The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-11

CANTON, o., Oct. 10.-The campaign
here reached its highest pitch of ex-
element todav
Delegations have been marching
through the streets all day. and it was
after midnight when the last enthusi-
astic political pilgrims left town. The
visitors here today numbered more
than $4,000, and several thousand per-
sons were not able to reach Canton for
the reason that the railways did not
have cars enough to transport them.
Major Mckinley made twenty speeches,
a greater number than he has delivered
in a single day. Nine states were rep
resented by delegations.
At $50 Major Mckinley received the
delegations from Lebanon and Read
ing, and also a large delegation from
Lansing, Mich. On behalf Of the Penn
sylvania visitors, Gabriel Meyer of
Lebanon made a stirring speech. D.
B. Anger, deputy auditor general of
Michigan, spoke for the delegation
from that state. Major Mckinley adj
dressed the
THREE DELEGATIONS AT ONCE.
The three delegations had scarcely
left the yard before a delegation from
Rock Island, H.. numbering zoo, and
the Hardware Mems Sound Money
club of Reading, Pa, marched in.
Major Mckinley addressed the two
delegations.
It was a fine delegation from Louis
vile, KY, that came swinging UP the
street behind an excellent band at
1890 o'clock. to call on Major McKin-
ley. Each man carried a can from the
end of which depended a twist of leaf
tobacco and a small brown jug. This
was the first delegation from Kentucky
to visit Canton. It numbered 500. The
whole city council of Louisville and all
the municipal officers were with the
delegation.
Mayor George D. Todd made an elo-
quent speech for the Louisville dele
cation, and John Barnett spoke for the
Fidelity Republican club, which accom-
panied it.
When Major Mckinley finished
speaking, the Louisville people moved
forward to shake hands with him, and
at the same instant someone with a
clear, strong voice struck I'd
my OLD KENTUCKY HOME"
Immediately the whole delegation
joined in and swelled the volume OF
sweet sound and song. There was a
score of ladies present, and their
voices mingled with the deeper ones
Of the men. 1t was one of the pretriest
incidents of the campaign, and it was
entirely spontaneous.
Major Mckinley made his fourth
speech to forty bishops of the African
Methodist Episcopal church of Zion
The bishops selected one of their num-
Der, Bishop G. w. Clinton of Charlotte,
n. c., as spokesman. His address to
Major Mckinley was listened TO with
much interest. l'ias!t ~
A big delegation Of commercial trav-
elers were the next callers. There were
$50 from Mansfield, O.. $50 from Indi-
annapolis and 200 from Rochester, n. Y.
Major Mckinley addressed them from
the stand in front Of the lawn.
In addressing the travelling men from
three states, Major Mckinley said:
TT gives me very great pleasure to
welcome the commercial travellers to
my city and home. I don't know where
there could be found, anywhere, a more
representative body of American citi-
zens than among
THE COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS
of the United States. Their business,
possibly better than any other, regis
tiers the depression or prosperity of
the country. Nobody knows sooner
than the commercial traveller whether