The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1896-10-07
THIRTY DELEGATIONS.
They Visit Mni. McIAlnley, Coming from
Five statrs-Eourteen Formal speeches
Made by the Candidate.


Five StHtrR-Eourteen Formal speeches
Made by the Candidate.
CANTON, Oct. 5.-Fifteen thousand
men who came from the mills, fur
naces, farms, colleges, workshops,
mines and eountng rooms Of New
York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio and
Indiana came to Canton Saturday to
greet and to hoar Maj. Mckinley. Maj.
Mckinley surpassed himself. He was
engaged in the work OF meeting dele
cations from breakfast time till after
sunset and the lamps had been lighted
an hour before the last delegation
marched away. He spoke to great
er number of large bodies of voters,
representing vast variety of interests
and industries, than he had before ad-
dressed in single day. He made IA
formal speeches and several informal
ones and talked to 80 delegations
Two delegations arrived before a.
M; one. came from Harrisburg, Pa. 1,
and numbered more than 800; the other
from Sunday Creek valley, in Athens
county, o. Sunday Creek valley is part
Of the great Hooking Valley mining re-
gion. The delegation of miners num-
bered 600 The Wheslmen's Mckinley
and Hobart Republican club, of Buff
falo, arrived ut 1915. There we're $50
members in tho party.
Following the Buffalo wheelnen
came delegation Of $50 employees of
the Standard Manufacturing Co., of
Pittsburg. r. j. Torrance, spokesman
for this delegation, said most Of the
neR in it were democrats who proposed
to cast theirlfrst republican vote this
year. Six men bore on gilded plat
form beautiful porcelain bath tub,
decorated with and mounted in gold
which was presented by the Standard
Co. to Maj Mckinley. McKinley's
speech was uncommonly spirited,
While the major was speaking o
delegation from Barberton, o., 800
stronS, filed into the yard. o. C. Bar
Der, the great match maker, introduced
his employees and Maj. Mckinley ad-
dressed them.
Five hundred werkingmen from the
Allegheny shops of the Pennsylvania
lines pressed closely behind the Bar
berton delegation and were addressed
by the major. The sixth speech fol-
lowed the fifth very swiftly. Delega-
tions changed places and in less than
seven minutes Maj. Mckinley was
bowing to new audience. There were
upwards of SEQ men in it and they
came from tho works of Mcintosh,
Iemphill C Co. and the Star Tin Plate
Co., of Pittsburg. The men brought
with them the largest sheet Of TIN
plate ever made in the world.
Tho seventh speech Of this day was a
short one to delegation OF 1oo en-
ployes OF the Ettsburg. & Western
railroad. At 1880 delegation, 5000
strong, from Washington county, Pa
Ryg:re6, 1t was composed of farmers,
miners, iron workers and tin plate
makers. In reply to the addresses Mag.
Mckinley made brief address. The
ninth speech was made to 900 railroad
men from Ft. Wayne, Ind.
Maj Mckinley addressed with the
Fort Wayne railroad men delegation
from Cleveland comprising employees
OF the American Wire Co., the Har
beson- Walker Stove Fire Brick Co.
the HIP nail works, Cleveland Hard
ware Co. and the Kilby Co. The next
delegation came from Venango county
Pa. There were thousand voters IL
it. A delegation of 100 students from
| Wooster (O.) college marched up at the
same time, and Mckinley addressed
the two delegations.
The eleventh speech was made to 7Ot
members of the Union Veterans Pa
triotic League of Pittsburg and Ale
! gheny county. The old soldiers brough
with them score of tattered flags.
The Stamina Republican League o
Cincinnati, fine body Of young men
were the next callers. C. c. Benedic
spoke for them and Maj Mckinley re
plied. :.
Turning from the Cincinnati audi
ence, Maj. Mckinley received from
committee representing the mechanic
of the Mauser Manufacturing Co, o
New York, handsome silver vase
Maj. Mckinley responded with a fev
| pleasant remarks.
A long line of wheelmen with bril-
liant penn ants came by few mo
ments later. They were from Pitts
burg, Cleveland, Buffalo, Chicago, Cn
cinnati and other points. Maj. Nc
Kinley addressed the wheelmen. Ma.
McKinley's day of speech making
closed at nightfall with au address tt
nearly 1000 Observation-Disclosures
| from Cleveland.