Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-30
p1c rlx MONS nIaxe4sss CANTON.
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CANTON. O., Dec S Itc big tin horn
which attracted so mqeit 6Je ntion in the
Illinois campaign reaa4fak canton today,
borne by the men Of DpkttaE ILL.,, who set
out November 16 to NfHe the trip and
carry the horn to C4KtpA The horn is
thirty feet long, and hMa bell six feet in
diameter. and requires about dozen men
to blow It, The men tNF laburers, two OF
them being carpenters, NO tinners and two
painters. 1t was a colalition in their un-
dertaking that the citize NfQf Decatur would
contribute a purse OF <tt0p In the event
an equal sum was raisedtbN them while on
the march to Canton, btt4he men have not
had smooth sailing. TfIE declared that up
to the time they reachSd Indianapolis they
had good success in seiNng pictures OF the
horn and in other conifibutions, but that
since that time they fave not made eN-
penses The hospitality Shown them has
been generous with bug very few eNcep-
tions. They have been met by bands and
drum corps and other QrEonizations In the
states through which fhey passed. The
men soon after reaching the city went to
the Mckinley home andfprtsented the horn
to the president-elect, ktfho received the
visitors cordially. on a|fount of the inces-
SAINT rainfall, no demos ,sion was made.
General Anson MCCookl one of the Fright
ing McCooks" of New SS-k. spent the aft
ernoon with Major MCKINLEY. His call was
of q social nature, and lseunderstood to be
without political signitioance. He Is an old
friend of National Chdirfnan Hanna, and
has been visiting at Che iatters home in
Cleveland. Other calleTs during the after
noon were Charles w. Macfey of New York
and eX-State Senator Hodge of Cleveland.
There was a constant stream of callers
at the home OF the prtsident-elect TINS
morning. shortly 2fter breakfast visitors
began 10 arrive ana kebtEcoming all day.
One of the early callers was Hon. Charles
Allison of Knoxville, Eenn Mr. Allison
was quite active in thhtrecent campaign
and led the fight in thsSpart OF the state
In an interview Mr.. Aktspn SAID that IN
his opinion. Tennessee VIVID hardly be rep
resented in President ihkinley's cabinet
There has been q g.Tat deal OF talk
about Mr.. Evans" said .Mf. Allison, but |
do not think he will be eiselected. believe
that Judge Goff of Wed Virginia Is a Ia
vorite man to represent the south. II that
section of the country II 10 be recognized
Hon. Frank McDoweHSof South Dakota
was also a caller. Mr. Mcdowell is a close
friend of Senator PettlSfew. Among the
other callers were EugelEaV. Smalley OF st.
Paul. Mimi; ID. j. Smitltpf East Liverpool
o.: Colonel Caleb b. W%h of Youngstown,
o.; Hon. Niles Hauen off Fraylor Falls, Wis,
and Mr.. Arthur J. Stewart of Manchester,
England 81
CLEVELAND o., Decs29.-A number OF
prominent visitors callGf at the office of
Hon. NJ. A. Hanna tosay Among them
were Hon. Henry c. PaySe of Wisconsin of
the national executive Ecommittee; Hon.
William j. Osborne of massachusetts,, Sen
ator Clark and Hon. Frank w. Mondell OF
Wyoming, Judge Robertson. prominent
politician of South Dakota, and half dozen
well-known Ohio republicans. Most OF
those named met togetler at Mr.. Hanna S
office and held a long cPnference with the
national chairman. 1t vwas stated that
Messrs. Payne and Osborne came here to
confer with MIR. Hanna. on business con-
nected with the national executive COM
mittee General A. G. McCook, who was
the guest of Mr.. HanIR at Windermere
during his brief visit in cleveland. left FOR
Canton today to call Upon the PRESIDENT
elect. AS a result of he big tunsorerce
today. all sorts of cabinet rufnors were IN
circulation. but those bess qualified TO know
said the slate had not BIO sven partially
completed. Indeed, oneS ssabienan.' who
stands very close to ho'A Major Mckinley
| and MIR Hanna said todasS that he had good
reasons for believing that not to exceed
one or two members of the cabinet under
the incoming administration had been de-
cded upon The conference at Mr.. Han
mas office today was held behind closed
doors. and at its conclusion Mr. Hanna es-
corted several of his visitors to the Union
! League club for lunch.