The Saint Paul globe., 1896-10-28
MORE PEOPLE THAN EVER.
CROWD NOTABLE FOR THE WIDE
RANGE OF THE COUNTRY
sE COVERED. -e
WAS A GREAT DEMONSTRATION
The Mckinley Residence Surround
ed All Day by q Multitude of
--,,. Cheering Delegations.

| a more inspiring scene than that wit
messed on the public square Of Canton
froms4 to 5 o clock this afternoon. 1Theu-
sands of people, including the Ladies'
Mckinley club, from Norwalk, many
| visitors from Boston, West Virginia
and Maryland and Cleveland gathered
in front Of the handsome court house
! on broad. public square and sang patri-
otic melodies, interspersed with music
by the bands of music, frequent cheers
and the. waving of flags. banners and
campaign parasols, with which the wo-
mems delegation was supplied. s.Amer-
! 1ea," Yankee Doodle" and the "Star
Spangled Banner quickly followed one
another Nor was Dixie or Mary
land, My Maryland" forgotten. Both
were sung as Justify and as patriotica1-l
~ as was John Browns Body" and
Marching Thro' Georgia" The affair
was entirely impremptu and ended at
. o'clock with Home, Sweet oHome,,,''
from both bands and the vast audience.
whlch had gathered first as spectators
and then as participants in that great
patriotic concert
/ Today's demonstration was full of
beauties and features. 1t was notable
Tor large crowd 1t was notable for
the WIDE range of territory represented
by the visiting delegations. 1t was no
table for the varied interests of the
people who called. The demonstration
pesah IN earnest at noon with the ar
rival OF party representing three
! states, and 1t continued till dark. All
| lnat tIIne the Mckinley residence was
| surrounded by an interested crowd.
shouling and cheering for the nominee
anu applaudlng the splendid delega-
.,ois Whlcn marched up the street All
'i"e tiine the air was filed with the
~ ilAosic u oanos and at no time was the
ieaalng TO the Mckinley home
wItnouC line of men and women.
march -
In the first party to arrive TODAY
We're sixteen coach loads FROM Toet ouay
ern West Virginia. Western Marv1ard
5nu martins Ferry, Ohio. the latter
| delegation being composed Of woman
coming coming with greetings for Mai. Nc
MiIliey rr ana with beautiful flowers for
MRS. Mckinley. Employees of three
lalse CleVeland manufacturing con-
Germs were next upon the scene. and
When they gave way. it was to make
room Tor more Ohio people. men and
women, from Mingo Junction. Ohio
the employees of a large iron and steel
plant and their wives and friends.
AFTER these came the New England
uelegatlon under the banners of the
New England Sound Money club. This
party occupied a special train Of six
sIeepers and two dining cars and was
on the way from 2 O'Clock Monday
afternoon till O'Clock this afternoon.
Inc party came largely from Boston.
t put q NUMBER OF other New England
Towns were represented. 1t is COM
posed OF former Democrats as we'll as
Republicans and one of the men nre
sented to Maj. Mckinley was intro
duced as one who had for over fiftv
years voted nothing but the Demo-
cratlc ticket, but who, this year. would
vote for Mckinley and Hobart. The
visitors We're introduced by Frank N.
Rollins. eX-president of the New
Hampshire senate. Many relics and
mementoes of the visit were brought
for Mrs. Mckinley from Boston, from
New Bedford, and from historic Salem,
including whales teeth. twigs from a
tree planted by Gov Endicott in 1923
and gold witch spoon. The party
remained in Canton till s O'clock and
then went to Cleveland where a stop
of two hours was made. and from
there they went to Niagara Falls for a
short stop, the schedule being to reach
Boston at O'Clock Thursday evening.
woMAN's CLUB RECEIVED.
No prettier sight has been witnessed
In the whole campaign than the re-
eeption OF the Women's Mckinley club,
of Norwalk, Ohio, This club of some
500 members, Is sp1endidly organized
and drilled and when on parade
carries campaign umbrellas upon
which the Portraits of Nc
kinney and Hobart are con-
spicuous. They. were commanded by
a chief marshal, Mrs, A T. -Bloxham,
and their evolutions we'll might at
tract the envy of voting clubs. A re-
ception committee, of Canton ladies
met the visitors at the station and to-
gether with the Canton troop of horse
men. escorted them ITO the Mckinley
home, where Mrs. VIM. r. Day and
Mrs. George B. Frease, introduced re-
spectively Mrs. L. G. -Laylin, who made !
the Introductory address, and Mrs.
George Titus, who presented a large
cluster of yellow chrysanthemums to
Mrs. Mckinley. The latter, owing to
illness, could not receive the visitors.
The majors mother and sister, how
ever, were at the house and extended
a most cordial welcome to the callers
When Maj Mckinley concluded. his
address. to the accompaniment Of the
NorwaIk band, the women united in !
singing campaign song to the tune |
of RED, White and Blue" waving
their handkerchiefs all the while and
producing a most striking effect.
Then came visit of five or six car
loads of insurance men from Cleve-
land, who Were introduced to Nal Nc |
Kinley by A. r. Manning.
In responding to the delegations of
the dav Mai, Mckinley said In part:
This Is a year when partisanship counts
for but little and patriotism for everything.
We have presented in this campaign a qies-
ton that should In no sense be political |
partisan sectional; strange but very
serious question, astonishing indeed at this
juncture Of our national affairs: a question |
faught with the greatest peril to every in
terest Of the United States. 1t is not a uues-
ton simply as to whether party or an
other shall win In times past but it is |
a question whether now, in our greatest |
strength and majesty we. shall proclaim to !
the world whether or not we are nation of
people that can be trusted or whether or
PIE Of the United States. believe in paying /
our honest debts in bits of metal stamped |
in the and by the authority of the I
great republic worth "a hundred cents for |
all dues, public aHd private wheHi in fact |
they are worth only 80 cents.
The mere statement of the proposition /
brings the indignant answer OF instant and |
Instructive condemnation. l do not know |
what you may think efysueh a proposition. /
except as I Judge Of your past history but |
feel. I believe Americans must feel |
when contemplate sAch a. project like in |
yyoking the prayer Of Patrick Henry. when |
ne cried aloud with fervent voice: Forbid 4
1t. Almighty God We cannot afford to be !
Indifferent lfstless or unconcerned in such a /
question. and we are not Men in every |
part OF the country are quickened. into -activ- |
1ty to avert the threatened danger they /
have seldom. il ever been quiekened before.
There Is more in Hfe-vitai as they are-than |
food and raiment. lands and wealth; more in |
life than power and riches. Whatever our /
condition. there comes a still small voice. /
more penetrating than the tempest, that /
asks and insists that We shall answer sIs-i