Independent, The (Newspaper) - October 26, 1896, Massillon, Ohio ISSUED OHIO MONDAY OCTOBER 26, 1896. 32 MASSILLON'S A Splendid Reception at Major GREAT ENTHUSIASM The Marching from Massillon Halt Before the Address Full of Fatherly Fine Appearance of the Everywhere Spoken Oct. all the tions that have visited Major not one has marched up the Market street hill with the precision of the Young Men's Sound Money Club and the Massillon Colored Men's McKinley These two brilliantly uni- and ably with drum aud enthusiasm that broke loose in the presence of the arrived about 8' o'clock Wednesday They were The arch of electric lights in the speaking stand was turned and Mrs. ley honored the occasion with her Several thousand filled the and adjoining and the campaign troops from were cheered as they fell into position with the ease and dexterity of long drilled military men P T. Harvey Smith acted as delivering the following preliminary chairman of the Young Men's Sound Money Harch ing Club of I have the honor in behalf of its members and of many citizens of our city to express to you their greeting aud good will and to you their earnest and vigorous support at the coming the Republicans of Massillon your name has become a household We know of your both as a citizen and as a public We have learned to love and respect you for your dignifi d and upright for your pure and devoted home and your unimpeachable and brilliant record as a Alth we feel a just and a pardonable pride in having in our own as one of our own neigh a citizen whom the members of a great political party with one accord have called to be a candidate for the highest office in the of any our interest in your success is not prompted by pride we have material interests at our industrial wealth is very our quarries of fine building stone are almost and the rich agricultural district rounding much of which is under- laid with thick veins of excellent is unsurpassed for fertility and the wise legislation proposed and championed by yourself in the ad ministration of President our shops and factories afforded steady em- ployment at good wages to hundreds of now idle With our shops and factories running at full the farmers of the neighborhood found ready sale for all their surplus where now the are sluggish and over Is it not in accordance with the nature of things that the hundreds pros ent this evening from our city wish for a return of the prosperity en- joyed from 1888 to 1892? are not of the number who be lieve that prosperity will return if we call fifty three cents worth of silver one our present dollar is satisfactory We are concerned more in the questions that to getting possession of it We believe that the first step toward ter times is your elevation to the office of President 01 the United with that will come the restoration of busi aess followed by a into the arteries of trade of the of money now afraid of unsafe and uncertain These with legislation in harmony with your own following a period of four years of will we in an era of good prosperity unparalleled in the history ot our t iis faith we come wishing you God speed aud pledging you our Members of the ing Club and citizens of I have the honor to present to yon the next President of the United With long and hearty cheers on every side of Major McKinley stepped and with manifestations of earnestness and personal de livered his last and best speech of the as fellow is peculiarly j gratifying to me to have the young men i of representing two make this call upon me and I am glad to have the assurance that in the pending content your votes will be given for the great Republican which stands for what is good in ment and is noble in the American Massillon has always been very dear to me Although a citizen of I have always felt the deepest in terest aud had tbe do est relations with our neighboring and I as memory sweeps like mighty current among my earliest public I am indebted to some of the old Republicans of for having first announce d aud supported my I suppose there is scarcely a young man in this Sound Money Club that I have not known from earliest One young man told me tonight that the first time he had ever attended a political meeting he was a lad of six years and was taken by his father to a meeting in Massillon which I He is a voter else waits upon I do not like the doctrine of classes and in this would rather preach the gospel of than of I bid my fellow countrymen rather than give Continued cheering I would rather counsel them with encouragement than with We have dis- enough without being told of them all the and great and while discouragements are sometimes hard to yet the mettled young man is only spurred to greater activity by I am glad to know that you have enlisted