The herald., 1896-11-08

through the streets and gathered about
IT, house hours. before tonight's big
jollifcatlon beean. At the breakfast ia
bio Major Mckinley was signaled by
fa1uners; who have travelled miles to
come to Canton. and who tapped at the
window and beckoned him to their greet
inGAh He responded to their manifesto
tiops OF good will by seizing a jardiniere
Mica with immense chry sarlthemums,
and going to a side door, made them hap
~ by giving them such floral beauties
e. are seldom seen anywhere.
Allday long the joyous people marched
the streets and filled the sidewalks. They
came HI special trains and special cars,
on regular trains and by carriages, on
horseback. bicycle and afoot. General
Manager Woodford of the Cleveland,
Iorein and Wheeling railroad brought
Z carload OF Cleveland people, includ-
Ing Miss Lillian Hanna. sister of the ma
tional Republican chairman. From
Wheeling, w. Va, came another special
carload, headed by General Agent Town
send ard Superintendent Robert f.
Blickensderfer of the Wheeling and
LAKE Erie ldh"as' hoi'oA
wheeling yfihteiisehcer' nahuoip's
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the National Democratic party; Gov
elect George w. Atkinson, Congress
men Dovener and Dorr and score OF
other people prominent in the little
mountain state.
Akron girls tourneyed here with yell
low badges and flowers. as did the young
women from dozen otner eo"ns' W"
Philadelphia, Canal Dover NINETY.
Uhrichsville and sinaii cltles loiiieu -,
line and marched by panos. ihey liiiru
the hard-trodden ground, tnousahus III
number. At 4:So MAJOR MCKINNEY WAS
busily engaged at ms DESK pu. ne
quickly finished, and DOMINIC nat anu
overcoat, went out into the crisp NO
vember air, and as the tnrons OIL people
fought for places IN the long me ina,
formed, ne thanked tneiil tor .iie e"i' a''u
invited each one TO receive MS peison,'i
welcome lie shook them ny 'he nahus
at the rate OF nearly hity d hiihu'e' ihe''
noys, women ana girls.
Chfef Marsnal harry freaz star'eu .he
great maj campaign paraue 'ohlsh' Nc
fore . o'clock, and canton nao pyio-
technical blaze OF glory such as she mas
never enjoyed pelore III the even.iui
days which have passed. Inc Hepuplcah
committees, the hepupilcah anu Deino-
cratic sound money committees anu Tie
citizens and reception escort committees
and the citizens OF canton ana STARK
county combined with people from EAST
ern Ohio and western pennsylvania ana
made one last great parade demonstra-
ton. They marched and cheered over
the lines of march that have been trod-
den by nearly a million people and are
now historic In the annals OF American
politics. Public and business buildings
and homes were tagged, hammered ana
bright with many-colored llsnts. Inc
Mckinley triumphal arch, which enthus-
iastic CantoniAns built weeks ago, was
radiant with national colors, enhanced
by electrical effects. Many points along
the line OF march through the principal
streets were occupied by stands or hre-
works, which shot high In the air, and
as the paraders moved along their tri-
umphant course, with bands and drum
corps, horse fiddles and calliope whistles,
and bazoos and torpedoes, and every
other contrivance known by old anu
young America to make deafening
sound hitherto unknown even in the po-
thousands of torches and flambeaux
made the scene respondent.
The echoes ef-the roar of cannon and