The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-19
New Additions to the Party of Pa
triots for the Great Tour of Ohio
and Michigan This Week.
THE MAJOR FRESH rs A DAISY
STRONG AND HOPEFUL AS HE WAS
THE DAY OF HIS NOMINATION.
From Now on Ever-Increasing Crowds
VIII Journey to the Home of the
Republican Leader.

CANTON, o., Oct. 1S.-Major Mckinley
shows no signs of fatigue from his great
weeks work, and is apparently strong
and robust as when the campaign opened.
He was up early this morning and went to
church with a number of guests. He en-
tertaineCA company the greater part of the
day and this evening finds him in the best
of spirits and equal to another week of
hard work, which the announcements as
sure him. The campaigning party of gem
erals and veterans here to-day and
the greater part of the day they were
Major McKinley's guests. Their special
train arrived early this morning and the
party was at the Mckinley home in time
to go to morning service at the Majors
church, the First Methodist. In the party
were: General and Mrs. Alger. of Detroit
General Daniel E. Sickles, of New York;
General o. o. Howard, of Burlington, VT;
General Thomas A. Stewart, of Norristown
Pa; Colonel /. n. Walker, of Indianapolis :;
General Marden, of Lowell, Mass; Major
John w. Burst, of Sycamore, Ind. Cor
pcral James Tanner, of Washington:
George H. Hopkins of Detroit Joseph
Greusel, of Detroit; Scott Hayes, of Fre-
mont, O., and General Wycoff, of Cincin-
natl, O., Railroad Commissioner Kirl1by
and w. B. Gaitree, of Columbus, who have
joined the party for the trip through Ohio.
I his party accompanied Major Mckinley
to church and at 2:30 o'clock joined Mrs.
NJ. C. Barber, Mrs. McKinley's sister, and
Mrs. Captain Heistand at dinner and spent
the afternoon at the Mckinley home. This
evening Colonel Myron T. Herrick and
wife, of Cleveland, and Mr. and Mrs. H. II.
Kohlsaat, of Chicago. came down from
nd Mr. MrS oh
to Chicago the night train and Mrs.
Herrick is to remain the guest of Mrs.
Mckinley for several days.
The veterans hold a meeting here at 7:30
o'clock in the morning and at $3.50 start on
their eastern and northern trip through
Ohio, visiting New Philadelphia, East Liv-
erpool and other points previously an
nounced and ending at Cleveland Monday
evening. Starting from Toledo Tuesday
morsling, the party goes. into Michigan
where the itinerary is as follows: Leaving
Toledo the Lake Shore & Michigan
Hudson, Hillsdale and Jonesvile, will reach
Jackson, on the Michigan Central at 1928
through Homer. Union City, Colon, Center
vile and reaching Three Rivers, the
l. S. M s.. at 20; thence oyer that
Plainwell, Otsego, Allegan to Grand Rap
ids at $40 p. m. where the night will be
spent. Wednesday-Leave Grand Rapids
passing through Middleville. Hastings
Nashville, Charlotte, Eaton Rapids, Jack
son, Leslie and Mason, will reach Lansing
at 2:15 p. M; leave Lansing on the Detroit
Lansing & Northern at D. m, will pass
Johns, Owosso and go on the Michigan
Central to Sa ginaw, reaching there at 7:45
and remaining over night Thursday
Leave Saginaw on the Michigan Central at
73O a. m, and pass through Bay City, Vas
sar, Columbiaville to LaDeer, at 10:45, and
over the Grand Trunk line to Flint. at
IL "a Flint e PPrp Marullpttp
TO Holly, and leaving that point at l d. m
over the Grand Trunk line for Pontiac
Rochester, Romeo, Lenox, Port Huron
Mount Clemens and reaching Detroit at Z
o. m.
communications concerning delegations to
visit Major Mckinley, and with to-days
mail to be reviewed, the prospects are for
a week very much the same as the one
which closed last night. Saturday is again
the favorite day. but there is something
for every day of the week. Announce
ments are now made as late as Oct. 81.
and there are but two days between now
and then which have not one or more del
egatiOnS announced.
Illinois day will furnish, from present
prospects, one of the most notable demon
Strations of the campaign. Definite an
nouncement has already been made of
eighteen special trains coming from all
charge says that twice that number are
partially arranged for: Col. W. P. Rend,
lifelong Democrat Is to be chief 3f mar
mons his chief of staff: A carload of
matched black horses Will be brought by
the visitors for the use of the marshal and
his staff. w. j. Calhoun is to speak for
the party at the demonstration to be made
during the afternoon. The weeks an
nouncements, far definitely made,
are follows:
Monday, Oct. 19-Brsiness men of Sc
tuesday, Oct. 2O-East-end Marching Club
of Cleveland Republicans of the Sixth dis
trict of Maryland and the Second district
of West Virginia.
Wednesday,. Oct. 21--Illinois day, delega-
tions from all over the State Of Illinois;
Garfield Club of Warren, O.; Mckinley
lican clubs Of Mc<inley's native township
precincts of Lowellville, Poland and
Strouthers: Young Mems Marching Club
of Massilon, In the evening.
Thursday Oct. 22-Republicans of
Barnesville, o.; Republicans of Mariet-
ta- O.
Friday Oct 23-Americus Club of Cleve-
land: Republicans of Armstrong, Pa; Re-
publicans of Hornellsville, n. Y.
Saturday, Oct. 24-Employes of the Erie
railroad at Huntington. Ind; railroad en-
plcyes of Missouri and southern Illinois;
residents of Piedmont, w. Va: railway
mems sound-money clubs of the United
States, under auspices of the Railway Age;
colored citizens of Allegheny county
Pennsylvania; British Isles American Nc
Kinley Club. of Cleveland; Republicans of
Henry county, Ohio; employees of Hard
wood Lumber Exchange, of Chicago.
Reed Able to Speak To-Day.