Abilene weekly reflector., 1900-07-12
MEETING At CANTON.
Mckinley Visited by His Colleague
on the National Ticket.
ROOSEVELT ACCORDED an OVATION.
Nothing Learned ~ TO the Matters Dis
cussed By the President ssd Governor
Roosevelt Refused 70 Talk About
the Kansas City Platform.

Roosevelt Refused 70 Talk About
the Kansas City Platform.
Canton, o., July 1.-THE home city
Of the president yesterday accorded
to his colleague on the republican ma
tional ticket an ovation almost un-
precedented in Canton. 1t would be
hard to say whether the citizens Of
Canton voiced a more oclnonstrative
welcome to President Mckinley or
Gov. Roosevelt, yet 1t may be said
with truth that Canton did not dis
criminate in yesterdays demonstra-
tion, the first occasion on which the
republican candidates for president
and vice president personally met
Gov. Roosevelt arrived in Canton over
the Valley road at $3.50 o'clock. His
only companions from Cleveland to
Canton were the newspaper men who
have accompanied him ON his long
trip to Oklahoma. As the governor
alighted from the train whistles blew
and cannons doomed and an immense
crowd gathered about the station and
gave him mighty cheer of welcome.
The presidents secretary, George b.
Cortelyou, was the first person to
meet him as he stepped off the plat
form. Carriages were in waiting and
the march for the presidents home
was at once taken up. All along the
line from the station to the Mckinley
residence, nearly a mile, the streets
were lined with people, and Gov.
Roosevelt was kept busy bowing his
acknowledgements to the acclaims OF
the people of Canton. A brass band
giving forth patriotic airs led the
procession. The carriage in which
Gov Roosevelt rode was surrounded
with small boys shouting at the high
est pitch of their voices, and by BIZ
cyclists, who seemed anxious to feast
their eyes on the sight Of the rough
rider. The yard Of the Mckinley resi-
dence and the streets adjacent were
literally packed with humanity when
the governor alighted from his car
riage and walked briskly toward the
house. Then tremendous cheer
burst forth from the assembled null
titudc. President Mckinley was
standing on the porch waiting with
outstretched hands to greet his asso-
ciate on the national ticket.
When they shook hands the scene
was inspiring indeed. The assemblage
was clamorous for speeches and when
something like quiet was restored the
president introduced Gov. Roosevelt in
the following words: 81 cannot ex-
PRESS the pleasure it has given me to
see the enthusiastic welcome my fel-
low citizens have given to Gov Roose-
welt and | now have the pleasure OF
presenting him to you
The governor spoke but u few
words, but his voice rang clear and
loud and the great crowd had no diff
Guilty in hearing him. He said: my
Fellow Citizens: | thank you most
cordially for the way you have come
forward to greet me. ! know that
none of you, least Of all my old com
rades here, will grudge my saying
that | thank particularly those who
wear the buttons that show they
fought in the great war. ! cannot
say how | appreciate this, coming as
It does from the townsmen OF the
president, who is now in peculiar
sense my leader and whom shall fol-
low and support with every ounce OF
strength that there is in me. And,
at least, there is to be said for our
side that we know what we believe.
In Kansas City they have had lit
tie difficulty in finding out what they
believe, see by the papers that they
had some difficulty extending finally
to vote of 27 to 25 in putting in free
silver. Now we believe with all our
faith in dollar worth 100 cents. Ap-
parently they have 50 per cent Of
faith in Ascent dollar. ! do not in
tend to do more this afternoon than
again to thank you most cordially
and to say that | appreciate what
this greeting means, coming as 1t
does from the home of the president.
| shall try to show myself not wholly
unworthy of the way in which you
have met me this afternoon"
President Mckinley and Gov. Roose-
welt were in conference most OF the
evening, but nothing could be learned
as to the matters discussed. The gov
ernor left for New York at 1O:5O. He