The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-11-02
CANTON CAMPAIGN CLOSES.
Major Mckinley Has Addressed Nearly a
Million People.
He HAS MADE 2l4 SPEECHES !
From the Day Of His Nomination, on June
IS, Vast Crowds Have Visited Canton
to Pay Their Respects to the
Presidential Candidate.

CANTON, o., Nov. 2.-Saturday evening
practically ended the most remarkable po-
litical campaign in the history of the
United States and of the world. Canton,
which has been the Republican Mecca, has
figured more prominently in this cam
paign than any other place in the coun-
try. Pilgrimages have been made by men
and women from every walk of life, and
from all quarters of the country. The ao-
tual campaign has been of 1872 days dura-
ton;
Eliminating Sundays there have been
lO2 days of the campaign In that time
Major Mckinley has made 2l4 speeches.
an average of more than two day He
reached the maximum when on Saturday,
Sept "a, he spoke twenty-one times
Nearly every one of these speeches has
been made from the front porch of his
modest little home in North Market street,
or from a temporary stand at the edge of
his door yard. A very few have been made
in halls, when the weather was too in
clement for out door assemblages. The
aggregate number of people. addressed is
dliticult to estimate. Some have placed it
at 100000, some higher and some lower.
The ballot which nominated Major Nc
kinley at St Louis on June Is had not
been counted before crowd was surging
about his house aud demanding speech
1t was composed of the people Of Canton
fully 10000 of them-whO, in response
to the signal Of the towns fire bell had
rushed to the house Forty-flve minutes
later 1000 came on special train from
Alliance, twenty miles east, in this county.
Soon afterward another crowd of 1000 or
more came from Massillon, and was Joined
here by 1000 from Akron. From that day
to this the campaign in Canton has been
an animated one
Senator-elect Foraker contributed hand
somely to the brilliant close of what has
been, perhaps, the most interesting day Of
the campaign. Major Mckinley met Mr.
Foraker at the station at . o'clock, and
when some one proposed three cheers for
the distinguished guest Major Mckinley
took off his hat and led the cheering. SEN
ator Foraker remained at Canton but
forty-five minutes, having to reach Cleve-
land in time to deliver a speech at night.
The largest delegation that has visited
Canton came Saturday afternoon. 1t was
from Youngstown and other places in the
Mahoning valley, and numbered 5000 peo-
pie, 1000 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 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 there were thousands of other
people pressing toward the stand
Every man, woman and child carried a
flag, and when Major Mckinley rose to
speak each flag waved, and great chorus
of cheers rolled like a surge of the sea up
and down the densely packed streets. Ma
Jor Mckinley had prepared speech in his
hand which he had expected to deliver
but he could not do it, He was caught up
in the wave of enthusiasm which swirled
and eddied about him. He tossed the
manuscript aside and spoke as he after
wards said, ''just what was in his heart"
What he said was echoed in 10, 600 hearts.
When he declared "There is just one
class under our flag, and we all belong to
it., such a cheer went up as Canton never
heard before.
Major Mckinley never looked better nor
seemed in better health than he did yes
terday. He went to church in the morn
ing as usual, and took walk and drive
during the day. Mrs. Mckinley after a
weeks Illness is able to sit up and is feel
ing much better. The day brought an in
novation for the campaign, a Sunday
delegation The party consisted of about
hundred first voters of Detroit, sent as
the representatives of the First Voters
club of 1900 members in that city. No
demonstration was made The visitors
went to church services which Major Nc
Kinley attended and afterwards called at
the house to shake hands with him. They
returned home in the evening