The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-09-15
SERENADEO ThE PRESIDENT.
LINCOLN CLUB HONORS THE
CHIEF EXECUTIVE.
Splendid Music by the Salisbury Band,
Speeches by the President and
Governor Lowndes.
AN OVATION FOR MRS. MCKINLEY.

~ tANhA'AOn JI-t auDut lui, tiiio ia,t
September. when some two thousand o
the Republican voters of the county Wis
tied Canton, and assured Major Mckinley
of their loyal support. His address to the
Frosty Sons of Thunder on that occa-
sion was one of the happiest delivered
on the famous Canton veranda, and was
published in every Republican news
paper in the country. Ou the ith of last
March a delegation of some thirty mem
bers of the Lincoln Club attended the in
auguratiou. The music for the serenade
was furnished by the Salisbury Cornei
band, the crack musical organization in
the county and one of the very best in
Pennsylvania, who headed the clul
at Canton, and who were given an ovation
in that city. The band arrived here
on the evening train and after dining at
the Hotel Vsnnear played several selec-
tions on the public square before march
ing TO the law offices of +. w. Biesecker,
in front of which several hundred MEM
bers of the Lincoln Club had assembled.
After the band had played several more
lively airs the members of the Club fell
in line and marched to the residence OF
Mr.. Abner Mckinley. The President
was smoking AN after dinner cigar in the
library, while the pilzzI i'm front was
crowded with his friends, among them
Governor Lloyd Lowndes of Maryland.
After the band had played the ''Star
Spargled Banner" and Poet and Peas
ant" the last named number having been
executed with exceptional artistic abili-
ty, James l. Pugh, Esq, acting as spokes-
man for the Club, escorted the President
20 the platform in front of the veranda.
The appearance of the Chief Executive
was the signal for tumultuous applause
upon the part of the members of the
Club and the three thousand people who
had been attracted by the music and who
were anxious to hear the President speak.
After the applause had subsidized Mr..
Pugh spoke as follows:
MIR. PUGH's INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.
President Mckinley, this serenade is
rendered you on behalf of the members
of the Lincoln Club. of Somerset county.
I wish to state in this presence that the
Lincoln Club Is composed of sturdy, un-
swerving republicans, of men who do a
great deal of hard work during every
campaign, be il national, state or county.
You will doubtless remember that dur
ing the campaign last fall, when delega-
tions were visiting you at your home in
Canton. that the Lincoln Club was
among those visiting delegations, and
that under its auspices fully one-fourth
of the voting population of our county,
and one-third of its Republican voters
called there to tender you their sincere
and hearty support In that campaign
the organization of which | have spoken
through the efforts of its members that
old Somerset gave to you, MIR. Pres. lent,
a majority larger by more than 800 than
had ever been given to any of your distin-
guished predecessors. And now, Mr..
President, / wish To introduce 10 you the
members OF the Lincoln Club, who de-
sire 10 hear word from you. (Ap-
plause.)
There was another outburst Of applause
when Mr.. Pugh ceased speaking aud the
President bowed TO the immense crowd
before him. The President spoke in his
usual dignified manner, his voice reach
ing ont so as To be distinctly heard by all
present.
THE PRESIDENTS REMARKS.
"My Fellow -Citizens-I am both pleas
ed aud honored TO meet my friends of
Somerset county and to acknowledge the
gracious mpliment of this call and ser
enade on the part Of the Lincoln Club OF
Somerset. Cheers | am glad to meet
my countrymen, irrespective of party
(cheers and cries of 'goOd'), men of all
al Of s.,f. faI Ia
welfare, prosperity and grandeur of our
common country. Cheers | wish for
all of you happiness in your lives and
in your homes, prosperity in the
occupations that may engage You, and |
wish with all of you for the progress and
glory of the United States. (Cries OF
amen and loud cheers.
After home our first concern is coun-
try. and our country, with its splendid
institutions and its great possibilities is
safe SO long as virtue resides in the home
and patriotism abides in the hearts of the
people. prolonged applause ! thank
you for your serenade and bid you all
good night.
IL am sure you will be very glad to
meet, greet and hear from the distin-
guished governor of Maryland, Gov.
LOwndes-"
Hon. W. III. Sanner proposed three
cheers for President Mckinley aud they
were given with a will before the Chief
Magistrate returned to the library and
took seat before an open window, where
he lit fresh cigar and listened to the ad-
dress of Governor Lowndes. aud the final
number executed by the band.
Governor LOwndes was heartily ap-
plauded when he stepped forward. He
was maniiestly taken By surprise when
the President iItroduced him to the
Club for the purpose of making a speech,
but he recovered him self in moment
and delivered very happy five minute
historical address. The Governor spoke
as follows:
MARYLAND's GOVERNOR
"Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen:
i am very glad To be here TO night as
the guest of your distinguished fellow
citizen, Mr.. Abner Mckinley, a son of
the Buckeye state. (Cheers.l
This great state of yours would have
been a greater one if the pretensions of
William Penn had been cIrried out, be-
cause if his claims had been acknowledge
ed, Ohio would have belonged 10 Penn
sylvania and the Keystone state would
have had the honor of naming so many
presidents of the United States. But il
the pretensions of Lord Baltimore on be-
half of Maryland had been sustained,
then Pennsylvania would not have been
50 extensive in territory, and Mason and
Dixon's line would have been pushed
further north, and You, my friends of
Somerset, would have belonged to that
state. of which have the honor 10 be the
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