The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-09-18
A GREAT DAY
City of Canton in
Gala Dress.
Flags and Bunting Are on
Every Building.
An Enthusiastic Opening Of
the Campaign.
Thousands Marched In the Grand
Republican Column.
Speeches Made In Big Tent TO Twenty
Thousand Eager Listeners.

NANIoN, Wv Oept. TO- lue iormhl
opening Of the campaign in the home
city Of the Repu bIican nominee occurs to-
DAY and that Canton might appear at her
best and do herself and her guests credit
was the occasion OF much hustle and
hurry. Streets are strung with stream
ers and banners and flags; arches with
becoming mottos span prominent thor
oughfsres, buildings, public and private,
are draped with flags and bunting; por-
traits OF Mckinley and Hobart are dis
played In thousands Of windows.
Nature lent her assistance to the DEM
onstration with day approaching the
ideal. 1t is bright and sunshiny, bat
cool enough to prevent prostrstion or Sc.
rious discomfort to nfarchers. So far as
Canton is concerned it is largely a non-
partizan demonstration, people OF all par
ties uniting in decorations and in giving
the day over to the occasion.
The notable uniformed delegations
present are the Young Mems Terin
Club and the Americus Club of Pitts
burg, the Elkins Cadets of Wheeling,
the Iippecanos Club of Cleveland, md
the wheelmens' Club from Toledo and
Detroit, who left their train at a subur-
ban.station and rode into the city in
parade order. At noon the hustle and
hurry OF parade organization began. The
parade moved in four divisions of foot
men, and with large contingent of
wheelmen and horsemen. Pennsylvania,
West Virginia and otner states formed
the first division; Ohio, outside of StsrK
county, the second; Stark county, out
aide OF Canton, the third and Canton the
fourth. Maj. Mckinley, the visiting
speakers, the officers of the day and
guests of bonor rode in open carriages
at the head of the parade.
A short line of maron brought the
parade to monster tent with acommo-
da,ions for 90, ,0O0 people. Here the first
meeting was held, Governor Bushnell
presiding and making a short introduce
tory address. There was nude by the
com biped bands and campaign songs
by the Pittsburg Tariff League Quar-
tet, and the Aeolian Quartet. Addresses
were made by Senator Cullum of Illinois
ana Senator Thurston OF Nebraska. In
the evening another parade will be made
and another meeting held.in the tent.
There will aslo be brilliant illumina-
tion.
Cove rnor Hastings OF Pennsylvania
and Congressman McCleary of Minnesota
are to be the speakers.
Senator Cullum made a very able ad-
dress.
Senator Cullum, after a lengthy discus
sion of the tariff question, took up the
money issue. saying in part:
Mr.. Altgeld and other Dem ocratic
leaders say the present dollar Is 200 cent
dollar, while the dollar before 1873 was q
100 cent dollar. In the first place the
statement is not correct, but IL IL we're,
which would you rather have, dollar
worth 200 or dollar worth 80 cents?
They say nobody ever saw so cent dol
lar. Nobody ever saw dollar I'm coin
that would not circulate anywhere in
this country and in many foreign coun-
tries at its normal value.
Suppose IL is true that our dollars are
200 cent dollars. How many of these have
we in circulation? According to the last
treasury statement We have more than
$500, ,0Jo, 900 consisting of gold, silver and
paper, one dollar just as good as an
other, a per capita circulation OF nearly
s22. II Bryan, Altgeld and their asso-
ciates are right, then our money In cir
culation is equal to 50, 100000 or si4
per capita. As their platform only. cells
for $50 per capita they ought to be satis-
fled with s4.
Let us SEQ what would happen in tho