Kansas City daily journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1892-1897, 1896-10-31
TREATED AS NEIGHBoRs.

TREATED AS NEIGHB0RS.
a Chicago Mckinley Train Makes n
Tour Through MissOuri-En-
thnsiasn Everywhere.
The special train carrying the delegation
Of speakers and workers from the Chicago
Commercial Mckinley Club that left that
city few days ago for q tour OF Illinois
and Missouri arrived in Kansas City last
evening at O'Clock over the Hannibal
line. The party has been travelling on the
Burlington lines for three days and has
covered about 225 miles each day and met
thousands of people and spoken on the sub
ject of sound money at a score of places.
Scarcely without exception they have met
with a most cordial reception, been met by
large numbers of voters and talked to them
on the question of finance and distributed
many thousand pieces Of literature. There
is everything to cheer the workers and
they were convinced last evening that they
had done good work for the cause they rep
resent on the trip and had materially
strengthened the voters and aided in the
enthusiasm that insures full vote and
active work. The party covered the Bur-
lington line from Chicago to Quincy, then
from Quincy to Brookfield on the Hannibal
line, then north to Unionville and south to
Carrollton over the Burlington & Kansas
City line.
Yesterday morning they left Brookfield
in special in charge of Superintendent
Houlehan and made the trip to Carrollton.
then back to Laclede and then over the
Hannibal to Kansas City. The train
stopped at all of the places on the line and
was greeted with large and enthusiastic
crowds, who gave the most respectful at
tention to what was said and cheered the
urgent appeals to the people to stand for
sound money and all II represents to the
k.sxr-t
ness man in Chicago, some being whole
sale men, others in business for themselves
and others occupying trusted positions in
the large manufacturing houses there.
1t was purely a business crowd and they
talked the question of sound money from
the basis of business men. In the party
were: G. H. Green, Walter Haskell, j. B.
Riford. Robert F. Palmer, J.. II. Winslow,
c. E. Ferguson, w. F. Monroe, d. S. Price,
j. H. Stewart and L. +. Collins. They
were accompanied by the following speak
ers: George W. Fishback, of Chicago. and
c. S. Walden and George Stafford, of st.
Louis, and Waher Haskell. of Chicago.
At all places literature was distributed and
at all of the larger places twenty minute
addresses were made.
At Chillicothe yesterday when the train
stopped there were at least 1000 people
gathered to greet them. Many ladies were
in the crowd and large flags were waved
all over the multitude gathered about the
train. Literature in large amounts was
put out and for twenty minutes the speak
ers talked of the question of finance, and
urged the listeners to take care how their
votes were cast that no mistakes were
made. There were loud cheers at the name
Of Mckinley and shouts of approval for
sound money. At all of the lively little
villages up to Breckenridge people met the
travellers and at the latter place 800 people
stood about the depot and listened to the
addresses At Hamilton fully 1000 people
were on hand and the train was welcomed
by a band and shouts of welcome from the
people The best of attention was given
the speakers and they We're many times
interrupted by enthusiastic applause. Kid.
der gave them a nice crowd and at Cam.
eron the largest crowd of the day was on
hand to greet them and for half an hour
there that has been in that city for many
campaigns. The speakers told the people
the facts concerning the silver faliacies and
urged them to cast their votes for McKin'
ley, sound money and prosperity, and the
wildly enthusiastic cheers that were giver
was a response that showed just how the
voters felt on the subject. Here, as a.
other places, there were hundreds of appli
cants for the new sound money literature
One of the best meetings Of the whole
trip was that held on the depot platform
at Lathrop, where 500 people were gathered
to meet the travellers A score of ladIe!
carrying large silk flags stood on the bag
gage trucks alongside the depot and waved
their colors as welcome to the crowd
There was the best of attention and en-
thusiasm that was greater than that seer
at any other place and there were man,
outbursts of applause that drowned dowi
the voices of the speakers. Lathrop Is on
of the places where the free silver peopl
have been claiming great detection. TIL
financial subject and growing Bryan sen
iiment. but the falsity of their statement
was splendidly shown in the crowd tha
welcomed the sound money advocate
there. The speakers were delighted an
especially so at the close attention, the en-
thusasm and the lively interest of tn
ladies In the matter. Short addresses wer
made later at Holt, Kearney and Libert
and birmingham. At Kearney and ais
at Liberty there were some shouts for Bry
an. but the Republicans more than mad
up for the interruption by their keen inter
est and cheers.
The train VIII remain IN Kansas City ,in
til this morning and at o'clock will leav
over the Kansas City. St. Joseph & Coun
Gil Bluffs railroad for tour of the cite
as far north as Council Bluffs, from whic
place II VIII go over the main line of IN
go railroad TO Chicago across Iowa
From reports that We're received by til
Journal last evening from the places vi:
tied by the train and from conversatio
with the workers and takers on the trai
II Is evident that some good work has bee
done for the cause OF sound money on tn
trip. Large crowds of farmers as well a
townspeople have turned out to meet III
speakers and have given them every assuI
ance of deep interest in the right settl,
ment of the questions at issue and {
tha,r Intention to vote for Mckinley. Til
welcome extended to the visitors from III
nols on the whole trip has been such as
characteristic of the liberal minded peop
of North Missouri. where free speech
denied one.
Generals Meeting in New York.
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