n the ranks of the Republican party It is a party that inspires the noblest en- deavor in public as well as in private and it is to the glory of our institutions that we recognize no no no no but men of all nationalities and all colors are equal citizens in this great free Republic of applause I thank you for this I congratulate you upon your splendid and I hope you will come over to Canton and see us very as I may probably be prevented from coming to see yon this year as has been my tom for so many years in the 1 thank you and bid yon good cheers were then enthusiastically given MAYOR'S TALK He Tells a Tale to Massillon AND A STRANGE TALE IT IS. n J. J. Grant and Edward Welsch Speak at OLD TIMERS IN LIME The Newman Some Comments on the 45 Cent By Very Large Oct. J. Grant and Edward of addressed the largest political meeting our village has had si ice the days when Major Mo young they are ever an tion to me. The whole future is before There is nothing which they oan accommodated us with one of his masterly Our school house was crowded with f and both gentlemen delivered able ad- and no doubt did considerable We were highly pleased to notice quite a number of old timo Republicans present who had drifted away from the old party and affiliated with the We are glad to see thorn return to their first A good sized attended from Canal bringing with them their celebrated glee took the entire andi ence by Oar prediction that the miners would reject the cents per ton has been verified by the popular giving a majority of 7 to 1, the advice of our to the contrary But few miners of the Massillon district for the reason that they do not be long to the Had their votes been counted the majority against the 45 cent rate would have been largely The miners have taken the case in their own and our officials have signified their willingness to carry out their so the rumor com- ing from Cleveland that a mass meeting is to be hold to reconsider their at the request of the is all And when the price of mining is to be less than 61 cents per the mi ners are the proper parties to be and the reasons DISCIPLES OF Oct. four men fishing in the north of town It is rumored that they are all famous Mas Dr. D. S. City Treasurer W. B. Dr. T. C Miller and J. C. but the report has not been The rapidity with which these sportsmen are robbing the old of its inhabitants is and citizens fear the utter ex termination of the local finny FROM CRYSTAL CRYSTAL Oct. Herman and Miss were united in Tuesday afternoon at 6 in the St. John's at the Rev. J. Digel official After the ceremony the happy i couple was driven to the pleasant farm home of the bride's where j bounteous supper was The house was beautifully decorated with I potted A large number of friends were The presents received were both numerous and They will make their future home in their new north of We wish them joy and prosperity in their journey through Atkinson's fun makers are booked for a week's en at Leonard's opera be ginning October 26. From reports they give a very good SONGSTERS FOR EAST Oct. Mo Kinley and Hobart Glee club has been organized here by Messrs. Richard Price and two of tbe best vo in the and will make its first appearance at the political at Beech Grove It is composed of sixteen WEST BROOKFIELD WEST Oct. 24 con- cert will be given in the M. E. on Wednesday Oct. 28, for the benefit of the Epworth L. L is moving into the John Jones Mrs. Mary has with her Smith and Hanrey and unsullied I Miller each spent a few days in this There is nothing vicinity so much as a pure this earth that will serve yon so well M Wright's Celery Tea euros constipation a good 700 have all 8icic 27c at Mrs. Mr. Bryan's Picture the A. Rice Tells All He Knows About Large Present to Hear The silver meeting conducted by the Democrats and Populists last night was a quiet Though the opera house was crowded there was lack of en- There was neither club nor band to greet the James A. of on his and that gentleman made his way to the hall mally He was from Canton by Mrs. Mrs. R. Sherwood and several other and therefore the chairs upon the stage were assigned to them and the Young Bryan of this The latter sang and were heartily Mrs. Sherwood waited until the ence was seated and then proceeded to drape a flag about Mr. Bryan's picture to the delight of the E. S. chairman of the introduced Mr. Rice with a brief thanking the local Democrats ana the committee for the honor con- ferred by his Of Mr. Chairman Ho wells said he was young in years but old in a man who without a ad- ministered the affairs of the largest city in Stark Mr. Rice arose amid a of applause and called upon the people in the rear of the hall to take front teats as intend to divulge some open Without delay the speaker began and