New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-06-27
WOMEN GREET NKINLEY.
REMARKABLE TRIBUTE PAID TO TIE
REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE
THE WIVES. MOTHERS AND DAUGUTERs OF
CANTON GATHER TO DO HIM HONOR
CHARLES EMORY SMITH AND G.
l.. MAGEE AMONG THE
MAJORS CALLERS

MAJORS CALLERS
Canton Ohio, June 26-Charles Emory Smith.
OF Philadelphia had a long talk with Major Nc
Kiney to-day. and many phases OF the campaign
and the method of conducting it were discussed
While Mr. Smith engaged in earnest conver-
sation with Major Mckinley G. l. Magee OF
Pittsburg, the Republican leader Of Western
Pennsylvania arrived. Mr. Magce thinks the tar
IN rather than the money question will be the ef-
fective issue among the great working classes Of
Pennsylvania, and predicts larger mai icrty for
Mckinley in the State than vas ever given to a
Presidential candidate He believes the money
question will be potent in the East and that the
platform adopted by the Republicans will make 1t
impossible for the Democrats to carry New-York
with free-silver candidate.
Mr.. Smith left town at o'clock for Cleveland.
partly to escape the wretched Canton hotels and
partly to have a quiet talk with Mark Hanna
about the organization OF the Executive Commit
tee. He will return on Saturday and make one
OF the speeches al the great ratification meeting
in the afternoon.
The reception this afternoon to Major and Mrs
Mckinley and the venerable mother Of Major
Mckinley indicates that the candidate nomi-
mated at st. Louis appeals in some way with
this community. for they came forth by the
hundred and by II q thousand, without regard to
party or sect or color. to do honor to Major Nj
Kln!Ay and the two ladies. For more than two
hours ar unbroken stream Of women. two and
sometimes three abreast passed In AT the front
doors of the spacious Miller residence. thence to
the receiving room and ont by side door
There were women Of all ages ana conditions
C.trie of fb.rS irr-,s bel = n
great -grandmothers pushed ir side by side. sub
stantal matrons Of the city wives Of the great
manufacturers were crowded between bevies Of
shopgirls ana typewriters. There were pretty
girls. homely girls stylish girls girls from the
city and girls from the country, and tho country
drossmakc-. Il was n good-natured. smiling
crowd. and il numbered 5.0Oo.
While the women walked through the house
the orchestra. concealed behind a great bank of
ferns palms AMI flowers. played. and the move
ment Of half a thousand tongues did not wholly
drown It, The house was a bower Of bloom and
verlure Hundreds OF roses. carnations and
potted plants had been used with happy skill
by the decorators. The girl typewriters all said
It was simply elegant" and there ID no doubt
that the effec, was a charming and satisfactory
one The flowers and palms We're thiciNy
studded with tiny electric bulbs The light of
day was excluded and when the incandescent
burners blazed forth amid the bloom and leaves
and from the ceiling the spectacle was a radiant
one ~
A SPEECH BY MRS JONES
The reception begaL with speech. It was
made by a Canton woman Mrs Alice pannos
Jones Mre. Jones stood In the window of th" r''-
ception room and spoke TO the sea o: bobbins
parasols on the lawn. This was betora the doors
were opened and the assembling hosts q woinen
had t. listen to the speech or 20 away. Non"
Of them Went for the speech WAS good II was
just the lrt # speech the good people ~ canton
wanted to hear. and during It's delivery many a
woman INDUCED in the luxury Of a furtiye tear
Among other things Mira Jones said:
Fourteen years ago, on the ,snn1ay foIowins HE
home church bearing Oh his arm his agcd mOth'T
and on last Sabbath morning into the church o. his
early faith walked our future President, ana Win
MN a,. w. ~ r v,n,nen have no fears that nndcr
the coming Administration hearth fires VIII burn
DINNER or counting rooms be closed. our men may
deal with Questions of tariff and finance md polit
i~ai nonry we women believe that the Importance
oi pure living IS higher than al ana are snii-'"'
nc. at '5?' o the %a,on % we SHAFT have man at the
head with character 50 pure and a record 80 IN.
proud 70 Know that the steppines Of ,heir little
bows might be in the lines parable. with this
All the mothers with little boys felt the futura
glow with hope when the speaker uttered these
words. and they appauded her vigorously when
she finished
Major McKini y. In dozen words thanked
the women for Their presence. and took his place
with his wife and mother to receive. 1t an
effective group. Mrs. Mckinley and the Majors
aged mother. who is an attractive old lady sat in
large chairs on Il dais. There were palms and
flowers around them. Major Mckinley stood at
-. IoFt 10 ,,if nd mas de no
He WAS deeply touched and visibly moved by
the character of the gathering. ana the manifest
sincerity Of the interest which the women Of BIS
town showed in him and his family. He, per
haps never received more emphatic and graft
fying tribute Of neighborly, rot 10 say sistcrly.
affection In his life. On the wall back OF The re-
ceiving party, almost five feet above Major NC
Kirley's head. was IA large white crown the OUT
lines Of which were traced by e!ghty-eight glow
ing electric lights. The significance and func-
ton Of this device were unexplained, hui. no
doubt it decorative rather than symbol
cal.
The reception to-day the first formal ex-
preston on the part Of the women or IN" IklhS
they have for Majcr Mckinley, and II was a
very unique successful and signincant luhctlph'
This evening delegation Of cheerful shouterS
from Norwalk some 300 in number, called upon
Major Mckinley. and trampled the last spots OF
verdure from his beloved lawn.
Major Mckinley took much pride in lbs lawb
and counted It the most beautiful in canton.
Tonight It is a wreck. ~ there ~ no hcalth IN
i, but he bears his loss with becoming good
humOT
THE MAJOR TALKS TO THE NoRWALK CLUB.
The Norwalk Republican Club was introduced
bv ex-Speaker Laylin, Of the ONO House of Rep-
resentatives. who dwelt upon the fact that huron
County has been a strong Republican county i'r
forty years In response Major Mckinley made n
speech longer thar any he has delivered since MS
nomina ton lie said:
Speaker Laylir and lny fellOw-citizens OF huron
COUNTY: 1t gives inc genuine pleasure 70 meet YOU
here at my own home tonight. am grdt"lu 10
your spokesman who has been my frend loi 30
many years for the generous words he mas spoh'n'
and for the testimony he brings 10 me OF your P.Ir
sonal regard and good will ] cannot iorbedr saying
in The presence OF Huron county R-'lbhcaLs ana ana
az .lla Il COUNTY, lhAi ID INC Nl3l