Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1888-07-14
Mr.. MORTON ACCEPTS.



hcation Committee.
RHIsEBECK n Y, July 9.-Rhinebeck is
not much given to hilarious celebrations
II is town that is proud of its age, and
therefore feels that il has a character for
dignity to maintain. Therefore its reccp.
tiOn of the committee which arrived here
TO officially inform Mr. Morton that he has
received the Republican nomination for
the Presidency was cordial but digni-
fed.
The train bearing tho committee reached
the station at l:09 p. IN Saturday. 1t
was received there by local committee
consisting of George Esselstyne, William
Bergh Kip, 7. w. Bates, Eugene Wells
and Martin Hermance, and with them
was Ackerts band, which played patriotic
and appropriate airs. From the station to
the village is about three miles. The local
| committee and the band escorted the Wis.
itors that distance, carriages, of course,
being provided for the purpose. Then,
after brief pause to get breath, the pro
cession moved to the Huntington mansion,
where Mr.. Morton lives.
The notifying committee was met by a
local committee, and, amid cheering and
booming of cannon, escorted to the
| Huntington place, where Mr.. Nor
ton is living. Mr. Morton, arrayed in
black clothes and looking in splendid
health, stood in the center Of his drawing
room and received the committee. Mrs
| Morton, handsome and elegantly attred,
| stood beside her husband during the mott
tcation ceremony Mrs, Morton's mother,
Mrs. Street and her brother, W. l.. Street,
and a number Of friends of the family, were
grouped in the rear. The speeches were
short and to the point Chairman Estce,
clad in black frock coat and wear
| ing Harrison and Morton badge,
was ushered into the drawing room,
| and advanced to within few feet of Mr..
| Morton. Immediately behind came the
| other members of the committee. Mr..
| Estee then delivered the address, which was
as folows
"'rhe National convention OF the Republican
| party recently assembled in Chicago nominated
as its candidate for President General
Harrison, and with equal unanimty Sc
lected you as its nominee for Vice Presi.
dent. BY order OF that convention
we were appointed committee to not fy its
nominees Of their selection. This pleasant
eral Harrison, your associate upon the ticket,
that notification. 1t only remains for us
to discharge the further duty conferred
upon us, by this official notice to you The
country has already passed Judgment upon
your selection, and il has met such universal
approval that 1t only left this committee
TO add its own expression of their high
appreciation of your own personal quail
ties as well as their confidence in
your eminent fitness for the post on in which
the deliberate judgment of the convention
assigned YOU In conclusion we believe that
this not feat on 10 you Will not be II mean
ingless fOrmality, but that your nomination
will result in triumphant election"
Mr. Morton replied as follows:
MIR CHAlRMAN AND GENTLEMEN OF THE
COMMITTEE: | am profoundly sensible of
the high honor which has been con.
ierrcd upon mo by the Republican National
convention recently in session at Chi
c1go, and thank YOU, gentlemen, for the
courteous and complimentary terms in
which You have officially announced my nom!.
nation as the candidate Of the Republican
party for the Vico-prooidon,S. 1 am also
depnip -----is3- .'ew' N6nhnE. "naf9
- cltzen of this state as one
OF ,stful conh9Sd bearers in the approal par
ties Of the country for supremacy Ih'Govern-
mental control. New York represents to alargc
degree the business interests Of all those ever
growing and spreading communities OF
varied interests ard industries which 1t IS
the mission of the Republican party TO
foster and protect. The platform so wisely
adopted at Chicago has this mission boldly
in view, and by its enunciation OF these
principles makes the issue clear and
distinct Iaccept the position rendered by the
convention, of which you are the honorcd rep
resentattves and Will in due time addres, to
you, Mr.. Chairman, an Official communication
to that effect
After Mr. Morton had finished speaking
he inNiiel his Yisitnrs 10 luncheon.