The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-31

FORT WAYNE, Ind, Oct 3O-Ez-
President Harrison closed his first day of
campaigning in northern Indiana in Fort
Wayne tonight. The ex-president and his
party will leave this city in the morning
for tour Of the counties northwest Of
here.
The platform from which Mr. Harrison
spoke here tonight broke down under
the great crowd upon it. and precipitated
the ex-president to the ground. MucA
confusion ensued, but no one was injured.
Eugene V. Debs spoke to large assem-
piaSes here tonight, about 5000 people
/ hearing him.
AT Winchester where nothing Of very
great magnitude had been expected, Cen
eral Harrison encountered one Of the
| greatest demonssra lions of the day. The
people began to pour in early in the morn
ing and by the time the big parade started
the managers of the demonstration esti-
mated that from 10000 to 5000 people
were on the ground.
! On the way to Portland the party was
entertained by the "Goidbug" Glee club
of Winchester. A monetary stop was
made at Rdgeville, where General Harri-
son bowed his acknowledgements 10 sew
eral hundred people who had gathered ri
the station.
y Portland was scheduled for the longest
stop of the day, and the event was made
a general rally for all that section. A
tent holding 5000 people had been provided
Tor the meeting, but not one-third of the
crowd could Sefs intO it. A hundred young
men with Bryan badges went to the sta
ton 10 close IN behind the train and
! cheer for Bryan when Mr.. Harrison aD-
{ peared. They let go a few cheers about
ten minutes before the train arrived. and
the multitude closed in upon them with q
rush of such momentum that three or
four of them tainted. They were carried
from the crowd and no interruption OF
the proceedings was attempted.
A burst of tremendous cheering and
waving of hats started when General Har-
riSon appeared and waved along the crowd
as far as could be seen I'D the street
rage as it moved out to the open field
where the tent was pitched. and people
were found packed for 80 yards around it.
Finally General Harrison and party sue
ceeded in reaching the stand and he was
introduced by the county chairman, j. G..
L. McAdams. General Harrison spoke at
some length and with great earnestnesS.
taking up in turn each of the more i'm
porsant issues of the campaign and dis
cussing than.
Brief speeches were made at Geneva. and
Berne, where General Harrison talked
briefly to several hundred. It was dark
by the time COulhour was reached. A
crowd of about 4,OCO people were gathered
about the station, where a stand had been
erected. General Harrison was given
warm reception, though a number OF
cheers for Bryan were heard. In his
speech General Harrison went over the
history of the Republican party in max
ing good the promises of the government
in resuming specie payments and declared
that the Democratic party had faced COM
plete.y about on the money question in
four years. quoting the platform of 1892
and recent speeches of Bryan in support
OF the assertion. The principal point Of
his speech, however. was in dealing with
the question Of fusion. He told his old
Democratic friends of Adams county that
they could not vote the straight ticket
this time if they wanted to. For whom
do you expect to voee2' he asked. For
Bryan and Sewall? You cannot do it.
If you should carry Indiana. five of your
electoral votes would go for Thomas Wat
son of Georgia, who is not a Democrat
and does not claim TO be q Democrat
They have put five Populists upon your
electoral ticket and if you vote it, two
Sewall of your ticket and one
third OF it goes to Bryan and
Watson, the ,Populist flominee. And
if Thomas Watson should hold
the balance Of power in the electoral
college you would have them as Watson
for Vice-Dresident or nobody. You who
have been taking the straight thing for
all these years cannot get the straight
thing this year by voting the Democratic
ticket (Applause) But you can vote a
straight Republican ticket and thereby up
hold many of the principles for which
Jackson and Jefferson stood, principles
that are now attacked by Mr.. Bryan and
the Chicago platform"
The train was considerably behind time
and fast run was made to Fort wayne.
which was reached at 6:15, only a few
minutes late. Here General Harrison
rested quietly in his car until $50 o'clock,
when the Republicans of Allen county
gave one of the biggest demonstrations
that have ever been known. A night
parade that required a couple Of hours
in passing was given, followed by a
speech of nearly an hours length by
General Harrison in a circus tent that
had been procured for the occasion