the following are paragraphs taken from time to time from tiis I will not said Mr. will at once turn my attention to the sues of this Have yon ever known in any campaign of the any great party to resort to and circulate such ridiculous falsehoods as have the gold standard Have voa ever known a party to resort to But what more can yon ex- with the tidal wave that has turned toward them during the past few weeks they should be driven to It is folly for this party to endeavor to arate the two standard gold and and never until this fall did any political party dare to loosen iti hold on and that excuse me for speaking of a dead is the National Democratic Does not the St. Louis platform favor bi In they say I am too young to talk but the truth from an in- fant is it seems to than re- versed statements from the old and ex- There are many queer things to be answered by the gold standard people if they dire Yon have heard Mo and others from this very form speak for both gold and Now why the my fellow to the Republicans in the why have yon Be- cause they flay support u single gold or do you stand by your pnn ciples of the upheld by your leaders Here Mr. Rice grew peculiarly funny on the subject of their and their upon a gold plank Referring to Major McKinley Mr. Rice of land we have a small voice in ton which the other continued Mr. talked with a man who don't like be is a tool in the hands of the silver mine owners and was from them a year to lee for silver I asked for his ity and be and the Cleveland Leader The it will beg or just as Hanna die Yon say that Bryan gets from the silver said I. will you admit that it will cost the Ra publican party during this The fellow said but finally admitted that the party had ex- pended fully 000 during the past three yet Bryan is a Of course they can mine gold with tools This would pay Bryan for speaking for silver for 1.000 whas caused McKinley to change body and for Now in 1890 did ae not favor He am for the largest use of silver in the currency of the give it equal credit with I want the Why has McKinley made this change He taught nt that silver have its place alongside of We have all admired McKinley as a lic but has he told why he has changed so materially in his views that not enough to make any man who has to toil for his daily bread Yon will be sorry when it is too late to act At in 1891, ley assailed most discriminatingly Gro ver Cleveland for assailing Today they ask yon to support the policy they denounced Cleveland and party for I knew Grover Cleveland was a big but I did not think he could succeed in drawing the entire can party to his way of referring to are the Surely not these men in Wall during the late forced Abraham Lincoln to carry on the rebellion on paper when ne them to give back the gold for furtherance of the cause they tainly we and asked 36 per for the Talk of aristocracy in this We have but one class of that of virtue and intelligence Would an aristocracy of Hanna's be like And ranch of the same Mayor Rice took pains to correct a statement credited to him in by which he encouraged lawlessness in order to secure a livelihood through the According to Mr. explanation it was a case of making a mountain out of an ant He ad- mitted that he did say to several before me and I will send yon to the but he intended the remark for a jest The affair about on the day of the issue of ley's of Mayor Rice passed a squad of men and they re- ferring to is what we we want work The Mayor remarked that if that was what they to manage in some way to oome before him and they would get it. The Mayor may not have been but it is rather below the dignity of the chief official of a corporation to make an of this It is but one of many unbecoming remarks made by Mr. Mr. Rice closed his speech by saying that W. J. Bryan's nomination was not alone the act of he had furnished the Mr. Rice referred many times to his bency as mayor of stating that in his campaigns he had never passed the workingman nor had he ever re trained from grasping him by the hand in the most friendly Special Police Appointed to Pre- vent THE LATE NEWS BY AT Another Day of Many Speeches for Major WHAT THE DELEGATIONS Bryan Gold in of Bin Failure at Cleveland In Which of lara are stage Held IBy Associated Press to THK Oct. nary measures have been taken to pre- vent disturbance or indignity to tary Mayor Mallery appointed a large number of special who are to stand in different parts of the house and use vigorous methods with any disturbing The city never had such a crowd as came today All are anxious to ehow the secretary the high esteem in whi h he is held in southern Many called to see him at tne The free silver Democrat can for Congress has abandoned his intention of a division of but will