Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-06-20
AT THE WHITE HOUSE
President Harrison Formally Notified
of His denomination.
GOV. McKINLEY'S SPEECH.
He Reviews the Course of the Present Ad-
ministration and Outlines the Platform
Adopted-The Presidents Felicitous Re-
Spouse Accepting the Honor Conferred.

| President Harrison was today formally mott
| fed that he is the republican nominee for
the presidency. Some days ago the President
heard well-developed rumor to that
effect and as the rumor spread a great many
people congratulated him on the honor which
Tor the second time had been con-
| ferred upon him, but it was not until
this afternoon that he received definite
| information from the only official source. The
fact that this information agreed with
the now ancient newspaper reports Of
convention proceedings was most graft
flying to all the interested parties,
and Gen. Harrison now knows even if he had
no previous knowledge as to that fact, that he
is the republican candidate for the presidency.
THE COMMITTEE ARRIVES.
Twelve O'Clock, meridian, was the time set
for the meeting Of the modification committee,
and at that hour there was assembled in
the Ebbitt House nearly the entire membership
| of the organization. Gov Mckinley was the
last to arrive. He came from Columbus,
and the train which conveyed him here was q
tribe late. He reached the Ebbitt House at
l2:20. and at once went up to the red parlor,
where he was joined by bis associates.
Then the committee went into executive
| session, but although the crowd Of waiting
rehearsal the plate glass panels in the door per-
mitted them to see Gov Mckinley, the central
| figure, delivering a monologue. The gov
ernor was reading his speech for the
| approval or otherwise of the committee
and although the tones of his voice could not
be heard in the hallway it was remarked that
his gestures were excellent. At the conclusion
OF the reading there was unanimous applause,
30 the speech evidently met with the approval.
There were travel stains on Gov. Mckinley
and he needed a shave, SO the committee took a
recess until l O'Clock, while the governor re-
tired to the basement to be operated upon by q
barber.
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
| At LOS o'clock the committee was in the east
room Of the White House. and with it were
many prominent republicans, some Of
them ladies and some Of them gentle
| men. Among the crowd were Justice Harlan
| OF the United States Supreme Court, Senators
! Proctor, sherman, Culiom. Casey, sawyer,
| Plat and Hawley, Representatives Burrows,
| Col. Whitfield. first assistant postmaster
general; Gen. spaulding, assistant
secretary of the treasury; Fourth
Auditor Lynch, Fred. Douglass, Gen. Green B.
Raum, commissioner Of pensions: Sergeant-at-
Arms Valentine Of the Senate, Chief Clerk c.
| W. johnson Of the Senate, Capt. Meredith,
chief Of the bureau Of engraving and printing;
Revs t. s. Hamlin, d. D., pastor of the Presi-
| dents church; Appointment Clerk Tonner Of
| the Interior Department, and L. T. Kitchener.
The committee Of notification, which was
formed in the shape Of a horseshoe-the heels
| touching the corridor entrance-is composed
Of the following named representative repubi-
| cans:
THE COMMITTEE.
The following are the names Of the com.
| mittee:
Charles o. Harris, Alabama; G. A. FELTON,
| California; Hosea Townsend, Colorado; NJ C.
Buckley, Connecticut; G. W. Marshall, Delaware
]. A. Sparn, Florida; G. @. Winbish, Georgia
y. I. Dubois, Idaho; Jas. N. Gilbert. Illinois
]. 3. Holman. Indiana; c. w. Mullan, Iowa
Calvin Hood, Kansas; L. B. Tarlton, Kentucky
Andrew Hero, Louisiana; E. b. Mallett. Maine
Alex. Shaw, Maryland; VIM. Cogswell. Massa-
chusetts; Dexter NJ. Terry, Michigan
Samuel Shell, Minnesota; 8. S. Mat
I thews, Mississippi; Charles C. Bell Missouri
Andrew Gleeson, District of Columbia; NJ. W.
| Stewart, Arizona F. S. Genning, Indian terri
tory; Alice Hart, Nebraska; Geo. F. Cruft,
New Hampshire; Alex. Albert, New Jersey
Elliott F. Shepard, New York; Henry Cheat
ham, North Carolina; VIM. Fl. Robinson, North
| Dakota; J. B. Foraker, Ohio, Chas NJ. Donald
son, Oregon; Alexander Furnham, Pennsyl-
| yania Samuel P. Colt, Rhode Island; E. II.
Deas, South Carolina; Alexander c. johnson,
South Dakota; f. F. Hoyt, Tennessee; Viii
bur F. Crawford, Texas; VIM. R. Page, Yer
mont: Edgar Allen, Virginia; VIM. Kirkman,
Washington; Geo. NJ. Bowers, West Virginia
Thos. N. Blockstock, Wisconsin,; Stephen ".
Downey, Wyoming; Miguel A. Otero, New
Mexico; 4. j. Seay, Oklahoma