Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-10-18


Canton, Ohio, October 17-To-n,ght
Icolored electric effects from pubic
buildings and beautiful additions 70 the
handsome Mckinley arch make the
city's main thoroughfares resp.endent
with Illumination Added to this. the
Immense Maryland delegation is parad-
ing the streets and Baltimore seems 10
have let herself loose to show Ohio the
greatest pyrotechnical display ever
brought west. Every record was brok-
en- to-day The number of delegations
for any one day was surpassed. The
number of speechs was increased. The
Iona distance delegations exceeded all
former pigrimages in extent. Maryland
sent 1900 people; West Virginia $500.
Kentucky 1900, according to the reports
Of the railroad people. Nearly five hum
dred car loads of people have come in
parties large or small from nearly half
the States in the Union, and a score OF
them have been formally addressed. At
times during the afternoon a solid line
i0f incoming and uniformed delegations
were packed in on Market and Tusca-
rawas and Cherry streets in solid line
for over "a mile. As their drum-maiors
fought their way toward the Mckinley
house, a steady stream Of organized call
ers were retiring down the wide thor
oughfares.
Twenty-eight organized parties had
sent word of their coming and were
regularly scheduled, but half as many
more called.
The crush of the crowd that carried
away fences and pieces Of porch made
some women faint.
Major Mckinley made his speeches
from a reviewing platform near the side
wax.
1t required several trains Of ten
coaches each to transport the crowd
constituting the-delegation representing
the employees Of the Oliver Iron and
Steel Co.; the Oliver Wire Co.; the
Hainesworth Steel Co.; the Baker Chain
and Wagon Iron Manufacturing Co.,
and the Monongaheia Tinplate Co., OF
Pittsburg, and the Oliver Coke and Fur
mace Co.. OF UniOntown, Pa.
The delegation was introduced by
George n. Oliver, one Of the managers
OF the company, who also SPOKE for :.
/ delegation OF representative citizens OF
FayeJte county, Pa.
A delegation composed OF two car
loads of people, the youngest of whom
was 80 years of age, and among whom
were a number who had passed the four
score mark, came as the Old Peoples
Mckinley club, of Westerville, O., and
were introduced by Rev. w. G. Downey.
In the same crowd and listening to the
tenth speech OF the day, were studen,s
of the Ohio Wesleyan University OF
Delaware, and citizens in general OF
Delaware county, Ohio, whom II. Culver
introduced: students of the Ohio Medi-
cal University at Columbus, introduced
by Dr.. {. VI. Taylor, and students from
othen colleges of Columbus, for whom
A. L. Coke spoke. and farmers and cit
zehs of Brecksyille and vicinity, in
Northern Ohio.
The delegations from the Blue Grass
State came in five trains, aggregating
ffty-eight coaches. They were address
ed in two sections, the first speech be-
ing In response 10 Lieut. Gov. Worth
ington. who spoke for the famous Gar
field Club, Of Louisville, and for the
delegation in general, and to Col. n. 5.
Kuhn. Of the Louisville Anzeiger, who
spoke for the German-Amer.cans OF
Kentucky.
The central, eastern and western
counties OF West Virginia filed to the
platform forty railway coaches, com
ing in a train Of five sections. State
Senator Stuart f. Reed spoke for the
party in general, and w. p. Croft FOR
the colored people of West Virginia.
The Maryland delegation occupied five
trains Of ten coaches each, the first OF
which covered the distance Of 500 miles.
reached Canton early in the day. but
when the last came and the demonstra-
tion was held II was necessary 10 turn
on the electric lights. Addresses were
! delivered by J. Talbert for the party In
general; VIM. Oliver Smith for the anti
Wilson bill society OF Baltimore: Albert
J. Cul.ison. for the potters; VIM. o.
Peach for the employees of the trlnspor-
tatiOn company
Nuferous other delegations made good
showings.