answer the secretary after he is Mr. Carlisle was presented by Wells At I p. m. he was given an ovation and began his speech shortly There was no LOOK OUT FOR An Accident at the Tabernacle Some of Thene Oct. Canton has a board of building like they should get to work on the The night a large audience assembled to hear Mrs Helen Gougar Sue had scarcely spoken ten minutes wnen a crash and the north gallery was seen to settle under its weight of human be The audience was and was about to make a rash for the when Mrs. with ready arose from her seat and b gan to the stir ring old song The andi ence at once took up the and a was averted and order finally re An investigation showed that one of the posts that sut ported the gallery had sunk into the floor to the depth of five or six thereby allowing gal lery to settle to that In 1890 while James Blame was speaking to an immense a similar crack and a averted by the prompt and cool headed work of Blaine and Major Some of these days those pillars may settle and the crowd may be less easily la snob an event would be NORWALK Kept Very In That Oct. for- merly a druggist in was mar last to Miss Georgie daughter of W. O S nuh Edward of was married last night to Miss of this city Will and Miss Jessie both were married day W. Welsh and Miss May of were married here on CAPTURED IN Who from Canton Located Here Oct. who has conducted a questionable dancing show in North Market was by order of At torney Warren had been warned to discontinue the and did close the bat for only a He managed to slip out of Justice Robertson's Friday and escaped to Mrs. Warren but was shadowed by Constable Kramlauf and Deputy Sheriff Warren was soon located and returned to IN PROBATE Daniel H. a Sugar Creek township has assigned to Wm H. The assets are estimated at and the liabilities at The will ot George of Lake has been filed for Gustavo Gesswein has been appointee administrator ot the estate of Mary Ann of The Campaign Too for Pretty Nearly Everybody Actively Connected with It Except the Major as Bright and Strong Oct. week ago it looked as though the season of busy was but delegation after delegation has since been entered on Captain Heist assignment and this day promises to make demands upon Major McKinley almost as numerous as last The way the Major bears up under the is something As the end of the campaign draws near he seems to absorb new and and infuses the latter into all about Though the central figure in this work he stands the pressure better than any of assistants Weeks ago Private ary Boyle had to go off for ten days to Private Stenographer Cooper is under the and H. H. of has sent on bis secretary to do duty for a Samuel Baxton is at home pretty thoroughly used and every body else is iepc tne Nearly every delegation brings some tribute for the McKinley This week presents of and red apples have been added to the family A Kansas admirer sent a cannon made if corn a down east friend sent a big gold Two chairs turned nd a table decorated with cancelled stamps to resemble mosaic Then there was a silver a beautiful and a packing case id with cough drops and heaven knows what else As everybody has the ey is now as buld as an Scores of curious people hover about the and thereby hangs The other after the Major having finished iis day's speech left the library and walked into the on the other ide of the Here he in supposed co enjoy strict and the curtains are commonly On this nr evening they but the Major did noc know He was in fine and closing the cracked his and sat down to the where he played the few chorda that most people do not know are at his com The dignified ex-governor could not see that he was being and laving finished his musical was to hear round after round of proceeding from every curious crowds had Shocked being found at the Major ran to and now the stranger is pretty sure to find the tains attended to every Oue of the first at the house this morning was Charles Emory of the Philadelphia formerly minister to Russia He has come in from a speaking tour and is feel ing very over the Delegations began to arrive at 5 o'clock in the There were 400 in the first party from Lebanon and Berks Pa. They waited until 9 o'clock before and were presented by ex-Mayor J. R of Reading and J. Victor of Lebanon Many Democrats were in the first and heard the speech with Second amne the 300 members of the Hardwood Lumber Exchange and the and of Harvey S. Hayden spoke for them and the Major was at his best in The third speech at 10 o'clock was heard by a large crowd from and N. Y. These people were wild with and lift the yard with STORY OF A BRAVE a Native of and Honorable Philo Bruce died at his home in venna on He was born la Stark county in 1844 and leaves behind him a much