Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1896-10-24

MTINLEY GREETED by GREATER
DELEGATIONS.
'fwenty-Eiwht Pi1ErimnEck Sched-
uIed, but Half as Mnny More
Called ON Gold Nominee.

Carton o. oct. II .-Tonisn' oo.o.ea .
electric lights from public buildings and (
beautiful additions 10 the handsome Me T
klnley arch make the city's main thor
oUghfares resplendcut with Illumination. /
ADDED to this, the immense Maryland
delegation Is parading the streets and
Baltimore seems 10 have let herself loose
to show Ohio the greatest pyrotechnical
display ever brought west. Every rec
ord was broken today. The number oi
delegations for any one day was sur
passed.
The number of speeches was increased.
The long distance delegations exceeded
all former pIlgrimages ia extent. Mary
land sent 800 people, West Virginia
zoo and kentucy 400O. Nearly 500 train
loads Of people have come IN parties
large and small, from nearly half the
states OF the Union, and 4 score OF them
have been formally addressed. At times
during the afternoon solid line OF in
coming and uniformed delegations were
packed in on Market and Tuscorawa and
Cherry In solid lines for over Il mile.
AS the drum majors fought their way
| toward the Mckinley house, steady
stream OF organized callers were retir-
ing down the wide thoroughfares.
Twenty-eSht organized parties had
sent word OF their coming and were reg
/ ularly 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 ais speeches
! from a reviewing platform near the side
walk. 1t required several trains Of 10
coaches each To transport the crowd con-
. sttutinG the delegation representing en-
ployes Of the Oliver Iron and Steel Com
pany, the Haines Steel Company, the
Baker Chain and Wagon Iron Manufac-
turing Company, the Monongahela Tin
Plate Company OF Pittsburg and the Oil
yer Coke and Furnace Company OF
! UnontoWn. Pa.
I A delegation composed or two carloads
! Of people, he youngest Of which was 20
years of age. and among whom were a
number who had passed the four score
mark, came as the old peoples club Of
! Wateryiue, Ohio and were introduced
by Rev. c. w. Downey.
In the same crowd, and listening to the
| 10th speech of the day, were the students
of the Ohio Wesleyan university of Dela-
ware and citizens in general Of Delaware
/ y,
spoke; students of the Ohio medical uni
versty at Columbus, introduced by Dr.
! c. NJ Taylor, and students from other
colleges at Columbus for whom a. l..
/ Cole spoke and farmers and citizens Of
Becksville and vicinity, in northern
| Ohio.
The delegations from the Blue Grass
state came In five or six trains, aggregat-
! ing IS coaches. They were addressed In
| two sections, the first speech being III
| response to Lieutenant Governor Worth
| ington, who spoke for the famous Car
! field club Of Louisville, and for the dele
! cation in general. and to Colonel Kuhn
| Of the Louisville AnZieger, VINO spoke for
! the Communications OF Kentucky.
The central, eastern and western cOun-
ties Of West Virginia filed Ia the plat
/ form, 40 railroad coaches coming in
train OF five sections. State Senator
Stewart Reed spoke for the party in gen
eraI. and w. p. Craft for the colorad
people of West Virginia. Sheep men,
railroad men, street railway men, rail
/ way men and the Maryland delegation
occupied five trains Of 10 coaches each,
the first of which covered the distance
OF 500 miles and reached Canton early IN
the day. but when the last came anu
the demonstration was held, it was nee
essary to turn on the electric lights.
Addresses We're delivered by J. i. Al
bert for the party in general by William
Oliver Smith for the Anti-Wilson society
Of Baltimore, by Albert j. Culison for
the printers, and by William Q. Peach
for the employees of transportation com
panies. Numerous other delegations
made good showings.