campaign. Three thousand boys
marched in line, each one carrying a
small flag. The small girls with their
mothers were clustered in dense groups
about the house and in all of the neigh
boring yards When the boys marched
up they waved their handkerchiefs, and
the lads shouted: "Hurrah hurrah, Nc
Kinley is the man; can't vote, but
daddy can"
The air was filled with the music of
the fresh young voices. The boys
cheered Justify for several minutes, and
then three small boys mounted the
stand and told Major Mckinley that all
the boys were for him, and that it was
the main regret of their lives that they
were not old enough to vote. 1t was
dark when the children, after listening
to Major McKinley's pleasant fatherly
talk, marched away behind their bands
and drum corps.
The first delegation to-day was the
original Mckinley Colored Republican
Club of Cleveland. 1t was the fifth orig
inal Mckinley Club that has visited
Canton. There were 500 voters in the
party. j. Z. Benson was the spokes-
man for the colored men, and Walter
Brooks, President of the club, intro
duced the delegation to the Major. The
Club was organized September 15, 1893
Major Mckinley addressed them briefly
At the conclusion of his remarks Ma
jor Mckinley introduced Chauncey M.
Depew to the audience. Hundreds of
Cantonians who had learned of Mr..
date had assembled at the Mckinley
residence expecting a speech from the
widely known orator, and the crowd
that surrounded the porch numbered
1000. AS Mr.. Depew stepped forward
someone proposed Three cheers for
New York" and they were given with
great deal Of vigor. Mr.. Depew, bow
ing his acknowledgements, spoke as fol-
lows:
L came here to pay my respects to
Governor Mckinley, and not to make a
speech My speechmaking does not be-
gin in Ohio until tomorrow / feel that
L ought not to make any speeches in
Ohio any way, and the reason is that
want to have the State Of New York
give larger majority in proportion to
It's population than any State in the
Union And if by any chance my com
ing here should lead to Ohio beating US.
/ do not know whether l could live in
New York again or not. Anyway | can
move to Ohio. daughter and cheers. }
II AFFORDS me great pleasure on ar
r!Ving here at this spot which will be
one of the historic places of the country
fer all the future Of our history, to find
that the first delegation Of the thou
sands of delegations that have visited
Canton, and of which we read Of in New
York, should be a delegation of colored
men, and / say so for this reason. 1t
has pleased the Popocratic party. or
rather the Popocratic leaders. to placa
this campaign upon a plane which it has
never been put before in this country.
They are trying to array one class
against another class-as if there were
classes in this country, or permanent
classes. They are trying to array the
employed against thefr employers. and
to array the man who has not prospered
against the man who has prospered a
little more than he, as If it were the
spirit of American liberty that a man
should not rise from one condition to a
better one, where all are equal before
the law.
IF any one has a right to complain.
and the right to be an anarchist or a
socialist, 1T is the colored man. 1t is
only one generation since he came from
slavery TO be a free man, but no one
ever saw a negro socialist or a negro
anarchist. loud cheering) The col
ored people of the United States accept
the American proclamation of Abraham
Lincoln as it was given to the world.
They accept American citizenship as il
came from the pen of the grear libar-
ator and the greatest American citizen:
that all men are created equal with one
another and with inalienable rights
that one man is no better than another
before the law, but all are equal. The
rest Is American opportunity under
American liberty. So ii is that the col
ored men of this country. this genera
t'on which has gone TO our schools and
received American education, ami is en-
Jcying American opportunity, are an
FOR Mckinley, prosperity and liberty"
Three cheers We're given for Mr.. De
pew.
A few moments after Mr.. Depew fin
ished speaking delegation of college
students from various parts of the
country marched into the Mckinley
lard. They We're full of enthusiasm
and made the air ring with their college
yells. William Burris Wolff. editor o:
the College Republican, spoke in be-
bslf of the Harvard men in the dele
cation, and Edward Henning for the
College League Clubs.