The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1896-07-02
THE LADIES
TENDER A RECEPTION TO PROM
INENT CANTONIANS.
One of the Most Noteworthy Events
in Years-Briiliant and Feeling
Address Delivered by Mrs. Alice
Danner Jones-The Response.

At few minutes'before o'clock this
afternoon, the reception rendered by the
ladies of Canton and Stark county to Mrs.
william Mckinley and Mrs. Mckinley,
Sr., commenced at the Miller homestead
in West Tuscarawas street. The affair Il
absolutely non partisan, the members OF
various committees being composed OF
ladies regardless OF all political sentiment
The reception was planned for the purpose
Of honoring the wife and mother Of the
man who has been nominated to the high
est office In the land-for the purpose oi
honoring two women in whom are ex
emplifled the true womanhood of thi:
great American republic, and at the same
time to show that such manhood as that
OF their illustrious husband and son IL
worthy the respect Of all true women
and men.
This afternoon that part of the Miller
residence which is being occupied In the
presentation of the women Of this vicinity
to the receiving party, presents most
beautiful sight The entrance is draped
in the national colors, while just inside,
the hall and staircase is bower of flow
ers as is the reception parlor to the west,
and the committee room at the east side
ofthe hall. On the mantle just above the
platform which is occupied by Ers.
Mckinley and her mother, is crown,
studded with myriads of small incandes-
cent lights, presenting most appropriate
and beautiful appearance
At the hour appointed for the reception,
Mrs. Mckinley end mother and those who
are to assist them in receiving, together
with Major Mckinley, made their appear
ance on the small balcony fronting from
the west parlor. Here Mrs. Alice Danner
Jones, on behalf of the ladies, made a
congratulatory address, which was atten-
lively listented to by large concourse of
ladies who had assembled for the recep-
ton. Her remarks.were as follows:
Mother and Wife of william Mckinley :
You know the import of this meeting
We, the women of Canton and Stark
county, would show honor to the two
women nearest and dearest 20 the man, to
whom not only Canton, but an entire
nation, is paying homage.
He is bound to you by ties even closer
than those which bind him to his country !;
and we believe he will say with us that
the better part of him is of your making.
The path which now we see so plainly
leading to the White House, had its be-
ginning even within the doorway of the
little frame house in Niles. There the
wisdom of father and the loving guild
ance of mother, laid the foundation
stones, in young boys life, of the justice,
the sagacity and the charity which char
acterizes the statesman Of today.
All, Mother The hands that were little
then have been growing stronger as your
own have grown more feeble. Life's disci'
pline Of calm and storm has left its marks
upon your boys face, but the nursery
lessons and songs are still remembered,
and the touch of your aged hands upon
his hands today is a motive power for
good, so pure, so limitless in It's reach
that only balances unseen, can estimate
its worth.
Mrs Mckinley, over twenty-five years
ago you prophesied Canton's future pride
in Cau6on's yor ng attorney. You plight
ed to him your grill n faith, and within
the old Presby terian church, you linked
your life with his Canton has been
proud of him for many years and Canton
has been proud of you. Governor McKin-
ley's every act today bears upon 1t the
stamp of his association with a refined,
exalted womanhood.
So purely womanly is your wifely deyo'
ton, so in sympathy with his every inter
est has your life always been, that were
you not part of it today, we believe that,
like Lafayette, he would exclaim in the
bitterness of his heart: "She was so one
with me, that life seems robbed Of half its
power without her.
Proud as we are of our statesman, art
we of the part of mother and wife, In
giving to us one In whom we all car
safely trust. Women, such as you, have
given to our nation in th5 past, her mob
lest, bravest sons. John Quincy Adams
owed his greatness to his mother; Wash
ington consulted his mother; Lucy Webt
Hayes was her husbands truest helper
jackson deferred to the opinions of hii
idolized wife; and the name of Ida Saxtor
Mckinley will be associated with the
name of her illustrious husband.
fourteen years ago, on the Sunday fol
lowing his nomination, James A. Gar
field walked into the old home church
bearing on his arm his aged mother; and
on last Sabbath morning, into the church
OF his early fifth, walked our future presl
dent, and with him walked his mother.
With home anchorage such as this, WI
women have no fears that under the com
ing administration hearth fires will burr
DINNER, or counting-rooms be closed.
Our men may deal with questions o.
tariff and finance and political policy; W.
women believe that the Importance o.
IAsre living is higher than all and arr
satisfied that should YOU be called to pre-
side over the destinies of this nation, W.
shall have man at the head with char
acter so pure and record so untarnishet
that any mother here today would fee