Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-09-19

Canton, O., September 1S.-Canton
was up early this morning.
The formal opening Of The campaign
was the occasion Of all the hustle and
hurry.
Nature lent her assistance 10 the dem
ons,raIon with a day approaching the
idsa,
Bright and early there came from Lit
tie Sandy township club OF 200 uni
formed men, and nearly the whole pop
ulace OF the township. At the square
they me. similar parties from other
directions in The country. Then came
400 farmers from Carroll county.
BY this time the special trains began
to arrive, and the delegations poured N
almost faster than they could be count
ed. The uniformed delegations present
are The Young Mems Tariff Club and
the Americus Club, of Pittsburg; the
E,k!ns Cadets, of Wheeling; the ilppe-
canoe Club, of Cleveland, and th@
Whee,men's Club from Toledo and De-
troit, who left their train at suburban
station and rode into the city n parade
order.
At noon the parade organization be-
gan. The parade moved in four dIv.s-
ions of foot men, and with a large con-
tngent of wheelmen and hcrsemen.
Major Mckinley, the visiting speak
ers. the officers of the day, and tAe
guests of honor rode IN open carriages at
the head of the parade. A short line
of march brought the parade to a mon
ster tent with accommodations for
twenty thousand people. Here the ilrst
meeting was held.
Before the parade dozens Of de.ega-
tions marched to Major McKinley's resi-
dence.
Railroad men claimed at noon they
had hauled fifty Thousand people INTO
Canton. Seventy-five tram loads came.
safe Republican Cha, man Char4es
KJrtZ tonight estimated the crowds
presen. on the streets in the afternoon
parade at the big tent me ting and about
The Mckinley home at 100000, and far
ahead of anything in Ohios history.
Congressman Stephen A. NOrthway. OF
Garfelds Old district, SAID the meeting
was three times as large as the memCT-
abe western reserve Garfield meeting
Il ll.
Cleveland, said he mel liable Grant
Conkling meeting at Warren could not
compare with it.
Some of the organizations left on the
early evening trains but many others ar
rived after the first parade and in size
and general appearance the parade to-
night which prefaced the second tent
meeting. was a reproduction of the after
noon. There were a score or more Of
bands i'm line and the number of uniformed
organizations has never been equalled in
the State Tonight the parade was made
through streets brightly Illuminated with
Japanese lanterns transperencies and
colorcd fires and pyrotechniCs.
The enormous tent, large as it is, fell
far short of the demands made upon it
during the speaking.
Major Mckinley rode in carriage with
some Of the speakers during the first pa
rade. When his home was reached he.
with State Republican Chairman Charles
S. Kurtz left the carriages and with
General Hastings. Sylvester r. Everett
Judge baldwin. Mrs. Mckinley and Mrs.
Heistand. from a temporary stand in the
door yard reviewed the long line of
marchcrs. The regular programme in the
afternoon included Governor Bushnelps
Introductory address and speeches by
Senators Cullom and Thurston. This
evening Governor Bushnell spoke briefly
and Governor Hastings, of Pennsylvania,
and Congressman McCleary. of Minnesota,
made addresses.
During the evening the nicely uniform
cd and well drilled club known as the
Ellins Cadets. of Wheeling, ". Va, call
Cd with a band and serenaded Major Nc
Kinley, who addressed them briefly.