The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-11-02
SPEECHES CUT SHORT.
Editor Phelps Talked So Long
Tayler Had No Chance
Novel Meeting.

The head Of the procession did not
reach the great new building where the
meeting was held until 9:25. 1t was 9:40
when the speaking began, and 1t lasted
all told only an hour and twenty min
utes.
That building made marvellous audi
torium. 1t had been filled with seats
and the crowd flowed in from three
sides. 1t was the Morgans boast that
there were seats for 10000, but that
figure can be divided by two and still
be high. Some of the seats were too
far away; and a generous estimate Of
the people in the building when the
meeting opened Is probably 5000 to $780,
1t made splendid auditorium, however,
the acoustics being particularly good.
The structure Is as yet a mere shell,
with a great, high roof. 1t is of brick,
iron and glass, there having been tons If
the last named material used in its con-
struction. About a thousand refused to
take seats in the hall and remained
about the doors; and an overflow meeting
was arranged in the erecting room, ad-
Joining. There Thayer's band furnished
some good music and Congressman Tay-
Ter spoke for 20 minutes.
There were some novel features. The
big travelling crane, one of the largest
in the world, which runs on track
many feet in the air, was used to con-
vey an Alliance quartette from one end
of the building to point in front of the
platform, where they sang a couple of
selections, then travelled back in the
swinging car, high above the heads of
the audience, and were lowered to the
ground three hundred feet away.
Fortunately the evening was warm-an
ideal one for meeting in the big open
building.
ON THE PLATFORM
that had been built at one side of the
building, sat the speakers of the even
ing, Minister Woodford and Congress
man Tayler; Editor w. H. Phelps of the
Alliance Review, who acted as master
of ceremonies; Col. w. Fl. Morgan, the
chairman of the evening and about Il
hundred and fifty vice presidents, rang
ed in raised seats on the rear of the
stand. Among these were State Treas
urer I. B. Cameron and Railroad Com
missioner r. S. Kaylcr, from ColumSus
Judge w. w. Hole, from Salem; Ed. A.
King. from Lisbon; Representative r.
A. Pollock, from North Lawrence, and
ex-Representative p. NJ. Ashford, of
Salineville. Among those from Canton
on the stage were Mayor Robertson
Deputy j. r. Snyder. County Chair
man U. S. Johnston. J. j. Grant, J. J,
Clark, julius Whiting. Hiram Doll,
w. II. Little, A. p. Owens, A. w. Agler.
and Joseph Dumoulin. From Alliance
were ex-Representative Silas j. Will
liams, David Fording, Capt w. w.
king-the chief marshal of the parade
Mayor Walker and Clerk j. H. McCon
nell. Youngstown was represented
among others, by Hon. r. Montgomery,
r. A. McClain, Job. J. Montgomery, r
A. McClain, Job. ]. Morgan and J. H.
Bobson, the president of the colored
marching club. The list from Massillon
included Mayor Wise, John Shumaker,
u. Balseley, c. M. Russell, James
Cornes and Treasurer Smith.
Editor Phelps waved for order al
9:35, and called the meeting to order
at least that was what he termed the
ceremony. although the audience was
about as still as healthy boiler factory.
The horns annoyed Phelps and he cali
ed down the small boys, and then the
boys footed all the louder The Can
ton Black Diamond glee club was called
upon to still the assemblage, and they
stilled 'em-for minute. Then Phelps
in introducing Col. w. II. Morgan, the
chairman of the evening, succeeded In
stealing all of Morgan's thunder and
talked full 20 minutes, or until after
10 o'clock. He jollied the entire Morgan
90
afterward. and called attention to the
fact that Monday was the goth ami
versary of the arrival OF the late
Thomas II. Morgan in Alliance. He
finally gave way to "your chairman
Col. Morgan" and the colonel looked at
his watch and gulped down lump in
his throat as he cut his speech out al
together and introduced ex-MlnisteI
Woodford.
WOODFORD WAS CHEERED.
as he arose. He talked briefly. Refer.
ring to the presidents war policy, he
said:
"The instructions OF the president 10
your minister at Madrid were; first, to
secure at the earliest possible moment
justice for Cuba; second, TO secure al
the earliest possible moment the entire
protection of our citizens and our in
terests in Cuba; and lastly, to secure
these things as long as 1t was hiImanly
possible to do, so without resorting tc
the extreme of war When president
is nominated, he stands on the portals
of the capitol and takes the oath thai
he will obey and maintain the constitu
tion. That constitution made the treaty
that Mr., Bryan assisted in ratifying, the
law Of the land; and William Mckinley
did no more In upholding 1t in tht
Philippines than Mr. Bryan would have
been compelled to do, in his place, o.
e'se stand convicted as perjurer.
"Bryan suggests that we. establish,a
stsble government. Who's to decid,