The San Francisco call., 1896-09-28
Short, Crisp Talks Will Take
the Place of Exhaustive
Arguments.
PROGRAMME FOR THIS WEEK.
Every Day There Will Be Reception
of Delegations, Many From Long
Distances.

CANTON OHIO, Sept 27-Major Nc
Kinley was not in the least fatigued by
his week of hard work, which he closed
with eleven speeches yesterday. He is in
excellent spirits to-day and says he has
not felt better at any time during the
campaign. He remained at home during
the morning and spent the afternoon at
his sister-in-law's, Mrs. Barber, where he
and Mrs Mckinley dined.
Major Mckinley expects a week of
arduous work, but he will not have as
many delegations as he had to receive last
week. Probably the most exactlng six.
daTs of the campaign will be next week,
when there are a large number of big
delegations coming from long distances to
call on the Republican candidate. Major
Mckinley seems to thrive on hard work,
and it cannot be seen that the campaign
has in any way impaired his health or
robbed him of his strength. 1t is his
purpose to make his speeches considerably
shorter as delegations increase in number,
and this new plan was resorted to yester.
day, when he made eleven speeches.
Major Mckinley feels that the campaign
of education has been comprehensive and
thorough on the part of the Republicans,
that the arguments are in the main all
in and that short crisp talks to the people
who come to see him will be effective
and satisfactory at this stage of the cam.
paign. Tuesday and Saturday will be in
teresting days this week. On Tuesday a
visit from a large Woman's McKin-
ley Club of Cincinnati is expected and on
Saturday the Wheeimen's Mckinley and
Hobart Clubs are expected in Canton.
1t is believed that there will be between
5000 and 10000 wheelmen in the parade.
on Saturday. A large delegation of
wheelmen is coming from Chicago and
intermediate points and many are ex.
pected from Pittsburg and the East.
There are six delegations booked for
Saturday, but that numb Der will probably
be doubled before the end of the week.
Delegations are scheduled as late as Octo-
be %. and it is likely they will continue
to come until the first day of November
1t is proposed by some of the local leaders
to have big rally here about the middle
of October and to have a number of
strong speakers present. Major McKin-
ley will begin next weeks work on Mon
day, when two delegations are to call.
The engagements for the week are as fol.
lows:
Monday-The citizens of Lisbon, Ohio,
and members of the African NJ. E. Con.
ference.
Tuesday-Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
men; farmers and business men of North
ern Indiana; the old soldiers of Sandusky.
Ohio; Ladies' Mckinley Club of Cincin.
natl; the farmers of Geauga County, Ohio;
locomotive engineers of Chicago.
Wednesday-People of Bellefonte, Pas;
citizens of NOTrhwesfarn Obio
Thursday--IcKinley Brigade of SPRING
field, Ohio; Mckinley Club of Portage
County, Ohio.
Friday-Italian Club of Chicago; farm.
ers of the West Virginia Panhandle.
Saturday-Citizens of Venango County,
Pennsylvania; Commercial Travellers
Sound Money Club of Mansfield, Ohio:
the Wheelmen's Mckinley and Hobart
clubs of the United States; Bohemian.
American clubs of Cleveland.
Sunday-Creek Valley (Ohio) Coal
Miners Republican clubs.