The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-03
CANTON'S WISE MAN
MAKES ANOTHER SPEECH THAT ALL
VOTERS MAY READ WITH PROFIT.
Plainly and ForcibIy He shows that
what the Country Needs Most just
Now Is Confidence.
DOUBT MUST BE REMOVED
OR THE BUSINESS OF THE COUNTRY
WILL REMAIN PARALYZED.
But One Way to Restore Prosperity,
and that Is to Defeat Popocracy
and Its Vicious Schemes.
SPEECH TO TWO DELEGATIONS
COMPOSED OF WEST VIRGINIANS
AND PEOPLE OF NORTHERN OHIO.
H
Five Thousand BicycIists and Eleven
Other Delegations Booked for
Visits 10 Canton To-day.
But One Way to Restore PrOsperity
and that Is to Defeat POpOcracy
and Its Vicious Schemes.
SPEECH TO TWO DELEGATIONS
COMPOSED OF WEST VIRGINIANS
AND PEOPLE OF NORTHERN OHIO.
Five Thousand Bicyclists and Eleven
Other Delegations Booked for
Visits TO Canton To-day.
,ecial to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
CANTON, O., Oct. 2.-Major Mckinley
made but one speech to-day the delegations
being punched. The weather was fair, but
Majors lawn muddy from the long
rain, and the Tabernacle was again used
for the speech making. The first delegation
to arrive was from Wheeling and the PAN
handle counties of West Virginia. Then
came a special trainload of visitors from
Huron and Seneca cotnties, Ohio. All
marched to the Tabernacle, where the West
Virginians were presented by attorney Gar
vim. c. II. Hennng, Mr. Francis and f.
W. Kirkland made the Introductory ad-
dresses for the Ohio people. In the latter
delegation Were many railway employees
from Chicago Junction. Major McKinley's
speech was received with great enthusiasm.
To-morroWs demonstrations promise TO
be the greatest of the season. and the abiI-
ity of the railways to handle the crowds
and of the people of Canton to feed them
will be taxed to the utmost. Owing to the
bad roads the wheelmen will not come in
as large numbers as expected a week ago,
but it is thought ut least five thousand will
be here. They now IN route from Chi
cago and other Illinois cities and from
points in Indiana, Ohio and Pennsylvania
Eleven other delegations are scheduled
among Inem DelnS the MCKINNEY and HO-
bart Club. of Venango county Pennsyl-
Vania starting from Franklin; Commercial
Travellers Sound money Club. from Mans
field and vicinity; Bohemian-American citi-
zens of Cleveland, o.; miners, farmers me-
chanics and business men from Sunday
Creek Valley, o., starting from Gloucester
the News Mckinley and Hobart Club from
Harrisburg, Pa. including mechanics la
boring men. business men and professional
men; Swedish-American Club, of Rock
ford, IL
Among Major McKinleys callers to-day
ere Harry Garfield of Ohio; Senator Hen
ry Cabot Lodge, of Massachusetts; Theo-
dore Roosevelt, of New York; Congressman
Nelson A Dingley, chairman of the House
ways and means committee; Rutherford &.
Hayes. of Ohio the Hon. John Dalzell, of
Pittsburg, and Robinson Lock of Toledo.
Mr.. Dingley said he expects McKinleys
election to be emphatic and overwhelming.
He also expects the next House to be Re
publican and against free silver by a large
majority. He is hopeful that the Senate
will he carried in the general victory Mr..
Roosevelt says the Republican sentiment in
the East amounts to a tidal wave, and he
believes it will sweep over and engulf the
West. Senator Lodge predicted unpre>
cedented Republican majority in Massachu-
setts and complete victory in the Nation for
the Republican party.