The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-07-16
REPUBLICAN HEADQUARTERS
TO BE MAINTAINED THIS YEAR BOTH
AT NEW YORK AND CHICAGO.
Chairman Hanna Says He VIII Be
Located Nowhere, but VIII Fight in
the Saddle-Iowa Republicans.

CANTON, o., uly 10.-DeSpite a binding
rainstorm five hundred representative
women of Cleveland came TO Canton this
morning. arriving at Has. They were
headed by the woman's brass band of
Chagrin Falls, o.. and were met by a com-
mittee of Canton women. Fortunately. as
their train reached Canton the sun broke
through the clouds, and, forming in
columns of two, the women marched to the
Mckinley home. There thousands of peo-
pie blocked the streets and surged through
the grounds amid great confusion. When
quiet was restored Mrs. Eiroy NJ. Avery,
member of the Cleveland public school
board, in a very eloquent address pre-
scented Major Mckinley. She stood on a
chair as she said:
I'VE come from Cleveland: Cleveland the
beautiful; Cleveland that still lives; the
queen city of the lower lakes; the great
heart of the Western Reserve that gave
Giddings. Wade and Garfield to the Ma
ton; a city or great American industries
that are suffering from un-American legiS-
lation; an unfortified city on the border,
facing the Canadian shore, and yet recog-
nizinS that our best protection against
foreign aggression IL a protective tariff.
Coming from a city OF a hundred years,
to-day we turn aside from our centennial
TO do homage TO the man who best repre-
SentS this great American idea under the
fostering care of which We hope Cleveland
will gloriously flourish and bravely cele-
brate her second hundredth year.
We come TO greet you, not as politicians,
but as women. as wives and mothers and
made political platforms, but we better I'M
Gerstand the significance of current events
man some Iol6s give US credit Tor We
know that when you enter at the door of
the White House peace and comfort will
enter at our doors; that when you receive
people our husbands and fathers will re-
ceive the fruits of their industry and the
heart or the wife and mother will be made
glad.
Among men your name stands as a
synonym for protection 10 American in
reciprocity, for freedom from ocean to
ocean. Among women it stands for more
than that-it stands for protection for the
nome, 1t stands for right thinking and right
living, 1T stands for tenderness 10 mother
and for love to wife, for all that makes the
American home the dearest spot on earth"
GOVERNOR M'KINLEY'S SPEECH.
Governor Mckinley, as he mounted the
chair on the yeranda after the enthusiasm
of waving parasols and handkerchiefs and
hand-clapping had passed, said:
Mrs. Avery-I greatly appreciate this
friendly call from the women Of the city
OF Cleveland and assure you that L do not
undervalue their gracious message of con-
graduation and confidence which you have
so e~loquently delivered. 1t is an assur-
ance or the deep interest which you feel
and which should be felt by every woman
In the land in the public questions of the
day and their rightful settlement at the
pOliS- mere Is no limitation to the in
fiuence that may be exerted by woman i'm
the United States, and no adequate tribute
can be spoken of her services to mankind
throughout its eventful history. In the dis
tant period of its settlement, in the days of
the revolution, in the trials OF Western
pioneer life, during the more recent but
dread days of our civil war. and. indeed,
in every step of our progress as a nation
the devotion and sacrifices of woman were
constantly apparent and often conspicuous.
(Appiause.) She was everywhere appre-
ciated and recognized, though God alone
could pace her services at its true value.
The work of woman has been a power
In every emergency and always for good.
In calamity and distress she has been ever
helpful and heroic. Not only have some
of the brightest pages of our national his
tory been illuminated with her splendid
example and noble efforts for the public
church, school and the community in mod
ing character for every profession and
duty to which our race is called, has been
potential and sublime. 1t is in the quiet
and peaceful walks of life where her pow
er is greatest and most beneficial. One of
the tenderest passages to me in the words
CT John Stuart Mill beautifully expresses
this thought. II is recorded in his auto
biography, when he paused TO pay high
he could not speak too much. He says:
She was not only the author of many
OF the best best thine things l d; did' but she inspired
are from whom ~frankness would not with
hold. but mn like expression of OBJ
legation to woman. wife. mother, sister,
friend. Great applause.)
lone of the best things of our civiliza-
ton in America is the constant advance
ment of woman to a higher plane of la
Dor and responsibility. The opportunities
for her arc greSter now then ever before.
This is singularly true here where practi-
cally every avenue of human endeavor is
open TO her. Her impress is felt in art.
science. literature. song and in govern
CHARITIES. our professions. our general bus
mess interests are more than ever each
year directed by her. Respect for woman
Ii - -A-e rfr nc IN nrfnDn aIa.
acteristic: and what a high and manly
trait il is-none nobler or hoiier. 1t stamps
the true gentleman. The man who loves
wife and mother and home will respect
and reverence all ~womankind. He is al
ways the better citizen for such gentle
breeding. The home over which the trust
ed wife presides is the citadel of our
strength. the best guaranty of good cit
izenship and sound morals in government
II is nj the fouEdation-upon II all else is
constructed. From the plain American
home where virtue dwells and truth abides
go forth the men and women who make
the great States and cities which adorn
our Repub,ic. which maintain law ana or
der. that citizenship which aims at the
public w " { sss s ths : sSmmon m 5000 t Sf f fu.
ture as mothers. and govern the present
as wives
has done for grand and noble objects in
rhe past. | rejoice with you at the wider
and broader field OF the present and the
splendid vista of the future. which Is
e-ysrvwbere opening up for you. L again
thank YOU for your presence here and for
thss 1,anifestation OF your regard and
eood will. Mrs. Mckinley and 1 will be
most happy TO meet and greet you one
The women. led by Mrs. Scott. sang a
camnaign chorus song. accompanied by
Tho hand and the Miss Birdellen Switzer
o. Mrs Mckinley with q basket of
fowers During the afternoon the women
had n ratification meeting at the Taber-
nacle. with lunch, music ana iniprompts
speeches. -
Hcadquarters.
rryFIAND. July 15.-All the members
,ha National Republican executive COM
u.;.,oa we're present this morning when
ch.,rman Hanna called the meeting 10
- for The purpose of organizing and
- formally open the Republican campaign.