The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-22
CAMPAIGN LIE .CRUCIFIED
TRUE STORY OF THE SILVER CLUB 1T MAJOk M'KINLEY'S HOME.

-iA Lh ~lC O1b 4h iAL LANi4AS ~ 1T AS%hAASs
 Something About the Eminent" Repubu-
 can Who is Its President-Canvass of the
 City of Canton Shows That Mckinley Will Receive an Overwhelming Vote
 Republican Sound Money Club of 1000
 Members Formed Mckinley Revising
 His Letter of Acceptance-Campaign
 Notes.
 Canton, O., Aug. 21.-A dispatch is being widely circulated in the western central and southwestern states which contains an alleged letter from Canton, purporting to have been written in an- swer to some one who asks if 1t is true that Canton democrats have formed large Bryan silver club, which contains many republicans. The letter in ques- tion says:
 Tt Is true we have in Canton a central silver club, with a membership of over 600 and three ward silver clubs With large membership, but just what it is am unable to say, and also in the other wards there will be organized sil
 yer clubs. The central club has just been organized It has an eminent re- publican for president and four vice presidents, one democrat, one re- publican, one populist and one pro- hibitionist, and the club includes a large element of republicans. Unless the tide turns, Mckinley will not carry his ward, nor his city, nor his congress sional district and even there is great probability of the state being lost" This letter has caused more than 200 | letters to be sent to the republican county committee inquiring if the statements are true. Some of these statements have come to Major Me Kinley. Tonight one of the leading re- publicans of the county. Hiram Doll, made a statement which is officially en- dorsed by the county committee and the editor of the republican organ of this city, who is one of Major McKinley's closest friends Mr. Doll says:
 "The silver club in Canton is com posed of populists and democrats, and l the leading democrats of the city are not in it. The one exception is the president, Colonel Holloway, who was one of the most enthusiastic Mckinley men in the city, and during the great l publication meeting here after the St. Louis convention rode at the head of the procession and escorted the various 1 delegations to the majors He aspired to be chief marshal of the escort club, but failed of election. Immediately he turned over to the democrats.
 l "The silver club has only claimed to | have membership of 200 or 250 upon 1 the statements of it's officials to the press association. When it is remem- bered that Stark county has popula- 1 tion of nearly 100000. and this city nearly 4o,00o, the magnitude of the club does not appear very great, compara- 1 lively speaking. A sound money non- | partisan railroad club in this city com posed largely of democrats as we'll as republicans signed 300 members the night of organization. The same night the Mckinley Marching club was or ganized with LOGO members. poll of the precinct that Major Mckinley has l lived in since his return from Colum- bus and which has always been dem ocratic precinct out of $40 voters polled shows Mckinley 190, Bryan 150, re- publican gain over the combined vote, ] including populists and democrats, of "A In a single precinct"
 Major Mckinley has put in a day of solid work He looked over some of the revised proof sheets of his letter of ac-
 ceptance and spent several hours upon
 speeches which he is to make Saturday
 and Monday The largest delegation
 which has yet visited Canton will be
 here in the morning. One of the most
 interesting visitors is M. A. Meindorff 1 of New York, who called to-day and made an eloquent and pathetic address
 on behalf of the Poles of the United
 States. He said his fellow -countrynlen
 were too poor to send a delegation to call on Major Mckinley, and had em-
 powered him to assure the republican
 candidate that the naturalized Poles
 in the country would cast their ballots | for him.