The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-07
WIS A BIG Day IN CANTON
GOV. ROOSEVELT PAYS HIS RE
sPECTS TO PRESIDENT MI<IN-
LEY AT HIS HOME
CURIOUS CROWDS GATHERED
New Yorker Made One of His Char
acterIstic Speeches, and Then
Conferred with Mr..
Mckinley.

CANTON, O., July 6.-The home city OF
the president today accorded to his col
league on the national ticket an ovation
almost unprecedented, even in Canton. 1t
would be hard to say whether Canton
voiced more demonstrate welcome TO
President Mckinley or to Gov. Roosevelt,
yet it may be said with truth that Can
ton did not discriminate in todays DEM
onstration, the first occasion on which
the Republican candidates for president
and vice president have personally met
since the Philadelphia convention.
Gov. Roosevelt arrived in Canton over
the Valley railroad at $50. AS the gov
ernor alighted from the train whistles
blew and cannon doomed, and an immense
crowd gathered about the station gave
him a mighty cheer of welcome The pres
ident's secretary, George B. Cortelyou
was the first person to greet him as he
stepped off the platform. Carriages were
in waiting, and the march for the presl-
dents house 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 bowling his ac-
acknowledgements to the acclaims of the PEG .
pie of Canton. A brass band, giving forth
patriotic airs, led the procession.
The carriage in which Gov. Roosevelt
sat was surrounded by small BOYS shout
ing at the top of their voices. and by BIZ
cyclists, who seemed anxious to get a
glimpse of the rough rider
The yard Of the Mckinley residence and
the streets adjacent were literally pack
w INF x1TIn he
alighted from his carriage and walked
briskly toward the house Then a ire
mendous cheer burst forth from the as
| sembled multitude. President Mckinley
was standing on the porch, waiting with
| outstretched hands to greet his associate
on the national ticket. They shook hands.
and, when quiet was restored, the presi-
dent introduced Gov. Roosevelt in the fol-
lowing words:
given me to see the generous welcome nv
fellow citizens have given to Gov.
| Roosevelt, and / now have the pleasure
of presenting him to you"
PLEA FOR VOTES.
The governor spoke but a few words
but his voice rang clear and loud and
! the great crowd had no difficulty in hear
ing him. He said:
MY fellow citizens: I thank you most
cordially for the way you have come for
ward to greet me. I know that none
of you, least of all my old comrades
here, will grudge my saying that 1 thank
particularly those who wear the but
tons that show they fought in the great
war in their lapels cannot say how ]
appreciate this welcome, coming as II
does from the townspeople of the presi-
dent, who is now in a peculiar sense my
leader, and whom 1 shall follow and
fight for with every particle of strength
there is in me. There is to be said fol-
our side that we know what we believe
In Kansas City they have little diff.
ty in finding out what they believe.
see by the papers they had some diff
Guilty, extending finally to a vote of q
to IS, in putting in free silver "a voice
'"They have got to guess again.') We
believe with all our faith in dollar
| worth 100 cents. Apparently they have
81 per cent OF faith and Ascent dollar
do not intend TO do more this Afternoon
than to thank you most cordially and tC