honored reputation His war record is particularly He r as one of the few men in the United States who received a pension of a which he certainly for at the siege of Knoxville he was literally shot to A shell took off his left arm near the his left the call of his right and a part of his left He was carried home on a and nursed back to life by a faithful He served several times as ty recorder and was a most successful and expert one-armed hunter and He will receive a regulation tary Hon. Harvey Wells fell from a second story window of his residence at breaking his right leg above the his left arm and otherwise badly injuring him He had been sick for some time and was Samuel a Portsmouth was injured by being thrown from his buggy down a fifty foot em- Henry a wealthy citizen of aged 77years, is He was the inventor and patentee of the now world famed corn cob In the Kinsas State Reform is a 12-j'ear-oid Alonzo whom his alter foar years were obliged to spnd The youthful Alonzo robbed stons and stole hordes He began his criminal career at the age of and only shortly out of his first apade bamg the stealing of all the prayer books and hymnals a THROWN FROM A Mr. and Mert With an A Daniel Rohr and who reside in Jackson were driving east on Tremont in a spring w Fri day about four At the of Tremont and Erie streets a force of men were placing some wires in A heavy wire was hanging across Tremont street not more than six feet above the ground It is said that the workingmen yelled to Mr. Rohr to stop when they saw that he intended to pass that way but if they did he did not hear The passed under the wire which struck Mr. and Mrs Rohr with such force as to throw both from the They were carried into ihn Sailer Hotel and Dr. Dimon wits were seriously though both were badly shaken up Mr Rohr is about years It was at first th mght that his skull was frac but the injury proved to be only a scalp and Mrs Rohr were taken to their home in Lecture Oct. 28, the Rev. New Nov. 30. John P. D. D. D Make Man or Did Man Make Dec. 28, Prof John B. Harp of the Senses or the Secret of Character illustrated with Jan. 22, Ariel Feb. 0, George R. March 13, Alexander Capital Court TIME AND Former the Latter Hr. In Edward glorious scheme and avowed intention of mounting a store x on the public square some afternoon and showering upon the tumultuous crowd which he is positive will at once SUIT rand handful after handful of five cent and by the resultant e to illustrate the effect of tree silver on the lacks but two for its The first of is the Any after- noon will not but it mast be one when the streets we Then again Mr while he modestly admits of being the of the is of the opinion tnat some of the thousands of who are wait ing for an opportunity to do something for their country should not be denied this to show their but should be allowed to take it upon to sue that the nickels are not on the chosen Mr. had originally intended to look after that matter and only turned from that he might offer en- to the ands who are dying for something to ON PIKE'S A Uan a Merry Ride the Big George for a number of years employed on True who represented the Canton printers at the recent convention of the International Typographical held at Colorado had one experience ing his trip that he is not liable to forget for some A party of the of whom George was went to the top of Pike's on the inclined and thoroughly enjoyed On the way down they did not enjoy themselves so At a point on the road where the giade was a and feet to the the cylinder head of the locomotive blew utterly dis- abling the and the train started down the track at a terrific For- the brakes on the car and the trainmen succeeded in stopping the The party made the er of the descent on to the street car but their troubles were not yet The street car in which the printers were grated had hardly got started when a brake beam broke and again they had a merry ride down the time ran into a car which preceded them and they just had time to get on ground when the oar following them smashed into the car they had vacated By a unanimous vote they to walk the rest of the and reached the city without ther Cln A rles K. Miller Nominated for Miller Nominated Oct. Owing to the deatn of W. K. of Re- publican candidate for elector in tbe Eighteenth which occurred last his name has been taken off the and that of his Charles R. substituted Mr. W. K. Miller is related to Major McKinley by and was extremely anxious to cast an electoral vote tor A license has been granted Season to Edward J. Krear and Laura J. Reserved 50c on tale at of Canal book THE RECORD Steadily in the Postal Card Oct. 34 great postal card vote shows the following suit South North 679 6.000 Michigan Chicago 5W 335 3.13J 3.543 5.941
