Huntsville gazette., 1892-07-02
REID NOTIFIED.
The Committee Ohiiciatiy Notifies Hon.
Whitelaw Reid of His NomiNation for
Vice President by the Republican Con-

Whitelaw Reid of His Nomi 'ation for
Vice President by the Republican Con-
vention.
WHITE PLAINS, II. ", June s2.-The
committee appointed by the republican
national convention arrived here yes
terday and at once repaired to Mr..
Reid's residence to notify him of his
nomination for vice president of the
United States. Senator Dubois, in be-
half of the committee, said:
Mr. Red-The national republican convention
recently held in Minneapolis selected repre-
sentative from each state ana territory FROM
its delegates to notify you that the republican
party of the milton had selected you as its can
didatc for vice president of the United States.
Speaking for them it is now my pleasing duty
to give you that formal notification.
This honor one of the highest which free
and thoughtful people can bestow, came to you
unsought and with a unanimitY rarely wit
nessel
Your constant, consistent and effective advo-
cacy cf republican measures for many years,
and the honor and dignity with which YOU rep
resented our country abroad, have merited for
you this distinction
The American people appreciate the patient
ana siSilful diplomacy by which you opened the
markets Of France to The product OF the Amcri-
can farmer The securing o. market is the
ultimate object of all natiors in modern roi-
tics and your success in that great field will
command for you the hearty approval of the
United States We believe that the people
VIII sustain republican principles. will jndorFe
he rersonalit! 5f our stanuard bearers, and
that the wisdom OF our action at Minneapolis
will be fully demonstrated by your triumphant
election al the polls in November next
Mr.. Reid replied in the following
terms:
Mr. Chairman and GentIemen-Your visit
at my home and this formal statement deepen
on my mind the impression which the known
act OF the convention had already produced.
The occasion is tco great for the expression of
merely personal feelings Even my ma ural
and heartfelt sense of gratitude for the conf
dence shown and the high trust devclved, seems
N this case too uaimportant to tnosc you rep
resent for more than a word The party which
has guided this country on its path OF unparal-
leled prosperity, with but four years interval,
,nce 1860 gives official notice through its duly
authorized representatives in forty-four 1nde-
pendent sta ties and five territories Of its choice
.or the second Office within the gift OF sixty-fve
millions of freemcn who cover continent and
are soon also to possess once more the seas.
A profound sense of responsibility and q
most earnest desire 10 discharge the trust you
have reposcd to the satisfaction of those you
now represent and. If success Sful, for the best
interests of the country afterwards are the
overm lstering emotions OF the hour. Not hay-
ing sought the great honor you confer, as you
have Justly stated. I'm the more prompt in
saying that as citizen and republican. / shall
not shrink from the duty you impose. There
will be more convenient opportunity for such
expression OF political convictions as may be
thought appropriate 10 the times and to the
actull issues. But having already carefully
pics put forth by your convention, ma" say
at once that accept and adopt them in full
They are the principles Of the party under the
sway Of which the country has attained It's
phenomenal growth and prosperity and under
which the plain people have ruled.
Labor has been freed, honored and better re
warded than elsewhere The largest example
of equality before the law the world has yet
seen Ids bern secured. and education, morality
ana the general elfare have been promoted
To reject these principles and this party woult
be TO indict the glorious history Of the natioI
for almost the past third Of a century. YoI
ind natural leader in the eminent public
servant, the results of whose wise and faithful
admins tration furnish such inspiration for th'
canvass L had expected to find associated
with him my dis inguished friend who nov
adorns the Office Of vice president AS the del
egation of my state and with it the represent
atives of the party at large have thought II
politically wise to adhere TO the doctrine OF ro
tation in office, it gives me the right to claim
not merely the eminent support Of united
party, of which we are sure, but the best coun
sci and the most watchful personal assistance
of all its faithful and experienced leaders with
out exception, to the cad that the great com
monwealth may again throw its decisive vote
as it did four years ago, and indisputaDly cal
do again on the republican side.
l cannot suppress, en- this occasion In whcl
he would have taken such cordial interest
one word of afectionate recollection Of m.
friend on 50 many presidential campaigns-th
great statesman whose present cruel bereave
ment, following him upon two similar blows
has touched the tender sympathy of all, no
only Of his political associates, but OF both par
ties Of the whole country.
NY state, and think Imay venture to add m.
profession. will appreciate the manner In which
the nomination has been made and announced
deriving an added grace, as it does, from thu
unanimous vote, from the character OF thi
body OF representative men from every sectiol
of our country. The political sky is bright witt
promise 1t seems a republican year, and in
voking the favor of Almighty God upon caus'
which we profoundly believe just we ma
courageously face the test with the conf
dent hope Of victory at the end
EAOTODN OMTh