The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-10-07

shook hands and exchanged the COM
pliments of the season.
1t was understood between Republic
ans and Democrats that political
truce should obtain in Canton for this
date only. Mr. Bryan himself said he
did not want anything done which
would in any manner detract from the
pleasure of the presidents visit He
would not even make his speech before
the president arrived.
There was not a single untoward in
cident to mar a glorious day, the chief
feature of which was an event that
could only happen in the United States.
President Mckinley and William J.
Bryan crossed each others path at
Canton. They met as friends and
shook hands in the presence of 10000
cheering fellow citizens.
Bryan Listened to the President.
The president spoke. The man who
would be president listened and gave
applause. When they separated it was
with another cordial handshake and ex-
preston of good will.
This conjunction of Americas two
public life stars of the first magnitude
was wholly unexpected by each and
their friends until a day ago. Presi-
dent McKinley's mapped route did net
include Canton until just before he left
Washington. Mr.. Bryan was billed a
long time ago to speak there this week
but Saturday was the expected date I'M
til very recently.
Mr.. Bryan arrived here from Keokuk,
Ia, in the morning and held a recep-
ton until noon at the home of p w.
Gallagher. When President Mckinley
arrived he vas escorted to platform
which had been constructed near the
depot. Mr.. Bryan and members of the
reception committee were in waiting
upon the platform and Mr. Bryan was
one of the first to grasp the presidents
hand.
Celebration at Peoria.
A good part of the population of Peo-
ria, the second city of Illinois, today
took part in an elaborate demonstration
to welcome to their city the president
of the United States. The great event
of the day was the unwilling of a beau
tiful monument erected by Peoria's
citizens as a memorial to the soldiers
of the rebellion, living and dead. The
monument is a tall shaft of marble,
ornamented at the base with bronze
groups concentrating scenes of the
civil war.
1t is erected on an elevation in front
of the court house and by it's base had
been constructed a platform upon
which the president and the members
of his party took seats to review a long
procession of militia, veterans of the
war and returning volunteers of the
Spanish war. The concourse of people
surrounding this platform and packing
every street in its vicinity was by far
the largest which has thus far greeted
the president on his western tour. After
his review of the parade, the president
took his seat facing the yelled monu-
ment. In his address he said:
The Presidents Speech.
Mr. President and Mayor, Ladies
and Gentlemen, My Fellow Citizens:
l am glad, with my fellow citizens of
Peoria county, the members of the
Grand Army of the Republic and the
Ladies' Memorial association, to stand
about this monument, dedicated to-
patriotic service and heroic devotion in
as holy cause as ever engaged man
kind. This monument awakens sacred
memories; and that is its purpose. 1t
was erected by these patriotic women,
that it might for all time perpetuate
one of the most glorious pages in Amer
lean history. 1t tells the whole story Of
the war-the siege, the march, the