Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-07-02
4 CRUSH AT CANTON


rrsva T.housmnd Women ATTEND -. WIS.
K 80 - ns.s ngeKInley and 20 HIS W.
- A~ed Misunderstanding speo
- ~. rrrnnos Jones, Which btu. -
Tears 60 the Eyes of Her
KfnIey's Life Commended L..
CANTox. o.. June 27.-The recePel
hv the ladies of Canton to Maj
Ms Mckinley and the venerable nos
err of Mai. Mckinley. indlcates sn .S
4ba candidate nominated at ST. LOUIS
appeals in some way with great pow
To the sentiment of the women OF
community. for they came fortn
the hundred and by the thousAn1s
without regard to party or secS v
color. To do honor to Maj. Mchiny
- az +wo ladies. For more tnan
two hours an unbroken stream Oh
r,o,,er two and sometimes Lnree
abreast. passed in at the front uoo
of the spacious Miller resiu7n
thence to the receiving room ann -,
bv a side door. There were women
all ages and condition. Young
1o. rraudmothers and greatg
mothers pushed in side by sloe'
stantIal matrous of the city, wives =,
the great manufacturers were CT
between bevies of shop girls anu "
writers. There were pretty
homely girls, stylish girls ana gilAs'
plainly from the country and the couN
try dressmaker.
It was oood-natured,s smiling crown
and it numbered 5000. While the
women walked through the house. the
orchestra, concealed behind great
bank of ferns, palms and mowers
PLAYED and the movement OF o0o'
tongues did not wholly drown 1t. Inc
house was a bower of bloom and ver'
dure. Hundreds of roses. carnations
and potted plants had been used Win
a happy skill by the decorators. Inc
girl typewriters all said it was SIM
ply elegant" and there Is no douoe
that the effect was a charming and
satisfactory one The flowers ana
palms were thickly studded with tiny
electric bulbs. The light of day was
excluded, and when the incandescent
burners blazed forth amid bloom and.
leaves and from the ceiling, the spec
tacle was a radiant one.
The reception commenced with a
speech. 1t was made by Canton
lady. Mrs. Alice Dannos Jones. Mrs.
Jones stood in the window of the re-
ception room and spoke to the sea OF
bobbing parasols ON the lawn. This
was before the doors were opened and
the assembling hosts of women had to
listen to the speech or go away. None
of them went, for the speech was'5ood2
and is destined to have wide currency
in the campaign It was just the sort
of speech the good people of Canton
wanted to hear, and during its deliv.~
cry many woman INDUCED in the
luxury of a furtive tear. Among
other things Mrs. Jones said
Fourteen years ago, on the Sunday
following his nomination, James A.
Garfield walked into the old home
church, bearing on his arm his aged
mother, and on last Sabbath morning
into the church of his early faith
walked our future president, and with
him walked his mother. With home
anchorage such as this, we women.
have no fears that under the COM
ing administration hearthfires will
burn DINNER or counting rooms be
closed. Our men may deal with ques-
tions of tariff and finance and po-
litical policy; we women believe that
the Importance of pure living is
higher than all, and are satisfied that
should you be called to preside over
the destinies of the nation, we shall
have a man at the head with charac-
ter so pure and a record so unfair
nished that any mother here to-day
would feel proud to know that the
steppings of their little boys might be
in lines parallel with his"
All the mothers with little boys felt
the future glow with hope when the
speaker uttered these words, and they
applauded her. vigorously when she
finished.
Maj. Mckinley in dozen words
thanked the ladies for their presence.
and took his place with his wife and
mother TO receive the women of his
town. The reception to-day was the
first formal expression on the part of
the women of the liking they have Tor
Maj. Mckinley, and it was very
unique social and significant function.