The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-05
MAJOR M'KINLEY
SPEAKS ALL DAY
Former Demonstrations Surpassed by
Saturdays Jubilee.
VISITORS ARRIVE AT DAYBREAK
The Speaking Began Early in the
Morning and Did Not End Until
Night... Bicycle Parade with a
speech 10 the WherlMeD.-CnrIier

Canton, O., Oct. 4.--Organized dele
cations or visitors reached Canton be-
fore daylight yesterday morning. aid
organized delegations We're waiting III
front of the Mckinley house to be ad-
dressed when darkness fell last even
ing. The day was the most notable
here in this notable campaign. itail-
roads ran thirty special trains into the
city, and regular passenger trains
brought far more THAN their usual our
dens.
Twelve states We're represented in
the delegations. some of them only by
small detachmaNIts of wheemen, and
others by large train loads Speaking
began at the Mckinley home before
O'Clock, and from that time was almost
continuous. The delegations were fire.
Quently doubled up. and as many as
sever parties were massed in one audi
ence to be addressed by Major Mckin-
ley.
Major Mckinley received greetings
from sixteen different crowds during
the day, made formal response to four
teen Of these, and acknowledged the
calls OF the other two. The weather
was delightful all day, and the demon
strations We're held on the lawn. The
speech making began from the front
porch, bat the crowd soon became so
large that the delegations could not
get near enough to see or to hear. and
the speaking was transferred to re-
viewing stand erected on the front lawn
in anticipation of the bicycle parade
by utilizing thks stand the Mckinley
lawn could be filled on one side, the
broad streets on two other sides, and an
adjoining lawn on the fourth. but as
the afternoon advanced even this area
ipDIpulIDt for the crowd. and
lawns beyond were invaded. The crowd
was difficult to estimate, owing to the
constant shiftiis;. but there were pro-
badly nearly 10000 strangers in the
city.
There We're bands and drum corps
without numb pr. Looking in any di-
rection. at almost any hour from broad
daylight to da rkness, a marching club
could be seen. and such wealth of
bright -colored banners, gay uniforms,
and novel de .Oa'ations has not hereto
fore been wi the ssed here. one of the
big features of the day was n demon
StratiOn of II q wheelmen under the aus
pieces of the National Wheelmen's Nc
kinley ana Hobart club. In this clubs
from twelve states We're represented.
the total ,Nmber of wheelmen being
estimated ;T three thousand. Four of
five hundr'st of these came from Chi
fuSo Slt FtlaIlu sent ldTSe party.
Buffalo sent one hundred and fifty,
Pittsburg u big delegation. and Louis
vile, KY, and Cincinnati each sent a
club.
Some of the clubs called at the Nc
Tinley house independent Of the gen.
eral dem monstration, and a general pa
Tadc ended with the riders. among
whom we.e several hundred ladies,
nassed in front of the reviewing stand.
The address of Major Mckinley to the
wheelmen was one of the most extend
ed of the day. and the reception given
it was om' of the most enthusiastic of
the camps ign.
The KeIlwood Mckinley Glee club of
Chicago was a part of the wheelmen's
delegation. They sang to the delight
of the crIwd in the yard, and rendered
q number of selections for Mrs. McKin
ley and her friends in the house. There
We're several bugle corps mounted on
wheels In the brigade, the shrill blasts
of which pierced the air all day. A
novel feature of the cheering and ap-
plauding was an accompaniment play
ed on tine little bells carried by the
riders. The Buffalo club brought sew
eral hOmfng pigeons, ard they made an
early call upon Major Mckinley to have
him write a greeting which the pigeons
could carry home.
1t was to this party that the major
made one Of his short addresses of the
day as q prefix to the reading Of the
message he sent Mrs. Mckinley re-
leased the pigeons. The major also
acknowledged the call, with a few
pleasant words, OF the Cleveland Wheel
men, so far in the rear of the parade
that they could neither see nor hear
the demonstrat tion of the general body.
A SIGNIFICANT VISIT.
One significant visit of the day was
made by the miners of the Sunday
Creek Valley, in Athens county, o.
During Major McKinley's gubernator-
ial term this district was sorely dis
tressed by hunger. and Major McKin--
ley's prompt action to give them relief
attracted general attention at the time.
His message sent them at the time,
mo man, woman, or child within the
state of Ohio shall be without food,
shelter and clothing while l am COVER
nor" was published and endorsed ev-
erywhere. Expressions of gratitude
for this prompt relief were manifested
in the cheers and comments of the
crowd today and were expressed by J.
NJ. Allen. of Glouster, who described
the prosperity they once enjoyed and
the distress which followed the change
in administration four years ago.
This delegation of about 700 people,
which arrived at o'clock in the morn
ing, and the 400 people from Harris
burg. Pa, and neighborhood. who ar
rived at O'Clock, constituted the first
crowd addressed by Major Mckinley.
The Pennsylvanians were introduced
by Captain William j. George, of the
Harrisburg News. Major Mckinley