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M'kinley Still Receiving

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Parent Issue
Day
29
Month
October
Year
1896
Copyright
Public Domain
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Cantón, Ohlo, Oct 27.- This is me last week of the campaign, and it opened with aix delegations scheduled to visit Major McKinley from as many states. It was atout 11 oock when the flrst arrived, and there has since been a contlnuous stream of people irorn the stations to the MeKinley home. The flrst to greet Major McKinley carne from Indiana and was composed of the Railway Menie Gold Standard clubs of Seymour, North Vernon and Washington, Ind. T!he party carne in a special train of six coacht, which had beeu on th way since 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The men for tiie most part wer empOox of e Baltimore and Ohio SouiÜrwestern. Their spokesman w O. W. Montgomery of Seymour. Woile the Indiana people werO being addreawd a large deiegatlon of employés Of th Cleveland, Lorain and Wheellng Railroad, from the shops, from the docka at Liorain and from along the line, walted in the street at the foot of the hlll. ThO party was lntroduced by L. H. Eddy, . locomotive engineer ,as being etanch supporters of the republican party in the present campaign and repreeenting all branches of railraad work. Whlle the Ohio rallroad men were being addreased the shouta and cheers and the muaic of the bands wlth the New Jersey delegations were heard approaching the house. The Ohioans crossed the stret to the lawne on the opposi-te slde to make room for the new arrlvals and reviewed the parade, to whlch Major McKinley bowd hls acknowledgmeats from a table at the front of the yard, the little reviewing stand ordinarily used not having been erected. The conspicuous feature of the New Jersey delegatlon was the splendidly uniformed and drilled marching club, the Freulinheim Escort of Newark. The streets were well fllled with spectators as this crowd paseed, and cheer aftar cheer was givea the club. John B. Gibson of Neward introduced the New Jersey party.

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Ann Arbor Register