The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-06-27
A MOST BEAUTIFUL TRIBUTE
To the Wife and Mother of Ex-Governor
Mckinley.
ONE W0MAN'S 0RATORICAL GEM.
Mrs. Alice Danner Jones, in Words of
Homely Eloquenoe, Honors the Exalted
of Her Sex in the Presence of
Wives, Mothers and Sisters.

CANTON, o., June 27.-Five thousand of |
the 100000 people of Stark county greeted |
Governor Mckinley, his wife and mother
in u public reception by the women of
Canton late yesterday afternoon, and of
these 5000 there was not man present be-
sides the governor, the patrolmen at the
doors and two score of reporters. 1t wasa
non-partisan affair. The house was dark
ened, and there were handsome floral and
electric light effects. Two hundred hand
somely dressed women assisted in the re-
ception. For half dozen blocks each way
the streets were crowded from 2 till 6
o'clock.
Mrs. Alice Danner Jones, one of the
most eloquent women of Ohio, presented
Governor Mckinley, wife and mother,
aged 81 years, from the balcony overlook
ing the lawn, saying in part
"You know the import of this meeting.
We, the women of Canton and Stark
county, would show honor to the two
women nearest and dearest to the man TO
whom not only Canton but an entire ma
ton is paying homage. He is bound to
you by ties even closer than those which
bind him to his country, and we believe
he will say with us that the better part of
him is of your making
"The path which we now see so plainly
leading to the White House had its begin
ing within the doorway of the little frame
house in Niles There the wisdom of a
father and the loving guidance ofamother
laid the foundation stones in a young boys
life of the justice, the sagacity and the
charity which characterize the statesman
of today.
"Ah, Mother The little hands you
guided then have been growing stronger
as your own have grown more feeble
Life's discipline Of calm and storm has
left its marks upon your boys face, but
the necessary lessons and songs are still
remembered, and the touch of your aged
hands upon his hands today is motive
power for good, so pure, so limitless in its
reach that only balances unseen can esti-
mate its worth.
Mrs Mckinley, over twenty-five years
ago you prophesied Canton's future pride
in Canton's young attorney You plighted
to him your girlish faith and within the
old Presbyterian church you linked your
| life with his Canton has been proud of
him for many years and Canton has been
proud of you. Governor Mckinley every
act today bears upon it the stamp of his
association with a refined, exalted woman
hood.
$50 purely womanly is your wifely de
votion, so in sympathy with his every in
terest has your life always been, that were
you not part Of it today we believe that,
like Lafayette, he would exclaim in the
| bitterness of his heart: She was so one
with me that life seems robbed of half its
power without her
Fourteen years ago on the Sunday fol-
lowing his nomination, James A. Gar
field walked into the old home church,
bearing on his arm his aged mother, and
on last Sabbath morning into the church
of his early faith walked our future presi-
dent and with him walked his mother.
with home anchorage such as this we
women have no fears that under the com
ing administration hearth fires will burn
DINNER or counting rooms be closed. Our
men may deal with questions of tariff and
finance and political policy, We women
believe that the Importance Of pure living
is higher than all, and are satisfied that,
should you be called to preside over the
destinies of the nation, we shall have n
man at the head with character 50 pure
and record so untarnished that any
mother here today would feel proud to
know that the steppings of her little boy
might be in lines parallel with this
Governor and Mrs Mckinley, in Civ
ing you to the nation we do not feel that
we are losing you. Too many ties, sacred
and tender, viii bring you back to Cam
ton. There are pleasant friendships here,
there are deeper loves, there are homes on
South Market and West Tuscarawas, and
out in West Lawn there are tiny graves
and larger ones which will ever make Can
ton a Mecca for your returning feet"
Following the address two girls pre-
sented Mrs. Mckinley, Mother Mckinley
and each lady Of the party a bouquet Of
pretty flowers from the ladies of Canton.
Then Governor Mckinley responded;
"Women Of Canton; l am sure that
both wife and mother would have me ex-
press their warm appreciation of the gra-
cious words spoken in this presence, and
I assure you that no higher honors can
come to me than this loving tribute you
have paid TO those who are so near and
dear to me- No higher commendation can
come to any man than TO have the appro-
val of the mothers and the sisters Of this
city, with whom he has dwelt so long. 1t
will give wife and mother both the great
est pleasure to meet you all, l thank
you"
There was deafening applause from
hands that were gloyed and ungloved, too.
The reception followed, and for hours the
women shook hands with Governor Nc
Kinley, wife and mother,
Hobart's Visit to Mckinley.
NEW YORK, June 27.-Garrett A, Ho-