Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-07-19
MORTON TOLD OF 1T.
He Formally Accepts the Second Place
on the Ticket

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The notification committee appointed oy
| the national republican convention. waited
upon the Hon. Levi T. Merton at his resi-.
denco in the quiet littlo village of Rhine
beck, n. Y, on the 9Th inst A committee
of citizens went TO tho station with car
riages u escort the visitor over the hills TO
the Morton mansion.
At the station u modest demonstration
was made, aud the procession was met az
the top Of the hill by the Rhnebeck band.
Mr.. Morton received the visitors at the
porch and led the way TO tho drawing room
Here Mr.. Estee, the chairman Of the COM
mittee on notification, delivered his address
as follows:
MIR. Morton: The national convention of
the republican party, recently assembled In
Chicago, nominated as tho candidate for
president Gen. Harrison and with equal
unanImity selected you as it's nominee for
vice president. BY order OF that convention
we were appointed q committee 10 notify
its nominees OF their selection. This pleas
ant duty has been i'm part performed In Civ
ing Cen Harrison, yotlr associate upon the
ticket, that notification. II only remains
for US to discharge the further duty con-
ferred upon US by the official notice to you.
Tho country has already passed Judgment
upon your selection, and 10 has met with
such universal approval that il is only lett
for this committee to add its own expression
of their high appreciation of your personal
qualities, as we'll as their confidence in your
eminent fitness for the position 10 which the
deliberate judgment Of the convention as
signed you. In conclusion, we believe that
this notification to you will not be a mean.
inglcss Formally, but that your nomination
will result in triumphant election.
Mr.. Morton responded in tho following
words
Mr.. Chairman and gentlenHon of the COM
mittee-I am profoundly sensible of the
high honor which has beem conferred upon
me by the national convention recently in
session at Chicago, aud thank you, gentle
men, for the courteous aud complimentary
terms in which you have Officially an.
| nounced my nomination as the candidate Of
the republican party for she vice presi-
dency l am also deaply sensible VI the
honor conferred upon the state OF New
York ia the selection Of citizen Of this
state as one Of the standard bearers in the
approaching peaceful conflict of the two
great political parties Of the country for
supremacy in governmental control. New
York represents TO a large'degree the bust
ness interests Of all those eVer-growing
and wider spreading communities Of varied
interests and industries which il is. the
mission of the republican party to FOSTER
and protect. The platform so wisely
adopted at Chicago has this mission bodily
| in view, aud by It's enumeration OF these
principles makes the issue clear and dis
tinct l accept the position rendered by
the convention, Of which you are the hon
ored representatives and will in due time
address to you, MIR. Chairman, an official
communication to that effect.
IntroductIons and lunch followed, and
tho visitors were invited TO drive over to
Mr.. Morton's country seat, Ellerslie.