Evening star., 1898-09-02
PRESIDENT AT CANTON
His Fellow Citizens ard Friends Male q
Great Demonstration.
He Spent n Half Day There and Last
Evening Started for Camp
WikofY.

A grand demonstration occurred at Can
ton, Ohio, at noon yesterday in honor of
Preside mt Mckinley and Secretary of State
Day Out of respect for the President s
expressed wish that his visit be informal,
the affair was to a considerable extent uri-
organized and partoOk largely of the ma
ture of a spontaneous outburst of enthu-
siasm- The people of the community turned
ou. en- masse, and frcm the depot to the
Barber residence. where the McKinleys
were the guests of Mrs. McKinley's sister,
the streets. bright and cheerful with flags
and other displays of the national colors,
were mass of humanity. The arrival was
so near the noon hour that employees of
many factories succeeded in securing an
early shutdown and Joined the throng
about the station.
President and Mrs Mckinley were driven
direct to the Barber home, where their
stay Of a few hours was shorn of all for
mality.
During the afternoon President Mckinley
walked unattended about the streets near
his old home. calling on some of his old
neighbors end friends much of the
afternoon he spent on the broad porch Of
the Old Sexton homestead, which for many
years was his Canton home. Here he
shook hands with and greeted hundreds of
orally observed plan of giving him the
greatest possible rest during the brief
period. During the same time Mrs. Nc
k-nley was informally entertaining many
o. her old friends in the house now occu-
pied by her sister, Mrs. Nj c. Barber.
Soldiers Called.
Among the callers on the President were
number of soldiers in the volunteer serv-
ice lately returned from Cuba, of whom
Canton furnished some 300 or 400
Later in the afternoon a carriage was
called and the President and Mrs. McKin-
ley drove to Wesleyan cemetery which
Trey always do when in Canton, TO visit
the graves of their two children. buried
there years age. and of the Presidents
neither, who was laid TO rest last winter
The cheers and the shouts which well
cCmed President Mckinley to Canton in
the morning were more than duplicated
last evening in bidding him farewell The
old reception committee and the old Can
ton Troop Of HOrsemcn, so conspicuous
in the campaign which made William Nc
hlnley President, acted as escort to the
departing train as well as from the arriv-
ing train The hour of departure. G o'clock,
made il possible for even a larger num-
Der of people to gather at the station to
witness the departure, and there was such
cheering and enthusiasm as has not been
manifested in Canton in many Gay from
about the railroad grounds and the sur
rounding streets
The President seemed to greatly appre-
clate the greetings of his old neighbOrs
and friends, and just as the train was
starting he stepped upon the rear platform
10 say 4 few words TO them. He only had
time to say:
1T always gives me pleasure to meet
you. and it is always with regret that 1
leave you"
This sentiment was greeted with cheer
after cheer, and before the President could
say more the throttle OF the engine had
been opened and his train was under way.
Aside from the President, Mrs. Mckinley
and those who accompanied them from
the White House. the train carried Colonel
Webb Hayes, Colonel and Mrs. Myron T.
Herrick Of Cleveland and Master William
Barber, Mrs. Mckinley's nephew, who is
gCing 10 visit with her for a time.