The San Francisco call., 1896-11-01
Patriotic Words of Projections
Champion on the Glorious
Stars and Stripes.
VISITORS GO WILD WITH JOY.
Women Join the Sterner Sex in En-.
Enthusiastically Showing Their
Loyalty.

ringing cheer and many stirring air
from two score bands, the last great day
OF the campaign at the home of the Re-
publican candidate came to an end. Sem
Observation-Disclosures contributed handsomely
tc the brilliant close of what has been the
most interesting day OF the campaign.
Major Mckinley met Senator Foraker at
the station at 5 o'clock, and when some
one proposed three cheers for the distin-
guished guest, Major Mckinley took off
his hat and led the cheering. 1t was dark
when Senator Foraker reached the McKin-
ley house, but great crowd awaited him.
He made his nlnety-seventh speech of the
campaign from the platform in McKinley's
yard and he told the people some news
from the West that made them shout with
Joy.
Senator Foraker said:
I did not come here with the idea of making
speech, but simply with view of congratu-
lating your distinguished fellow-townsman
upon the great honor that will be b is next
Tuesday evening [cheers]; and congratulating
him, too, upon the magnificent manner in
which he has deported himself during the
progress of this campaign. When presented
his name TO the ST. Louis convention 1 used
some pretty strong language to what kind
of a candidate he would make laughter and
applausel; but did il without any hesitation,
for knew the man, ana knew he would re-
deem every promi Sc might make. And now
at the end OF the contest-the most memorable
at least since the war. and probably without
precedent in all the history of the country-at
the end of over five months of intense excite
ment for the whole people; at the end OF a
time when he has been called upon daily by
great delegations OF every character and
class from every section of the country, TO all
Of whom he has spoken, we can say without
any hesitation or any qualification that
throughout he has borne himself in such q
manner as to inspire the people of the whole
country with sense of his fitness for the chief
magistracy of the United States. [Cheers ]
He has made numberless speeches and every
one OF them has been q gem-concise, aIgu-
mentative, strong and convincing. As con-
sequence, we can say next Tuesday night
and he can take that to himself now-that
when he has been elected he himself will have
done more by far than any other one man to
bring about that result.
When Senator Foraker left him to take
the train for Cleveland, where he speaks
to-nig MT, storm of cheers followed him.
lie was in Canton just forty minutes.
Major Mckinley began speaking at an
early hour this morning and was kept busy
talking and receiving callers until sunset.
One of his first utterances this morning
was appropriate to the day. Addressing a
delegation of his old friends from Waynes-
burg, in this county, he said:
I thank you that you have come on this
glorious day, when the glorious banner of the
free waves from every home and hilltop OF the
land and from every fsrm and 6reside of our
common country. Glorious old banner it is
So long as we carry it in our hands and have
what 1t typifes in our hearts the Republic and
our splendid free institutions win be forever
secure.
The largest delegation that has visited
Canton came this afternoon. 1t was from
Youngstown and other places in the Ma
honing Valley, and numbered 5000 people,
2000 of whom were women. 1t took this
splendid Mahoning Valley delegation
more than an hour to pass in review be-
fore Major Mckinley. When the parade
came to a halt and the people massed
themselves in the streets and yard about
Major McKinley's house, the Republican
candidate looked down upon the greatest
and most inspiring audience that has
greeted him. In addition to the visiting
delegation therewere thousands of other
people pressing toward the stands.
Every man, woman and child carried
flag, and when Major Mckinley rose to
speak each flag waved and great chorus
OF cheers rolled like surge of the sea up
and down the densely packed streets.
Major Mckinley had prepared speech in
his hand which be had expected to deliver.
but he could not do it. He was caught up
In the wave of enthusiasm which swirled
ana eddied about him. He tossed the
manuscript aside, and spoke, as he after
ward said, "just what was in his heart
What he said was echoed in 10000
hearts. When he declared, "There is Just
one class under our flag, and We all belong
to it," such cheer went up as Canton
never heard before.
The call of several thousand Canton
women upon Major Mckinley was another
beautiful incident of day that has been
pregnant with UNIQUE and stirring events.
The weather was delightful, and the cam
paign could not have closed more bril-
liantly and beautifully.