The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-19
AT M'KINLEY'S HOME.
A BIG DEMONSTRATION MADE IN
HIS HONOR.
Participated in By Thousands, it
Was Yet Non-Partisan in Charac-
ter-Sugar Exchange COngratu-
IatiOns.

MKINLEYtS HOUSE, Canton, o., June |
lS.-It was a few seconds after the huge |
city fire alarm bell had begun Changing
that huge parade of 1900 fellow sol |
diers and fellow citizens formed by pre-
Arrangement in front of the court house /
and, escorted by three companies of mi
nta, under the command of Capt Harry |
trease, with several bands and drum !
corps. paraded up North Market street |
10 Governor Mckinley's home on the hill. |
The same tick that notified Governor Nc |
kinIey of his nomination over the AsSo-
ciated Press wire had set the fire alarm |
gong gong. A score of Governor and |
Mrs. McKinIey's personal friends had ex-
tended their congratulations before the
parade reached the house.
The scene on the parade to the McKin-
ley home was one of
THE Widest ENTHUSIASM.
Batteries of artillery started with the
nomination signal to fire. When the
speeches began the blare of trumpets was
heard, coming from the militia, and old
scidiers began to fall in line ready for
the march. Mayor Rice had ordered the
pOlca patrol 10 report SO as TO avoid con-
fusion as much as possible. Before the
parade had covered a half dozen blocks
to the Mckinley home, as if by magic the
center of the city and the line of march
was a panorama of flags, festooning and
decorations of all kinds.
Mr.. f. z. Case, a lawyer and prominent
manufacturer, who had been chosen by
the citizens committee to deliver a con-
gratulatory address, spoke as follows:
CASE CONCENTRATES.
Major Mckinley: Your neighbors and
townsrnen wish to be first to congratulate
you upon your nomination to the highest
office within the gift of the people. None
know better than these neighborS here
assembled how well this honor is merited.
| These Were the first to witness the be-
| ginning of your public career. They saw
you quit your academic studies with the
ardor of youth and bravery beyond your
years. TO devote your services to your
country The courage and ability you
then displayed gave promise of what fol-
iowed in later years. and won for you
that rank and title by which we have so
long and Familiarity addressed you. A
few of your veteran comrades have again
formed in line, and. Joining the citizens
of Canton, take this opportunity to make
pronounced their high regard for you.
The ability and fidelity with which you
have discharged great public trusts, and
the recognition of your countrymen of
long and useful service to the state and
nation, are exceedingly gratifying to
your Canton and Clark county friends.
But we come to you as neighbors,
WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF PARTY,
bearing in mind that while you have
acted in a broader field you have not lost
sight of the duties and obligations of the
citizens. and that your many cares and
| responsibilities you nave always round
time and opportunity to lend your valued
assistance to all that makes for good in
your community
I'VE all unite in extending to you our
hearty congratulations and good wishes
There was a sea of faces for blocks
about, and after whirlwind of appiauy.
had greeted him, Ex-Governor Mckinley
responded as follows:
My Friends and Fellow Citizens: / am
greatly honored by this demonstration.
Its non-partisan character forbids polit-
ical discussion, and appear only to make
grateful acknowledgements to your adj
, dress and congratula atoms. l am not in
different to the pleasure which you ex-
! hlbit at the news just received from the
national convention For days your in
terest has been conferred in st. Louis and
: your presence in such vast numbers tes-
i titles to your personal good will, as vel
as your qualification with the work there
done. Your cordial assurances are all
THE MORE APPRECIATED BY ME
because they come from my fellow citi
a zens, men of all parties. my neighbors
my former constituents, and sly old army
comrades with whom | have lived almoS
: a life time, and who have honored ms
f over and over again with important pub
D lie trusts.
will be long remembered. Many of thos
. around me have not always agreed wit
;; me, nor l with them, touching politica
U questions. But it is pleasant. as | loo
, into your faces, to recall that in all tn
years of the past there has never been
moment of time when you have withheld
ME your friendship, your encouragement
s and your confidence.
You have always been most generous
!, ly royal and my heart is full of gratitud
= to you all. There is nothing more graf
{ flying than to have the regard and e:
TEEN of cne's fellow townsmen, and in tn
/ have been blessed. Never were neigh
bors more devoted or unfaltering in the
support than you have been TO me. 70
have always
MADE MY CAUSE YOUR CAUSE,
e and my home among you has been an il
creasing pleasure.
This county and city are very dear
me. Here l have spent all of my your
manhood, and L have been Identified wit
this magnificent county for nearly thin
e of century.
IF II am glad to greet you here. You ha1
:, never failed to greet me with your be
- wishes and congratulations upon ever
" occasion of my nomination to public o
IA fice, commencing twenty years ago, whit
1 was first named by my party for Co
r gress.
to 81 cannot undertake to estimate Il
g value of these many friendly demonstr
" tions SO helpful. 50 stimulating, mo
than you could have anticipated or
lieved at the time.
YOU call today is warmly appreciate
and 1 thank you from the bottom of \
II heart for what you have said, expreSSi
oft OI the lScltHSS VI thOSC AOA NASHi
VI speak. THIS latest evidence of your {
ie- TEEN makes me more than ever indebt
n to you, and the happy memory of yo
- kindness and confidence will abide wi
10 me forever"
"a MORE TEARS
H. Inside the Mckinley home. whose oh
IN. character is its refreshing sirnplicit
:. crowded upon the stairways. sitting a
IL standing in the various parlors were NJ
ng jor McKinley's mort intimate frien'
Many shed tears of joy when the ne
on. was received that McKinley's nominate
TX had been made unanimous.