The San Francisco call., 1896-10-28
Delegations From New England
and Ohio Visit Major
Mckinley.
MANY WOMEN AMONG THEM.
This Is Year When Partisanship
Counts for Naught and Patriot.
ism for EVERYTHING"

CANTON, OHIO, Oct. 27.-Canton has
had another beautiful day of mild Indian
summer weather and seven delegations
took advantage of it to call on Major Nc
Kinley. His visitors to-day came from
New England and Ohio. Two delegations
were composed wholly of women. The
most elaborate speech of the day was the
one addressed to the Sound Money League
of New England, and it was received with
fervent demonstrations of approval.
Every delegation to-day brought great
clusters of flowers for both Major and Mrs.
Mckinley.
The first delegation to arrive was a large
one from the mountain counties of West
Virginia and Maryland. A delegation of
about seventy-fiVe ladies from Martins
Ferry arrived with the West Virginia and
Maryland people. They were presented
to Major Mckinley IN graceful speech by
Henry Pratt.
Major Mckinley thanked them cordially
for the com pliment OF their call and ad-
dressed them with the larger delegation.
He did not make a speech to the Martins
Ferry delegation ior the reason that it
came in with another delegation and did
not ask for separate address.
The next delegation came from Cleve-
land, and was composed of about 1000
employees in the aggregate OF the Uf son
Nut Company, the Lampson-Sessions
Company, and the Peck, Stow and Wilcox
Company. The delegation was hilarious
and uncommonly enthusiastic one. Ma
jor McKinley's appearance was greeted
with thunders of applause and cheers
that continued for several minutes.
The spokesman said that large num-
Der of the men in the delegation voted for
free trade four years ago and that they
had been sorry for it ever since and pro-
posed to reverse the verdict they helped
TO render then. Major Mckinley took
up this line of thought and discussed the
tariff for several minutes.
Pressing closely behind the Cleveland
delegations were the 500 workingmen from
:the Junction Iron and Steel Works of
Mingo Junction, Ohio. Captain w. J..
Urquhart introduced them to Mckinley,
who addressed them standing i'll front of
his lawn.
A special train of handsome Wagner
sleeping and dining cars brought a fine
delegation from Boston and New England
ci.ies at 2 O'Clock. The excursion was
under the auspices OF the Boston Herald.
The members of the New England
Sound Money League, who composed the
delegation, was met at the station by the
mounted Canton troop and the widely
known Grand Army band and commit
tee of prominent citizens, who escorted
them to Major Mckinley residence. The
spokesman foT the New England visitors
was Hon. Frank w. Rollins, who ad-
dressed Major Mckinley with great earn
estness and eloquence.
This delegation brought several gifts
to Major Mckinley. r. A. Soule
of New Bedford presented him with a
large cusglass punch bowl and some hand
.somely polished whales teeth, o. w.
Holmes, on the part of the Salem Cogs-
well Republican Club, with a golden
witch spoon, and the women of Massa-
chusetts, through Mrs. Emma Amy, sent
Major Mckinley twig from a pear tree
planted in Danvers in 1850 by Governor
Endicott. a letter was read from the
Governor of Massachusetts wishing the
delegation pleasant journey, and one
from Edward P. Shaw.
Mr.. Mckinley addressed the New Eng.
land delegation in part as follows:
This is a year, my fellow-citizens, when par
tisanship counts for naught and patriotism
for everything. 1t is not ques ton simply as
TO whether one party or another shall win. as
in times past-that sinks into comparative in
significance in crisis like this-but il is n
ques tion whether now. in our great strength
we shall proclaim TO the world whether or not
we are Nation OF peoole that can be trusted
or whether we shall allow it said that we. the
people of the United States, believe in having
our honest oebts in bits of metal stamped in
the name and by the authority of the great
Republic as worth a hundred cents for all
duties, pu blic and private, when in fact they
are worth only so cents.
thank you from the bottom of nv heart
or this call-not as a tribute to me; far from
that but as tribute to The holiest cause in
which citizens of a free republic ever were
engaged-that OF maintaining their honor and
credit
A we'll organized and interesting delega-
ton of women from Norwalk, Ohio, were
the next callers. There were more than
800 in line when they marched up the
streets accompanied by a reception COM
mittee of Canton ladies. Each woman in
in the delegation carried a red, white and
blue umbrella. They marched well and
had several bands. The ladies were
greeted with cheers and applause along
the line of march.
Mrs. B. 7 loxom was marshal and
Mrs. L. G. Laylin made the address TO
Major Mckinley. 1t was a ringing poIiti-
cal speech and she was freely applauded
Mrs. George S. Titus presented Mrs. Nc
Kinley with flowers. The Norwalk ladies
we're introduced to Major Mckinley by
Mrs. r. w. Day of Canton. After Major
McKinley's remarks to the Norwalk ladies
they sang The Red, White and Blue"
The last delegation to-day was a
sprightly one composed of about 300 mem
bers of the Underwriters Sound-money
Club of Cleveland. Major Mckinley
made the most stirring speech OF the day
to the underwriters.