her. As I was the first to speak I had
the best of it, and as soon as I finished left the grounds, but
they held the great audience for several hours. I insert what the
Dayton "Journal" reported of the speakers as a specimen of friendly
journalism:

"Sherman renewed his youth and even exceeded the best efforts of
his earlier days. Neither man nor woman left their place while
Sherman was speaking. At 2 o'clock, when McKinley, our gallant
leader, took the platform, the crowd seemed so great that no man's
voice could reach them, but they listened for every syllable and
made the hills echo with their appreciative applause. Then came
Foraker. It seemed as if the great meeting had been magnetized
with an electric power of ten thousand volts. There were continuous
shouts of approbation and applause from his beginning to the close.
His mingling of wit and wisdom, a burgoo combination of powerful
and telling arguments, with sandwiches of solid facts, completed
a political barbecue which will be a historical memory that will
be almost as famous as the gathering of the people of this splendid
valley in 1842, when Henry Clay spoke to our fathers on the same
sod and under the shade of the same trees on the same subjects.
The memory of the magnificent Republican demonstration at the
Montgomery fair grounds on the 15th day of October, 1891, will
remain with all who participated in it as long as they shall live."

On the evening of October 17, Foraker and I appeared together before
a great audience in Music Hall, Cincinnati. I insert a few sentences
of a long description in the "Commercial Gazette" of the next day:

"Music Hall was the scene last night of the greatest Republican
gathering of the campaign. Senator Sherman and Governor Foraker
were the speakers.

"The meeting was an immense one. That was a magnificent assemblage.
It was an ovation. It was a recognition of brains and integrity.
It was an evidence that honesty and justice prevail. It showed
that the people believe in the Republican party. It proved that
they appreciate that the party still has a mission. It evinced an
appreciation of the past and a hope for, and a belief in, the
future. It was a great outpouring of Republicans. It was a
gathering of the supporters of right as against wrong. It was a
regular Republican crowd. Personal feeling and personal ambition
were laid aside.

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"Sherman and Foraker were on the stage together. Their