The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-06-21

| kInley or ONO, chairman or the comm 1t
| tee to notify President Harrison of his
denomination, arrived this morning aud
Immediately joined the other membe of
the committee in theEbbitt house. whence
! the committee proceeded to the executive
mansion. The President received the
| committee in the east room, where some
| 200 guests were assembled. The commit
| tee ranged themselves in semi-circle,
| Governor Mckinley being the keystone of
| the arch. The president was accompan-
| led by the members of his cabinet. Gov
ernOr Mckinley read his speech of noti-
! fication. After formally notifying the
! president OF his denomination, he said
| Your nomination was but the register
| ing by the convention Of the will of the
majority of the Republicans of the coun-
| try, and has been received in every quar-
ter with profound satisfaction. In 1883
you were nominated after IA somewhat
prolonged struggle, upon p platform
which declared witt. h.clearness thelpurposes
and policies of the party. You have had
the good fortune to witness the execution
of most of these purposes and policies dur
ing the administration OF which you have
been the head and in which you have
borne the most conspicuous part. If there
has been a failure TO EN- body into law any
one of these purposes or policies, it has
been no fault of yours.
Your administration has more than
justified your denomination. The diff
cult and embarrassing questions which
confronted your administration have been
net with an ability and with fidelity to
duty and with "A lofty patriotism which
fill the American heart with glow
ing pride. Your domestic policy has been
broad and staiesmanlike; your foreign
policy just and truly American. These
have won the commendatiOn of the
thoughtful and conservative and the con-
of ntryf1 nf
party, and will, we believe, insure your
triumphant reelection in November"
Governor Mckinley then handed the
president copy Of the Minneapolis plat
form, upon the principles of which he
spoke at some length.
THE PRESIDENTS ACCEPTANCE.
The president,in in accepting the nomina-
tion said:
when, four years ago, on the anniver-
sary of the declaration OF our national in
dependence, the committee designated by
the Republican national convention, held
in Chicago, came to my home in Indian
apolis TO notify me of my nomination for
the presidency, my sense OF gratitude,
great as il was, was forced into the far
background by an overwhelming sense of
the responsibility of leadership in civil
contest that involved so much to my coun-
try and to my fellow citizens. ] could not
record of quiet life had been brought
under the strong light OF public criticism
to entbuse my party followers, or upon
which all assurance of adequacy for the
highest civil affairs might be rested. No
one SO much as | realized that the strength
OF the campaign must be found in Repub~
lican principles, and my hope was that
nothing in the life or word of mine might
weaken the appeal of our American poll
Cles TO the American heart. That appeal
did not fail. A Republican president and
vice president and Republican congress
were chosen. The record has been made,
and we are now TO submit to the judgment
of a patriotic people.
"Of my own relation to the great trans
actions in legislation aud to the admins
tration, which must be the bases of this
judgment, IL does not become me to speak.
/ gratefully accept the assurance given by
the Republican state conventions and by
the national convention, through you, that
no charge of inadeQuacy or delinquency to
principle has been lodged against the ad-
minstration. As faithful and highly sue
cessful, l desire more cordially to acknOwl-
edge aud commend the work of the Fifty
nrst congress, i'll which you, sir, bore so
conspicuous and useful part. The gen
eral result of three years of Republican
control have, | believe been highly benefi-
cial to all classes of our people The home
Jaiued and enlarged by the establishment
OF great N nuiacturing industries, while
new markets abroad OF large and increaS-
ing value have been opened on favorable
terms TO our meats and breadstuffs, by the
removal of unjust and discriminating re-
strictions and by numerous reciprocal
trade agreements under section of the
Mckinley bill. The acts of administra-
tlon and legislation can now. fortunately,
be judged by their effects. In 1890 1t was
a conflict of predictions; now our adversa-
ries must face trade statistics ana prices
current.
But ii is not appropriate that | should
at this time discuss these public questions
| hope before long 10 be able, by letter, To
convey 10 you more formal acceptance of
the nomination which the national Re
publican convention has rendered me, and
to give briefly my reasons for adhering to
the principles adopted by the convent on.
VIII YOU accept, sir, tor yourself and J our
associates OF 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 10 express my most sincere apprecls-
tlOn of the grrClOus and cordial terms in
which you have conveyed this message"
The presidents speech WAS received with
enthusiasm. Hearty applause followed
every point. AT its close the members OF
the committee pressed forward aud con
graduated him on his denomination He
shook bands cordially with each member
of the committee, and when all had teen
received invited them to luncheon The
party proceeded TO the state diniDg-room,
The president leading the way with Gov
ernor Mckinley.
ANOTHER BLAINE STORY.
New YORK. June 20-N. H. De Young,
proprietor of the san Francisco Chronicle.