The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-06-21
OFFICIALLY NOTIFIED.
President Harrison Informed Of His
Nomination.
TIE VISIT 10 THE WHITE HOUSE.
IoyerneF Mckinley Makes the Notification Speech.
shle and Patriotic Reply b! the
President
HE VISIT 10 THE WHITE HOUSE.
special to the MoRSrse CALL

WASHINGTON, June Ex-Governor Nc
Einley of Ohio, chairman OF the committee
30 notify the President of lis denomination,
arrived here this morning. The committee
assembled in the paTlor OF the Ebbitt
House. where the Governor read the address
which he proposed 10 deliver to the Presi-
Dent. The address was brief and was re-
feived with enthusiasm. The committee
accepted an invitation from Colonel Elliot
T. Shepard to dinner tomorrow evening at
the Manhattan Club. New York. The Re-
publican clubs Of the city of New York have
invited the committee to be present at the
mass-meeting tomorrow evening. This in
vtatiCn was also accepted.
The committee proceeded to the executive
mansion about l o'clock P. NJ Some 200
guests were assembled in the east room
when the committee entered. A few minutes
later the President, accompanied by Score
tary Foster and other members OF the
Cabinet, entered.
Governor McKinley's Speech.
Without any preliminarles Governor Nc
Kinley made speech notifying Ffeslaent
Harrison OF bis nomination. 1t vas IN sub
stance as follows:
president Harrison This committee,
representing every State and Territory in
the Union, are here TO perform the trust
committed to them by the National Repub-
lican Convention, which convened at Min
neap0lis on June 7, of bringing you the
official notification Of your denomination as
the Republican candidate for President of
the United States. Your nomination was
but tie registering By the convention OF the
will Of the majority of the Republicans Of
the United States, and has been received in
every quarter with profound satisfaction
Your administration has more than Justified
yUuT nomination four years ago ana Tue
c-nddence 0fthe people implied by yourelec-
ton. After one of the most careful, success
ful and brilliant administrations in our his
IOry you received a denomination furnishing
an approval of your work which must bring
10 you the keenest qualification. The diff
cult and embarrassing questions winch con-
1rOnted your administration have been met
with an ability, with a fidelity 10 duty and
with a lofty patriotism which Ill American
hearts with glowing pride.
I'VE beg 10 hand to you the platform OF
principles unanimously adopted by the con-
ventiOn which placed you IN nomination,
1t Is an American document. Protection,
which shall serve the highest interests Of
American labor and American develop
ment; reciprocity, which, while seeking
the worlds markets for our surplus prod
UCJS, shall not destroy American wages
nor surrender American markets; honest
money, which shall rightly measure labor
and the exchanges Of the people and cheat
nobody; honest elections, which are the
true foundation OF public authority. These
principles constitute for the most part the
platform Of principles of which you have
already By word and deed given your ear
nest approval and of which you stand TO-
day the exponent and representative
'Iu conclusion. we desire TO extend TO you
cur hearty CONGRATULATIONS aud express our
qualification at the great honor paid yOu by
the denomination
The President, accepting the nomination,
said:
The Plesidenps Reply.
Gentlemen OF the committee: When.
tour years ago. on the anniversary Of the
declaration Of national independence, the
committee designated by the Republican
National Convention held in Chicago came
10 my home to notify NE Of my nOminaii0n
for the Presidency my sense IF gra .ude
was forced into the far background by an
overwhelming sense Of the responsibility
of the leadership in a civil contest that III
VOWED so much 10 my country ana fellow
citizens. No one 50 much as l realized that
the strength of the campaign must be found
in Republican principles and my hope was
that nothing 10 my life or any word Of
mine might weaken the appeal of our
American policies to the American heart.
That appeal did not fail. A Republican
President and ' lce-PresldeDt and a RepuO-
lican Congress were chosen. The record has
been made and we are now 10 submit TO the
Judgment OF pdLElUtC people VI nv
own relations to the great transactions in
legislation and in administration, which
must be the basis OF this judgment, il does
not become me to speak.
Il gratefully accept, sir, the assurance
given by the Republican State Conventions
and the National Convention, through you,
that no charge Of inadequacy or delinquency
TO their principles has been lodged against
my administration. The faithful and high
~ successful work done by the able heads
of the executive departments and Tepresen-
tatiYes abroad / desire most cordially TO
acknowledge and commend The work OF
the Eifty-fTSt Congress. in which you, sir,
bore such 4 conspicuous and useful part.
" / S rODgly and most benefcially influence
national m osperity for generations 10 come
Tie general esults OF three years Of Repub-
lean control nave been gratifying.
The LONE market for our farm produc-
ton has been retained and en- larged by the
establishment Of great manufacturing in
dUs ries, while new markets abroad Of
large and increa ed value, which were
obstnateIy closed to Us, have been opened
on favorable terms to our meats and bread
stuffs by the removal Of unjust diseriminat-
ing restrictions and by numerous reciprocal
trade agreements under section Of the Ne
KiEley bill. These acts OF administration
and legislation can now fortunately be
judged by their fruits. In 1890 it was
conflict Of predictions. Now our adversar-
les must face trade statistics and prices cur
rent. But II is not appropriate that | should
al this time discuss these public questions
l hope before long 10 be able by letter TO
convey to you more formal acceptance Of
the nomination which the National ReDub-
llcan Convention has rendered ME and to
give briefly my reasons for adhering 10 the
declaration Of principles adopted by the
convention and which you have so admir-
ably summarized.
"Will You accept sir, for yourself and yOur
associates upon the committee and for the
whole body Of the great convention, whose
delegates you are, my profound thanks for
this great honor, and will you, sir, allow
me TO express my most sincere ackn owledg-
ment OF the gracious and cordial terms in
which you have conveyed this message"
The Presidents speech was received with
enthusiasm and hearty applause. and at its
close the members of the committee pressed
forward and congratulated him on his re-
nomination. He shook hands cordially
with each member and invited them TO
luncheon. The party proceeded 10 the
state dining room. the President leading
with Governor Mckinley. Other invited
guests to a considerable number followed.
Presented The GaVel.
Harry II. Smith called upon the Presi-
dent this afternoon and presented him with
the gavel used by Chairman Mckinley at
the Minneapolis convention. The PTesi-
dent accepted the gift with undisguised
pleasure, and said he appreciated ii most
highly a9d would treasure it as one of his
fondest recolleetions.
To Notify whiteIaw Reid.
WHITE PLAINS \. Y, June 2O.-The
committee Of the National Republican Con-
venttOn to give Whitelaw Reid the Official