The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-07-02
THEY MEET.
Hobart Calls on Mckinley at His Canton
Home.


Home.
Canton, Ohio, July 1.--.Governor Nc.
Kinley drove to the Fort Wayne station
shortly after 10 o'clock this morning to
personally meet and greet his invited
guest to-day, Hon. Garrett A. Hobart,
who wired yesterday from his home in
Paterson, n. j., that he would call ON
the governor to-day. He went, as is
usual, on these occasions, in the modest
family carriage drawn by Il single horse.
There was large crowd of people gath
cred mt the station to witness the meet
ing of the two distinguished men, al
though the affair was an informal one in
every respect.
Governor Mckinley took Mr.. Hobart
by the arm and walked side by side
to the carriage, amid great applause
by the crowd. The meeting was entirely
informal, and no public demonstration
had been desired, the time of Mr.. Ho-
bart's coming not having been made pub
lie until this morning
Governor Mckinley and his guest We're
driven quickly to the formers home,
where n crowd of newspaper reporters
and photographers We're waiting. Mr..
Hobart was presented to number of
Mr.. McKinley's neighbors as the pair
alighted from the carriage, after which
they Immediately retired to the library
in the majors home. 1t is understood
that at the conference of the nominees to-
day, it was mutually agreed as far as
present intentions are concerned, that
neither of them will depart from their
homes for any campaign tour.
In order to make train connections and
fill engagements, Mr.. Hobart took an
early lunch with Governor Mckinley and
left for Cleveland at 1870. He was es-
corted to the station by his host. Mr..
Hobart will meet National Chairman
Mark y. Hanna there.
Mr.. Hobart had been at the Mckinley
residence but half an hour when n large
Medina delegation, with bands and ban
ners, called Mckinley and Hobart We're
greeted with cheers as they, for the fist
time, appeared together on the same plat
form to speak.
In reply to Judge Alfred Munson's
presentation for Medina, Governor Nc
kinley responded briefly, thanking the
members of the delegation for their
friendly visit, and for their devoted and
answering services to the Republican
cause. Mr. Hobart was called for, and
as he stepped forward to the edge of the
veranda there was more applause. The
people We're evidently delighted with his
appearance He said:
Major Mckinley, gentlemen of Me
dina county, and fellow citizens of Ohio:
| thank you for the compliment of this
call, but / must say at the same time that
! am not gifted as our friend, Major Nc
kinley, with the graces of oratory, nor
with the grace of diction that will permit
me to talk to you. think | should
speak but briefly on this occasion when
my only business is to pay my respects to
your most distinguished fellow-citiZen.
But New Jersey, gentlemen, feels very
near to Ohio in these days. In that con
vention lately held in St Louis, there
were no more constant friends, no more
devoted admirers of your Major Mckin-
ley than were those delegates from the
State of New Jersey. We feel, too, that
we have some little right to say a word
in Republican assemblies nowadays, for
only last fall we carried for the Republi
can party the State of New Jersey by the
grand majority of $4,000 Great APP
pIause). New Jersey greets Ohio to-day,
and New Jersey will greet Ohio in No
vember next with majority of not less
than 10000. l thank you, gentlemen, for
the compliment of your call. / will be
glad TO meet as many of you as possible
during the interval which you spend here
to-day. Great applause)
Then both Mckinley and Hobart shook
hands with hundreds of the big crowd
This evening the Ohio Christian Endeav-
ors in convention here called. 5000
strong, and gave Governor Mckinley the
chautauqua salute.