The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-06-27
WOMEN OF CANTON
SALUTE M'KINLEY
Big Reception Given at the Home Of the
Candidate,
AN ADDRESS BY MRS. ALICE JONES

Character Of the Next President.
ShOuters from NOrwalk Destroy the
Lawn..Other News Of the Cam.
paign.
Canton. June 26-Charles Emory
Smith left at 4 o'clock for Cleveland.
partly to escape the wretched Canton
hotels and partly to have a quiet talk
with Mark Hanna about organization of
the executive committee. He will re-
turn on Saturday and make one of the
principal speeches at the great ratifca-
tion meeting in the afternoon.
The reception this afternoon by the
ladies of Canton to Major and Mrs. Me-
Kinley and the venerable mother Of Ma
jor Mckinley indicates that the candi-
date nominated at St. Louis appeals In
some way with great power to the sen-
tinent Of the women Of this community
for they came forth by the hundred and
by the thousand without regard to par
ty, or sect or color, to do honor to Major
McKinl and the two ladies. For
more than two hours an unbroken
stream Of wcmen, two and sometimes
three abreast, passed In at the front
doors of the spacious Miller residence,
thence to the receiving room and out
by a side door. There were women OF
all ages and conditions. While the wo-
men walked through the house the or
chestra. concealed behind a great bank
Of ferns. palms and flowers. played and
the movement of half a thousand
tongues did not wholly drown 1t. The
house was a bower OF bloom and ver-
dure. The flowers and palms were
thickly studded with tin and electric
bulbs. The light of day was excluded
and the incandescent burners blazed
forth amid the bloom and leaves. and
from the ceiling the spectacle was a
radiant one.
MRS. JONES ADDRESS.
The reception commenced with
speech 1t was made by Canton lady,
Mrs. Alice u. Jones. She stood In the
window Of tine reception room and spoke
to the sea Of bobbing parasols on the
lawn. This was before the doors were
opened and assembling hosts of women
had 10 listen TO the speech or go away.
None Of them went, for the speech was
good, and Is destined to have wide cur
rency In the campaign. Among other
| things, Mrs. Jones said,
Fourteen years ago on the Sunday
! following his nomination, James A.
Garfield walked into the old home
church. bearing on his arm his aged
mother. and on last Sabbath morning,
into the church of his early faith,
walked our future president and with
him, walked his mother. With home
anchorage such as this, we women have
no fears that under the coming admin
istration hearth fires will burn DINNER
or counting rooms be closed. Our men
may deal with questions Of tariff and
finance and political policy; we women
believe that the Importance of pure liv
| Ing is higher than this. and are satis-
, fled that should you be called to pre-
! side over the destinies Of the nation we
! shall have man at the head with
character SO pure and record so un-
; tarnished that any mother here today
| would fee! proud to know that the
steppings OF their little boys might be
in lines parallel with this.
AN AFFECTING GROUP.
All the mothers with little boys felt
| the future glow with hope when the
! speaker uttered these words and they
applauded her vigorously when she fin
ished. Major Mckinley In a dozen
words thanked the ladies for their pres
ence ana took his place with his wife
! and mother to receive the women OF
| his town. 1t was an affecting group.
Mrs. Mckinley and the majors aged
mother who is an attractive old lady,
sat in large chairs on diaz. There
were palms and flowers around them
Major Mckinley stood at the left Of his
wife and made the lntroductions. Ha
was deeply touched and visibly moved
by the character and the manifest sin
cerity of the interest which the women
of his town showed in him and his FAM
lily. He perhaps never received a more
emphatic and gratifying tribute of
neighborly, not to say sisterly. affec-
ton in his life. On the wall back of
the receiving party, almost five feet
above Major McKinleys head was a
large white crown, the outlines Of which
were traced by SO glowing electric
lights.
The reception today was the first for
NAL expression on the part Of the wo-
men Of the liking they have for Major
Mckinley and 1t was very unique,
successful and significant function.
This evening delegation Of cheerful
shouters from Norwalk, some 800 in
number, called upon Major Mckinley
and trampled the last spots of verdure
from his beloved lawn. Major McKin-
ley took much pride in his lawn and
counted 1t the most beautiful in Canton.
Tonight It Is O wreck but he bears his
loss with becoming good humor.
In addressing the Norwalk Republl-
can club, Major Mckinley made a
speech longer than any other he has de-
livered since his nomination.
Among other things, he said: mo
man anywhere through the country
doubts where the Republican party
stands today. 1t stands for a reunited
country: 1t stands for the American
factory, the American farm, the Ameri-
can fireside, for American labor and
American wages and American pros
perlty throughout every part of our
much loved land. 1t stands for pro-
tective tariff that protects every
American interest Qoud applause); II
stands for reciprocity that recipro-
cates-that gets something for what we
give from the nations Of the world. II
stands for the reciprocity of Blaine and
Of Harrison. and Of the great Republi.
can party cloud applause), and 1t stands
now, 1t has always stood for sound
money (vociferous cheering) with
which to measure the exchanges Of the
people; a dollar that is not only good a,
home, but good in every market place
Of the world (cries Of "bravo'), and
with these principles emblazoned on our