The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-28
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CROWD NOTABLE FOR THE WIDE
.n5on RANGE OF THE COUNTRY
COVERED.
WAS a GREAT DEMONSTRATED,
The Mckinley, Residence surround
ed All Day bysa Multitude of
= .cheering DELIBERATIONS, s,r.,

from to L. O'Clock thisaaftarnoon. Thou
sands of people, including the Ladies'
Mckinley club, from Norwalk, many
visitors from Boston, West Virginia
and Maryland and Cleveland gathered
IN front of the handsome, court house
on broad public square and sang ,patri-
otto melodies, interspersed with music
by the bands Of music, frequent cheers
and the waving or flags, banners and
campaign parasols, with which the wo-
mems delegation was supplied Amer
lea, Yankee Doodle" and the "Star
Spangled Banner quickly followed one
another. Nor was Dixie" or Mary
land, My Maryland forgotten. Both
were sung as Justify and as patrfotical-
ly as was John Browns Body and
Marching Thfo Georgia" The affair
was entirely impromptu and ended at
5 o'clock with Home Sweet Home"
from both bands and the vast audience.
which had gathered first as spectators
and then as participants in that great
| patriotic concert.
Today's demonstration was full of
beauties and features. 1t was notable,
Tor large crowd. 1t was notable for
the wide range of territory represented
by the visiting delegations. 1t was no
table for the varied interests Of the
people who called. = The demonstration
began in earnest at noon with the ar
| rival OF a party representing three
states, and it continued till dark. All
that time the Mckinley residence was
surrounded by an interested crowd.
shouting and cheering for the nominee
| and applauding' the splendid delega-
lions which marched up the street. All
that time the. air was filed with the
music of bands and at no time was the
| street leading to the MCKINLEY home
without line Of men and women
| either marching or waiting orders to
| march. -
In the first party to arrive TODAY
We're sixteen coach loads from East
| ern west Virginia, Western MARYLAND
anu martins Ferry, Ohio. the latter
oelegaAlon being composed Of women
coming with greetings for Mai Nc
| hlnley ana with beautiful flowers for
MRS. Mckinley. EMPLOYEES of three
large Cleveland manufacturing con-
Germs were next upon the scene, and
| Wnen they gave way. it was to make
women. from Mingo Junction. Ohio
| the employees of large iron and steel
plant and their wives and friends.
| AFTER theSe came. the New England
delegatlon under the banners of the
| new England Sound Money club. This
party occupied a special train Of six
! sleepers and two dining cars and was
on the way from 2 O'Clock Monday
1 AFTERNOON till o'clock this afternoon.
! Inc party came largely from Boston.
put number Of other New England
towns We're represented. It is COM
posed OF former Democrats as well as
! Republicans and one of the men pre-
scented to Maj. Mckinley was intro
| duced as one who had for over fifty
! years voted nothing but the Demo-
cratic ticket, but who, this year, would
! vote for Mckinley and Hobart The
| visitors were introduced by Frank N.
! Rollins, ex-presbdent of the New
Hampshire senate. Many relics and
mementoes Of the visit were brought
| for Mrs. Mckinley from Boston, from
| New Bedford, and from historic Salem,
| Including whales teeth. twigs from q
| tree planted by Gov. Endicott in 1928
! and q. gold witch spoon. The party
| remained in Canton till O'clock and
then went to Cleveland, where a stop
! of two hours was made, and from
| there they went to Niagara Falls for a
short STOP the schedule being to reach
| Boston at O'Clock Thursday evening.
WoMANs' CLUB RECEIVED.
No prettier Sight has been witnessed
| in the whole campaign than the re-
ception of the Wemefas Mckinley club.
of Norwalk, Ohio. This club of some
500 members, Is splendidly organized
and drilled and 56 when on parade
carries campaign, umbrellas upon
| which the Portraits Of Nc
| Kinley and 6 Hobart are con-
/ spicuous. They were commanded by
a chief marshal, Mrs. A. T. Bloxham.
1 and their evolutfonS well might at
tract the envy of voting clubs. A re-
ception committee Of Canton ladies
met the visitors at the station and to-
| gether with the Canton troop of horse
men, escorted them to the Mckinley
home, where Mrs. VIM. r. Day and
spectively Mrs. L. G. Laylin, who made
the Introductory address, and Mrs.
George Titus, who presented large
cluster of yellow chrysanthemums to
Mrs. Mckinley. The latter, owing to
| illness, could not receive the visitors.
/ The majors mother and sister, how
| ever, were at the house and extended
a most cordial welcome to the callers.
When Maj Mckinley concluded his
| address. to the accompaniment Of the
| Norwalk band, the women united in
singing a campaign song to the tune
/ of Red, White and Blue" waving
| their handkerchiefs all the while and
] producing most striking effect.
Then came visit Of five or six car
| loads OF insurance men from Cleve
LAND, who were introduced to Maj. Nc
Kinley by A. r. Manning.
In responding to the delegations Of
| the day Mai. Mckinley said in part:
I This is year when partisansilip counts
| for but little and patriotism for everything
i we have presented in this campaign ques-
ton that should in no sense be political.
| partisan or sectional q strange but very
| serious question, astonishing indeed, at this
| juncture of our national affairs; a question
fraught with the greatest peril to every in
tefest Of the United States. 1t Is not ques-
4 ton simply as to whether one party or an
| other shall win, as In times past, but 1t Is
question whether now, In our greatest
strength and ma iestys we shall proclaim to
| the world whether or not we are a nation OF
people that can be trusted. -or@ whether or
\ not we shall allow It said that we, the peo-
4 pie OF the United States, believe in paying
our honest debtso in bits or metal stamped
| In the name and by the authority of the
great republic assworth hundred cents for
all Dues public and private. when In fact
| they are worth only 30 cents.
! brings the Indignant answer CT instant and
1 Instructive condemnation / do not. know
| what you may think COT such proposition.
except as Judge Of your past history; but
when T. contemplate such project. like in
voking the prayer of Patrick Henry. when
he cried aloud With fervent voice: Forbid
It. Almighty Cod we cannot afford to. be
question and we are not. Men In every
part of the country are quickened into activ-
tty to avert the threatened danger as they
4 have seldom. IL ever, been auiekened before
There Is more In life-vital as they are-than
food and raiment lands and wealth; more In
life than power and riches. Whatever our
condition. there comes still small voice,
more penetrating than the tempest tnat
this Just true and righteous. And that
\ question, addressed to every. mans con