Birmingham state herald., 1896-06-30
n N~= D, MOSES! NAL M'K|NLEY You Are Napoleon, It Seems,
 No Longer. .THURSTON IS UNFORTUNATE h His Comparison-The Great Israelite Leader
 Never Entered the Promised Land. McKlNLEYHEARS HE HAS BEEN NOMINATED Speech Making of the Sort That Is Easily Imagined-It Is the Cheapest Kind of { Campaign Thunder-Details of the Canton Affair.
 
THURSTON IS UNFORTUNATE
McKINLEYHEARsHEH HAS BEEN NOMINATED

Canton, O., June 29-A committed, con- slsting of one member from each state and territory, selected at the St. Louis convention to convey to Major Mckinley the official notification of his nomina tion, arrived in Canton on a special train from Cleveland at II: 80 o'clock this morning. They were met at the station here by a reception committee composed of some Of the foremost citizens of Canton, and were driven in open carriages to Major McKinley's residence, accompanied by a mounted escort The preparations at Major McKinley's were simple. Seventy five chairs were placed on the front of the lawn under trees facing the house. On the rear of the lawn a large tent was erected, and in it was a long table, on which covers were laid for a hundred guests.
 At 1910 o'clock, when the notification committee reached Major McKinley's house. Mrs. Mckinley and the majors venerable mother occupied chairs near him on the veranda. His brothers fam fly and his pretty niece were close about him. The chairs back of the notification committee were filled by ladies of Canton, Columbus and Cleveland whose huS- bands are prominent in business and pub lie affairs. It was charming open air scene, sweetly idyllic in character.
 Hon. Frank Hiscock, Senator Thurston, Mark Hanna and c. N. Fairbanks occu- pied the first carriage. They were greeted with tremendous cheers. Major Mckin- ley met them outside the gate as they alighted from the carriage and shook hands warmly. Senator Thurston was in excellent voice. His tones were as clear and commanding and far-reaching as they were in the St. Louis convention hall He said:
 Senator Thurston's Speech.
 Governor Mckinley: We are here to perform the pleasant duty assigned us by the republican national convention, recently assembled in St. Louis, of for mally notifying you of your nomina ton as the candidate. of the republican party foR president.
 Aye respectfully request your accept aH1e of this nomination and your approv- alef the declaration of principles adopted by the convention. We''assure you that you are the unanimous choice of united party, and your candidacy will be inn mediately accepted by the country as an absolute guarantee of republican success.
 Your nomination has been made in obedience to a. popular demand, whose uniyersality and spontaneity attest the affection and confidence of the plain peo- plex of the United States. By common consent you are their champion. Their mighty uprising in your behalf empha- sizes the sincerity of their conversion to the cardinal principles of protection and reciprocity as best exemplified in that splendid congressional act which justly bears your name. Under 1t this nation advanced to the very cu1mination of prosperity far surpassing that of all oth- CT neoples and all other times; prosper ity shared in by all sections, all interests and all classes, by capital and iapor, py producer and consumer; prosperity so happily in harmony with the genius of popular government that its choicest blessings were most widely distributed among the lowliest toilers and the hum blest homes.
 Tn 1892 your countrymen. unmindfui or your solemn warnings returned that party to power which reiterated It's ev- eriasting opposition to protective tariff and demanded the repeal of the McKin- ley act. They sowed the wind. They reaped the whirlwind. The sunerings and losses and disasters to the American people from four years of democratic tariff are vastly greater than those which came to them from four years of civil war.
 Out of it all one great good remains Those who scorned your counsels speedi- ly witnessed the fulfllment Of your prophecies and even as the scourged and resented Israelites abjured their stupid idols and resumed unquestioning alle- glance. to Moses and to Moses God. so now your countrymen, ashamed or their errors, turn to you and to those glorious principles for which you stand in the full belief that your candidacy and the re- publican platform mean that the end or the wilderness has come and the prom isa ! land of American prosperity is again to hem an insured inheritance. But your nomination means more than the indorsement of a protective tariff. of reciprocity, of honest money and of hon. est finance, for all of which you have so steadfastly stood. It means an indorse- ment of your heroic youth. your fruitful years of arduous public service. your sterling patriotism. your stalwart Ameri- ca r,isn1. your Christian character and the puritr, fidelity and simplicity of your I5ubIfc life. Tn all of these things you ara the typical American; for all these things you are the chosen leader of the people. God give you strength to so bear the honors and meet the duties of that great office for which you are now nomi- mated and to which you will be elected, that your administration will enhance the dignity and power and glory of this republic and secure the safety. welfare and happiness of its hberty-loving peo- 'ple.
 The speech was received with much en- thusiasm.
 When Senator Thurston finished Gov ery,or Mckinley, who was standing few feet from him and slightly in his rear, of his speech in his left hand. He never looked better. His eye was cigar, his color good, and he held himself like one who sees victory in the distance. He wore a dark frock coat, as is his custom, and black trousers. He was greeted with . thpnderous applause.
 fIajor Mckinley read his speech in a cl(ar, far-reaching voice. It was listened tofintently and he was compelled to halt ss ferai times by reason of loud applause and cheers.
 Major McKmlsy's Response kenator Thurston and Gentlemen of thc Notification Committee of the Re- publican National Conventions: To be se- .lected as their presidential candidate by le great party's convention, representing